Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Wagner: Lohengrin (2017) [CD Rip]

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Artist: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder
Title: Wagner: Lohengrin
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: RCO Live
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, artwork)
Total Time: 3:30:47
Total Size: 789 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

CD 1
Act I
01 Prelude 09:58
02 Hört, Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant! 04:27
03 Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst! 06:28
04 Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte! 03:22
05 Einsam in trüben Tagen hab ich zu Gott gefleht 07:23
06 Des Ritters will ich wahren 02:40
07 Ohn' Antwort ist der Ruf verhallt! 04:32
08 Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan! 05:11
09 Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege 03:53
10 Welch holde Wunder muß ich sehn! 03:43
11 Nun höret mich und achtet wohl 07:07
12 Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein 04:20

Act II
13 Introduction 04:34
14 Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! 03:44
15 Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergehn? 04:05

CD 2
01 Du wilde Seherin, wie willst du doch 07:43
02 Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen 03:21
03 Elsa! 05:32
04 Ortrud, wo bist du? 10:38
05 In Früh'n vesammelt uns der Ruf 04:46
06 Des Königs Wort und Will' tu' ich euch kund 06:09
04 Nun hört! Dem Lande will er uns entführen? 02:20
08 Gesegnet soll sie schreiten 05:17
09 Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden 08:53
10 O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten! Haltet ein! 05:23
11 Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren? 04:56
12 Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen! 07:34

CD 3
Act III
01 Prelude 03:23
02 Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin 04:10
03 Das süße Lied verhallt 04:01
04 Wie hehr erkenn' ich unsrer Liebe Wesen! 07:41
05 Höchstes Vertrauen hast du mir schon zu danken 05:55
06 Ach nein! 07:50
07 Heil König Heinrich! 05:10
08 Was bringen die? 08:06
09 In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten 06:30
10 Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht! 00:53
11 Mein lieber Schwan! 08:51

Sir Mark Elder and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra recorded Richard Wagner's Lohengrin on December 18 and 20, 2015, and the Super Audio presentation on RCO is a combination of the best parts of those concert performances. While he is yet to be counted among the great Wagner conductors, Elder has a handful of recordings to his credit, and he has been working his way through the music dramas in similar unstaged presentations with The Halle in Manchester. This performance provides a change of venue, and the exceptional playing of the Concertgebouw makes this a performance Wagner fans will relish. Featured in this production are tenor Klaus Florian Vogt as the legendary Swan Knight, soprano Camilla Nylund as Elsa, baritone Evgeny Nikitin as Telramund, soprano Katarina Dalayman as Ortrud, and bass Falk Struckman as Konig Heinrich, and even though the cast doesn't offer the powerful Wagnerian voices of the past, the singing is strong and clearly understood, and the combined forces of the Netherlands Radio Choir and the Chorus of the Dutch National Opera provide a richly textured sound. However, there is a perceptible lack of intensity in the acting, which is directed outward to the audience, rather than between the characters, so the story's tension is minimized. Even so, this is a terrific recording for newcomers to Lohengrin, and even experienced listeners will find much to enjoy in the splendid multichannel recording. -- Blair Sanderson

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