Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection

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Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection

Label:

DG

Catalogue No:

4790638

Discs:

2

Release date:

17th Sept 2012

Barcode:

0028947906384

Medium:

CD
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Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection

Wagner:

Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts)

CD 1

Das Rheingold

1. Prelude & beginning of scene 1;

2. Fing’ eine diese Faust!”;

3. Wotan, Gemahl” & “Vollendet”;

4. Ihr andern harrt bis Abend hier” (descent to Nibelheim)

5. Bin ich nun frei?”

6. “Weiche, Wotan”;

7. He da! He do!” (entrance Valahalla, to end)

Die Walküre

8. “Wintersturme” (to end act 1)

9. Beginning Act 2 (to end of “Hojo-to-ho”s)

10. “So ist es denn aus..” (Fricka monologue)

11. Ride of the Valkyries (top of act 3)

12. Wotan’s farewell to Brunnhilde

13. Magic Fire music (to end opera)

CD 2

Siegfried

1. Siegfried hammers sword - “Ho ho! ho hei!” (to end act)

2. Siegfried & Forest Bird - “Nun sing’!” (to end act)

3. Wanderer act 3 monologue excerpt - “Dir Unweisen

4. Brunnhilde awakening - “Heil dir, Sonne!”

5. Final scene - “Sangst du..” (to end opera)

Gotterdämmerung

6. Dawn – Brunnhilde & Siegfried enter

7. Siegfried’s Rhine Journey

8. Hagen’s Watch - “Hier sitz’ ich zur Wacht”

9. Act 2 Chorus & Bridal Entrance

10. Siegfried’s Death

11. Brunnhilde Immolation (to end opera)

Bryn Terfel (Wotan/Wanderer), Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Jay Hunter Morris (Siegfried), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Eric Owens (Alberich)

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine & Fabio Luisi

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On the heels of the release by Deutsche Grammophon of the complete Ring Cycle DVD Box from the Met, this 2CD compilation is the ultimate must-have for any music and Wagner lover.

It includes the highlights of all the “Ring” operas, featuring the stars of the recent New York Met production: Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt and Jonas Kaufmann.

Ride of the Valkyries, Prelude from das Rheingold, Siegfried's death are all featured on our 2 CD compilation.

playDAS Rheingold - Vorspiel - Weia! Waga! Woge, Du Welle!

play- Fing' Eine Diese Faust!

play- Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache! - Vollendet Ist Das Große Werk

play- Ihr Andern Harrt Bis Abends Hier

play- Bin Ich Nun Frei? Wirklich Frei?

play- Weiche, Wotan, Weiche!

play- He Da! He Da! He Do! - Rheingold! Rheingold!

playDIE Walküre - Winterstürme Wichen Dem Wonnemond

play- Vorspiel Akt II - "Hojotoho! - Nun Zäume Dein Ross"

play- So Ist Es Denn Aus Mit Den Ewigen Göttern

play- Vorspiel Akt III (Walkürenritt) - "Hojotoho! Hojotoho!"

play- In Festen Schlaf Verschließ' Ich Dich (Wotans Abschied)

play- Wer Meines Speeres Spitze Fürchtet, Durchschreite Das Feuer Nie (Feuerzauber)

playSiegfried - Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede Mein Hammer ... (Siegfrieds Schmiedelied)

play- Nun Sing! Ich Lausche Dem Gesang

play- Dir Unweisen Ruf' Ich Ins Ohr

play- Heil Dir, Sonne! Heil Dir, Licht! (Brünnhildens Erwachen)

play- Sangst Du Mir Nicht, Dein Wissen Sei Das Leuchten... (Liebesduett Siegfried-Brünnhilde)

playGötterdämmerung - Zu Neuen Taten, Teurer Helde

play- Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

play- Hier Sitz' Ich Zur Wacht

play- Groß Glück Und Heil, Lacht Nun Dem Rhein - Empfangt Gunther's Braut

play- Erräth'st Du Auch Dieser Raben Geraun'? (Siegfrieds Tod Und Trauermarsch)

play- Fliegt Heim, Ihr Raben! (Brünnhildes Schlussgesang)

International Record Review

December 2012

“Terfel is the finest Wotan before the public today...Blythe's brief appearances as Fricka find her in superb voice...Kaufmann is extraordinary as Siegmund; the velvety-chocolate depths of his baritonal-tenor and his aristocratic phrasing...[are] worth the cost of the set alone...Voigt is not the loudest Brunnhilde on record but sounds girlish in Walkure and is note-accurate, although sometimes a little pinched at the top of her range”

The Guardian

26th September 2012

***

“The bleeding chunks, two operas to a disc, are more or less predictable...but there are tracks to treasure. Bryn Terfel's singing of Wotan's Farewell and his account of the Wanderer's Dir Unweisen Ruf'ich Ins Ohr are moving; Hans-Peter König gives a black, implacable account of Hagen's Watch, while the easy fluency and almost baritonal richness of Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund [is] a joy”

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