Wagner Arias
opera CD · categorised by title
RRP £20.30 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Composer
- Richard Wagner
- Performers
- Claudio Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryn Terfel
- Label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Barcode
- 9786306847341
Amazon.co.uk Bryn Terfel brings a resonant voice and wide emotional range to Wagner's bass-baritone roles. He's a touching Flying Dutchman, a grief-laden Amfortas in two scenes from Parsifal, a wise, sympathetic Hans Sachs in the two monologues from Die Meistersinger, and at his best in a smoothly sung rendition of Wolfram's Evening Star aria from Tannhäuser. The only quibble is a degree of over-emoting that can sectionalise scenes through an excess of passion where understatement often works better. The first part of "Leb' wohl", for example, is delivered with a surplus of anger where sad resignation would be more appropriate, since Wotan's fury has been spent by the time we reach this point. Such vocal heavy lifting sometimes reminds one of the old "Bayreuth bark" school of Wagnerian singing, but those moments pass quickly. It's doubtful you'll find anything amiss if you're not familiar with past masters like Hans Hotter and Friederich Schorr. Wagnerians and Terfel fans will snap this up. --Dan Davis Product description DGG 471348 2; DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON - Germania; Classica Lirica Recital
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Details
- TERFEL BRYN / ABBADO / BERLIN
- MUSICA CLASICA
- INTERNATIONAL
- MUSIC
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