Wagner Wesendonck lieder

[Del monaco]

Not listened to these for a long time. What a stunning set of songs. Listened riveted to the Orfeo Varady set. What a glorious communicative voice she had. I respond to her voice as I do to Ferrier or Nelli. She has a simplicity and intimacy that I feel is quite uncommon in other voices. Are there any other recordings that are worth a listen aside of the classics from Ludwig or Studer?

 

[alanbeeb]

Only version I've ever spent time with is Cheryl Studer with Guiseppe Sinopoli & Dresden Staatskapelle.... but she is on your list already. What happened to Cheryl Studer anyway? she was the leading soprano 20 odd years ago, then she just vanished.

 

[Del monaco]

Not sure where she went but the last thing I heard of hers was Otello. Decent performance but not in the same league as Scotto or Tebaldi.

 

[Barrymagrec]

Regine Crespin with George Pretre is rather good, I think.

 

[Tantris]

I like Jessye Norman in the Wesendonk lieder, probably because it was the first recording I had of these songs, and is probably the recording I will still default to.

 

[TheDecameron]

I like Jessye Norman in the Wesendonck lieder, probably because it was the first recording I had of these songs, and is probably the recording I will still default to.

Now there’s a top class pairing at a knock down price-

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000523QL/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21

Problem is, so many will have her Four Last Songs.

 

[TheDecameron]

Regine Crespin with George Pretre is rather good, I think.

My favourite quotes about her-

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/jul/07/guardianobituaries.obituaries

Crespin's voice was a hefty instrument, in later years not always under complete control and showing a tendency to wobble

..her voice had become, in Ronald Crichton's cruel but accurate phrase, "like a double-decker bus in a country lane",

 

[lennyw]

I must confess it's been years since I listened to them, but will hear them soon in concert, admittedly only with piano quartet:
https://www.konzerthaus.de/en/programm/ein-abend-mit-annette-dasch/2140
I guess when one thinks of Wagner, one only thinks of the operas.

PS For those that don't have her 4Last Songs, Jessye Norman's are a knock-out.

 

[Del monaco]

I must confess it's been years since I listened to them, but will hear them soon in concert, admittedly only with piano quartet:
https://www.konzerthaus.de/en/programm/ein-abend-mit-annette-dasch/2140
I guess when one thinks of Wagner, one only thinks of the operas.

PS For those that don't have her 4Last Songs, Jessye Norman's are a knock-out.

Sounds wonderful.Hope you enjoy the concert. I love the sumptuous Norman in Last Four Songs but I can never get away from Janowitz and Karajan.She soars into the heavens and he supports superbly.