Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera]

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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [complete opera]
Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Edith Haller / Rundfunkchor Berlin & Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski

[ Pentatone SACD / 4 Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Thursday 1 November 2012

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"a swift, light, comic reading of the score, more Lortzing than Tristan...Albert Dohmen sounded at home across the whole spectrum of Sachs's poetry, wistfulness and wit" (Gramophone Award Finalist 2012 - Opera)

"a swift, light, comic reading of the score, more Lortzing than Tristan...Albert Dohmen sounded at home across the whole spectrum of Sachs's poetry, wistfulness and wit....Henschel essays a Beckmesser who can be all of pompous, weird, a credible vocalist in both serenade and prize song to Eva - and funny....Janowski's achievement is to have recreated a genuine comic feel for the piece."
(Gramophone Award Finalist 2012 - Opera)

"[a good Meistersinger] should show teamwork among the soloists and a good balance between the conversational style of much of the singing and the grandeur of the orchestral accompaniment. On that basis, this recording...is the most successful ever made. It is a phenomenal achievement of Marek Janowski to have welded his immense forces into such a virtually flawless unity, and to imbue it with incessant vitality and energy."
(BBC Music Opera Choice Feb 2012)

"Die Meistersinger is essentially an ensemble piece, and Janowski never lets you forget this...Occasionally, in Sachs's big phrases, Dohmen has to push his voice, but, overall, his Sachs is one of the successes of the set...Another big success is Peter Sonn's youthful and verbally agile David...As Pogner, Georg Zeppenfeld sports one of the finest German basses of his generation and the most beautiful male voice on the set."
(International Record Review)