COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: EMI Studio Plus
WORKS: Preludes & Overtures
PERFORMER: Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: CDM 7 64334-2 ADD (1975)
These Wagner highlights from Karajan include classic performances of the Meistersinger, Tannhäuser and Flying Dutchman Overtures. Impeccably timed, with a fierce cutting edge, the playing is relentlessly noble and all-conquering. But, as a fine Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and the Tannhäuser Bacchanal suggest, it is also music-making that can be lyrically intense and sensually languorous.Ates Orga
Wagner: Preludes & Overtures
These Wagner highlights from Karajan include classic performances of the Meistersinger, Tannhäuser and Flying Dutchman Overtures. Impeccably timed, with a fierce cutting edge, the playing is relentlessly noble and all-conquering. But, as a fine Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and the Tannhäuser Bacchanal suggest, it is also music-making that can be lyrically intense and sensually languorous.Ates Orga
Our rating
5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:36 pm