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Die Walkure (Melchior/Kipnis/Metropolitan/Leinsdorf) [Box set]

~ Richard Wagner (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (4 Dec 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000053W3Y
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  1. Die Walküre
    Composed by Richard Wagner
    Performed by Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
    with Lauritz Melchior, Astrid Varnay, Helen Traubel, Friedrich Schorr, Kerstin Thorborg, Alexander Kipnis
    Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf

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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good Walkure recording, 4 Jun 2001
By Erik Aleksander Moe "riddion" (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This recording has quickly become my favorite Walkure recording, not because of Traubel (I have never cared too much for her voice), but for the other three solists in this recording.

Melchior here is better than ever as Siegmund, singing his Walse cries as long and as thrilling as I have never heard before. He is so powerful in this performance I sometimes feel like he will come out of my speakers.

Astrid Varnay, an artist with a voice I think one has to get used to is extremely good as Sieglinde.

Alexander Kipnis, a little rough bass, is also very good and terrifying as Hunding.

But it was Schorr's performance that, next to Melchior's, that made it for me. He is way behind his prime as one can hear in the potted Ring recording made in the late '20s and early '30s by HMV, but his feeling for the part is nothing I have ever heard in another artist in the part of Wotan before. The ringing voice is still there, with the noble power behind him. His high notes fall short, though, but that is to be expected. Listening to his act 3 performance for the first time left me moved to tears. You can feel his heart broken over that he has to say goodbye to his favorite daughter forever. Not even Hans Hotter in his prime could quite convey that the way Schorr did.

And then there is Leinsdorf. He is a no nonsence conductor that moves the action forward at all times, blending the orchestra and solists masterfully without overpowering them.

Highly recommended.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An historical, well-sung performance at an attractive price, 1 Mar 2001
By stbrewer@lineone.net (Cardiff, Wales) - See all my reviews
This live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera dates from December 6th 1941 - the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbour.....but that's not where the historic signifigance ends.

Helen Traubel, one of the finest Wagnerian sopranos of the century, was singing her first Walkure Brunnhilde......and what a triumph it is!! She is in excellent form, a match for any other Brunnhilde on disc.

Even more importantly, this is the first ever stage appearance of Astrid Varnay - a last minute substitute for the ailing Lotte Lehmann. Her Sieglinde is powerfully and beautifully sung.

These two sopranos are ably supported by the inimitable Lauritz Melchior as a thrilling Siegfried, Kerstin Thorborg as a powerful Fricka and Alexander Kipnis as a resonant Hunding.

Friedrich Schorr, one of the greatest Wotans of the century, is a little past his best here, but it is still easy to hear why he was applauded so highly in this role.

Erich Leinsdorf conducts the forces of the Metropolitan Opera with gusto, and the sound quality is very good for such an historic recording.

At this bargian price from Naxos, this set is well worth investigating.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A cure for CD-star boredom, 28 April 2001
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If you're bored by the singing of today's CD stars....Forget purity of sound and perfect studio playing (the poor old horn players were getting tired and hungry by the end of this historic afternoon at the Met) but revel in big voices, straightforward singing, personality, commitment and the excitement of live peformance. There have been other American sopranos than Renée Fleming, as this set shows - and what a relief it is!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest .. of all Met/opera performances
This MIGHT be the greatest of all .. of the MANY Wagner/Walkure .. performances and/or recordings. Traubel, Kip, Melchior, Schorr were some of the greatest/most-enduring of... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Praise for Melchior
This recording should carry a warning. Melchior's performance is so thrilling that every performance of Die Walkure one sees afterwards is inevitably disappointing. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2005 by Leo Dawkins

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