OP2199. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 15 Jan., 1972, w.Schippers Cond. James King, Theo Adam, Benno Kusche, Pilar Lorengar, Donald Gramm, James Morris, etc. 3-Sony 88697 85304. Specially priced. - 886978530424

CRITIC REVIEW:

“This 1972 Sachs finds [Adam] in typical form….[Lorengar] has presence most of the time, and when [Lorengar] can ascend to her upper range, as in ‘O Sachs, mein Freund’ and the top line of the Quintet, she‘s absolutely gorgeous. She’s also touching and believable, especially in her scenes with Sachs….King is a heroic, ringing Walther….he sings with undiminished vigor and gleaming tone from start to finish….Flagello is a sonorous Pogner, and Clifford Harvuot a mellow, resonant Watchman. Among the masters, almost unnoticeable in the tiny rôle of Schwarz, is James Morris, no less.”

- Ralph V. Lucano, AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE, Sept./Oct., 2011