Siegfried Lorenz Felix 1 Mendelssohn Kurt Masur - Mendelssohn Die erste Walpurgisnacht (15 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Siegfried Lorenz, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Kurt Masur
Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
1. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: Ov: I. Das Schlechte Wetter
2. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: Ov: II. Der Ubergang Zum Fruhling
3. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.1 Es Lacht Der Mai
4. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.2 Konnt Ihr So Verwegen Handeln
5. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.3 Wer Opfer Heut' Zu Bringen Scheut
6. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.4 Verteilt Euch, Wack're Manner, Hier
7. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.5 Diese Dumpfen Pfaffenchristen
8. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.6 Kommt Mit Zacken Und Mit Gabeln
9. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.7 So Weit Gebracht, Dass Wir Bei Nacht
10. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.8 Hilf, Ach Hilf Mir, Kriegsgeselle
11. Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, Op.60: No.9 Die Flamme Reinigt Sich Vom Rauch
12. Konzertarie, Op.94: Infelice! Ah, Ritorna, Eta Felice - Edda Moser
13. Ov in C, Op.101 - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur
14. Das Marchen Von Der Schonen Melusine, Op.32 - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur
15. Meeresstille Und Gluckliche Fahrt, Op.27 - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Kurt Masur

CD Details

All Artists: Siegfried Lorenz, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, Kurt Masur, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Symphony Chorus, Edda Moser, Eberhard Büchner, Annelies Burmeister
Title: Mendelssohn: Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Berlin Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 12/7/1993
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 782124205720

CD Reviews

Great stuff.

Bob | Mobile, Alabama United States | 10/03/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's too bad Mendelssohn died so young. If he lived to a healthy old age, I'm sure he would have given Richard Wagner some serious competition. Just listen to "Die erste Walpurgisnacht"! It has all of Wagner's strengths, but none of his weaknesses. To elaborate, it has the same clarity of expression, the same melodic genius, and the same level of overall craftsmanship that can be found in Wagner's better operas. Where Mendelssohn one-ups Wagner is that he did it earlier, and he had the decency to trim it down to something that doesn't over-tax the performers and fits on a single CD with room to spare.I know I'm going against the pros on this, because to most of them, Wagner is God, and Mendelssohn is a putz, but I honestly think they're both great."

Spectacular!

Lachlan G | Australia | 08/11/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This piece is spectacular. It is lush, romantic, grand, suspensful and dramatic. It tells the story of Goeth's ballad of the same name or The first Walpugis Night. A study on the Faust tale written in 1799.

Mendelsshon tells this tale with fantastic results. A real favourite of mine."