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Offer, Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Das Rheingold

Hans Hotter (Wotan), Erich Witte (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Ira Malaniuk (Fricka), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Bruni Falcon (Freia), Hermann Uhde (Donner), Gerhard Stolze (Froh), Paul Kuën (Mime), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Erika Zimmermann...

[Krauss] favours a more transparent sound than Furtwängler and faster-moving tempi which give his Ring integrity, propulsion and unusual clarity...Hotter's towering dramatic portait of Wotan...[is]... — International Record Review, April 2011 More…

Release Date: 23rd Aug 2010
Catalogue No: C809113R
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

2:24:10

$39.00

$46.80

Ludwig Weber (bass), Erich Witte (tenor), Erika Zimmermann (soprano), Erich Zimmermann (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Ira Malaniuk (soprano), Paul Kuen (tenor), Gisela Litz (alto), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Bruni Falcon (soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Gerhard Stolze (tenor)
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Clemens Krauss

Scene 1: Prelude

3:50

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Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Alberich)

2:39

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Scene 1: Garstig glatter glitschiger Glimmer! (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)

7:29

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Scene 1: Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht in den Grund (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Alberich)

6:09

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Scene 1: Der Welt Erbe gewann' ich zu eigen durch dich? (Alberich, Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Woglinde)

4:10

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Scene 2: Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache! (Fricka, Wotan)

7:47

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Scene 2: Hilf mir, Schwester! (Freia, Wotan, Fricka)

1:31

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Scene 2: Sanft schloss Schlaf dein Aug'! (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Freia)

7:34

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Scene 2: Zu mir, Freia! Meide sie, Frecher! (Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan, Freia, Fricka)

1:47

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Scene 2: Endlich Loge! Eiltest du so (Wotan, Loge, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt)

3:45

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Scene 2: Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn! (Loge, Wotan)

4:33

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Scene 2: Nicht gonn' ich das Gold dem Alben (Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Donner, Forh)

5:45

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Scene 2: Hor', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort! (Fafner, Wotan, Fasolt, Freia)

2:57

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Scene 2: Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild? (Loge, Fricka, Donner, Froh)

4:54

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Scene 2: Auf, Loge, hinab mit mir! (Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka)

4:25

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Scene 3: Hehe! Hehe! Hieher! Hieher! Tuckischer Zwerg! (Alberich, Mime)

0:40

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Scene 3: Schau, du Schelm! (Alberich, Mime)

2:56

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Scene 3: Nibelheim hier: durch bleiche Nebel (Loge, Mime, Wotan)

4:52

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Scene 3: Nehmt euch in acht! Alberich naht (Mime, Wotan, Alberich)

2:24

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Scene 3: Was wollt ihr hier? (Alberich, Wotan, Loge)

3:07

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Scene 3: Die in linder Lufte Weh'n da oben ihr lebt (Alberich, Wotan, Loge)

6:40

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Scene 3: Riesen-Wurm winde sich ringelnd! (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)

2:36

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Scene 3: Dort, die Krote, greife sie rasch! (Loge, Alberich)

4:03

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Scene 4: Da, Vetter, sitze du fest! (Loge, Alberich, Wotan)

5:11

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Scene 4: Gezahlt hab' ich; nun lasst mich zieh'n! (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)

5:49

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Scene 4: Bin ich nun frei, "Alberich's curse" (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)

4:43

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Scene 4: Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern (Loge, Froh, Donner, Fricka, Wotan)

4:15

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Scene 4: Gepflanzt sind die Pfahle nach Pfandes Mass (Fafner, Wotan, Loge, Froh, Fricka, Donner, Fasolt, Freia)

3:07

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Scene 4: Freia, die Schone, schau' ich nicht mehr (Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Froh)

2:54

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Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch! (Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh)

4:26

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Scene 4: Hort, ihr Riesen! (Donner, Freia, Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner, Loge)

4:07

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Scene 4: Was gleicht, Wotan, wohl deinem Glucke? (Loge, Wotan, Fricka)

1:47

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Scene 4: Schwules Gedunst schwebt in der Luft (Donner)

2:14

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Scene 4: Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke (Froh, Wotan, Fricka)

4:34

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Scene 4: Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu (Loge)

0:46

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Scene 4: Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Wotan, Loge)

3:44

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Wagner: Die Walküre

3:31:00

$48.00

$57.60

Astrid Varnay (soprano), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Bruni Falcon (soprano), Lise Sorrell (mezzo-soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Lieselotte Thomamuller (vocals), Gisela Litz (alto), Sibylla Plate (contralto), Erika Schubert (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Ira Malaniuk (soprano)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Clemens Krauss
Recorded: 09 August 20153
Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany

Act I Scene 1: Prelude

3:50

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Act I Scene 1: Wes Herd dies auch sei (Siegmund, Sieglinde)

3:44

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Act I Scene 1: Kuhlende Labung gab mir der Quell (Siegmund, Sieglinde)

8:29

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Act I Scene 2: Mud am Herd fand ich den Mann (Sieglinde, Hunding, Siegmund)

4:25

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Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen (Siegmund, Hunding, Sieglinde)

5:40

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Act I Scene 2: Die so leidig Los dir beschied (Hunding, Sieglinde, Siegmunde)

9:49

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Act I Scene 3: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater (Siegmund)

5:14

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Act I Scene 3: Schlafst du, Gast? (Sieglinde, Siegmund)

6:10

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Act I Scene 3: Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund)

2:59

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Act I Scene 3: Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde, Siegmund)

7:30

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Act I Scene 3: Siegmund heiss ich und Siegmund bin ich! (Siegmund, Sieglinde)

3:55

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Act II Scene 1: Prelude - Nun zaume dein Ross, reisige Maid! (Wotan, Brunnhilde)

5:05

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Act II Scene 1: Wo in den Bergen du dich birgst (Fricka, Wotan)

4:10

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Act II Scene 1: So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Gottern (Fricka, Wotan)

4:05

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Act II Scene 1: Mit tiefem Sinne wilst du micht tauschen (Fricka, Wotan)

4:07

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Act II Scene 1: Was verlangst du? (Wotan, Fricka)

4:54

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Act II Scene 2: Schlimm, furcht' ich, schloss der Streit (Brunnhilde, Wotan)

4:09

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Act II Scene 2: Was keinen in Worten (Wotan, Brunnhilde)

5:30

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Act II Scene 2: Ein andres ist's (Wotan, Brunnhilde)

9:47

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Act II Scene 2: O sag, Kunde! (Brunnhilde, Wotan)

6:29

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Act II Scene 3: Raste nun hier, gonne dir Ruh! (Siegmund, Sieglinde)

3:04

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Act II Scene 3: Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte! (Sieglinde, Siegmund)

8:30

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Act II Scene 4: Siegmund! Sieh auf mich! (Brunnhilde, Siegmund)

8:02

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Act II Scene 4: Du sahest der Walkure sehrenden Blick (Brunnhilde, Siegmund)

4:07

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Act II Scene 4: So jung und schön erschimmerst du mir (Siegmund, Brunnhilde)

4:20

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Act II Scene 5: Zauberfest bezahmt ein Schlaf (Siegmund, Sieglinde)

3:52

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Act II Scene 5: Wehwalt! Wehwalt! (Hunding, Siegmund, Sieglinde, Brunnhilde, Wotan)

4:31

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Act III: Prelude - Hojotoho! hojotoho! Hei a ha! (Brunnhilde)

7:35

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Act III Scene 1: Schutzt mich und helft in hochster Not! (Brunnhilde)

2:57

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Act III Scene 1: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich (Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, Wotan)

5:40

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Act III Scene 2: Wo ist Brunnhild', wo die Verbrecherin? (Wotan)

3:41

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Act III Scene 2: Hier bin ich, Vater: gebiete die Strafe! (Brunnhilde, Wotan)

8:58

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Act III Scene 3: War es so schmahlich, was ich verbrach (Brunnhilde, Wotan)

8:00

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Act III Scene 3: So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt (Wotan, Brünnhilde)

6:10

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Act III Scene 3: Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht (Brunnhilde, Wotan)

1:27

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Act III Scene 3: Nicht streb, o Maid, den Mut mir zu storen! (Wotan, Brünnhilde)

3:50

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Act III Scene 3: Leb wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan)

4:24

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Act III Scene 3: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar (Wotan)

6:37

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Act III Scene 3: Loge, hor'! Lausche hieher! (Wotan)

5:14

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Wagner: Siegfried

3:56:48

$62.00

$74.40

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Paul Kuen (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Rita Streich (soprano)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Clemens Krauss
Recorded: 10 August 1953
Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany

Act I: Prelude

4:35

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Act I Scene 1: Zwangvolle Plage! Muh' ohne Zweck! (Mime)

3:44

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Act I Scene 1: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau' ein! Hau' ein! (Siegfried, Mime)

1:48

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Act I Scene 1: Da hast du die Stucken, schandlicher Stumper (Siegfried, Mime)

2:26

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Act I Scene 1: Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf (Mime)

1:31

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Act I Scene 1: Vieles lehrtest du, Mime (Siegfried, Mime)

8:37

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Act I Scene 1: Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib (Mime, Siegfried)

4:40

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Act I Scene 1: Das gab mir deine Mutter (Mime, Siegfried)

3:48

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Act I Scene 2: Heil dir, weiser Schmied! (Wanderer, Mime)

3:31

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Act I Scene 2: Hier sitz' ich am Herd (Wanderer, Mime)

9:13

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Act I Scene 2: Nun rede, weiser Zwerg (Wanderer, Mime)

3:09

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Act I Scene 2: Nun, ehrlicher Zwerg (Wanderer, Mime)

5:44

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Act I Scene 2: Nach eitlen Fernen forschtest du (Wanderer)

2:11

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Act I Scene 3: Verfluchtes Licht! (Mime, Siegfried)

1:34

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Act I Scene 3: Bist du es, Kind? (Mime, Siegfried)

3:28

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Act I Scene 3: Fuhltest du nie im finstren Wald (Mime, Siegfried)

4:49

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Act I Scene 3: Her mit den Stucken, fort mit dem Stumper! (Siegfried, Mime)

3:32

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Act I Scene 3: Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert! (Siegfried, Mime)

7:47

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Act I Scene 1: Was am besten er kann (Siegfried, Mime)

6:38

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Act II: Prelude

5:02

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Act II Scene 1: In Wald und Nacht vor Neidhohl' halt' ich Wacht (Alberich)

2:18

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Act II Scene 1: Zur Neidhohle fuhr ich bei Nacht (Wanderer, Alberich)

6:27

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Act II Scene 1: Mit mir nicht, hadre mit Mime (Wanderer, Alberich, Fafner)

5:40

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Act II Scene 1: Nun, Alberich, das schlug fehl (Wanderer, Alberich)

3:39

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Act II Scene 2: Wir sind zur Stelle! Bleib hier stehn! (Mime, Siegfried)

6:05

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Act II Scene 2: Dass der mein Vater nicht ist (Siegfried)

1:51

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Act II Scene 2: Aber, wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus? (Siegfried)

8:19

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Act II Scene 2: Ha ha! Da hatte mein Lied (Siegfried, Fafner)

5:32

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Act II Scene 2: Wer bist du, kuhner Knabe (Fafner, Siegfried)

4:42

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Act II Scene 2: Zur Kunde taugt kein Toter (Siegfried, Waldvogel)

2:07

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Act II Scene 3: Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau (Alberich, Mime)

2:35

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Act II Scene 3: Was ihr mir nutzt, weiss ich nicht (Siegfried, Mime)

2:38

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Act II Scene 3: Willkommen, Siegfried! (Mime, Siegfried)

7:30

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Act II Scene 3: Neides Zoll zahlt Notung (Siegfried)

2:46

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Act II Scene 3: Heiss ward mir von der harten Last! (Siegfried)

3:38

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Act II Scene 3: Hei! Siegfried erschlug nun den schlimmen Zwerg! (Stimme des Waldvogels, Siegfried)

4:08

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Act III: Prelude

2:26

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Act III Scene 1: Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach'! (Wanderer)

1:46

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Act III Scene 1: Stark ruft das Lied (Erda, Wanderer)

7:00

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Act III Scene 1: Wirr wird mir, seit ich erwacht (Erda, Wanderer)

3:10

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Act III Scene 1: Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr (Wanderer)

4:52

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Act III Scene 2: Mein Voglein schwebte mir fort! (Siegfried, Wanderer)

3:06

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Act III Scene 2: Was lachst du mich aus? (Siegfried, Wanderer)

3:58

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Act III Scene 2: Bleibst du mir stumm, storrischer Wicht? (Siegfried, Wanderer)

4:40

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Act III: Orchesterzwischenspiel (Entr'acte)

5:37

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Act III Scene 3: Selige Ode auf sonniger Hoh'! (Siegfried)

3:58

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Act III Scene 3: Das ist kein Mann! (Siegfried)

8:25

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Act III Scene 3: Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht! (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)

4:11

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Act III Scene 3: Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held! (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)

6:25

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Act III Scene 3: Dort seh' ich Grane (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)

7:36

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Act III Scene 3: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Brunnhilde)

4:16

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Act III Scene 3: Dich lieb' ich: o liebtest mich du! (Siegfried, Brunnhilde)

7:40

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4:19:07

$60.00

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Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Gisela Litz (alto), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Ira Malaniuk (soprano), Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl (mezzo-soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Erika Zimmermann (soprano)
Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
Clemens Krauss
Recorded: 15 August 1956
Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany

Prologue: Einleitung - Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (3 Norns)

7:30

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Prologue: Treu beratner Vertrage Runen (Second Norn)

2:10

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Prologue: Es ragt die Burg (3 Norns)

8:15

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Prologue: Orchesterzwischenspiel (Entr'acte)

2:57

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Prologue: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)

3:10

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Prologue: Willst du mir Minne schenken (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)

8:04

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Prologue: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)

5:30

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Act I Scene 1: Nun hor', Hagen, sage mir, Held (Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune)

5:59

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Act I Scene 1: Was weckst du Zweifel und Zwist! (Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune)

3:55

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Act I Scene 1: Jagt er auf Taten wonnig umher (Hagen, Gunther, Siegfried)

3:02

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Act I Scene 2: Heil! Siegfried, teurer Held! (Hagen, Siegfried, Gunther)

2:41

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Act I Scene 2: Begrusse froh, o Held (Gunther, Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune)

7:02

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Act I Scene 2: Deinem Bruder bot ich mich zum Mann (Siegfried, Gunther)

4:33

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Act I Scene 2: Bluhenden Lebens labendes Blut (Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune)

6:09

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Act I Scene 2: Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht (Hagen)

4:40

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Act I Scene 2: Orchesterzwischenspiel (Entr'acte)

5:42

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Act I Scene 3: Altgewohntes Gerausch raunt meinem Ohr die Ferne(Brunnhilde, Waltraute)

6:21

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Act I Scene 3: Hore mit Sinn, was ich dir sage! (Waltraute)

8:21

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Act I Scene 3: Da sann ich nach (Waltraute, Brunnhilde)

6:41

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Act I Scene 3: Blitzend Gewolk, vom Wind gretragen (Brunnhilde)

3:08

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Act I Scene 3: Brunhild'! Ein Freier kam (Siegfried, Brunnhilde)

8:53

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Act II: Prelude

3:04

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Act II Scene 1: Schlafst du, Hagen, mein Sohn? (Alberich, Hagen)

11:05

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Act II Scene 2: Hoiho, Hagen! Muder Mann! (Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune)

4:38

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Act II Scene 3: Hoiho! Hoihohoho! (Hagen, Vassals)

9:46

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Act II Scene 4: Heil dir, Gunther! (Gunther, Siegfried, Brunnhilde, Hagen, Vassals)

6:44

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Act II Scene 4: Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand (Brunnhilde, Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune)

3:31

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Act II Scene 4: Heil'ge Gotter (Brunnhilde, Gunther, Siegfried, Gutrune)

6:11

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Act II Scene 4: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe! (Siegfried, Brunnhilde, Chorus)

7:06

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Act II Scene 5: Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen? (Brunnhilde, Hagen)

6:07

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Act II Scene 5: Auf, Gunther, edler Gibichung! (Hagen, Gunther, Brunnhilde)

8:28

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Act III: Prelude

3:02

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Act III Scene 1: Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried)

4:12

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Act III Scene 1: Siegfried!… Was schiltst du so in den Grund? (Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Woglinde, Siegfried)

3:07

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Act III Scene 1: Was leid ich doch das karge Lob? (Siegfried, Flosshilde, Woglinde, Wellgunde)

3:26

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Act III Scene 1: Siegfried! Siegfried! Wir weisen dich wahr (Flosshilde, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Siegfried)

6:33

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Act III Scene 2: Hoiho! … Finden wir endlich, wohin du flogest? (Hagen, Siegfried, Gunther, Chorus)

6:14

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Act III Scene 2: Mime hiess ein murrischer Zwerg (Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals)

9:56

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Act III Scene 2: Brunnhilde, heilige Braut! (Siegfried)

3:52

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Act III: Orchesterzwischenspiel: Trauermarsch

7:11

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Act III Scene 3: War das sein Horn? (Gutrune, Hagen, Gunther)

7:44

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Act III Scene 3: Schweigt eures Jammers (Brunnhilde, Gutrune)

3:32

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Act III Scene 3: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Brunnhilde)

8:49

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Act III Scene 3: Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen (Brunnhilde)

1:59

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Act III Scene 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Brunnhilde, Hagen)

8:07

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Clemens Krauss appeared for only one year at the Bayreuth Festival, yet he had conducted several Richard Strauss premières and held the reins, at the peak of his career, of both the Bavarian and Vienna State Operas as well as the Salzburg Festival. Krauss’ first Ring should have been the beginning of a magnificent era, that it was not, was due to his tragic death in Mexico in the spring of 1954 during a concert tour.

Krauss’ work with the Festival’s Sängerensemble gave a much-needed shake-up, with new blood in certain important roles. Hence Wolfgang Windgassen, having debuted at the Festival as Parsifal and as Froh, sang both Siegfried instalments in 1953, rising to peak form in the third act of Götterdämmerung, making the role his own. Gerhard Stolze, powerful of tone and clear of articulation, was to follow similar heroic paths. As Mime, Paul Kuën was sought-after from Munich to the Met as well as in Bayreuth, where with playful facility he found the path through Hans Knappertsbusch’s epic breadth, Joseph Keilberth’s chamber-opera transparency and Krauss’ thrusting impulsiveness alike. The same goes for Gustav Neidlinger as Alberich: a monolithic vocal presence and expressive power virtually beyond equal. As his stage progeny Hagen, Josef Greindl was setting his own personal crown on a Festival season where his contribution as König Heinrich in the opening night’s Lohengrin was as instrumental as his Fafner and Hunding on the Ring’s earlier evenings. And, after a year’s warm-up, Hans Hotter too had become a genuine institution on the green hill. Ira Malaniuk, with her mellifluous mezzo-soprano had become firmly established at Bayreuth after deputising as Fricka a year earlier. Few would have guessed in 1953 that she would be followed as Fricka by Regina Resnik, at the time still very much a soprano, albeit with a naturally sensual and dark vocal colour. Erstwhile baritone Ramón Vinay was garnering acclaim as both Parsifal and Siegmund, having triumphed as Tristan the previous year. Astrid Varnay was one of his two partners that summer, en passant as Ortrud and Brünnhilde, making her mark at last as the most flexible dramatic soprano of her generation. Here was a real ensemble at work, as attested by the total commitment of such artistes as Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde - luxury casting as Donner and Gunther - Erich Witte's nimble Loge, Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl's Gutrune or Rita Streich's vivacious Woodbird. The sound balance pleased Krauss from the off as it emanated from the concealed orchestra pit - as it at last does now, unoccluded, transferred to CD from the original tapes, - although his taut tempi and nuances, here filigree-painted, there crushingly-accented, at times come at the cost of fine co-ordination with the stage. This, however, enhances the vitality of the live recording and it remains eminently regrettable, in the context of ‘Werkstatt Bayreuth’, that Krauss only had the summer of 1953 to shape his sound-vision of Wagner's music dramas in the ‘sacred place’.

Artists

Das Rheingold

Hans Hotter (Wotan), Erich Witte (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Ira Malaniuk (Fricka), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Bruni Falcon (Freia), Hermann Uhde (Donner), Gerhard Stolze (Froh), Paul Kuën (Mime), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Erika Zimmermann (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Gisela Litz (Flosshilde)

Die Walküre

Ramón Vinay (Siegmund), Regina Resnik (Sieglinde), Josef Greindl (Hunding), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Danica Brünnhild Friedland (Gerhilde), Bruni Falcon (Ortlinde), Lise Sorrell (Waltraute), Maria von Ilosvay (Schwertleite), Liselotte Thomamüller (Helmwige), Gisela Litz (Siegrune), Sibylla Plate (Grimgerde), Erika Schubert (Rossweisse)

Siegfried

Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Rita Streich (Waldvogel)

Götterdämmerung

Josef Greindl (Hagen), Hermann Uhde (Gunther), Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl (Gutrune), Ira Malaniuk (Waltraute), Maria von Ilosvay (1. Norn), Ira Malaniuk (2. Norn), Regina Resnik (3. Norn)

Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Clemens Krauss

Reviews

April 2011

[Krauss] favours a more transparent sound than Furtwängler and faster-moving tempi which give his Ring integrity, propulsion and unusual clarity...Hotter's towering dramatic portait of Wotan...[is] a linchpin of the Krauss cycle...Erich Witte's slyly articulated, sardonic Loge and Paul Kuen's rivetingly sung - not yelled or whined - Mime are both outstanding too...this Ring is a true collector's item and it is good to have it in Orfeo's handsome 13-disc presentation

30th September 2010

the cast...[is] headed by Astrid Varnay as a wonderfully warm Brünnhilde and Hans Hotter as Wotan, his sound even more languidly beautiful than it is on the 1956 cycle conducted by Keilberth...Krauss's conducting is the main interest here – more sensuous, more concerned with orchestral sonority than Keilberth, though sometimes at the expense of dramatic clarity.