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WAGNER: Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) (Schoeffler, Gueden, VPO, Knappertsbusch) (1950-1951)
This remastered and restored recording of one of Wagner’s greatest dramatic achievements brings together a dreamcast of operatic legends. They include Paul Schoeffler, by general consent the greatest Hans Sachs of the early 1950s, as well as Hilde Gueden, Anton Dermota, and Otto Edelmann. A regular conductor at the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch was able to generate dramatic excitement over long spans of musical form. When Act 2 of Die Meistersinger was originally released in 1951, The Gramophone remarked: “Hans Knappertsbusch and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra play the wonderful score with complete understanding and love”.
Tracklist
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Pröglhöf, Harald (bass)
Majkut, Erich (tenor)
Gallos, Hermann (tenor)
Wergnick, William (tenor)
Pantscheff, Ljubomir (bass)
Bierbach, Franz (bass)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 5 | Act I Scene 3: Seid meiner Treue wohl versehen (Pogner, Beckmesser, Walther, Sachs, Vogelgesang, Nachtigall) | 04:38 |
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 6 | Act I Scene 3: Zu einer Freiung und Zunftberatung (Kothner, Pogner, Vogelgesang, Ortel, Zorn, Nachtigall, Moser...) | 02:55 |
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Pröglhöf, Harald (bass)
Majkut, Erich (tenor)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Gallos, Hermann (tenor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Wergnick, William (tenor)
Pantscheff, Ljubomir (bass)
Bierbach, Franz (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 9 | Act I Scene 3: Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit (Walther, Sachs, Beckmesser, Kothner, Vogelgesang, Nachtigall) | 07:31 |
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Majkut, Erich (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 2 | Act I Scene 3: Halt! Meister! Nicht so geeilt! (Sachs, Beckmesser, Nachtigall, Kothner, Pogner, the other Masters) | 07:37 |
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 11 | Act II Scene 5: Darf ich mich Meister nennen (Beckmesser, Sachs, Neighbours, David, Magdalene, Apprentices, Journeymen, Masters, Women...) | 05:41 |
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Pröglhöf, Harald (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Schürhoff, Else (soprano)
Treptow, Gunther (tenor)
Dermota, Anton (tenor)
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 6 | Act III Scene 5: Silentium! Silentium!, "Entrance of the Mastersingers" (Apprentices, All the People) | 03:21 |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 8 | Act III Scene 5: Euch macht ihr’s leicht (Sachs, Pogner, Beckmesser, Kothner, the People, the Apprentices) | 07:19 |
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Dönch, Karl (baritone)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Poell, Alfred (baritone)
Felden, Wilhelm (bass)
Meyer-Welfing, Hugo (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 10 | Act III Scene 5: Das Lied, fürwahr, ist nicht von mir (Sachs, the Masters, the People, the Apprentices) | 04:13 |
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
| 11 | Act III Scene 5: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein (Walther, the People, Sachs, the Masters, Pogner, Eva) | 07:26 |
Schöffler, Paul (bass-baritone)
Edelmann, Otto (bass)
Gueden, Hilde (soprano)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Knappertsbusch, Hans (Conductor)





























