Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Herbert von Karajan, Staatskapelle Dresden (4 CDs)

“If I could hear only one opera for the rest of my life, it would have to be Die Meistersinger; and so if I were sent to Siberia with only one record album, it would be the album here reviewed. Hearing it has been a joy, a profound and moving experience”

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Theo Adam (Hans Sachs), Sir Geraint Evans (Beckmesser), Rene Kollo (Walther), Helen Donath (Eva), Peter Schreier (David), Karl Ridderbusch (Pogner), Ruth Hesse (Magdalene), Kurt Moll (Nightwatchman), Zoltán Kelemen (Kothner)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan