Opera Choruses
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Composer or Director: Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven
Label: DG
Magazine Review Date: 10/1985
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 415 283-1GH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', Movement: O, Isis und Osiris (chorus) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Fidelio, Movement: O, welche Lust! |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
| (Der) Freischütz, Movement: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden (Huntsmen's Chorus) |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor |
| Tannhäuser, Movement: Freudig begrüssen |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
| Nabucco, Movement: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: O Signore, del tetto natio (Chorus) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Macbeth, Movement: Patria oppressa! |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
Composer or Director: Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven
Label: DG
Magazine Review Date: 10/1985
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 415 283-4GH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', Movement: O, Isis und Osiris (chorus) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Fidelio, Movement: O, welche Lust! |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
| (Der) Freischütz, Movement: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden (Huntsmen's Chorus) |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor |
| Tannhäuser, Movement: Freudig begrüssen |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
| Nabucco, Movement: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: O Signore, del tetto natio (Chorus) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Macbeth, Movement: Patria oppressa! |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
Composer or Director: Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven
Label: DG
Magazine Review Date: 10/1985
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 415 283-2GH
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (Die) Zauberflöte, '(The) Magic Flute', Movement: O, Isis und Osiris (chorus) |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
| Fidelio, Movement: O, welche Lust! |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer |
| (Der) Freischütz, Movement: Was gleicht wohl auf Erden (Huntsmen's Chorus) |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor |
| Tannhäuser, Movement: Freudig begrüssen |
Richard Wagner, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer |
| Nabucco, Movement: Va pensiero, sull'ali dorata |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (I) Lombardi alla prima crociata, Movement: O Signore, del tetto natio (Chorus) |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Macbeth, Movement: Patria oppressa! |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| (Il) trovatore, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
| Aida, Movement: ~ |
Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra Giuseppe Sinopoli, Conductor Giuseppe Verdi, Composer |
Author: Ivan March
On CD the irresistibly exuberant Hunting Chorus from Der Freischutz is now added to my select list of demonstration items. The recording is well nigh perfect, the acoustic just right, the singing superb and the image totally believable. The LP is pretty good too, but there is that extra bit of definition and range (the bass satisfying firm, yet full) on the CD that creates the added illusion of reality. I am not normally drawn to a collection of choruses, but the choice here is admirable, to make a well-balanced programme. Sinopoli's performances are characteristically distinctive—the Mozart fresh and direct; Tannhauser noble in line, with resplendent brass; dignity balanced with dram in the excerpts from Nabucco, I lombardi and Macbeth—the latter surprisingly sombre in feeling. The Anvil Chorus, which follows, sparkles to make a vivid foil, while the pianissimo at the opening of the famous Fidelio excerpt has striking intensity.
Some might feel Sinopoli broadens the sustained melody of the short Aida extract rather too deliberately, but as a whole this concert has the right degree of gravitas alongside the conductor's easy spontaneity. The orchestral playing is first rate too—and no composer ever used the horns to more telling effect than Weber—how splendidly they blend with the lusty male voices on this occasion!'
Some might feel Sinopoli broadens the sustained melody of the short Aida extract rather too deliberately, but as a whole this concert has the right degree of gravitas alongside the conductor's easy spontaneity. The orchestral playing is first rate too—and no composer ever used the horns to more telling effect than Weber—how splendidly they blend with the lusty male voices on this occasion!'
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