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    Feb 11, 2020 3 minutes

    CARL MARIA VON WEBER

    Der Freischütz

    Andreas Schager (tenor), Lise Davidsen, Sofia Fomina (soprano), Alan Held (bass-baritone), Corinna Kirchhoff, narrator, others; Frankfurt Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig Radio Choir; Marek Janowski, cond.

    Pentatone PTC 5186 788 (2CDs). 2019. Job Maarse, prod; Jean-Marie Geijsen, Philipp Knop, engs.

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    There are three great reasons to hear this mostly excellent new recording of Weber’s 1821 , one of the first German operas and possibly German opera’s prototype. First, there’s Marek Janowski’s big-boned, fluent leadership

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