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EAN: 0028947802792 Format: Box set Label: Decca Manufacturer: Decca MPN: 001123902 Number Of Discs: 33 Publisher: Decca Release Date: June 17, 2008 Studio: Decca Editorial Review: Album Description: A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from The Flying Dutchman (1841) to his final masterpiece Parsifal (1882) in performances from the opera house created specifically for the production of Wagner's masterpieces, the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Landmark performances by some of the greatest Wagnerians can be savored here, among them singers Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Anja Silja, Waltraud Meier, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Jess Thomas, James King, Ramon Vinay, Peter Hoffmann, Bernd Weikl, Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Hans Sotin and Simon Estes. The all-star roster of conductors includes Karl Böhm, James Levine, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Silvio Varviso. RICHARD WAGNER (1813-83) Der fliegende Holländer Anja Silja * Fritz Uhl * Josef Greindl * Franz Crass Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Tannhäuser Anja Silja * Wolfgang Windgassen * Eberhard Wächter * Josef Greindl Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Lohengrin Anja Silja * Astrid Varnay * Jess Thomas * Ramon Vinay Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Tristan und Isolde Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen Karl Böhm, conductor Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Hannelore Bode * Jean Cox * Bernd Weikl * Karl Ridderbusch * Hans Sotin Silvio Varviso, conductor Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold Annelies Burmeister * Wolfgang Windgassen * Theo Adam * Gustav Neidlinger Karl Böhm, conductor Die Walküre Birgit Nilsson * Leonie Rysanek * James King * Theo Adam Karl Böhm, conductor Siegfried Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen * Theo Adam Karl Böhm, conductor Götterdämmerung Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen * Josef Greindl * Gustav Neidlinger Karl Böhm, conductor Parsifal Waltraud Meier * Peter Hoffmann * Hans Sotin * Simon Estes James Levine, conductor Average Rating:
 Rating: - What a Package!! What a Bargain!! What Wagner!!There's not really a lot to say about a package containing all post-Rienzi operas from Bayreuth at less than $2/disc. I can't seriously imagine anyone being disappointed by this set: cast after cast of superb singers, conductors -- all bathed in that glorious Bayreuth sound. Some might argue over one performance vs. others, but there are no disappointments here. Decca deserves congratulations for making this available. Rating: - A Phenomenal Bargain -- Don't HesitateThough hardly a Wagner fanatic, I have increasingly come to admire, if not always to love, his music dramas for their boldness, sublime pathos, and cosmic scope. To know Wagner is to appreciate, at very least, where Bruckner, Mahler and Strauss came from (they didn't spring fully formed from the head of Zeus--or Woden as the case may be). Wagner also has the ability to shed light--sometimes garish, sometimes healing, always searching--on some of the darkest places in the human psyche. If you fancy ... Read More Rating: - Great Bargain.As other reviewers have noted, this set is a great bargain. For me it is, other than "The Compact Ring" CD conducted by Levine, my introduction to Wagner's operas. I was mainly interested in the complete Ring cycle and was about to order the Bohm performance set when I discovered that that entire set is included in this set, and that it is cheaper to buy this set than it is to buy the Bohm Ring cycle set separately. An outstanding bargain. Rating: - Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival Great series of operas. We have been pleasently surprised at the sound quality. Great buy for a great set of 10 Wagner operas Rating: - A No BrainerBuying this set is a no brainer. The price for acquiring recordings of all of Wagner's major operas is irresistible. All of these performances range from good to great. Although recorded live, audience noise is almost non-existent and the balance between orchestra and singers is very good. The sound is as good as many of my recordings made in a studio. I had all recordings of all of these operas before buying this set. However, getting to hear other performances of these works was too pricey for ... Read More |
