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German Opera Arias

German Opera Arias
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Track Listing

  1. Act II: Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen
  2. Act I: Verraten!...Die Macht des Zeptes
  3. Act III: Wie freundlich strahlt...Heiterkeit und Fröhlichkeit
  4. Act I: an jenem Tag
  5. Act I: Ha! Noch einen ganzen Tag
  6. Act II: Wo berg' ich mich?...So weih' ich mich den Rachgewalten
  7. Act I: der Höllle selbst will ich...Liebe ist die zarte Blüte
  8. Act II: in einem Lande ein bleicher König
  9. Act III: Verdorben! Gestorben!
  10. Act III: Verdorben! Gestorben!
  11. Act III: Wie Todesahnung...O, du mein holder Abendstern
  12. Act I: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #299851 in Music
  • Released on: 1995-06-13
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

An ingenious program of out-of-the-way material3
This is a valuable CD, given its extremely low price at Amazon Marketplace, but it's almost a specialist album. Hampson is a scholar-musician, and he has researched hard to come up with rare material from the storehouse of German opera. After a lifetime of listening, I barely knew four arias here. The real discoveries, seem to be only a handful. Hampson has found some striking numbers by Marschner and Schreker, less so from Lortzing and Weber.

A big aria from Humperdinck's nearly forgotten Konigskinder turns out to be lusciously melodic, as is the more well known excerpt from Korngold's Die Tote Stadt. Almost as a gimmick Hampson does a credible job singing Siegmund's most famous aria, the Wintersturme from Die Walkure, which is for tenor, of course. I only wish that the conducting from Fabio Luisi (newly appointed in Dresden) were more energetic and characterful. One thing blends into another too much. And for all his skill and artistry, Hampson doesn't find much characterization, either. Instead of evoking real dramatis personae, he's comfortable singing everything smoothly and with good taste, even Siegmund's impassioned outburst.

These drawbacks caused me to give this CD three stars, but for anyone especially interested in the byways of German opera, a higher rating would be well deserved.