Massenet: Werther
José Carreras (Werther), Frederica von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen)
Orchestra & Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House...
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Engineering
the pacing of each tableau vivant is handled so superbly by Sir Colin that there is not a single moment of longueur...The casting polarizes this Werther and this Charlotte. Jose Carreras is...
Massenet: Werther
José Carreras (Werther), Frederica von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen)
Orchestra & Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House...
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Awards:
-
Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Engineering
the pacing of each tableau vivant is handled so superbly by Sir Colin that there is not a single moment of longueur...The casting polarizes this Werther and this Charlotte. Jose Carreras is...
About
Studio recording, 1980
Artists
José Carreras (Werther), Frederica von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen)
Orchestra & Children's Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis
Contents and tracklist
- Isobel Buchanan (soprano), Paul Crook (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Malcolm King (bass), José Carreras (tenor), Linda Humphries (soprano), Donaldson Bell (baritone), Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Children From The Royal Opera House Production
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1980-02-17
- Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
Awards and reviews
February 1987
the pacing of each tableau vivant is handled so superbly by Sir Colin that there is not a single moment of longueur...The casting polarizes this Werther and this Charlotte. Jose Carreras is very much a Werther of action rather than of dream, of impetuous self-destruction rather than of brooding lyricism...von Stade's performance can hardly be faulted. Her voice is the very incarnation of Charlotte's essential simplicity of character