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Wagner: Tannhauser Without Words / Maazel, Pittsburgh SO

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Artist
Wagner, Maazel, Pittsburgh Symphony
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Feb 23, 2012
Catalog #
SONY 47178
UPC
074644717822

About

...The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra play with tremendous collective virtuosity in the Venusburg music, while the resplendent grandeur of the brass in the Pilgrims' hymn is quite magnificent... The recording, made at the orchestra's home, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, is certainly less overwhelming in its effect than the earlier Telarc disc, but if anything, its resourceful stage-management of spatial effects offers much more to interest the ear than mere bombast! This quality is readily apparent with the thrilling entry of the off-stage trumpets as they summon the nobles into the Hall of Song at the Wartburg in readiness for the great contest in Act 2. All the majesty of the playing is brilliantly captured on this recording, and the Pittsburgh orchestra can certainly stand comparison with the great Wagnerian orchestras in the sumptuous Teutonic nobility of their playing. Wolfram's famous aria from the Third Act, "Oh star of Eve", has been recast for solo cello, and the principal player of the Pittsburgh Symphony deserves credit for a liquid and touching evocation of this memorable passage...

-- Gramophone [4/1992]

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 Overture - 10:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture -
    Duration
    10:43
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  2. 2 Act I 20:53
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I
    Duration
    20:53
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  3. 3 Act II 12:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II
    Duration
    12:56
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel
  4. 4 Act III 14:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III
    Duration
    14:27
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lorin Maazel