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CHAN 3148 - Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

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CD available From: 01 July 2008

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

292:46

Music drama in three acts

Libretto by the composer, English translation by Frederick Jameson, revised by Norman Feasey and Gordon Kember

COMPACT DISC ONE

1

Prelude

10:55

Act I

2

'As to thee our Saviour came'

4:00

Congregation

3

'Oh stay! A word! one single word!'

9:47

Walther, Eva, Magdalene, David

4

'David, come on, lend a hand!'

2:12

Apprentices, David, Walther

5

My Lord! The Mastersinger's way'

6:50

David, Walther, Apprentices

6

'What's this that you've done?'

3:48

David, Apprentices

7

'Be well assured of my good favour'

5:08

Pogner, Beckmesser, Walther, Sachs, Vogelgesang, Nachtigal

8

'Now to a trial, as summoned hither'

3:05

Kothner, Pogner, Vogelgesang, Ortel, Zorn, Nachtigal, Moser, Apprentice, David, Sachs, Beckmesser, Eisslinger, Foltz, Schwartz

9

'The feast of John, Midsummer day'

13:22

Pogner, Mastersingers, Apprentices, Vogelgesang, Sachs, Kothner, Pogner, Beckmesser, Nachtigal

10

'(Just as I thought!)'

2:54

Beckmesser, Mastersingers, Kothner, Pogner, Nachtigal, Sachs

11

'By silent hearth, one winter's day'

9:01

Walther, Sachs, Beckmesser, Kothner, Vogelgesang, Nachtigal

12

'To make your footsteps safe and sure'

3:22

Kothner, Walther, Beckmesser

74:34

COMPACT DISC TWO

1

'''Now begin'' So cried the sun with the land!'

3:47

Walther

2

'Then have you finished?'

2:34

Beckmesser, Walther, Pogner, Mastersingers, Kothner, Ortel, Moser, Foltz, Nachtigal, Vogelgesang, Zorn

3

'Stay, Masters! Why so much haste?'

8:18

Sachs, Beckmesser, Nachtigal, Kothner, Pogner, Mastersigners, Walther, Apprentices

Act II

4

Prelude

0:55

5

'Midsummer day! Midsummer day!'

3:21

Apprentices, David, Magdalene, Sachs

6

'We'll see if Master Sachs is there'

6:08

Pogner, Eva, Magdalene

7

'A pretty secret, that!'

1:02

Eva, Sachs, David

8

'The elder's scent, how tender'

7:05

Sachs

9

'Good evening, Master!'

12:14

Eva, Sachs, Magdalene, Pogner

10

'He's here now!'

9:09

Eva. Magdalene, Walther, Nightwatchman, Sachs

11

'What! Sachs! He too?'

1:17

Walther, Eva, Sachs

12

'Jerum! Jerum! Hal-la-hal-lo-he! O-ho!'

12:16

Sachs, Beckmesser, Walther, Eva

13

'''I see now dawning daylight'''

5:58

Beckmesser, Sachs, David, Kothner, Neighbours

14

'The devil take your song, accursed rogue!'

5:33

David, Magdalene, Beckmesser, Neighbours, Journeymen, Apprentices, Women, Pogner, Walther, Sachs, Nightwatchman

79:54

COMPACT DISC THREE

Act III

1

Prelude

7:40

2

'Here, master, here!'

7:57

David, Sachs

3

'Fools! Fools! Ev'rywhere fools'

8:00

Sachs

4

'My friend, good morning!'

4:57

5

'My friend, in joyful days of youth'

5:20

Sachs, Walther

6

'''Warm in the sunlight, at dawning of day'''

12:11

Walther, Sachs

7

Interlude

3:34

8

'A Trial Song by Sachs! Is it true?'

4:25

Beckmesser, Sachs

9

'It was here, the paper!'

8:35

Sachs, Beckmesser

10

'Here's Eva! I had wondered where she was!'

4:58

Sachs, Eva

11

'''Lured from their dances, the stars glided down'''

3:00

Walther, Sachs

12

'The life of a cobbler's nothing but woe!'

1:35

Sachs

13

'O Sachs! My friend! So kind thou art!'

4:30

Eva, Sachs

76:50

COMPACT DISC FOUR

1

'A child has been created'

4:04

Sachs

2

'Radiant as the dawning that enchants my sight'

5:26

Eva, Walther, Sachs, Magdalene, David

3

'Now, Walther come! You must be brave!'

2:25

Sachs

4

'Saint Crispin, Saint Crispin!'

4:08

Shoemakers, Tailors, Bakers, Apprentices

5

'You dance? Look out if the Masters see you!'

2:40

David, Apprentices, Journeymen

6

Entrance of the Mastersingers - '''Silentium! Silentium!''

4:04

Apprentices, People

7

'Awake! The dawn of day draws near!'

3:38

People

8

'Words light to you'

8:14

Sachs, Pogner, Beckmesser, Kothner, People, Apprentices

9

'''Bathing in sunlight at dawning of day'''

4:05

Beckmesser, Mastersingers, People, Kothner, Nachtigal, Vogelgesang, Ortel, Foltz

10

'The song, in truth, is not by me'

4:53

Sachs, Mastersingers, People, Apprentices

11

'''Warm in the sunlight, at dawning of day'''

7:29

Walther, Mastersingers, People, Sachs, Pogner, Eva

12

'The witness has been duly tried'

2:09

Sachs, People, Mastersingers, Pogner, Walther

13

'Do not disdain our Masters thus'

8:04

Sachs, People

61:26

Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Hans Sachs

Noel Mangin bass - Veit Pogner

Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Sixtus Beckmesser

Alberto Remedios tenor - Walther von Stolzing

Gregory Dempsey tenor - David

Margaret Curphey soprano - Eva

Ann Robson mezzo-soprano - Magdalene

Stafford Dean bass - Nightwatchman

Sadlers Wells Chorus

Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra

Reginald Goodall

Recorded in:

Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue Theatre

10 February 1968

Producer(s)

Ralph Couzens (Executive)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster

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