COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
PERFORMER: Holl, Schmidt, Seiffert, Magee; Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele/Daniel Barenboim
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 67899-9 (2000)
A mediocre Bayreuth staging sounds better on CD, but despite strong conducting, a fine pair of lovers and Schmidt’s smoothie Beckmesser, Robert Holl’s dull Sachs drags it down. Michael Scott Rohan