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This live 2011 recording is the fourth installment in Pentatone's ambitious Wagner cycle, set to be completed in 2013 to celebrate the bicentennial of the composer's birth, featuring Marek Janowski leading Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Rundfunkchor Berlin. Janowski's reading, which is in general snappier than the average, wisely leans toward emphasizing the extremes in the score; the slow sections are ethereally serene and the fast have a buoyant, sometimes almost reckless energy. It makes for an exciting and propulsive performance, and the orchestra plays with agility and rich, sensuous tone. This is a concert performance, but everyone involved performs with urgency and strong sense of drama.
Günther Groissböck as Heinrich stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. His oaken, ringing, authoritative bass rivets attention whenever he sings; he's entirely persuasive as a powerful medieval monarch. As Telramund, Gerd Grochowski has less commanding vocal equipment, but he's a terrifically engaging singing actor and his scenes with Susanne Resmark as Ortrud crackle with energy and are among the highlights of the performance. The romantic leads are overall less effective. Klaus Florian Vogt as Lohengrin sings with musicality but has a relatively light tenor that sounds like he would be more at ease in bel canto and Mozart; he just doesn't have the heroic timbre and bearing this role requires. Annette Dasch sounds somewhat out of her comfort zone as Elsa, particularly in the first act and when she is called on to sing at full volume. Their voices are beautifully suited to the third act duet, though; its more intimate emotions and more delicate orchestration give them a chance to shine without strain, and they have real chemistry as their tender lovers' conversation devolves into a nightmarish confrontation of broken trust. The sound of the hybrid SACD is wonderfully clear and is as clean and well-balanced as a studio recording.
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Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
DISC 2
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Markus Bruck, MainArtist - Holger Marks, MainArtist - Thomas Pfutzner, MainArtist - Robert Franke, MainArtist - Sascha Glintenkamp, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
DISC 3
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Holger Marks, MainArtist - Thomas Pfutzner, MainArtist - Robert Franke, MainArtist - Sascha Glintenkamp, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Bettina Pieck, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Annette Dasch, MainArtist - Isabelle Voßkühler, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Isabelle Voßkühler, MainArtist - Christine Bischoff, MainArtist - Judith Löser, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Gerd Grochowski, MainArtist - Annette Dasch, MainArtist - Isabelle Voßkühler, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
DISC 4
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Holger Marks, MainArtist - Thomas Pfutzner, MainArtist - Robert Franke, MainArtist - Sascha Glintenkamp, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Holger Marks, MainArtist - Thomas Pfutzner, MainArtist - Robert Franke, MainArtist - Sascha Glintenkamp, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Annette Dasch, MainArtist - Holger Marks, MainArtist - Robert Franke, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Richard Wagner, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, Choir, MainArtist - Marek Janowski, Conductor, MainArtist - Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Klaus Florian Vogt, MainArtist - Gunther Groissbock, MainArtist - Susanne Resmark, MainArtist - Job Maarse, Producer - Annette Dasch, MainArtist
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
Album review
This live 2011 recording is the fourth installment in Pentatone's ambitious Wagner cycle, set to be completed in 2013 to celebrate the bicentennial of the composer's birth, featuring Marek Janowski leading Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and Rundfunkchor Berlin. Janowski's reading, which is in general snappier than the average, wisely leans toward emphasizing the extremes in the score; the slow sections are ethereally serene and the fast have a buoyant, sometimes almost reckless energy. It makes for an exciting and propulsive performance, and the orchestra plays with agility and rich, sensuous tone. This is a concert performance, but everyone involved performs with urgency and strong sense of drama.
Günther Groissböck as Heinrich stands head and shoulders above the rest of the cast. His oaken, ringing, authoritative bass rivets attention whenever he sings; he's entirely persuasive as a powerful medieval monarch. As Telramund, Gerd Grochowski has less commanding vocal equipment, but he's a terrifically engaging singing actor and his scenes with Susanne Resmark as Ortrud crackle with energy and are among the highlights of the performance. The romantic leads are overall less effective. Klaus Florian Vogt as Lohengrin sings with musicality but has a relatively light tenor that sounds like he would be more at ease in bel canto and Mozart; he just doesn't have the heroic timbre and bearing this role requires. Annette Dasch sounds somewhat out of her comfort zone as Elsa, particularly in the first act and when she is called on to sing at full volume. Their voices are beautifully suited to the third act duet, though; its more intimate emotions and more delicate orchestration give them a chance to shine without strain, and they have real chemistry as their tender lovers' conversation devolves into a nightmarish confrontation of broken trust. The sound of the hybrid SACD is wonderfully clear and is as clean and well-balanced as a studio recording.
© TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 03:20:07
- Main artists: Marek Janowski Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical Opera
2012 Pentatone Music B.V. 2012 Pentatone Music B.V./ROC/Deutschlandradio
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