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Music : Tannhauser (Slipcase)
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Tannhauser (Slipcase) by: Wagner, Sotin, Dernesch, Kollo, Solti |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028947081029 Format: Box set, Original recording remastered Label: Decca Manufacturer: Decca Number Of Discs: 3 Publisher: Decca Release Date: February 11, 2003 Studio: Decca Sales Rank: 70801 MPN: 470810 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Good and BadI was very excited to get this stereo Tannhauser, since the ones I owned were the Caissily\Levine and Cluytens(56). I decided to go with this after listening to Soltis Meistersinger(2nd version) and couldnt get over the clarity, hoping for similar revelations. Unfortunetly, this was not the case. It started out well enough with an exceptional Venus sung by Christa Ludwig-definetly the best interpretation I have ever heard but from the outset of Rene Kollo-the famous first song-I began having misgivings about his interp. I found myself feeling this was pretty uninspired throughout, with a brief moment of enjoyment returning in the third act. Overall, this was not even close to the Cluytens version-which is still my favourite despite less than ... Read More: Rating:  - A Reference TannhauserFollowing several reissues in CD and a new 24-bit super digital transfer (!), this now legendary Tannhauser sounds younger than ever. Of course this has a lot to do with Solti's flamboyant style and his marvellous orchestra, in peak form. The score really sounds like it is in cinemascope and Technicolor and this CD is probably the closest thing to Ben Hur on a CD: the listener has really his money's worth of musical emotions! But the beauty of Solti (versus a late Karajan) lies in the fact that for him an opera remains...an opera, and not a symphony with voice accompaniment. So during all Solti's career on disc, there will be this willingness to find the appropriate singers to "compete" effectively with the magnificent orchestras he conducts ... Read More: Rating: - A Tenor's Traviata---Perfection!Tannhauser is one of the most challenging tenor roles ever written by Wagner after Tristan and the young Siegfried. It is challenging because like Violetta, the first act of Tannhauser requires a voice of agility and power to go through the music's high tessitura. The second half requires a more dramatic voice that reminds the audience of Tannhauser's agony (not very much unlike Tristan's agonizing third act). Besides the challenge of assigning the role to a great tenor who can sing it (and some say that only Melchior can do the role right...I disagree...Melchior sounds too porky), the opera also needs a great conductor to create a contrast of musical worlds created by the Venusberg and the Wartburg. You also need an excellent baritone ... Read More: Rating: - MagicalI still can't listen to the Pilgrim's music from TANNHAUSER without hearing Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny sing along to it in the classic Cartoon "What's Opera, Doc?" It is only seldom that a recording lets me completely forget the Rabbit. This is one of them. The most prominent advantage of this set is the use of the "Paris" edition of the score, as opposed to the "Dresden" version, which does not include the apparition of Venus or the Funeral of Elisabeth at the end, which were added for Paris. (It does include a song for the minstral knight Walther von Vogelweide in the song contest) Secondly, the full score is performend, including the ENTIRE Venusberg ballet: all ten-plus minutes of it. The Cast is wonderful. Tannhauser has not ... Read More: Rating: - The Perfect Opera Recording?I've owned this recording since it came out on LP. Even then, I thought it a masterpiece. I've now added the new remastered edition to my collection and I'm bowled over by its beauty and it's engineering perfection. Listening through high-end headphones is like visiting the Venusburg live! You would never know this recording is 30+ years old. It could have been recorded last year, the engineering is so nearly perfect. In some passages, the sounds moves side to side to heighten the realism. I hear things I never heard before and I must rank this as one of the finest of classical recordings - opera or otherwise. If you're a Wagner follower, you must have this set at any cost. |
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