Never has a more sublime recording of German Opera Choruses been made. Varviso and his Leipzig and Dresden teams deliver some of the most ravishing sonorities you’ll ever here in a compilation that focuses on Wagner and is surrounded by Weber, Nicolai and Beethoven.
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Der Freischütz: Huntsmen’s Chorus
OTTO NICOLAI
The Merry Wives of Windsor: Moon Chorus
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Magic Flute: Chorus of the Priests
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Fidelio: Chorus of the Prisoners
RICHARD WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman: Spinning Chorus
The Flying Dutchman: Sailors’ Chorus
The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: ‘Awake’ Chorus
Tannhauser: Entry of the Guests
Tannhauser: Pligrim’s Chorus
Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus
Lohengrin: Procession to the Cathedral
Parsifal:Grail Chorus*
Leipzig Radio Chorus
Gert Frischmuth, chorus master
Dresdner Kapeliknaben*
Konrad Wagner, chorus master
Staatskapelle Dresden
Silvio Varviso