Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder – Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 (2017) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

There was no instant click between Richard Wagner and his future opera hero Lohengrin. Having come across the Lohengrin poem amongst the medieval source material for his opera Tannhäuser, he then laid it aside, considering it to be too mystical. But the figure of Lohengrin would not let him go, and he gradually came to see in the mysterious Grail Knight the very essence of a ‘deeply human longing for unconditional love’. Finally, at the spa town of Marienbad during the summer holiday of 1845, inspiration struck: ‘Lohengrin… stood suddenly revealed before me in full armour at the centre of a comprehensive dramatic adaptation of the whole material.’ In no time at all, he had put down on paper a prose sketch of a libretto. …

Tracklist:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

Act I:
1 Scene 1: Prelude 09:58
2 Scene 1: Hört, Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant! (Herald, Brabantines, The King, Saxons and Thuringians) 04:27
3 Scene 1: Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst! (Friedrich, All The Men, The King, Herald) 06:28
4 Scene 2: Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte! (All The Men, The King, Elsa) 03:22
5 Scene 2: Einsam in trüben Tagen hab ich zu Gott gefleht (Elsa, All The Men, The King, Friedrich, Brabantines) 07:23
6 Scene 2: Des Ritters will ich wahren (Elsa, All The Men, The King, Herald) 02:40
7 Scene 2: Ohn’ Antwort ist der Ruf verhallt! (All The Men, Friedrich, Elsa, The King, Herald, Women) 04:32
8 Scene 3: Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin, Men, Women, The King, Elsa) 05:11
9 Scene 3: Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege (Lohengrin, Elsa) 03:53
10 Scene 3: Welch holde Wunder muß ich sehn! (Men, Women, Lohengrin, Brabantine Nobles, Friedrich, The King) 03:43
11 Scene 3: Nun höret mich und achtet wohl (Herald, All The Men, Lohengrin, Friedrich, The King, Elsa, Ortrud, All The Women) 07:07
12 Scene 3: Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein (Lohengrin, The King, Men, Women, Elsa, Friedrich, Ortrud) 04:20

Act II:
13 Scene 1: Introduction 04:34
14 Scene 1: Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach! (Friedrich, Ortrud) 03:44
15 Scene 1: Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergehn? (Ortrud, Friedrich) 04:05
16 Scene 1: Du wilde Seherin, wie willst du doch (Friedrich, Ortrud) 07:43
17 Scene 2: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich) 03:21
18 Scene 2: Elsa! (Ortrud, Elsa) 05:32
19 Scene 2: Ortrud, wo bist du? (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich) 10:38
20 Scene 3: In Früh’n vesammelt uns der Ruf (Nobles, Soldiers) 04:46
21 Scene 3: Des Königs Wort und Will’ tu’ ich euch kund (Herald, Men) 06:09
22 Scene 3: Nun hört! Dem Lande will er uns entführen? (Brabantine Nobles, Friedrich, Pages) 02:20
23 Scene 4: Gesegnet soll sie schreiten (Nobles, Soldiers, Men, Women) 05:17
24 Scene 4: Zurück, Elsa! Nicht länger will ich dulden – Scene 5: Heil! (Ortrud, Pages, Men, Elsa, Women, Brabantines, The King, Lohengrin, The King’s Followers) 08:53
25 Scene 5: O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten! Haltet ein! (Friedrich, The King, Men, Women, Pages, Lohengrin) 05:23
26 Scene 5: Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren? (The King, Men, Friedrich, Ortrud, Elsa) 04:56
27 Scene 5: Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen! (The King, Men, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Elsa, Women, Pages) 07:34

Act III:
28 Scene 1: Prelude 03:23
29 Scene 1: Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin (Men, Women, 8 Ladies) 04:10
30 Scene 2: Das süße Lied verhallt (Lohengrin, Elsa) 04:01
31 Scene 2: Wie hehr erkenn’ ich unsrer Liebe Wesen! (Lohengrin, Elsa) 07:41
32 Scene 2: Höchstes Vertrauen hast du mir schon zu danken (Lohengrin, Elsa) 05:55
33 Scene 2: Ach nein! (Elsa, Lohengrin) 07:50
34 Scene 3: Heil König Heinrich! (All The Men, The King) 05:10
35 Scene 3: Was bringen die? (All The Men, The King, Brabantine Nobles, Brabantines, Lohengrin, Women) 08:06
36 Scene 3: In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten (Lohengrin, Men, Women) 06:30
37 Scene 3: Mir schwankt der Boden! Welche Nacht! (Elsa, Men, Women, Lohengrin) 00:53
38 Scene 3: Mein lieber Schwan! (Lohengrin, The King, Men, Women, Ortrud, Elsa) 08:51

Personnel
Falk Struckmann, bass (Heinrich der Vogler)
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor (Lohengrin)
Camilla Nylund, soprano (Elsa von Brabant)
Evgeny Nikitin, baritone (Friedrich von Telramund)
Katarina Dalayman, soprano (Ortrud)
Samuel Youn, baritone (Der Heerrufer des Königs)
Netherlands Radio Choir
Daniel Reuss, chorus master
Chorus of the Dutch National Opera
Ching-Lien Wu, chorus master
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor

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