Wagner: Tannhäuser

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This must be one of the most opulent recordings made of any opera. The truly remarkable range, perspective and balance of the sound is most appropriate for a work conceived on the grandest scale,... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: 8573880642
Label: Teldec
Series: The Opera Series
Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

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May 2002

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Wagner: Tannhäuser

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Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Jane Eaglen (soprano), Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), René Pape (bass), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone), Peter Seiffert (tenor), Stephan Rügamer (tenor), Gunnar Gudbjörnsson (tenor), Stephen Rügamer (vocals), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass), Chordamen (vocals), Alfred Reiter (bass)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin
Daniel Barenboim

Tannhäuser: Overture

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"Naht euch dem Strande!" (Sirenen)

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"Geliebter, sag! Wo weilt dein Sinn?" (Venus, Sirenen)

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"Dir töne Lob" (Tannhäuser, Venus)

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"Dank deiner Huld, gepriesen sei dein Leben!" (Tannhäuser, Venus)

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"Geliebter! Komm, sieh dort die Grotte" (Venus, Sirenen)

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"Stets soll nur dir mein Leid ertönen" (Tannhäuser)

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"Zieh hin, Wahnbetörter!" (Venus)

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"Nein, mein Stolz soll dir den Jammer sparen" (Tannhäuser, Venus)

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"Frau Holda kam aus dem Berg hervor" (Hirt)

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"Zu dir wall ich, mein Jesus Christ" (Pilger, Hirt, Tannhäuser)

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"Wer ist dort im brünstigem Gebet?" (Landgraf, Walther, Biterolf, Wolfram, Heinrich, Reinmar, Tannhäuser)

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"Als du im kühnen Sange uns bestrittetst" (Wolfram, Walther, Heinrich, Biterolf, Reinmar, Tannhäuser, Landgraf)

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Tannhäuser, Act 2: "Dich teure Halle, grüss' ich wieder" (Elisabeth)

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Tannnhäuser, Act 2: "Dort ist sie, nihe dich ihr ungestört" (Wolfram, Tannhäuser, Elisabeth)

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"Den Gott der Liebe sollst du preisen" (Tannhäuser, Elisabeth, Wolfram)

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"Dich treff ich hier in dieser Halle" (Landgraf, Elisabeth)

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Einzug der Gäste

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"Freudig begrüssen wir die edlen Halle" (Ritter, Grafen, Edelfrauen, Edelknaben)

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"Gar viel und schön ward hier in dieser Halle" (Landgraf, Ritter, Edelfrauen, Edelknaben)

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"Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise" (Wolfram, Ritter und Edelfrauen)

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"Auch ich darf mich so glücklich nennen" (Tannhäuser)

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"Den Bronnen, den uns Wolfram nannte" (Walther, Ritter, Edelfrauen)

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"O Walther, der du also sangest" (Tannhäuser)

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"Heraus zum Kampfe mit uns Allen" (Biterolf, Ritter, Frauen, Tannhäuser, Landgraf)

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"O Himmel! Laß dich jetzt erflehen!" (Wolfram, Tannhäuser)

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"Ha! Der Verruchte!" (Wolfram, Walther, Heinrich, Biterolf, Reinmar, Ladgraf, Ritter und Edelfrauen, Elisabeth)

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"Der Unglückselge, den gefangen" (Elisabeth)

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"Weh! Weh mir Unglückselger" (Tannhäuser, Landgraf, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Elisabeth, Ritter)

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"Ein furchtbares Verbrechen ward begangen" (Landgraf)

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"Versammelt sind aus meinen Landen" (Landgraf, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Elisabeth, Tannhäuser, Ritter, Pilger)

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Prelude

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"Wohl wußt' ich hier sie im Gebet zu finden" (Wolfram)

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"Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat ich schauen" (Pilger, Elisabeth, Wolfram)

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"Allmächt'ge Jungfrau! Hör mein Flechen!" (Elisabeth, Wolfram)

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"Wie Todesahnung, Dämmrung deckt die Lande" (Wolfram)

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"O! du mein holder Abendstern" (Wolfram)

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"Ich hörte Harfeschlag" (Tannhäuser, Wolfram)

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"Innbrunst im Herzen" (Tannhäuser)

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"Dahin zog's mich, wo ich der Wonn und Lust" (Tannhäuser, Wolfram)

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"Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann!" (Venus, Tannhäuser, Wolfram, Walther, Heinrich, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf)

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"Heil! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil!" (Pilger, Walther, Heinrich, Wolfram, Biterolf, Reinmar, Landgraf)

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This must be one of the most opulent recordings made of any opera. The truly remarkable range, perspective and balance of the sound is most appropriate for a work conceived on the grandest scale, yet it retains its focus in the more intimate scenes. The achievement of Barenboim's Berlin chorus, so important in this opera, and orchestra could hardly be bettered. The results are, if nothing else, an audio treat, surpassing the DG version's rather hit-and-miss engineering and the now slightly dated feel of the Decca. Indeed it's Konwitschny's 40-year-old set (EMI) that comes closest to the Teldec in terms of sonic breadth.
Domingo recorded Tannhäuser for DG but shied away from it on stage. The title-role, as many tenors admit, is a real killer. Seiffert is probably its most telling exponent: his performance that combines vocal assurance and emotional involvement to create a vivid portrait of the hero torn between sacred and profane love.
The objects of Tannhäuser's attention are impressively portrayed by Waltraud Meier and Jane Eaglen. Meier makes the most of the bigger opportunities and brings her customary tense expression to bear on Venus's utterance, while not quite effacing Christa Ludwig's voluptuous reading for Solti. Eaglen launches herself into the Hall of Song with a rather squally 'Dich teure Halle'; thereafter she sings with much of the inner feeling and prayerful dignity predicated by Wagner for his Elisabeth.
Hermann is a gift of a role for most German basses and René Pape takes his chances with his accustomed feeling for notes and text. Thomas Hampson delivers Wolfram's solos with the expected blend of mellifluous tone and verbal acuity, but his manner is a touch set apart and self-conscious, as if he has had to record these at separate sessions. One reservation about this Teldec set: Barenboim's penchant in meditative passages for very slow speeds. But he paces the Prelude, the huge ensemble at the end of Act 2 and all the Pilgrim's music with unerring skill.
It's unlikely that we shall ever hear a totally convincing account of what was, after all, Wagner's problem child among his mature works, but this new one has about as much going for it as any in recent times. If you want the Dresden version unaltered by later revisions, and there's something to be said for that choice, the Konwitschny has much to offer in terms of its conductor, sound and much of the solo work.

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