A Wagnerian Dose of Wagner (Random Reviews from the Overflow Room)

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The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz

The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz

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@MarauderOSU
@MarauderOSU Жыл бұрын
I can hardly wait until you get to Verdi!
@petterw5318
@petterw5318 Жыл бұрын
Some comments from a Wagnerian follower: The Walter Walküre Act I has a very nice sound for the era and it's not screechy at all. And it's terrific. The Carlos Kleiber Bayreuth Tristans are really fast, exciting and full of passion, even more than Böhm, but the best one is 1976 (with a much better Tristan, Spas Wenkoff) The 1951 Knappertsbusch Götterdämmerung is amazing, a cosmic experience, and the orchestra sounds great… because Karajan conducted all the rehearsals!
@viningscircle
@viningscircle Жыл бұрын
Would not be surprised Dave if you may have one of the largest collections of classical music in the world! So much music to listen to, and not enough time I feel. Those new to Wagner would do well to give the highlight collections their introduction to his works. And your orange tabby is just so much like my Thor--I adopted him at 5 months, and he's not especially thrilled about being held, but is dear.
@graydomn
@graydomn Жыл бұрын
I bought this back in the 90s and Les Introuvables du Ring is one of the best music purchases I ever made. I have spent so much time with this set and in particular the Nilsson/Hotter conclusion to Walkure. That was the first Wagner I ever heard (it had been included on the Time Life music history on LP set in my high school library).
@petterw5318
@petterw5318 Жыл бұрын
Yes, that Nilsson/Hotter excerpt is one of the best Wagner recordings ever made.
@ewmbr1164
@ewmbr1164 Жыл бұрын
Phew! What a traversal. And it's just the overflow room one... I enjoyed watching the video, Dave, and especially was happy to see many recordings which I also have owned on CD (yes, I parted with almost all of them, except the Kubelik ones; the others I have as download now). I keep marveling at the fact that many great recordings are available today by clicking a button on my keyboard - while they were made well before or just after I was born. I may try to listen to Karajan's Dresden Meistersinger as background music soon and enjoy the "Wunderfarfe" (as Wagner called the Dresden Staatskapelle), as I will move to another rental unit soon and will unpack my boxes (same neighborhood, same rent, but much better quality, and no longer an Airbnb rental unit below mine in the house).
@rwhynacht7850
@rwhynacht7850 Жыл бұрын
Love the cat
@goonbelly5841
@goonbelly5841 Жыл бұрын
A Webernian dose of Wagner is dose enough for me.
@jdistler2
@jdistler2 Жыл бұрын
You DON’T have the 48 cd Knappertsbusch Parsifal box? For shame! Just kidding! Besides, that box is actually missing one version, Kna’s 1955 Bayreuth performance that Profil recently issued and I reviewed. Thank you for more fun in the overflow room!
@richfarmer3478
@richfarmer3478 Жыл бұрын
I have that Wagner "drek"" cd of marchs etc. It lives up to your assessment of it.
@davidaiken1061
@davidaiken1061 Жыл бұрын
Dave, I'm always intrigued to see what you've got in your collection, even if it's in the "overflow room." My interest in wagner peaked about 20 years ago. Since then, I've downsized my Wagner collection periodically. Two "big 10" sets remain: Solti and Barenboim, plus a few individual recordings (Knappertsbusch's 1951 Parsifal, Karajan's Parsifal, Jochum's Meistersinger and a box containing Böhm's Ring Cycle). Gone are all of the live air checks on pirate labels, and most of the "historical" stuff. I still listen to Meistersinger and Parsifal from time to time, but I can't remember the last time I went through the whole Ring cycle.
@danielo.masson353
@danielo.masson353 Жыл бұрын
This video's transcription is delicious 😂 (Got love Frick...)
@OuterGalaxyLounge
@OuterGalaxyLounge Жыл бұрын
I never look at the libretti, as all they say is "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit.." Anyway. You sir, have the Valhalla of collections, but hopefully yours won't collapse as the Gods weep and whine.
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
It's in a basement. It probably won't burn up, but it may flood.
@adrianball5670
@adrianball5670 Жыл бұрын
I would love these CDs.
@JackBurttrumpetstuff
@JackBurttrumpetstuff Жыл бұрын
“Shelf bully”… what an apt description!
@aclassicaldisaster
@aclassicaldisaster Жыл бұрын
I must object to the title. It’s not a Wagnerian dose of Wagner unless the video is 4 hours long and has no humor at all. I think you’d have to be sedated.
@jensguldalrasmussen6446
@jensguldalrasmussen6446 Жыл бұрын
I must object to your objection: it ain't Wagner unless it's 4 hours long and feels like 16! 😁
@dmntuba
@dmntuba Жыл бұрын
Very impressive, but thought it would be a larger collection 🤣
@christopherbeeching9510
@christopherbeeching9510 Жыл бұрын
Shock horror! Did I miss hear or did you say that Goodall was an amateur? To have experienced his Ring with ENO at the Coliseum was to have lived. Slow yes, but relax float in the sounds. The final crescendo before the redemption theme was shattering in its power and brought the four evenings together. Sublime. But his work needed to be heard and seen live. OK I am biased, as very early in my career I was a dancer in the Meistersinger at Sadlers Wells when Goodall was 'rediscovered'.
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
Even amateurs do good work now and then.
@michaelsimpson6958
@michaelsimpson6958 Жыл бұрын
You really love organ transcriptions except those, of course, by Hansjörg Albrechts’s of the Bruckner symphonies. They are a trial.
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
I enjoy transcriptions generally.
@murraylow4523
@murraylow4523 Жыл бұрын
Well Lord knows how many Wagner discs you have upstairs! As I have less space than you I have gotten pretty good at getting rid of excess Wagner and have heard but no longer possess a number of those recordings you were talking about. Still have too many Ring cycles though :-/ Had a bit of a lapse during lockdown and got and listened to a clutch of those Orfeo issues of Bayreuth performances, mono and stereo. So many recordings with the same people of course (hence numerous past purges) but I did particularly like Cluytens’ Tannhauser, Von Matacic’s Lohengrin (might be my favourite although mono) and Bohm’s Meistersinger fr I think 1968. The latter is very good, very well conducted, and is not the usual suspects in the casting. Gwyneth Jones as Eva, anyone? But it all works very well as an ensemble effort…
@fredcasden
@fredcasden Жыл бұрын
Don't assume that your cats will stop growing at one year. Some of our kept getting bigger until they were two.
@chadweirick67
@chadweirick67 Жыл бұрын
Unless I missed it, all that and not one Lohengrin?:)
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
You missed it, twice.
@chadweirick67
@chadweirick67 Жыл бұрын
@@DavesClassicalGuide lol I guess I shouldn't drive while watching your videos :)
@brianthomas2434
@brianthomas2434 Жыл бұрын
At least three, actually.
@markmiller3713
@markmiller3713 Жыл бұрын
That's a lot of Wagner!
@barryguerrero6480
@barryguerrero6480 Жыл бұрын
This is why I've gotten into collecting just the made-up 'suites' and 'symphonies' from Wagner operas, as well as a few 'highlights' disc. I want avoid collecting tons of historical stuff because of the singers, historical conductors, etc. Who has the time, much less the space! All this stuff is just going to end up on shelves of thrift stores, eventually.
@FREDGARRISON
@FREDGARRISON Жыл бұрын
WAGNER !!!!! and no ANNA RUSSELL? yuk yuk I'd be happy as a pig in _ _ _ _ if I had the collection of everything you have. ANOTHER NICE ONE, DAVE .......
@jaykauffman4775
@jaykauffman4775 Жыл бұрын
I’m a great admirer of Klemperer including his Wagner including his Hollander. But the Walkure Act One just came too late. It’s not that the tempi are too slow-it’s that the conducting is aimless. You can almost hear the soloists wondering when to come in next. It just sits and was a terrible disappointment to me. He was able to record the Act One and Wotan Farewell before time ran out but the performance has a listless quality that hurts the music
@markfarrington5183
@markfarrington5183 Жыл бұрын
Bonjour, Finster !
@daviddorfman320
@daviddorfman320 Жыл бұрын
Where do you keep Anna Russell, upstairs?
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
Of course.
@sveinlarsen4275
@sveinlarsen4275 Жыл бұрын
what are we to be learned from this video?
@DavesClassicalGuide
@DavesClassicalGuide Жыл бұрын
You learn what a large record collection contains, and a great deal about the discographies of the composers and their works, all presented in a delightfully friendly and entertaining way. You also get to experience, even if vicariously, the joy of record collecting and you learn a bit about the history of the classical music industry in the CD era. If that's not for you, then feel free to skip this series. Many others seem to enjoy it.
@sveinlarsen4275
@sveinlarsen4275 Жыл бұрын
thanks for answering - it was just this one video I could not quite get the learning points from. But I agree, it is a very interesting series, and being a collector, I really enjoy (most of the) videos. Hope I did not offend you or anyone else by my comment. @@DavesClassicalGuide
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