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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Wilhelm Furtwängler brings a uniquely romantic touch to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, infusing the score with warmth, breadth, and an emotional elasticity that is rarely heard.
Jaro Prohaska delivers a dignified and steadfast Hans Sachs, his performance marked by vocal resilience and interpretive depth. Eugen Fuchs gives a standout turn as Beckmesser—memorable for its characterful detail and comic precision, yet never lapsing into caricature.
There are a few cuts in this performance, including one before David's scene in Act I and another at the end of the first scene in Act III, but these do little to diminish the impact of an otherwise exceptional interpretation.
Track List
Act I
1. Vorspiel
2. Da zu dir der Heiland kam
3. Nun sollt ihr singen!
4. Aller End' ist doch David der Allergescheit'st
5. Seid meiner Treue wohl versehen
6. Das schöne Fest, Johannistag
7. Verzeiht! Vielleicht schon ginget ihr zu weit
8. Am stillen Herd
9. Was euch zum Liede Richt' und Schnur
10. Fanget an!
2. Da zu dir der Heiland kam
3. Nun sollt ihr singen!
4. Aller End' ist doch David der Allergescheit'st
5. Seid meiner Treue wohl versehen
6. Das schöne Fest, Johannistag
7. Verzeiht! Vielleicht schon ginget ihr zu weit
8. Am stillen Herd
9. Was euch zum Liede Richt' und Schnur
10. Fanget an!
Act II
11. Johannistag! Johannistag!
12. Lass sehn, ob Nachbar Sachs zu Haus?
13. Was duftet doch der Flieder
14. Gut'n Abend, Meister!
15. Könnt's einem Witwer nicht gelingen
16. Ja, ihr seid es! nein, du bist es!
17. Üble Dinge, die ich da merk'
18. Jerum! Jerum!
19. Den Tag seh' ich erscheinen
12. Lass sehn, ob Nachbar Sachs zu Haus?
13. Was duftet doch der Flieder
14. Gut'n Abend, Meister!
15. Könnt's einem Witwer nicht gelingen
16. Ja, ihr seid es! nein, du bist es!
17. Üble Dinge, die ich da merk'
18. Jerum! Jerum!
19. Den Tag seh' ich erscheinen
Act III
20. Vorspiel
21. Gleich, Meister! Hier!
22. Am Jordan Sankt Johannes stand
23. Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!
24. Grüss' Gott, mein Junker!
25. Mein Freund, in holder Jugendzeit
26. Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein
27. Dann Tat und Wort am rechten Ort!
28. Ein Werbelied! Von Sachs!
29. Das Gedicht? hier liess ich's
30. Sieh', Evchen! Dacht' ich doch, wo sie blieb'!
31. O Sachs! Mein Freund!
32. Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn!
33. Ihr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen?
34. Wacht auf, es nahet gen den Tag
35. Euch macht ihr's leicht, mir macht ihr's schwer
36. Morgen ich leuchte in rosigem Schein
37. Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein
38. Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
21. Gleich, Meister! Hier!
22. Am Jordan Sankt Johannes stand
23. Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!
24. Grüss' Gott, mein Junker!
25. Mein Freund, in holder Jugendzeit
26. Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein
27. Dann Tat und Wort am rechten Ort!
28. Ein Werbelied! Von Sachs!
29. Das Gedicht? hier liess ich's
30. Sieh', Evchen! Dacht' ich doch, wo sie blieb'!
31. O Sachs! Mein Freund!
32. Sankt Krispin, lobet ihn!
33. Ihr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen?
34. Wacht auf, es nahet gen den Tag
35. Euch macht ihr's leicht, mir macht ihr's schwer
36. Morgen ich leuchte in rosigem Schein
37. Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein
38. Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
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RiCHARD WAGNER'S "DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NUERNBERG"
A great live recording of Richard Wagner's unique comic opera! A must! Highly recommended!
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Good Performance, Music Missing!
This recording is fascinating, but also a little frightening, given as it was during the Nazi occupation of Europe. The actual performance has already been much discussed both here and elsewhere so I will only add that the cuts that Andy mentions above are actually sections missing from the master tape. Unfortunately, they include the entire Walther/Eva scene that begins Act One. The music picks up again as David is telling Walther about the rules of the Masters. Perhaps even more crushingly, the entire quintet scene in Act Three got lost as well. Andy's transfer is very good and Wagner historians should have this, but I wouldn't recommend it unless one is already very familiar with the opera and the context in which this performance was given.
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Theodore Shulman
Disappointing. Jaro Prohaska is vocally weak and his German diction, well, sucks. The great Max Lorenz is off his game, sounds shouty and less intelligent than usual, and maybe the part is too high for him, he was a midrange heldentenor like Jon Vickers, suited for Tristan and Siegmund, out of his element as Walther. And Furtwangler drags.Really the only reason to hear this (IMHO) is it's one of the first recorded performances of my beloved Josef Greindl, who went on to sing his role (Pogner) at Bayreuth more than one million times, and also was one of the greatest Hans Saches ever.
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Peter Heisler
One of the best conducted and one of the worst sung Meistersingers. Lorenz is awful. Prohaska is only fair. Maria Muller is a radiant Eva. The missing passages were not cuts. The early German magnetophone tape was damaged.
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