{"product_id":"walter-wagner-die-walkure-act-1-1935-paco024","title":"WALTER Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 1) (1935) - PACO024","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDie Walküre (Act 1)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in Musikvereinssaal, Vienna 20-22 June 1935\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 61:58 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLotte Lehmann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e: Sieglinde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eLauritz Melchior\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e: Siegmund\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEmanuel List\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e: Hunding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eVienna Philharmonic Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBruno Walter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775340\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO024.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWidely regarded as the greatest Wagner recording ever made\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis stunning remastering leaves all previous issues redundant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThis recording is legendary - it is frequently held up\nas the greatest recording ever made of music by Wagner, despite its\nvintage sound. My aim, therefore, was simple to describe, if not so\nsimple to achieve: to get beyond that vintage sound and elevate it to a\nlevel which would bring dramatic and significant new life to the\nrecording - to literally leave previous issues in the past. I believe\nI've succeeded beyond all expectations - certainly my own. By applying\nthe very latest XR remastering techniques I've been able to lift the\nsound quality of this recording to a level I would not have considered\npossible just a few weeks ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eAt the time of writing I regard this as my finest ever\nremastering work. As one respected reviewer put it to me ahead of\nrelease:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou've done wonders here; if I hadn't recognised\nLehmann's voice, I'd never have believed this dates from 1935. I'm not\nsurprised this has been described as the cream of all Wagner\nperformances. The detail is all there, the balance is superb and there's\nan ample acoustic preserved from the originals allowing the voices to\nexpand naturally. There's such depth to the soundstage, too...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eBut what is it that is so special about this particular,\nsingle-act-only recording? Here I hand over to the Wagner experts - the\nreviewing public, as remarked on websites around the world in reference\nto previous issues of this legendary recording:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in Vienna in 1935, this recording of probably\nthe most popular act of the Ring Cycle has always been the benchmark. It\nemploys three unbelievable singers, under the glorious conducting of\nBruno Walter...Lauritz Melchior is unquestionably the greatest\nHeldentenor who ever lived. Here he is in fabulous voice, even by his\nstandards, and he is so much more involved and intelligent when he is\nworking with a great conductor...Lotte Lehmann is just as fabulous as\nMelchior. She has a very beautiful voice ideal for Sieglinde: solid at\nthe core but soft-edged, and she too has model diction and excellent\nlegato...finally, we come to the conducting of Bruno Walter. Helped by\nthe radiant playing of the Vienna Philharmonic, he conjures up Wagner's\nunique world of blended sound and emotion like no one else on record. He\nis as warm and lyrical as is possible, but realizes all the drama, and\nnever goes over the top...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e...[Lehmann] can be heard at her best in this\nrecording of the first act of \"Die Walküre\" made in Vienna in 1935. It\npreserves one of her most famous operatic portrayals. Few Sieglindes\nhave conveyed so much in their singing: first an eager curiosity, then a\nguarded welcome, a wondrous admiration, an intensity in the narration,\nand finally an impassioned ecstasy. Such singing lives on in the\nlistener's memory. Melchior is also represented at his best, but the\nhero of the proceedings is the conductor Bruno Walter. Under Walter's\ndirection the performance has a sweep, a warmth, a glow and a tenderness\nthat I have never heard equalled...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpectacular! There is simply no better CD version of\nthis opera, despite being recorded in 1935. \"Du bist der Lenz\" with\nLotte Lehmann has never been surpassed. This CD is a \"MUST HAVE\" for any\nserious music lover. Modern recordings obviously have better sound, but\nthe singers are like pygmies compared to these two giants - Melchior\nand Lehmann.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew 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Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDie Walküre (Act 1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eRecorded in Musikvereinssaal, Vienna 20-22 June 1935\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIssued as UK HMV 78s HMV DB 2636-43\u003cbr\u003e Matrix nos. 2V94-109, Takes 1, 2, 2, 1, 3A, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2A, 2, 1A, 1, 1, 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRestoration and XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, May-June 2008\u003cbr\u003e Cover artwork based on a photograph of Lauritz Melchior as Seigmund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTotal duration: 61:58 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