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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 6 Aug 2000 21:09:13 -0400
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Mats Norrman wrote:

>...  I am talking about the "Walkuere" of Bruno Walter and the Vienna
>Philarmonics which was recorded in 1935, thought to be a complete recording
>of the opera, but Anschluss came between and only the first act has so far
>been recorded ... The singers are just as fine as Walters conducting, and
>Elizabeth Schumann, who can be heard in Walters recording, might make a
>perfect Sieglinde.  She sounds so tender, female and fragile.  I hope you
>visit the site and take a listen to the soundfiles at the following URL:

If you're saying Elisabeth Schumann was on the Walter/VPO recording of the
First Act of *Die Walkuere* you must have been listening to a performance
w/ which I was unfamiliar.  The Walter/VPO recording I know of is w/
Melchior, Lehmann and List.

Walter Meyer

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