Wagner: Die Walküre

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The result, in superb sound, is revelatory...[Kampe] gives Sieglinde both lyrical beauty and narrative power, well matched by Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund...[Pape] turns out to be the finest [Wotan]... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Feb 2013
Catalogue No: MAR0527
Label: Mariinsky
Length: 3 hours 56 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

11th February 2013
BBC Music Magazine

May 2013

Opera Choice

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Wagner: Die Walküre

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Anja Kampa (soloist), Ekaterina Gubanova (soloist), Mikhail Petrenko (soloist), René Pape (soloist), Anja Kampe (soloist), Jonas Kaufmann (soloist), Nina Stemme (soloist)
Mariinsky Orchestra & Soloists, Mariinsky (Kirov) Orchestra
Valéry Gergiev

Act I Prelude and Scene 1

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Act I Scene 1: Wes' Herd diess auch sei

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Act I Scene 1: Einen Unseligen labtest du

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Act I Scene 2: Mud' am Herd

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Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nict heissen

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Act I Scene 2: Die so leidig Los dir beschied

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Act I Scene 2: Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlecht

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Act I Scene 3: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater

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Act I Scene 3: Schlafst du, Gast?

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Act I Scene 3: Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond

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Act I Scene 3: Du bist der Lenz

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Act I Scene 3: O susseste Wonne!

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Act I Scene 3: Siegmund heiss' ich

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Act II Prelude and Scene 1: Nun zaume dein Ross

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Act II Scene 1: Hojotoho!

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Act II Scene 1: Der alte Sturm, die alte Muh'!

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Act II Scene 1: Heut' - hast du's erlebt!

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Act II Scene 1: Nichts lerntest du

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Act II Scene 1: Was verlangst du?

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Act II Scene 1: Deiner ew'gen Gattin heilige Ehre

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Act II Scene 2: Schlimm, furcht ich

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Act II Scene 2: Ein Andres ist's: achte es wohl

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Act II Scene 2: So nimmst du von Siegmund den Sieg?

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Act II Scene 2: So nimm meinen Segen, Niblungen-Sohn!

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Act II Scene 2: Schwer wiegt mir der Waffen Wucht!

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Act II Scene 3: Raste nun hier, gonne dir Ruh'!

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Act II Scene 3: Wo bist du, Siegmund?

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Act II Scene 4: Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!

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Act II Scene 4: Du sahst der Walkure sehrenden Blick

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Act II Scene 4: So jung un schon erschimmerst du mir

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Act II Scene 5: Zauberfest bezahmt ein Schlaf

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Act II Scene 5: Der dort mich ruft

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Act II Scene 5: Zu Ross! dass ich dich rette!

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Act III Prelude and Scene 1: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!

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Act III Scene 1: Zu Ortlinde's Stute stell' deinen Hengst

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Act III Scene 1: Schutzt mich, und helft in hochster Not!

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Act III Scene 1: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich

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Act III Scene 2: Wo ist Brunnhild'

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Act III Scene 2: Hier bin ich, Vater

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Act III Scene 3: War es so schmahlich

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

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Act III Scene 3: Nicht streb', o Maid

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Act III Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind!

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Act III Scene 3: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar

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

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Recording of the Week, Wagner from Jonas Kaufmann and others

11th February 2013

Gergiev conducts an electrifying Walküre starring René Pape as Wotan, Nina Stemme as his rebel daughter, and Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Kampe as the Walsung Twins; Kaufmann’s solo album of opera scenes and the Wesendock-Lieder, meanwhile, is the best thing he’s ever done.

In February 2013 the Mariinsky label launches its most ambitious project to date, releasing the first title in a cycle of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen conducted by Valery Gergiev. Recorded in the sumptuous acoustic of the Mariinsky Concert Hall, the cycle features a sensational cast, helping create the most finely crafted Ring cycle of modern times.

The first release features Die Walküre, starring Anja Kampe, Jonas Kaufmann, René Pape, Nina Stemme, Mikhail Petrenko and Ekaterina Gubanova. Recorded during sessions and performances in 2011 and 2012, it will be released internationally in February 2013 in a 4-disc Super Audio CD box and as a high resolution download. This will be followed in September 2013 by the Das Rheingold (chronologically the first opera in the cycle, although originally envisaged as a prelude by Wagner) with Siegfried and Götterdämmerung completing the cycle in 2014.

Der Ring des Nibelungen was the pinnacle of Richard Wagner’s long and turbulent career and without question one of the greatest achievements in opera. Wagner wanted to create the perfect synthesis of music and drama and assumed total creative control of the project which was to take him 26 years to complete, with frequent interruptions. He introduced numerous innovations, not least the sheer scale of the project – typically a complete performance will last in excess of 15 hours, spread over four evening. No other opera matches the scale or ambition of the Ring. The Mariinsky Theatre has close connections with Wagner and his music. The composer conducted at the theatre and was even offered the post of Music Director. It is also believed to be the first place where any of the music from the Ring was performed. Since Valery Gergiev became Music Director of the Mariinsky, Wagner’s music has once again become a core part of the theatre’s repertoire, both in St Petersburg and on tour. The Mariinsky label’s recording of Wagner’s final opera Parsifal starring René Pape, Gary Lehmann and Violetta Urmana, was released in 2010 to international acclaim.

Reviews

May 2013

The result, in superb sound, is revelatory...[Kampe] gives Sieglinde both lyrical beauty and narrative power, well matched by Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund...[Pape] turns out to be the finest [Wotan] I've heard lately...Most exciting of all is Nina Stemme's Brunnhilde, larger-voiced and steelier than one might expect, yet feminine, spirited and vulnerable... So far this recalls, and must rank with, the great Rings of the 1960s. More, please.

2nd February 2013

Wagnerites will not be disappointed...[Gergiev] he has imported what is arguably the best quartet of principals available today for this opera – Stemme’s classic Brünnhilde, Kampe’s exciting Sieglinde, Pape’s heavyweight Wotan and, yes, the peerless Kaufmann.

May 2013

Stemme has the measure of her role in spades...Act 1 goes well from all three participants...Gubanova is a lively, probing Fricka and the Valkyries a well-saddled bunch. The still decidely un-Western sound of Gergiev and his orchestra is a dramatic advantage to this opera's tense underlay.

March 2013

This show belongs to Jonas Kaufmann, whose bronzed timbre is deeply satisfying whether in heroic or intimate utterance. His legato is immaculate … Kaufmann sings as thrillingly as any Siegmund since Jon Vickers … the recorded sound is excellent.

31st January 2013

it’s thrilling … If this instalment is anything to go by then this it’s going to be a Ring to cherish.

11th February 2013

This has to be one of the finest Act Ones on record, due in no small part to Jonas Kaufmann’s Siegmund...Gergiev brings off the close of the act with such feverish eroticism that it’s virtually Not Safe For Work!..and what a debut [Stemme] makes here!...Pape has waited for a long time to take on Wotan and on this hearing he’s come to it at exactly the right moment.

17th February 2013

Act I has Jonas Kaufmann’s heroic, poetic Siegmund at the peak of his powers, partnering a limpid, youthful-sounding Sieglinde in Anja Kampe — a dream pair of Wälsung twins for our time, and one to compare with the greatest on disc. Nina Stemme’s Brünnhilde, too, is a Valkyrie for the ages...She is one of the most complete and musical Brünnhildes ever recorded

February 2013

In the first act at least, with Jonas Kaufmann as an incomparable Siegmund, Anja Kampe a profoundly moving Sieglinde and Gergiev pacing the performance to an overwhelming climax, the result is spellbinding...In fact, few performances on disc can match it for sheer excitement, or for Kaufmann's blend of easy power, immaculate diction and lyric beauty...a fine beginning to what promises to be a very worthwhile cycle.

22nd February 2013

Stemme, in particular, is a magnificent Brünnhilde, emphasising the humanity of a woman discovering the meaning of love rather than the fierce Amazon. She stands in powerful contrast to the awesomely implacable Wotan of René Pape...Jonas Kaufmann is a consummate Siegmund, and Ekaterina Gubanova makes a regally persuasive Fricka...[but] the result that the opera’s moral grandeur never registers

Opera Now

Gergiev’s conducting is rich in detail, taut with drama and yet managing to remain spacious – he really does resist the urge to rush, push the volume up and drown his singers...Pape’s Wotan is smooth and warm of tone...Stemme’s Brünnhilde is equally alert to dramatic detail.

Opera Britannia 8th February 2013

[Stemme] is rock solid throughout her range, with gleaming top notes without any great wobble or sense of blasting the speakers...[Kaufmann's] baritonal timbre and almost smoky half tones make his Siegmund intensely masculine...The orchestral playing is excellent, especially lower woodwinds in solo passages, while the brass is superb...It is to be fervently hoped that Gergiev’s luxury casting stretches to the whole cycle.

Limelight Magazine May 2013

Vocally Kaufmann is unmatched on record, a heroically dark tenor with ringing top notes. Kampe gives him a run for his money with full, rich tone and beautiful text work. Nina Stemme is a fine Brünnhilde, projecting the character’s emotional journey better than any of her current contemporaries

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