Tannhauser (Slipcase)
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Box set, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2003-02-11
Music Label: Decca
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I was very excited to get this stereo Tannhauser, since the ones I owned were the Caissily\Levine and Cluytens(56). I decided to go with this after listening to Soltis Meistersinger(2nd version) and couldnt get over the clarity, hoping for similar revelations. Unfortunetly, this was not the case. It started out well enough with an exceptional Venus sung by Christa Ludwig-definetly the best interpretation I have ever heard but from the outset of Rene Kollo-the famous first song-I began having misgivings about his interp. I found myself feeling this was pretty uninspired throughout, with a brief moment of enjoyment returning in the third act. Overall, this was not even close to the Cluytens version-which is still my favourite despite less than perfect sound-or the Sawallish which I aquired afterward and am much more satisfied with. Solti and Wagner seem to be hit or miss. Hits-Das Rheingold, Siegfired, Gotterdammerung, second Meister, Parsifal, Lohengrin. Misses-Die Walkure, Trisolde, Hollander,first Meister,----a little of both--Tannhauser. If you want great sound-go with Sinopli,or sawallish(if you can find it). if you want great performance-Cluytens or Sawallisch(Phillips). The Levine DVD is good, not great but certainly passable.
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