Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights)
Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa of Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich of Telramund), Gottlob Frick (King Heinrich the Fowler) & Otto Wiener (Herald)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe
Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
Special offer. Wagner: Lohengrin (highlights)
Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa of Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich of Telramund), Gottlob Frick (King Heinrich the Fowler) & Otto Wiener (Herald)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe
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Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
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Contents and tracklist
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Otto Wiener (bass), Elisabeth Gruemmer (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Dr. Richard Rossmayer (director)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper
- Rudolf Kempe
- Recorded: 1963-04-03
- Recording Venue: 23 November - 5 December 1962 & 1-3 April 1963 / Theater an der Wien, Vienna
Act I: Einsam in trüben Tagen
Track length10:27
This track is only available as an album download.
Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (Lohengrin / Chor / König / Elsa / Ortrud / Friedrich)
Track length4:27
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Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
