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Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Release Date: July 2008
Originally recorded in February 1968
Composer (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Solo bass-baritone - Hans Sachs
Norman Bailey
Norman Bailey
Solo bass - Veit Pogner
Noel Mangin
Noel Mangin
Solo baritone - Sixtus Beckmesser
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Solo tenor - Walther von Stolzing
Alberto Remedios
Alberto Remedios
Solo tenor - David
Gregory Dempsey
Gregory Dempsey
Solo soprano - Eva
Margaret Curphey
Margaret Curphey
Solo mezzo-soprano - Magdalene
Ann Robson
Ann Robson
Solo bass - Nightwatchman
Stafford Dean
Stafford Dean
Choral
Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Orchestra
Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Reginald Goodall
Reginald Goodall
Venue
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue Theatre
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue Theatre
Producer (Executive)
Ralph Couzens
Ralph Couzens
Genre:
Opera in English
Orchestral & Concertos
Opera in English
Orchestral & Concertos
Awards
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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
Solo: Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Hans Sachs
Solo: Noel Mangin bass - Veit Pogner
Solo: Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Sixtus Beckmesser
Solo: Alberto Remedios tenor - Walther von Stolzing
Solo: Gregory Dempsey tenor - David
Solo: Margaret Curphey soprano - Eva
Solo: Ann Robson mezzo-soprano - Magdalene
Solo: Stafford Dean bass - Nightwatchman
Choral: Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus
Orchestra: Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
10 February 1968
