Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts) - Varnay, Välkki, Adam, Hotter, Hopf, Frick, Uhl, Hoffman; Kempe. Bayreuth, 1963

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Pros:

  • This cycle treats the listener to two Brünnhildes: Anita Välkki's youthful soprano is in excellent form in Die Walküre and Astrid Varnay summons up enormous dramatic reserves in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung.
  • The part of Wotan is different in each opera, offering a pot pourri of great bass-baritones: Theo Adam in Das Rheingold, Hans Hotter in Die Walküre and Otto Wiener in Siegfried.
  • The cycle also features Franz Crass as Fasolt, and Grace Hoffman as Fricka.

Cons:

  • None to mention.

In Mono

OD 11541-1