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Carl Maria von Weber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Heinrich Steiner
Weber: Freischütz excerpts
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Ouvert?re
2. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Viktoria, Viktoria!
3. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Dialog Act 1.
4. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Schau der Herr mich an als K?nig
5. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): O diese Sonne
6. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Hier im ird'schen Jammertal
7. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Schweig! Schweig! Damit dich niemand warnt
8. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Wie nahte mir der Schlummer
9. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Wolfsschlucht Szene
10. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Und ob die Wolke sie verh?
11. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Einst tr?umte meiner sel'gen Base
12. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz
13. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Was gleicht wohl auf Erden
14. Der Freisch?tz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Schaut, o schaut!

CD Details

All Artists: Carl Maria von Weber, Hans Knappertsbusch, Heinrich Steiner, Franz Völker, Gerhard Hüsch, Gerhard Witting, Irma Beilke, Kurt Böhme, Marcel Wittrisch, Michael Bohnen, Tiana Lemnitz
Title: Weber: Freischütz excerpts
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Gebhardt Records
Release Date: 3/15/2000
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754159726, 4035122001518

CD Reviews

79 minutes of "Der Freischütz" recorded live in the 1930s.

John Austin | Kangaroo Ground, Australia | 09/15/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Internet browsers with long memories and wrinkled brows will probably hope that favorite German singers of the 1930s will be heard at work here and will "show up well". The CD comprises recordings from two performances: one given in Berlin in 1936 conducted by Heinrich Steiner, the other at Salzburg in August 1939 where Hans Knappertsbusch is responsible for some very slow tempi. Whether it is wanted or not, the Overture is here, leaving only 70 minutes to sample the singing. Tiana Lemnitz is absolutely gorgeous in her two arias: the first is not quite complete, and the second, although at an incredibly slow pace, never catches her out of breath. Marcel Wittrisch, a striking mixture of heldentenor and 1930s crooner, is heard here and there though not in Max's Act 1 aria. What we hear of Max in most of Acts 1 and 2 in sung by Franz Völker. Michael Bohnen, to whom all the enclosed notes are dedicated, hams the role of Kaspar. Gerhard Hüsch's honeyed, forthright baritone contributes a few phrases in the Act 3 excerpts. Irma Beilke, as Ännchen, is heard in some lively dialogue and (distantly) about half her second aria.

I hope this satisfies curiosity to some extent and helps collectors make a choice.

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