Les Introuvables Du Chant Wagnérien (4 CD, APE)

Performer: Hans Hermann Nissen, Arthur Endreze
Conductor: Bruno Seidler-Winkler, Selmar Meyerowitz, Rosario Bourdon, Leopold Ludwig
Composer: Richard Wagner
Audio CD
SPARS Code: A-D
Number of Discs: 4
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: EMI Classics
Size: 942 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

# Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act 1: Die Frist Ist Um
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Hans Hermann Nissen
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler

# Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act 1: L’heure A Sonné
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Symphonique Orchestre
with Arthur Endreze
Conducted by Selmar Meyrowitz

# Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act 2: Jo-Ho-Hoe Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Sentas Ballade)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Friedel Beckmann, Marta Fuchs
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler

# Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act 2: Jo-Ho-Hoe Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Sentas Ballade)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Alessandro Orchestra Scarlatti
with Elisabeth Rethberg
Conducted by Rosario Bourdon

# Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), opera, WWV 63 Act 2: Wie Aus Der Ferne
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson
Conducted by Leopold Ludwig

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 2: Was Duftet Doch Der Flieder (Fliedermonolog)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Albert Coates

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 2: Qui C’est Vous
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Alessandro Orchestra Scarlatti
with Georges Thill, Germaine Martinelli
Conducted by Eugene Bigot

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 2: Jerum! (Schusterlied)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Rudolf Bockelmann
Conducted by Clemens Schmalstich

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 3: Wahn! Wahn! Uberall Wahn! (Wahnmonologl)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Leo Blech

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 3: Selig Wie Die Sonne (Quintett)
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Ben Williams, Elisabeth Schumann, Friedrich Schorr, Gladys Parr, Lauritz Melchior
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

# Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96 Act 3: Morgenlich Leuchtend
Composed by Richard Wagner
with Torsten Ralf, Rudolf Bockelmann, Tiana Lemnitz, Ensemble Covent Garden Royal Opera House
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 2: Dich,Teure Halle
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
with Maria Muller
Conducted by Karl Elmendorff

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 2: O Fürstin!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Maria Reining, Max Lorenz
Conducted by Rudolf Moralt

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 2: Blick’ Ich Umher
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
with Herbert Hanssen
Conducted by Karl Elmendorff

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 3: Wohl Wusst’ Ich
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Gerhard Husch
Conducted by Hans Udo Muller

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 3: Allmächt’ge Jungfrau
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra
with Kirsten Flagstad
Conducted by Issay Alexandrovich Dobroven

# Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70 Act 3: Wie Todesahnung…O Du Mein Holder Abends
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Gerhard Husch
Conducted by Hans Udo Muller

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 1: Einsam In Trüben Tagen
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Elisabeth Rethberg
Conducted by Fritz Zweig

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 1: Merce, Merce, Cigno Gentil! (Nun Sei Bedan
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
with Aureliano Pertile
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 2: Allons Debout, Compagne De Ma Honte
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophon
with Martial Singher, Marjorie Lawrence
Conducted by Piero Coppola

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 2: Aurette, A Cui Si Spesso
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra & Chorus
with Hina Spani
Conducted by Carlo Sabajno

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 2: Euch Lüften
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Alessandro Orchestra Scarlatti
with Lotte Lehmann
Conducted by Frieder Weissmann

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 2: Elsa!…Wer Ruft?
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Tiana Lemnitz, Margarete Klose
Conducted by Johannes Schuler

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 3: In Fernem Land
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Marcel Wittrisch
Conducted by Fritz Zaun

# Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75 Act 3: Mein Lieber Schwan!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
with Helge Rosvaenge
Conducted by Rudolf Moralt

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 1: Doch Nun Von Tristan!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Frida Leider, Elfriede Marherr
Conducted by Leo Blech

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 2: Dein Werk? O Thör’ge Magd
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
with Nanny Larsen-Todsen, Anny Helm
Conducted by Karl Elmendorff

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 2: Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter!/O Sin
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
with Frida Leider, Lauritz Melchior
Conducted by Albert Coates

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 2: O König, Das Kann Ich Dir Nicht S
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Heger

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 3: Und Drauf Isolde
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Lauritz Melchior
Conducted by Robert Heger

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 3: MIld Und Leise
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Meta Seinemeyer
Conducted by Frieder Weissmann

# Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90 Act 3: Doux Et Calme, Quel Sourire!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Monte Carlo Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra
with Germaine Lubin
Conducted by Philippe Gaubert

# Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Act 2: Ich Sah! Das Kind
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Frida Leider
Conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

# Parsifal, opera, WWV 111 Act 3: So Ward Es Uns Verhiessen
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
with Fritz Wolff, Alexander Kipnis
Conducted by Siegfried Wagner

# Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a Scene 4: Abendlich Strahlt
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Friedrich Schorr
Conducted by Ernst Viebig

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act 2: Der Männer Sippe
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Choir
with Meta Seinemeyer
Conducted by Frieder Weissmann

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act 2: Winterstürme Wichen Dem Wonnemond/Du Bist
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Berlin State Choir
with Meta Seinemeyer, Max Lorenz
Conducted by Ernst Viebig, Frieder Weissmann

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act 3: Ai-je A Ce Point Mérité Qu On Me Blame
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
with Marjorie Lawrence
Conducted by Piero Coppola

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act 3: Adien, Superbe
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Orchestre Symphonique du Gramophon
with Marcel Journet
Conducted by Piero Coppola

# Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b Act 3: Leb’ Wohl!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Rudolf Bockelmann
Conducted by Clemens Schmalstich

# Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Act 1: Auf Wolkigen Höh’n
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Hans Hermann Nissen
Conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler

# Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Act 3: Wirr Wird Mir Seit Ich Erwacht
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Vienna State Opera Orchestra
with Maria Olszewska, Dr. Emil Schipper
Conducted by Carl Alwin

# Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Act 3: Heil Dir, Sonne!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Frida Leider, Horst R. Laubenthal
Conducted by Leo Blech

# Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Act 3: Dès L’Orgine Jusqu’ A Cette Heure
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Alessandro Orchestra Scarlatti
with Germaine Lubin
Conducted by H. Defosse

# Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c Act 3: O Siegfried, Dein War Ich Von Je!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
with Frida Leider, Horst R. Laubenthal
Conducted by Leo Blech

# Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Prelude: Zu Neuen Taten
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
with Walter Widdop, Florence Austral
Conducted by Albert Coates

# Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 2: Hoi-Ho-Ho-Ho!
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Berlin Staatskapelle and Chor
with Emanuel List
Conducted by Eduard Morike

# Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 2: Nun Lass Das Lachen
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
with Herbert Janssen, Ludwig Weber
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

# Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d Act 3: Qu’ Un Bucher S’élève Là-bas
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
with Marjorie Lawrence
Conducted by Piero Coppola

A Good Anthology

This anthology of Wagner’s vocal music, recorded between 1927 and 1957, is not quite as interesting as its Verdi counterpart Les Introuvables Du Chant Verdien. While the large majority of its recordings date from that wonderful period between 1927 and 1939 when one could hear so many of the century’s greatest Wagnerian singers (Flagstad, Leider, Lehmann, Lawrence, Seinemeyer, Lubin, Lemnitz, Müller, Klose, Melchior, Völker, Ralf, Lorenz, Thill, Schorr, Hotter, and Kipnis – just too mention the brightest stars in the galaxy), it would have been useful and interesting to hear at least some of the stars from the previous 25 years of recordings (e.g. Destinn, Schumann-Heink, Slezak, Urlus, Soomer and van Rooy).

Also the selection from the time period covered could have been better:

George Thill, who recorded some beautiful pieces from Walküre & Parsifal, is represented only by a rather boring duet (“Oui, c’est Vous”) with Germaine Martinelli from Meistersinger.

Surely, more than one “Prize Song” could have been included.

No “Das süsse Lied verhalt” from Lohengrin; and the only “In fernem Land” is by Marcel Wittrisch!

No “Ein Schwert verhiess mir” from Walküre; and only one “Winterstürme”

Never the less, it is a good introduction for listeners who want to expand their listening experiences with early (but not too early) recordings from some of the great historical singers.

The audio sound is rather good for the ’20’s & ’30’s but is nowhere near modern standards.