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Special offer. Semperoper Edition Volume 3: Wagner again? (1948-1956)

The earliest post-war Dresden Wagner recordings

Dora Zschille (soprano), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Helmut Eyle (bass), Kurt Rehm (baritone), Hans Kramer (bass), Ernst Gruber (tenor), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Margarete Baumer (soprano), Karl Paul (baritone), Hans Hopf (tenor), Emilie Walter-Sachs (soprano), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Christel...

Semperoper Edition Volume 3: Wagner again? (1948-1956)

Special offer. Semperoper Edition Volume 3: Wagner again? (1948-1956)

The earliest post-war Dresden Wagner recordings

Dora Zschille (soprano), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Helmut Eyle (bass), Kurt Rehm (baritone), Hans Kramer (bass), Ernst Gruber (tenor), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Margarete Baumer (soprano), Karl Paul (baritone), Hans Hopf (tenor), Emilie Walter-Sachs (soprano), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Christel...

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Profil here presents radio recordings of the first Wagner productions in Dresden after 1945. Due to political tensions after the Second World War, audiences in Dresden had to wait for four years before another Wagner production was performed.

Artists

Dora Zschille (soprano), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Helmut Eyle (bass), Kurt Rehm (baritone), Hans Kramer (bass), Ernst Gruber (tenor), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Margarete Baumer (soprano), Karl Paul (baritone), Hans Hopf (tenor), Emilie Walter-Sachs (soprano), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Christel Goltz (soprano), Kurt Bohme (bass), Arno Schellenberg (baritone), Joachim Sattler (tenor)

Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden State Opera Chorus, Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth, Gerhard Pfluger, Rolf Kleinert, Rudolf Kempe, Kurt Striegler, Hans-Hendrik Wehding, Gerhard Wiesenhutter, Walter Stoschek

Contents and tracklist

Excerpt,Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Work length9:00
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act I: Prelude
Track length9:00
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Work length1:04:31
Act I: Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte
Track length4:16
Act I: Zieh hin, Wahnsinniger!
Track length3:48
Act II: Aria: Dich, teure Halle
Track length3:30
Act II: Dort ist sie - O Furstin
Track length11:04
Act II: Zuruck! Des Todes achte icht sonst nicht!
Track length6:04
Act III: Allmacht'ge Jungfrau! Hor mein Flehen!
Track length5:34
Act III: Finale: Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann!
Track length6:31
Tannhauser, Act I: Geliebter, sag? Wo weilt dein Sinn?
Track length18:46
Tannhauser, Act III: Wie Todesahnung Dammerung deckt die Lande
Track length4:58
Excerpt,Wagner: Lohengrin
Work length21:37
Act I: Prelude
Track length9:16
Act III: Hochstes Vertrau'n hast du mir schon zu danken
Track length3:59
Act III: Atmest du nicht mit mir die sussen Dufte?
Track length2:47
Act III: In fernem Land, unnahbar eu'ren Schritten
Track length5:35
Excerpt,Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Work length11:38
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), Act II: Summ und brumm, du gutes Radchen
Track length4:03
Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman), Act II: Jo-ho-hoe! Traft ihr das Schiff
Track length7:35
Excerpt,Wagner: Siegfried
Work length6:48
  • Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor)
  • Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden
  • Hans-Hendrik Wehding
  • Recorded: 01 January 1948
  • Recording Venue: Live Recordings in Dresden
Act I: Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert!
Track length3:05
Act I: Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert
Track length3:43
Excerpt,Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Work length9:07
  • Josef Herrmann (baritone)
  • Grosses Rundfunkorchester Dresden, Dresden State Opera Chorus
  • Hans-Hendrik Wehding
  • Recorded: 01 January 1948
  • Recording Venue: Live Recording in Dresden
Act III: Wach' auf!
Track length2:36
Act III: Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
Track length6:31
Excerpt,Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Work length25:18
Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude - Act III: Isolde's Liebestod
Track length18:33
Tristan und Isolde, Act III Scene 3: Mild und leise wie er lachelt
Track length6:45
Excerpt,Wagner: Tannhäuser
Work length16:56
Tannhauser, Act II: Duet: O Furstin
Track length9:22
Tannhauser, Act III: Inbrunst im Herzen, wie kein Buber noch
Track length7:34
Excerpt,Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Work length4:20
  • Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor)
  • Dresdner Philharmoniker
  • Walter Stoschek
  • Recorded: 05 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: Live Recording in Deutsches Hygienemuseum Steinsaal, Dresden
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein
Track length4:20
Excerpt,Wagner: Rienzi
Work length5:22
  • Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor)
  • Dresdner Philharmoniker
  • Walter Stoschek
  • Recorded: 05 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: Live Recording in Deutsches Hygienemuseum Steinsaal, Dresden
Rienzi, Act V: Allmacht'ger Vater, "Rienzi's Prayer"
Track length5:22
Excerpt,Wagner: Parsifal
Work length26:28
This work is only available as an album download.
  • Kurt Böhme (bass), Arno Schellenberg (baritone), Joachim Sattler (tenor)
  • Dresden State Opera Chorus, Dresdner Philharmoniker
  • Kurt Striegler
  • Recorded: 02 April 1950
  • Recording Venue: Live Recording in MDR Dresden Station
Parsifal, Act III: Du salbtest mir die Fusse
Track length26:28
This track is only available as an album download.
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