Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Barkmin brings imagination and flair. It’s quite a ‘white’ voice and not a huge one but she’s a committed projector of the drama. Brenna’s voice, again not heavy but well focused, certainly records... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2018 More…

Release Date: 9th Nov 2018
Catalogue No: 8660428-31
Label: Naxos
Length: 4 hours 23 minutes

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Wagner: Götterdämmerung

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Sarah Castle (mezzo-soprano), Stephanie Houtzeel (mezzo-soprano), Jenufa Gleich (soprano), Gun Brit Barkmin (soprano), Daniel Brenna (tenor)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden
Recorded: 18 and 21 January 2018
Recording Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

Prologue: Vorspiel

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Prologue: Welch Licht leuchtet dort?

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Prologue: Orchesterzwischenspiel "Tagesgrauen"

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Prologue: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde

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Prologue: Mehr gabst du, Wunderfrau

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Prologue: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

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Act I: Nun hör', Hagen, sage mir, Held

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Act I: Was weckst du Zweifel und Zwist?

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Act I: Vom Rhein her tönt das Horn

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Act I: Wer ist Gibichs Sohn?

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Act I: Begrüsse froh, o Held

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Act I: Willkommen, Gast, in Gibichs Haus!

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Act I: Hast du, Gunther, ein Weib?

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Act I: Blut-Brüderschaft schwöre ein Eid!

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Act I: Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht, wahre den Hof

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Act I: Orchesterzwischenspiel

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Act I: Altgewohntes Geräusch

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Act I: Seit er von dir geschieden

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Act I: Da sann ich nach. von seiner Seite

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Act I: Blitzend Gewölk

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Act I: Jetzt bist du mein

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Act II: Vorspiel

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Act II: Schläfst du, Hagen, mein Sohn?

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Act II: Orchesterzwischenspiel

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Act II: Hoiho, Hagen! Müder Mann!

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Act II: Hoiho! Hoihohoho!

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Act II: Heil dir, Gunther!

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Act II: Brünnhild', die hehrste Frau

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Act II: Was ist ihr? Ist sie entrückt?

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Act II: Achtest du so der eignen Ehre?

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Act II: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!

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Act II: Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?

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Act II: Dir hilft kein Hirn

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Act III: Vorspiel

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Act III: Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen

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Act III: Ich höre sein Horn

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Act III: Was leid' ich doch das karge Lob?

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Act III: Hoiho? - Hoihe!

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Act III: Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg

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Act III: Was hör' ich!

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Act III: Brünnhilde! Heilige Braut!

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Act III: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch

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Act III: War das sein Horn?

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Act III: Schweigt eures Jammers

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Act III: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort

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Act III: Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen

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Act III: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!

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Act III: Schluss

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Interview, Jaap van Zweden on the Hong Kong Philharmonic's Ring Cycle

13th November 2018

As the final instalment of the cycle on Naxos is released, the conductor talks to Katherine about the project's origins, and the challenges and rewards of tackling Wagner's epic with an orchestra whose primary home is the concert-hall rather than the opera-house.

Götterdämmerung brings to a conclusion the Naxos Ring Cycle conducted by Jaap van Zweden with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. As with the other releases in this edition, it will appear both on standard CD and Blu-ray formats. Previous releases in this cycle have been received with great critical acclaim. "The quality of the orchestral playing is remarkable… The cast is uniformly strong, and the audio quality is superb." (ClassicalCDReview.com on Das Rheingold): "Van Zweden seems to respond more naturally to this richer, more passionate score, better suited to his sweeping approach. Drawing airy, luminescent textures from the Hong Kong players, he drives the drama excitingly…" (BBC Music Magazine on Die Walküre). Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) is the epic fourth and final opera of Wagner's great Ring cycle, with a plot that depicts the fall of heroes, gods, and the entire world. Containing all of the Ring's essential elements, Götterdämmerung possesses a profoundly satisfying sense of inevitability that makes it both a towering climax and a unified summation of the Ring's abundant variety.

Reviews

November 2018

Barkmin brings imagination and flair. It’s quite a ‘white’ voice and not a huge one but she’s a committed projector of the drama. Brenna’s voice, again not heavy but well focused, certainly records comfortably and he is always fully in touch with the dramatic requirements. Eric Halfvarson’s Hagen, more experienced than this pair, is both vicious and frightening…There’s little dull here, it always sounds good and it could make for an ideal economic first-time listen to the work.

January 2019

There’s a real sense of continuity, of broad spans, to van Zweden’s conducting. There’s also a meticulous attention to detail, and the recording manages to achieve that elusive combination of transparency and depth of sound to the orchestral playing…A largely decent and rewarding recording, then, even if some of the casting leaves one wishing for more.

2nd December 2018

Orchestrally at least, the climax to this Ring, which began four years ago with a promising Rheingold, is magnificent. Van Zweden is a symphonic Wagnerian, teasing out rarely heard details from the score in the great orchestral set pieces. Vocally, it’s mixed.

9th November 2018

[van Zweden] deserves an award for steering his players through initially unfamiliar music with such a firm hand and sustained panache...Trophies should equally go to the musicians for their warmth, robustness and precision. When the horns call out before Siegfried’s fateful return to the Rhine forest in Act II, or in the Act III prelude, you’re hearing one of the best Wagner orchestras in the world.

Opera Now November 2018

It’s certainly remarkable what Van Zweden has achieved in Hong Kong in four short years. The new Ring stands as a testament to the determination and focus that has utterly transformed the HK Phil into certainly the best orchestra in Asia and one that can hold its own on any international platform. This is a disciplined yet flexible and sonorous ensemble that follows the architecture of Wagner’s narrative in long, beautifully phrased arcs of music.

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Interview, Jaap van Zweden on the Hong Kong Philharmonic's Ring Cycle