COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
PERFORMER: Adam, Evans, Kollo, Donath; Staatskapelle Dresden/Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 640 7882
For some, the finest Meistersinger recorded; for others, too self-consciously ‘chamber’ style. There’s punch enough in the big moments, though. Michael Scott Rohan