Rudolf Kempe, Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Chorus - Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 by Rudolf Kempe (2023)

One of the great unsung conductors of the middle twentieth century, Rudolf Kempe enjoyed a strong reputation in England but never quite achieved the international acclaim that he might have had with more aggressive management, promotion, and recording. Not well enough known to be a celebrity but too widely respected to count as a cult figure, Kempe is perhaps best remembered as a connoisseur's conductor, one valued for his strong creative temperament rather than for any personal mystique. He studied oboe as a child, performed with the Dortmund Opera, and, in 1929, barely out of his teens, he became first oboist of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude, Vorspiel (Orchester) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
02. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 1: "Hört! Grafen, Edle, Freie von Brabant!" (Heerrufer, Chor, König Heinrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
03. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 1: "Dank, König, dir daß du zu richten kamst!" (Friedrich, Chor, König, Heerrufer) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
04. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 2: "Seht hin! Sie naht, die hart Beklagte!" (Chor, König, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
05. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 2: "Einsam in trüben Tagen" (Elsa, Chor, König, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
06. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 2: "Des Ritters will ich wahren" (Elsa, Chor, König, Heerrufer) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
07. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 2: "Ohn’ Antwort ist der Ruf verhallt" (Chor, Friedrich, Elsa, König, Heerrufer) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
08. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 3: "Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!" (Lohengrin, Chor, König, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
09. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 3: "Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege" (Lohengrin, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
10. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 3: "Welch holde Wunder muß ich sehn? (König, Chor, Lohengrin, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
11. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 3: "Nun höret mich, und achtet wohl" & "Mein Herr und Gott, nun ruf' ich Dich" (Heerrufer, Chor, Lohengrin Friedrich & König, Elsa, Lohengrin, Ortrud, Friedrich, Chor, Heerrufer) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
12. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 1, Scene 3: "Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein" (Lohengrin, Chor, König, Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)

CD2
01. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 1: Vorspiel & "Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach!" (Orchester & Friedrich, Ortrud) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
02. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 1: "Was macht dich in so wilder Klage doch vergehen?" (Ortrud, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
03. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 1: "Du wilde Seherin" … "Weißt du, wer dieser Held" (Friedrich, Ortrud) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
04. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 2: "Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen" (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
05. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 2: "Elsa!" … "Wer ruft?" (Ortrud, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
06. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 2: "Ortrud, wo bist du?" (Elsa, Ortrud, Friedrich) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
07. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 3: "In Frühn versammelt, uns der Ruf" (Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
08. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 3: "Des Königs Wort und Will' tu' ich euch kund" (Heerrufer, Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
09. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 3: "Nun hört, dem Lande will er uns entführen!" (Die vier Elden, Friedrich, Edelknaben) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
10. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 4: "Gesegnet soll sie schreiten" (Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
11. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 4: "Zurück, Elsa!" & Scene 5:"Heil! Heil dem König!" (Ortrud, Chor, Elsa & Chor, König, Elsa, Lohengrin) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
12. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 5: "O König! Trugbetörte Fürsten!" (Friedrich, König, Chor, Lohengrin) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
13. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2, Scene 5: "Welch ein Geheimnis muß der Held bewahren?" (Chor, König, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
14. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2 Scene 5: "Mein Held, entgegne kühn dem Ungetreuen!" (König, Chor, Lohengrin, Friedrich, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
15. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 2 Scene 5: "In deiner Hand…" (Lohengrin, Elsa, Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)

CD3
01. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3: Prelude, Vorspiel (Orchester) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
02. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 1: "Treulich geführt" (Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
03. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 2: "Das süße Lied verhallt" (Lohengrin, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
04. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 2: "Wie hehr erkenn’ ich unsrer Liebe Wesen!" (Lohengrin, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
05. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 2: "Höchstes Vertraun hast du mir schon zu danken" (Lohengrin, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
06. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 2: "Ach nein!" (Elsa, Lohengrin) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
07. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 3: "Heil König Heinrich!" (Chor, König) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
08. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 3: "Was bringen die?" (Chor, König, Die vier Edlen, Lohengrin) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
09. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 3: "In fernem Land" (Lohengrin, König, Chor) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
10. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3, Scene 3: "Mir schwankt der Boden!" (Elsa, Lohengrin, Chor, König) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)
11. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act 3 Scene 3: "Mein lieber Schwan!" (Lohengrin, König, Chor, Ortrud, Elsa) (2023 Ramastered, Vienna 1963)