Re: Real Post: Recommended historical Fliegende Holl,,nder recordings

"Juan I. Cahis" <jiclbchSINBASURA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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And what the group think about the new Testament Hollaender CD set?

RichardBernas@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I know of the Naxos
Historical recording of Hotter: how is it? Are there any others that
I must hear?

ex-neo-con

Just listened to Act 2 yesterday.
Hotter's authority is compelling but he's not in the best voice, even
for him (the tone spreads in quiet singing, though its only 1950).
Varnay and Svanholm are in great form and Reiner's work is sharp
edged, as disciplined as you would expect. The sound has a good deal
of information and is listenable but there is some of hiss/crackle.

I also admire Fricsay on DG. Kupper is steady and on pitch, which you
do not get with every (more famous) Senta and Metternich's thrilling
high baritone works excellently in a role usually cast with lower
voices. Fricsay locates the piece as a successor to Weber rather than
a precursor of Tristan and makes his point of view work. Windgassen
and Greindl are both in very good shape. Solid mono sound from 1952.


Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Its a good but not great performance - Uhde was a very intelligent and
sensitive singer but the voice was not always up to his dramatic level - he
goes badly off pitch more than once and is pretty well pooped at the end of
the duet. Varnay is rather heavy vocally for Senta but she is always alive
and interesting, Ludwig Weber was past his prime by 1955 and though there
are moments to remind is how great he was, there are also moments of
insecurity and imprecision. Rudolf Lustig is pretty bad as Erik singing off
pitch and with nary a sensitive moment. The mid-50s was a good time for
Keilberth and he conducts an idiomatic and effective performance - we are
not talking about Furtwangler or Toscanini here. The sound is quite good
though I actually prefer the sound on the Richmond stereo LPs which seem
more natural and "Bayreuth sounding" - something that can't always be said
for the 1955 Ring on Testament.(which I don't think is quite the world
shaking event others seem to think.) Richard


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