Act 1, Scene 2: "Mein Herr! Der Singer Meister-Schlag" 2:36
Act 1, Scene 2: "Der Meister Tön' und Weisen" 4:54
Act 1, Scene 2: "Damit, Herr Ritter, ist's so bewandt" 1:20
Act 1, Scene 2: "Aller End' ist doch David der Allergescheit'st!" 2:53
Act 1, Scene 3: "Seid meiner Treu wohl versehen" 4:04
Act 1, Scene 3: "Gott grüß Euch, Meister!" 3:10
Act 1, Scene 3: "Das schöne Fest, Johannistag" 6:07
Act 1, Scene 3: "Vielleicht schon ginget Ihr zu weit" 5:29
Act 1, Scene 3: "Dacht' ich mir's doch!" 2:28
Act 1, Scene 3: "Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit" 4:50
Act 1, Scene 3: "Nun, Meister, wenn's gefällt" 5:15
Act 1, Scene 3: "Fanget an!" 3:15
Act 1, Scene 3: "Seid Ihr nun fertig?" 2:07
Act 1, Scene 3: "Halt! Meister! Nicht so geeilt!" 8:14
Track Listings (14) - Disc #2
Act 2, Scene 1: "Johannistag! Johannistag!" 3:48
Act 2, Scene 2: "Laß seh'n, ob Meister Sachs zu Haus?" 5:41
Act 2, Scene 3: "Zeig her! 's ist gut" 0:54
Act 2, Scene 3: "Was duftet doch der Flieder" 5:31
Act 2, Scene 4: "Gut'n Abend, Meister!" 8:28
Act 2, Scene 4: "Hilf, Gott! Wo bliebst du nur so spät?" 1:43
Act 2, Scene 5: "Da ist er!" 3:38
Act 2, Scene 5: "Geliebter, spare den Zorn!" 1:46
Act 2, Scene 5: "Üble Dinge, die ich da merk' " 1:33
Act 2, Scene 6: "Tu's nicht! Doch horch!" 0:53
Act 2, Scene 6: "Jerum! Jerum!" 5:13
Act 2, Scene 6: "Das Fenster geht auf" 7:01
Act 2, Scene 6: "Den Tag seh' ich erscheinen" 5:06
Act 2, Scene 6: "Mit den Schuhen ward ich fertig schier!" 6:18
Track Listings (11) - Disc #3
Act 3: Prelude 6:52
Act 3, Scene 1: "Gleich, Meister! Hier!" 4:23
Act 3, Scene 1: "Am Jordan Sankt Johannes stand" 3:32
Act 3, Scene 1: "Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!" 6:34
Act 3, Scene 2: "Grüß Gott, mein Junker!" 4:40
Act 3, Scene 2: "Mein Freund! In hoder Jugendzeit" 4:44
Act 3, Scene 2: "Morgendlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein" 9:42
Act 3, Scene 3: "Ein Werbelied! Von Sachs? Ist's wahr?" 6:39
Act 3, Scene 3: "Das Gedicht? Hier ließ ich's" 6:57
Act 3, Scene 4: "Sieh, Evchen!" 5:54
Act 3, Scene 4: "Hat man mit dem Schuhwerk nicht seine Not!" 5:10
Track Listings (10) - Disc #4
Act 3, Scene 4: "Ein Kind ward hier geboren" 2:40
Act 3, Scene 4: "Die selige Morgentraum-Deutweise" 7:10
Act 3, Scene 5: "Sankt Crispin, lobet ihn!" 3:47
Act 3, Scene 5: "Ihr tanzt? Was werden die Meister sagen?" 5:15
Act 3, Scene 5: "Silentium! Silentium!" 2:54
Act 3, Scene 5: "Euch macht Ihr's leicht, mir macht Ihr's schwer" 5:28
Act 3, Scene 5: "Nun denn, wenn's Meistern und Volk beliebt" 5:30
Act 3, Scene 5: "Das Lied, fürwahr, ist nicht von mir" 4:06
Act 3, Scene 5: "Morgendlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein" 7:11
Act 3, Scene 5: "Verachtet mir die Meister nicht" 6:31
This four-CD set from andante presents the highly sought-after version of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" recorded live at the 1937 Salzburg Festival, with Arturo Toscanini conducting and a cast including Ha... more »ns Hermann Nissen as Hans Sachs and Maria Reining as Eva. With the Nazi annexation of Austria to follow the next year, Toscanini ? a dedicated anti-fascist ? would never return to Salzburg. This recording captures both the Maestro and the Salzburg Festival at a fraught moment in history, and the electricity in the air and in the music-making was captured by Austrian Radio's experimental Selenophone audio film system. Although the 1937 "Die Meistersinger" has seen circulation off and on in pirated form (with vastly inferior sound quality), this is the famous performance's first official release ? and, importantly, it remains the only extant document of Toscanini conducting a full Wagner opera. The recording has been painstakingly restored and digitally remastered by Ward Marston, working from transfers of the best possible sources by Seth Winner. Packaged in an attractive, eye-diverting slipcase, the 260-page companion book features very rarely seen photos of the performers and sets from the 1937 Salzburg production, as well as an array of evocative images of Wagner and Toscanini. The extensive texts?in English, French and German? include an introduction by Pulitzer Prize?winner Tim Page, a detailed producer's note by Ward Marston, and an essay by Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs ("Toscanini and Wagner, Salzburg 1937"). Also included are the full opera synopsis and libretto, along with detailed artist biographies from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. This "Meistersinger" continues andante's official restoration of the 1937 Salzburg operas recorded on Selenophone, following the 2002 release of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" conducted by Bruno Walter. More are planned for 2004.« less
This four-CD set from andante presents the highly sought-after version of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" recorded live at the 1937 Salzburg Festival, with Arturo Toscanini conducting and a cast including Hans Hermann Nissen as Hans Sachs and Maria Reining as Eva. With the Nazi annexation of Austria to follow the next year, Toscanini ? a dedicated anti-fascist ? would never return to Salzburg. This recording captures both the Maestro and the Salzburg Festival at a fraught moment in history, and the electricity in the air and in the music-making was captured by Austrian Radio's experimental Selenophone audio film system. Although the 1937 "Die Meistersinger" has seen circulation off and on in pirated form (with vastly inferior sound quality), this is the famous performance's first official release ? and, importantly, it remains the only extant document of Toscanini conducting a full Wagner opera. The recording has been painstakingly restored and digitally remastered by Ward Marston, working from transfers of the best possible sources by Seth Winner. Packaged in an attractive, eye-diverting slipcase, the 260-page companion book features very rarely seen photos of the performers and sets from the 1937 Salzburg production, as well as an array of evocative images of Wagner and Toscanini. The extensive texts?in English, French and German? include an introduction by Pulitzer Prize?winner Tim Page, a detailed producer's note by Ward Marston, and an essay by Toscanini biographer Harvey Sachs ("Toscanini and Wagner, Salzburg 1937"). Also included are the full opera synopsis and libretto, along with detailed artist biographies from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. This "Meistersinger" continues andante's official restoration of the 1937 Salzburg operas recorded on Selenophone, following the 2002 release of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" conducted by Bruno Walter. More are planned for 2004.
Robert J. Cruce | Muskogee, OK United States | 12/04/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This is truly a legendary artistic document, as good as lost until now. And we have it in the best sound we will ever have. The best rescue possible was done. When one reads names like Seth Winner and Ward Marston associated with this project one can be assured of that. It is a memorable Meistersinger. You will want this if you venerate the Maestro, of course. It is still a "historic" recording so expect to make allowances after 66 years even with the excellent new transfer and restoration. Others have related the history of the festival where this was recorded and the artistic merits of the performers. We would give this 5 stars, but must withhold one in the face of the glorious modern Meistersingers that have been recorded. For the devotee of Toscanini, surely. Others could enjoy this set as an alternative if sufficiently interested and willing to pay the price."
Great music making
Nathaniel R. Brown | Edmonds, Washington | 02/07/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"First, the sound: surprisingly good in places, dated "off the air" sound in others (even though it's not off the air), very horn-dominated (microphone placement, one suspects). That said, the resoration is brilliant - but this is not a recording for those who do not easily listen to old recordings.
Presentation: luxury, fascinating booklet. This is the way opera sets or great performances should be presented.
And then the performance.
There are few such "live" Meistersingers available, by which I mean not only the live performance, but also the lively response to the score and the words. Only Karajan II is so "with" the music (though Kubelik and Furtwaengler are glorious). A superb Walter in Knoort (actually taking soft notes softly!), perhaps the best Eva on disc in Reining, and a very good Pogner and Beckmesser: all these artists make the words count, and have rehearsed with Toscannini to the point where musical nuances one never heard before are effortlessly accomplished, and illuminating.
If I save the Sach, Nissen, for last, it is in recognition that this is a long sing. He handles it all well, with a beautiful, well-rounded voice and clear diction - but one feels that it doesn't wuite catch fire the way it might. A very good Sachs, but not a Schorr (the best of all) or Schoeffler (perhaps the best "modern" Sachs).
Do not buy this unless you are willing to hear "through" some rough spots, but this is a treasure of a performance, and a momento of the last autumn of European music making before the long night of the Nazis and the war.
(For memories of the festival, with Lotte Lehman singing Lieder under Walter, look for Viktor Gollancz's "Journey Toward Music" or Eric kestner's "Kleine Grenzverkehr." They were both there before the night fell.)
Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
