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Das Rheingold
Recorded in concert in the Royal Albert Hall, this Das Rheingold features disappointing sound but an exquisite Weltanschauung from Georg Solti. The prelude is truly primordial, the gods sparkle with bombast and Loge's music flits and darts around him. Only a ponderous ascent from Nibelheim mars the structure of this opera, and only the distant sound mars the cast. David Ward is a dark-hued, effectively diffident Wotan, and John Dobson uses his limited vocal recourses well as a snide Loge. Martti Talvela, Michael Langdon, Josephine Veasey and Ava June all contribute enormously in their supporting roles, and there is a bewitching two-thirds of the Rhinemaiden trio (the Floßhilde, Elizabeth Bainbridge, is a bit heavy-handed). Best of all is Zoltan Kélémen's Alberich, effortlessly showing why he owned this role for about twenty years.
Track List
Scene I
1. Vorspiel
2. Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle,
3. Lugt, Schwestern!
2. Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle,
3. Lugt, Schwestern!
Scene II
4. Wotan, Gemahl, erwache!
5. Sanft schloss schlaf dein Aug'
6. Endlich Loge!
7. Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!
8. Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!
5. Sanft schloss schlaf dein Aug'
6. Endlich Loge!
7. Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!
8. Hör', Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!
Scene III
9. Absteig nach Nibelheim
10. Hehe! Hehe! Hieher! Hieher!
11. Wer hälfe mir?
12. Was wollt ihr hier?
13. Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange
14. Aufsteig nach Nibelheim
10. Hehe! Hehe! Hieher! Hieher!
11. Wer hälfe mir?
12. Was wollt ihr hier?
13. Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange
14. Aufsteig nach Nibelheim
Scene IV
15. Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!
16. Bin ich nun frei?
17. Lauschtest du seinem Liebesgruss?
18. Weiche, Wotan! Weiche!
19. Zu mir, Freia!
20. Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft
21. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge
22. Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!
16. Bin ich nun frei?
17. Lauschtest du seinem Liebesgruss?
18. Weiche, Wotan! Weiche!
19. Zu mir, Freia!
20. Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft
21. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge
22. Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!
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Complete Cast List
Wagner: Das Rheingold Wotan: David WardLoge: John Dobson Donner: John ShawFroh: Ermanno MauroFricka: Josephine Veasey Freia: Ava JuneErda: Helen WattsFasolt: Martti TalvelaFafner: Michael Langdon Alberich: Zoltan KélémenMime: John Lanigan Woglinde: Elizabeth RobsonWellgunde: Anne HowellsFlosshilde: Elizabeth Bainbridge Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Georg Solti, conductor September 6, 1970
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Excellent Performance, Mediocre Sound!
This concert performance under Solti's dynamic leadership would be higher on my list of Rheingold recommendations were the sound better. The pitch of the tape is mostly correct, but it slips obviously a few times, most obviously at the very beginning where the initial E-flat isn't solidly E-flat for a couple of moments. Furthermore, the sound level goes up and down throughout the performance; I had to turn the volume up and then rush to turn it down when the volume got too loud. The Rhinedaughters are an excellent trio and Kélémen shows clearly why he was the leading Alberich of his time. Ward and Veasey are excellent as are their siblings (June, Mauro, and Shaw are all luxuries). The two giants are terrific as are the two other tenors (Dobson and Lanigan). Watts is a superb Erda, but for reasons I can't comprehend she is frustratingly off-mic; the Rhinedaughters are supposed to be offstage for their final trio, but they're right on mic - go figure.Rheingold lovers will want this, uneven sound and all.
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