Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

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Walhall Eternity Series
Release Date
June 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WAGNER, RICHARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Covent Garden Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Hotter, Kelley, Evans, Holm, Boehme, Konwitschny, Langdon, Kraus, Klein, Bo
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2015
    • UPC
      4035122653342
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      WLCD0334
    • LABEL
      Walhall Eternity Series
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    2. Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle! (Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    3. Scene 1: Hehe! Ihr Nicker! (Alberich, Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    4. Scene 1: Wehe! Ach wehe! (Alberich, Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    5. Scene 1: Lugt, Schwestern! (Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    6. Scene 1: Was ist's, ihr Glatten (Alberich, Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    7. Scene 1: Der Welt Erbe gewann' ich (Alberich, Rheintochter)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    9. Scene 2: Um des Gatten Treue besorgt (Fricka, Wotan, Freia)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Ursula Boese, Una Hale

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    10. Scene 2: Sanft schloss Schlaf dein Aug' (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Kurt Böhme, Michael Langdon

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    11. Scene 2: Lichtsohn du, leicht gefugter (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Wotan, Freia)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Kurt Böhme, Hans Hotter, Michael Langdon, Una Hale

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    12. Scene 2: Zu mir, Freia! (Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan, Freia, Fricka)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Edgar Evans, David Kelley, Michael Langdon, Kurt Böhme, Hans Hotter, Una Hale, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Richard Holm, Ursula Boese, Edgar Evans, David Kelley, Michael Langdon, Kurt Böhme

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    14. Scene 2: Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn! (Loge)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    15. Scene 2: Torig bist du, wenn nicht gar tuckisch! (Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Fricka, Donner, Froh)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Kurt Böhme, Michael Langdon, Richard Holm, Ursula Boese, David Kelley, Edgar Evans

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    16. Scene 2: Hor', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort! (Fafner, Wotan, Fasolt, Freia, Froh, Donner, Loge)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Langdon, Hans Hotter, Kurt Böhme, Una Hale, Edgar Evans, David Kelley, Richard Holm

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Ursula Boese, David Kelley, Edgar Evans

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Richard Holm, David Kelley, Edgar Evans, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Peter Klein

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Peter Klein

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Peter Klein, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    22. Scene 3: Hieher! Dorthin! (Alberich)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Hans Hotter, Richard Holm

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Hans Hotter, Richard Holm

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Richard Holm, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Otakar Kraus

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Otakar Kraus, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    28. Scene 4: Gezahlt hab' ich; nun lasst mich ziehn! (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Richard Holm, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    29. Scene 4: Bin ich nun frei? Wirklich frei? Wirklich frei? (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Richard Holm, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    30. Scene 4: Lauschtest du seinem Liebesgruss? (Loge, Wotan, Froh, Donner, Fricka, Fasolt, Fafner)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Hans Hotter, Edgar Evans, David Kelley, Ursula Boese, Kurt Böhme, Michael Langdon

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Langdon, Hans Hotter, Richard Holm, Edgar Evans, Ursula Boese, David Kelley, Kurt Böhme, Una Hale

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    32. Scene 4: So sind wir denn fertig (Loge, Fasolt, Fafner, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Froh, Donner)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Kurt Böhme, Michael Langdon, Hans Hotter, Una Hale, Ursula Boese, Edgar Evans, David Kelley

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    33. Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Marga Höffgen, Hans Hotter, Ursula Boese, Edgar Evans

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    34. Scene 4: Hort, ihr Riesen! Zuruck, und harret (Donner, Freia, Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner, Loge)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: David Kelley, Una Hale, Hans Hotter, Kurt Böhme, Michael Langdon, Richard Holm

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Hans Hotter, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: David Kelley

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    37. Scene 4: Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke (Froh)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Edgar Evans

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    38. Scene 4: Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge (Wotan, Fricka)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hans Hotter, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    39. Scene 4: Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu (Loge, Rheintochter, Wotan)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Richard Holm, Hans Hotter

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny


The Walhall Eternity label is for the first time releasing in it's entirety the legendary 1959 Covent Garden Ring cycle of Richard Wagner conducted by Franz Konwitschny, performances that feature the finest Wagnerian voices of the 1950's, including Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter, Astrid Varnay, Ramon Vinay, Amy Shuard (student of Eva Turner and Covent Garden regular), Gottlob Frick and more. Franz Konwitschny's gripping interpretations lie comfortably between those of Fürtwängler's commanding heights supremacy and Solti's fire and spontaneity. Re-mastered 24bit/96kHz.