Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner

On this CD:

1. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Die Frist ist um
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

2. Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Wie aus der Ferne
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

3. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Als du in kühnem Sange
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

4. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Blick' ich umher
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

5. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 O du mein holder Abendstern
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a Abendlich strahlt de Sonne Auge
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Genia Guszalewicz, Friedrich Schorr, Waldemar Henke
Conducted by Leo Blech

7. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Nun zäume dein Ross
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

8. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b O heilige Schmach
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

9. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Wo ist Brünnhild'
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

10. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

11. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Frida Leider, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

12. Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Hast du, Gunther, ein Weib?
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr, Rudolf Watzke, Liselotte Topas
Conducted by Leo Blech

13. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Was dufted doch der Flieder
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

14. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Gut'n Abend, Meister
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

15. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Jerum! Jerum!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

16. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

17. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Grüss' Gott, mein Junker!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Horst R. Laubenthal, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

18. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Abendlich glühend
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Lauritz Melchior, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

19. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Sieh' Ev'chen! Dacht' ich doch
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Elisabeth Rethberg, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

20. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Hat man mit dem Schuhwerk
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

21. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Aha! Da streicht die Lene
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

22. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Selig wie die Sonne
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Lauritz Melchior, Gladys Parr, Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Schumann, Ben Williams

23. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Euch macht ihr's leicht
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Lawrance Collingwood

24. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner, Music, Friedrich Schorr, Richard Wagner, Albert Coates, Lawrance Collingwood, Lawrence [composer/arranger], Leo Blech, Rosario Bourdon, Sir John Barbirolli, Berliner Staatsopernorchester, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Ben Williams, Elisabeth Rethberg, Elisabeth Schumann, Frida Leider, Genia Guszalewicz, Gladys Parr, Gota Ljungberg, Horst R. Laubenthal, Lauritz Melchior, Liselotte Topas, Rudolf Watzke, Waldemar Henke, Classical, Classical Artists, German/Austrian Romantic Opera, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner
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The lost art of the Wagnerian Heldenbariton

Friedrich Schorr Sings Wagner

Manufacturer: Preiser Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000023PV
Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

Der Fliegende Hollander: Die Frist Ist Um
Der Fliegende Hollander: Wie Aus Der Ferne
Tannhauser: Als Du In Kuhnem Sange Uns Bestrittest
Tannhauser: Blick' Ich Umher In Diesem Edlen Kreise
Tannhauser: O Due Mein Holder Abendstern
Das Rheingold: Abendlich Strahlt Der Sonne Auge - Friedrich Schorr/Genia Guszalewicz/Waldemar Henke
Die Walkure: Nun Zaume Dein Ross, Reisige Maid - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
Die Walkure: O Heilige Schmach - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
Die Walkure: Wo Ist Brunnhild', Wo Die Verbrecherin? - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
Die Walkure: Du Zeugtest Ein Edles Geschlecht - Friedrich Schorr/Frida Leider
Die Walkure: Leb' Wohl, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind

Tracks:

Gotterdammerung: Hast Du, Gunther, Ein Weib? - Friedrich Schorr/Lauritz Melchior/Liselotte Topas/Rudolf Watzke
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg: Was Duftet Doch Der Flieder
Gut'n Abend, Meister - Friedrich Schorr/Gota Ljungberg
Jerum! Jerum!
Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn!
Gruss' Gott, Mein Junker! - Friedrich Schorr/Rudolf Laubenthal
Abenlich Gluhend In Himmlischer Glut - Friedrich Schorr/Lauritz Melchior
Sieh', Ev'chen! Dacht' Ich Doch, Wo Sie Blieb'! - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Rethberg
Hat Man Mit Dem Schuhwerk Nicht Seine Not! - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Rethberg
Aha! Da Streicht Die Lene Schon Um's Haus
Selig Wie Die Sonne Meines Gluckes Lacht - Friedrich Schorr/Elisabeth Schumann/Lauritz Melchior/Gladys Parr/Ben Williams
Euch Macht Ihr's Leicht
Verachtet Mir Die Meister Nicht

Customer Reviews:

The lost art of the Wagnerian Heldenbariton.......2001-12-16

Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) was the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of the "golden age" of Wagner singing in the inter-war years of the Twenties and Thirties which included Melchior, Leider, Lehmann, Rethberg, and Flagstad. Many good judges consider him the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of the twentieth century--his only competition comes from the much earlier Emil Fisher (1838-1914) and perhaps from his contemporary Rudolf Bockelmann (1892-1958). Born in Hungary, he studied in Vienna and Brno, made his debut in Graz as the Die Walkure Wotan in 1912 to great success, earning the novice singer a four-year contract. Then he sang in Prague (1916), Cologne (1918-1923), and the Berlin State Opera (1923-32). He visited New York in 1923 and was engaged by the Metropolitan (debut there in Tannhauser in 1924), where he sang for twenty seasons, most often the great Wagner roles, in which he had no peer; he was especially esteemed for his Dutchman, Hans Sachs, and Wotan. He also appeared frequently at Covent Garden (1924-1933), at Bayreuth (where he was the regular Wotan from 1925-1931), at the Vienna State Opera (1923 and 1929-1936), and in San Francisco (1931-1938). He moved to the U. S. permanently after the rise of the Nazis. Since he retired from the Met in 1943, there has been no one to take his place.

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, ed. David Hamilton, says of him: "Without question the greatest Wagnerian bass-baritone of his time, Schorr was equally impressive in Wotan's scornful rages and Sachs's tenderness; his noble, smooth, resonant voice functioned well at all dynamic levels, and his diction was precise, authoritative, and finely colored. Extensive passages from his major roles are well preserved on recordings."

Indeed they are, and we have the best of them here. This marvelous two-CD all-Wagner collection, released in 1994 and containing almost two and a half hours of music (over 73 minutes on each CD), is a feast of exemplary Wagner bass-baritone singing, probably the best ever put on record. The processing and annotation are first-rate, as is typical of the estimable Austrian label Preiser, which with its fine "Lebendige Vergangenheit" ("Living Past") series has done much to preserve and make available the legacy of great singers of the past. The recordings here (1927 to 1931) are all HMV and Victor studio electrical recordings and all represent Schorr in his prime; all are object lessons in how these Wagner roles should be sung. Schorr's Dutchman (Der fliegende Hollander), Wolfram (Tannhauser), and Gunther (Gotterdammerung) are all represented, but the lion's share of the space here goes appropriately to Wotan (Das Rheingold, DieWalkure) and Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger), his two greatest roles.

Some think of Wagner singing as primarily loud, strenuous, and declamatory, and there have been Wagner singers who have fostered this impression. But the greatest Wagner singers give the lie to this notion, and this is nowhere better exemplified than in the singing of Schorr: he has the power for the climaxes and can declaim with authority, but what impresses most is the smoothness of his legato, the mellifluous ease and naturalness of his vocal production throughout his range and at varying dynamic levels, the absence of strain in his singing. He makes it sound as natural and easy as opening his mouth. His singing is wonderfully expressive, but he makes all his dramatic points by purely vocal means. "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhauser is as close to a traditional Italian aria as Wagner's operas provide, and Schorr's caressing performance of it is as close as Wagnerian singing comes to bel canto. Collateral benefits in this set include some other superb Wagnerians: the great Frida Leider in several selections from Die Walkure (including her thrilling Brunnhilde's Battle Cry), Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, and a stunningly beautiful Die Meistersinger quintet in which the hauntingly lovely singing of Elisabeth Schumann (she sings with instrumental precision and control) floats magically above the other voices.

Album Description

Friedrich Schorr was the leading heroic baritone in Germany during the 1920s. His studio and live recordings reveal him to have been the perfect embodiment of a Wagner singer, highly sensitive and extremely subtle in his interpretations. These treasured historic recordings from 1927-1929 have been expertly remastered.

Customer Reviews:

The best sound - but much missing.......2006-05-31

I have admired Schorr's Hans Sachs since I first heard these excerpts in the 60's. His was THE voice for the role, and both musically and interpretively, he remains the greatest Sachs on record - once you have heard it, it becomes part of you.

This is the best re-mastering of these excerpts that I have heard: clean, mellow, immediate. Unfortunately, much is missing from Schorr's Meistersinger legacy in order to make room for the Walkure and Dutchman excerpts. A great pity: two discs were really called for.

For the complete Schorr Sachs, go to Pearl; slightly harsh - but everything he did in the studio is there (there are at least two "complete" live Meistersingers to be found, with old-fashioned cuts, and a very distant "chunks" set from Berlin which is better avoided: go for the Guild Metropolitan set).

A good set then, for an intro to this wonderful singer, but more of a tour through his big roles than a spotlight on his warm, subtle and infinitely well-voiced Sachs.

If only Ward Marston and Naxos would give us a Schorr Meistersinger!

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