Richard Wagner: Gotterdammerung

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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 And Opera Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Windgassen, Uhde, Frick, Varnay, Konwitschny, Kraus, Shuar
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2015
    • UPC
      4035122653687
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      WLCD0368
    • LABEL
      Walhall Eternity Series
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Opera / Operetta / Oratorio
    Works ⌄

    1. Prologue: Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (The Norns)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    2. An der weltesche wob ich einst (The Norns)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    3. Prologue: Es ragt die Burg (The Norns)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    4. Prologue: Die Nacht weight (The Norns)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    5. Prologue: Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    6. Prologue: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    7. Prologue: Ihn geiz' ich als einzig gut! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    8. Prologue: Orchestral Interlude - Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    9. Act I Scene 1: Nun hor', Hagen; (Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hermann Uhde, Gottlob Frick, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    10. Act I Scene 1: Ein Weib weiss ich (Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    11. Act I Scene 1: Brachte Siegfried die Braut dir heim (Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde, Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    13. Act I Scene 2: Wer ist Gibichs Sohn? (Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Amy Shuard, Hermann Uhde, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    14. Act I Scene 2: Willkommen, Gast, in Gibichs Haus! (Gutrune, Siegfried, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Amy Shuard, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    15. Act I Scene 2: Hast du, Gunther, ein Weib? (Siegfried, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    16. Act I Scene 2: Bluhenden Lebens labendes Blut (Siegfried, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    17. Act I Scene 2: Was nahmst du am Eide nicht teil? (Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    19. Act I Scene 2: Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    20. Act I Scene 3: Altgewohntes Gerausch raunt (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    22. Act I Scene 3: So sitzt er, sagt kein wort (Waltraute)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    23. Act I Scene 3: Welch banger Traume Maren (Brünnhilde, Waltraute)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Ursula Boese

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    24. Act I Scene 3: Blitzend Gewolk, vom Wind (Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    25. Act I Scene 3: Wer drang zu mir? (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    26. Act I Scene 3: Die nacht bricht an (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    27. Act II: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Otakar Kraus, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    29. Act II Scene 1: Orchestral Interlude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    30. Act II Scene 2: Hoiho, Hagen, muder Mann! (Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    32. Act II Scene 4: Brunnhild', die hehrste Frau (Gunther, Vassals)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    33. Act II Scene 4: Was muht Brünnhildens Blick? (Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Chorus, Hagen)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    34. Act II Scene 4: Einen Ring sah ich (Brünnhilde, All)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Gottlob Frick, Otakar Kraus, Amy Shuard, Ursula Boese, Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert, Una Hale, Joan Carlyle

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    35. Act II Scene 4: Heil'ge Gotter, himmlische Lenker! (Brünnhilde, All)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Otakar Kraus, Gottlob Frick, Amy Shuard, Ursula Boese, Marjorie Thomas, Monica Sinclair, Charlotte Siewert, Una Hale, Joan Carlyle

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    36. Act II Scene 4: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe! (Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    37. Act II Scene 5: Welches Unhold's List (Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    38. Act II Scene 5: Vertraue mir, betrog'ne Frau! (Hagen, Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    39. Act II Scene 5: Auf, Gunther, edler Gibichung! (Hagen, Gunther, Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde, Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    40. Act II Scene 5: Was riet mein wissen? (Brünnhilde, Hagen, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    41. Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    42. Act III Scene 1: Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen (Rhinemaidens)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    43. Act III Scene 1: Ein Albe fuhrte mich irr (Siegfried, Rhinemaidens)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    44. Act III Scene 1: Siegfried! (Rhinemaidens, Siegfried)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    45. Act III Scene 1: Mein Schwert zershwang (Siegfried, Rhinemaidens)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    46. Act III Scene 2: Hoiho! … Hoiho! Hoiho! (Hagen, Chorus, Siegfried, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    47. Act III Scene 2: Trink, Gunther, trink! (Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

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

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    49. Act III Scene 2: In Leid zu den Wipfeln (Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther, Chorus)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    50. Act III Scene 2: Was hor ich? (Gunther, Hagen, Vassals)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Hermann Uhde, Gottlob Frick

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    51. Act III Scene 2: Brünnhilde, heilige Braut! (Siegfried)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    52. Act III Scene 2: Funeral March

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    53. Act III Scene 3: War das sein Horn? (Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    54. Act III Scene 3: Hoiho! Hoiho! Wacht auf! (Hagen, Gutrune, Gunther)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick, Amy Shuard, Hermann Uhde

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    55. Act III Scene 3: Schweigt eures Jammers (Brünnhilde, Gutrune)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay, Amy Shuard

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    56. Act III Scene 3: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    57. Act III Scene 3: Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen (Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    58. Act III Scene 3: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Brünnhilde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Astrid Varnay

      Conductor: Franz Konwitschny

    59. Act III Scene 3: Zuruck vom Ring! (Hagen)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra

      Performer: Gottlob Frick

      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.