Grail Archive

WAGNER: Lohengrin highlights – Jess Thomas, tenor/ Elisabeth Grummer, soprano/ Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano/ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone/ Gottlob Frick, bass/ Otto Wiener, bass/ Vienna State Opera Chorus/ Vienna Philharmonic/ Rudolf Kempe – EMI

by John Sunier | Jan 31, 2012 | Classical Reissue Reviews

Even after almost 50 years, the Kempe recording offers the most intelligent and most ravishing incarnation of Wagner’s romantic opera, an archetype of unconditional love.