Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Konya Janowitz Stewart Fassbaender Kubelik 1967

The famous quintet starts around 3:41:40 Janowitz’s singing from 3:42:20 is so radiant it brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for posting this. Indescribably valuable

I saw Thomas Stewart in the role of Sachs at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (Fall, '85). Jose van Dam was scheduled, but had to withdraw. I approached with some trepidation, sat in on the final rehearsals (at the invite of conductor Marek Janowksi), and met and had lunch with the wonderful Beckmesser, Julian Patrick. But the impression that remains is the towering presence of Thomas Stewart as Sachs, with total command of the role and the stage. It was utterly amazing, and remains the closest thing to an encounter with God (no blasphemy intended) that I've ever encountered in the theater. LR

Kubelik’s interpretation is so vivid but also so magnificent.

Ich kenne keine Meistersinger Aufnahme, in der so natürlich und frei musiziert und gesungen wurde, wie diese hier. Alle Sänger standen auf dem Zenit ihres Sängerlebens und Kubelik ist einfach nur phantastisch. Er gibt den Sängern Zeit und lässt dieses Werk neu entstehen. Gerhard Unger ist für mich der beste David, den ich je gehört habe. Eine der ganz grossen Opern Einspielungen überhaupt.

Love this music. Words can't express.

I’ve heard great things about this recording and now I know why.

This music is simply majestic. I find it empowering!

Kubelik, batuta refinada y muy inmerso en la partitura; tiene siempre presente el contexto y es espléndido en detalles. La grabación es gloriosa por múltiples razones: las excelentes voces de los cantantes, el alto nivel de la orquesta, la dirección magistral de Kubelik, y la maravillosa música de Richard Wagner.

Best recording of this opera, period

Wagner's sonorities in Meistersinger are so mellow, like home.

Beste Meistersinger!

Une version de référence, qui rend justice à cette partition miraculeuse. Chaque mesure est un joyau

Thank you Vladimir!  I love to have that MEISTERSINGER back.  Thomas STEWART is at his very best!

This is the best performance of Mesitersinger recorded in Studio.  

.....Times when Bavarian State Opera had all in its own Ensemble! Kónya, ein Meistersinger! A Dream-Cast! Mi piace moltissimo

Reading a book on Meistersinger (Owen Lee's Wagner and the wonder of art), and he says that this performance/recording is his favorite. Glad to have found it. Thx.

The David of Gerhard Unger is marvelous

I opened this at random, a David sang very much like it needs to be and as if I had heard him before, and it was Gerhard Unger, the David of my youth.

I Went to the Bayreuth Festival and heard Meistersinger Monday August 3, 1970. I still have the program. Hans Wallat was the conductor, Norman Bailey- Hans Sachs, Ernst Kozub- Walther, Janis Martin-Eva, Thomas Hemsley-Beckmesser, Hermin Esser-David, and Karl Ridderbusch-Pogner. Starting time was 16:00 hours, Act2 began at18:30, Act 3 at 20:35 and the end at 22:40. Wilhelm Pitz was the the Choir master.

Soberbia versión de una época de oro. Me refiero a la dirección, los recursos vocales (irrepetibles) y una orquesta de alto nivel. A ello hay que sumarle que es una toma de sonido de los gloriosos años ´60, lo cual ya lo dice todo.