CLASSICAL
Feb 11, 2020
3 minutes
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Der Freischütz
Andreas Schager (tenor), Lise Davidsen, Sofia Fomina (soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), Corinna Kirchhoff, narrator, others; Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir; Marek Janowski, cond.
Pentatone PTC 5186 788 (2CDs). 2019. Job Maarse, prod; Jean-Marie Geijsen, Philipp Knop, engs.
PERFORMANCE
SONICS
There are three great reasons to hear this mostly excellent new recording of Weber’s 1821 , one of the first German operas and possibly German opera’s prototype. First, there’s Marek Janowski’s big-boned, fluent leadership
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