MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg (Complete opera in English)
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg (Complete opera in English)
Norman Bailey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Noel Mangin, Sadler's Wells Chorus & Orchestra, Reginald Goodall
[ Chandos Opera in English / 4 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 30 June 2008
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"An ensemble singing an ensemble opera: that is perhaps the performance's greatest strength, but there are many moments when it rises far above that… Whether you were around or not, do listen to this supremely humane account of a supremely humane opera, and learn"
Opera (Disc of the Month)
"What made Goodall's conducting so special was his sense of the long line infused with highly detailed phrasing and articulation. His tempos were famously slow, which means the performance recorded here has a few theatrical cuts, but alongside the majesty and nobility he captures so well in Wagner's writing is n unerring feeling of momentum."
The Telegraph
"The seeds of the conductor's later Wagner style - grand, weighty, delighting in rich string sonorities and 'singing' melodic lines in the orchestra, with an uncommon attention to instrumental detail - and ENOs mostly home-grown Wagner ensemble were sown here… Goodall's towering achievement shines through…"
Sunday Times
