SET SVANHOLM - Wagner

Set Svanholm canta Wagner (1947-1950)

Lohengrin • Tannhäuser • Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg • Die Walküre • Tristan und Isolde

RCA Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann, Karl Böhm

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Classical CD review: "Frieder Weissman conducts all recordings made in 1947, the year after his Met debut, as well as those made in 1950.  Karl Böhm conducts the two extended scenes from Die  Walküre (the Act II scene between Siegmund and Brunnhilde, "Siegmund! Sieh' auf mich," and Love Music from Tristan and Isolde), both recorded in England with the Philharmonia Orchestra.   Wagner singing of this calibre has been virtually unheard in opera houses during the past two decades.  When I first heard of this reissue of Svanholm's Wagner I hoped it would feature the stunning Siegfried final duet recorded with Eileen Farrell, Erich Leinsdorf and the Rochester Philharmonic for RCA -- let us hope that will be issued in the future.  In the meantime here is a glorious memento of one of the top Wagnerians of the past century, sadly under-represented on recordings." (Robert Benson)