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Wagner: Die Walküre
Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Iris Vermillion (Fricka), Robert Dean Smith (Siegmund), Melanie Diener (Sieglinde), Timo Riihonen (Hunding), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Anja Fidelia Ulrich (Gerhilde), Fionnuala McCarthy (Ortlinde), Heike Wessels (Waltraute), Kismara Pessatti (Schwertleite), Carola Höhn (Helmwige),...
[Lang] undertakes this great journey employing all the tricks of her consummate vocal technique almost with ease...her contribution alone makes this CD worth adding to your library even if I...
Wagner: Die Walküre
Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Iris Vermillion (Fricka), Robert Dean Smith (Siegmund), Melanie Diener (Sieglinde), Timo Riihonen (Hunding), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Anja Fidelia Ulrich (Gerhilde), Fionnuala McCarthy (Ortlinde), Heike Wessels (Waltraute), Kismara Pessatti (Schwertleite), Carola Höhn (Helmwige),...
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[Lang] undertakes this great journey employing all the tricks of her consummate vocal technique almost with ease...her contribution alone makes this CD worth adding to your library even if I...
About
This is the 8th release in PentaTone’s successful Wagner Edition and the 2nd one in the Wagner Year.
Das Rheingold is the second release of the cycle: “Der Ring des Nibelungen”.
The last 2 “Ring recordings” will follow in the course of 2013. All the previous releases in the cycle have received overwhelming critical acclaim. Last month our Parsifal recording won a BBC Music Magazine award for technical excellence. The jury report said: “….unquestionably the finest modern version on disc”.
PentaTone’s Wagner Edition is an unprecedented project and we aim at supporting it with a lot of attention in the media.
In the Wagner year there will be a lot of attention to Wagner through articles in the media and performances of his operas. We expect therefore the interest for the PentaTone Edition (especially as a collector’s item) to increase substantially.
Artists
Tomasz Konieczny (Wotan), Iris Vermillion (Fricka), Robert Dean Smith (Siegmund), Melanie Diener (Sieglinde), Timo Riihonen (Hunding), Petra Lang (Brünnhilde), Anja Fidelia Ulrich (Gerhilde), Fionnuala McCarthy (Ortlinde), Heike Wessels (Waltraute), Kismara Pessatti (Schwertleite), Carola Höhn (Helmwige), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Nicole Piccolomini (Grimgerde) & Renate Spingler (Roßweiße)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Marek Janowski
Contents and tracklist
- Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Dean Smith, Melanie Diener, Timo Riihonen
- Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tomas Konieczny, Petra Lang, Iris Vermillion, Robert Dean Smith, Melanie Diener, Timo Riihonen
- Marek Janowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Fionnuala McCarthy, Heike Wessels, Kismara Pessatti, Carola Höhn, Wilke te Brummelstroete, Petra Lang, Melanie Diener, Tomas Konieczny
Awards and reviews
29th November 2013
[Lang] undertakes this great journey employing all the tricks of her consummate vocal technique almost with ease...her contribution alone makes this CD worth adding to your library even if I could not recommend it - as I most certainly do - for the entire excellent ensemble performance.
24th October 2013
No orchestral details in Walküre escape [Janowski] or the wonderfully vivid recording; the pacing is always judicious, and even if the performance doesn't reach the highest dramatic peaks, it's never boring...Lang's mezzo-ish Brünnhilde is easily the most interesting of the performances, but as a work in progress
