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Friedrich Schorr, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Albert Coates
Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Was duftet doch der Flieder
2. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Gut'n Abend, Meister
3. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Jerum! Jerum!
4. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Wahn! Wahn! ?berall Wahn
5. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Abendlich gl?hend in himmlischer Glut
6. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Aha! Da streicht die Lene schon um's Haus - Selig wie die Sonne
7. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Euch macht ihr's leicht
8. Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg, opera, WWV 96: Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
9. Der fliegende Holl?nder (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63: Die Frist ist um
10. Die Walk?re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber

Friedrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment of a Wagner singer, highly sensitive and extremely subtle in his i... more »

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All Artists: Friedrich Schorr, Richard [Classical] Wagner, Albert Coates, Lawrance Collingwood, Leo Blech, Robert Heger, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Ben Davis, Elisabeth Schumann, Gladys Parr, Gota Ljungberg, Lauritz Melchior
Title: Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner
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Label: Hanssler Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 5/9/2006
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 4010276018254

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The best sound - but much missing

Nathaniel R. Brown | Edmonds, Washington | 05/31/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I have admired Schorr's Hans Sachs since I first heard these excerpts in the 60's. His was THE voice for the role, and both musically and interpretively, he remains the greatest Sachs on record - once you have heard it, it becomes part of you.

This is the best re-mastering of these excerpts that I have heard: clean, mellow, immediate. Unfortunately, much is missing from Schorr's Meistersinger legacy in order to make room for the Walkure and Dutchman excerpts. A great pity: two discs were really called for.

For the complete Schorr Sachs, go to Pearl; slightly harsh - but everything he did in the studio is there (there are at least two "complete" live Meistersingers to be found, with old-fashioned cuts, and a very distant "chunks" set from Berlin which is better avoided: go for the Guild Metropolitan set).

A good set then, for an intro to this wonderful singer, but more of a tour through his big roles than a spotlight on his warm, subtle and infinitely well-voiced Sachs.

If only Ward Marston and Naxos would give us a Schorr Meistersinger!

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