Wagner - Tannhäuser
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New. Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedJane Eaglen, Waltraud Meier, Peter Seiffert, René Pape, Thomas Hampson
Berlin State Opera Chorus, Berlin Staatskapelle, Daniel Barenboim
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,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2002, Disc of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Opera Recording
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New. Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
RecommendedJane Eaglen (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Rene Pape (Hermann, Landgraaf von Thuringen), Peter Seiffert (Tannhauser), Thomas Hampson (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Gunnar Gudbjornsson (Walther von der Vogelweide), Hanno Muller-Brachman (Biterolf), Stephan Rugamer (Heinrich der Schreiber), Alfred...
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Opera Recording
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Hans Hopf (Tannhäuser), Elisabeth Grummer (Elisabeth), Marianne Schech (Venus), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Gottlob Frick (Hermann), Fritz Wunderlich, Rudolf Gonszar (Biterolf), Gerhard Unger (Heinrich der Schreiber), Reiner Suss (Reinmar von Zweter), Lisa Otto (Hirt)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Plácido Domingo (Tannhauser), Cheryl Studer (Elisabeth), Agnes Baltsa (Venus), Matti Salminen (Landgraf), Andreas Schmidt (Wolfram)
Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli
Domingo's Tannhäuser is a success in almost every respect. He evokes the erotic passion of the Venusberg scene and brings to it just the right touch of nervous energy. This is boldly contrasted... — More…
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedParis version
René Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice on CD (Paris version)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser (Dresden version)
RecommendedKlaus König (Tannhäuser), Lucia Popp (Elisabeth), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram), Kurt Moll (Landgraf)
Bernard Haitink
Haitink charts a leisurely course through Wagner's Tannhauser...Best of the principals is Lucia Popp's fresh Elisabeth. Waltraud Meier's Venus is potent yet sounds a touch stretched...Kurt Moll's... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2013, First Choice on CD (Dresden version)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedWolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram), Gerhard Stolze (Walther), Franz Crass (Biterolf), Gerhard Paskuda (Heinrich), Theo Adam (Reinmar)
Orchesta of the Bayreuth Festival, Wolfgang...
Bumbry's über-sensuous Venus [is] a feline Carmen transported to the Horselborg...This performance is all the more treasurable because it is the first of de Los Angeles’s three Wagner roles…to... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
RecommendedRené Kollo (Tannhauser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar)
Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
One of the most satisfying of Georg Solti’s Wagner recordings. Christa Ludwig is a seductive Venus in this, the Paris version, Helga Dernesch a sweet-toned Elisabeth, though René Kollo isn’t... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2003, First Choice on CD (Paris version)
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Wagner: Tannhäuser
Peter Seiffert (Tannhäuser), Marina Prudenskaya (Venus), Ann Petersen (Elisabeth), Peter Mattei (Wolfram von Eschenbach), René Pape (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim
Musically, here is work from the conductor and orchestra on the level of their 2013 London Proms Ring...A well-chosen cast make much of the sympathetic acoustic of the Staatsoper's temporary... — More…
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Special offer. Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tannhäuser), Victoria de los Angeles (Elisabeth), Grace Bumbry (Venus), Josef Greindl (Hermann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wolfram von Eschenbach)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch
