Wagner: Excerpts from Parsifal, Der Fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg & Tristan un Isolde (2007)

This is old-fashioned, hot-blooded Wagner, with plenty of passion, lots of power, and, best of all, flowing tempos. One might have thought that the only way to get such performances these days one would have to pull out aging Furtwängler recordings, but in fact these performances are by Mark Elder with Manchester's Hallé orchestra. And though the accounts here might not be quite in the same league as Furtwängler's with the Berliner or Wiener Philharmoniker, this 2009 disc is still supremely -- and for its time -- uniquely ... Read More

This is old-fashioned, hot-blooded Wagner, with plenty of passion, lots of power, and, best of all, flowing tempos. One might have thought that the only way to get such performances these days one would have to pull out aging Furtwängler recordings, but in fact these performances are by Mark Elder with Manchester's Hallé orchestra. And though the accounts here might not be quite in the same league as Furtwängler's with the Berliner or Wiener Philharmoniker, this 2009 disc is still supremely -- and for its time -- uniquely beautiful. As they've amply demonstrated in their earlier recordings of Elgar and Strauss, Elder and the Hallé have forged an exemplary musical partnership especially adept at hyper-expressive late-Romantic music. And with its aching emotionality, probing spirituality, and thrusting sensuality, there is no late-Romantic music more hyper-expressive than Wagner's. Here, Elder and the Hallé pour on the lush colors, the rich textures, and the warm tone in excerpts from Parsifal, Der... Read Less

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