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Götterdämmerung & Tristan und Isolde
This recording, from the BBC Proms in 1963, celebrated the 150th anniversary of Wagner's birth with an absolutely stunning concert. Captured in gloriously pristine sound, Georg Solti brings his unparalleled insight into Wagner's greatest operas to the podium. The first half of the concert features a rousing rendition of Siegfried's Journey down the Rhine, and then a Tristan Prelude and Liebestod that seems almost frozen in time. He is aided by the exemplary Isolde of Birgit Nilsson, who reappears to give one of the best renditions of the Immolation Scene I have ever heard in the concert's second half. Also on hand for the last act of the Ring Cycle are Wolfgang Windgassen, in fine form for Siegfried's crucial narration, Gottlob Frick's dark and sinister Hagen, and Marie Collier, lending real gravitas to Gutrune's few moments in the sun. The presence of Gwyneth Jones in the middle of a beguiling trio of Rhinemaidens is the cherry on the top of this delectable Wagnerian dish.
Track List
1. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
Götterdämmerung
2. Vorspiel
3. Liebestod
Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde
Götterdämmerung
2. Vorspiel
3. Liebestod
Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson, Isolde
Götterdämmerung — Act III
4. Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen
5. Siegfried! Was schiltst du so in den Grund?
6. Ihr listigen Frauen, lasst das sein!
7. Der uns das Wild verscheuchte
8. Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg
9. Brünnhilde! Helige Braut
10. Siegfrieds Trauermarsch
11. War das sein Horn?
12. Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall!
13. Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort
14. Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!
5. Siegfried! Was schiltst du so in den Grund?
6. Ihr listigen Frauen, lasst das sein!
7. Der uns das Wild verscheuchte
8. Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg
9. Brünnhilde! Helige Braut
10. Siegfrieds Trauermarsch
11. War das sein Horn?
12. Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall!
13. Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort
14. Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!
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5.0
Based on 4 reviews
France
recording first released by Testament
I have it : believe it or not, these are Solti's first steps to Götterdämmerung. He would record the whole thing a couple years later...
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United States
Wagner and Solti in Excelsis!
Robert D. has already reviewed this concert below and I second his enthusiasm. Nilsson is marvelous as is the entire cast of singers. Solti paces the act better here than in his later classic studio recording of the complete opera. I have no complaints about anything. All right, I wish the enthusiastic gentlemen who scream "Bravo" at the end of each half of the concert would've waited another moment or two, but their enthusiasm is understandable. The sound is perfect, the Pirate Gods smiled happily on this evening. Solti begins Siegfried's Rhine Journey a little before we're used to hearing so if you've ever wanted to practice Brunnhilde's top C with a full orchestra under Solti here is your chance (mine was terrific!)
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United Kingdom
Stunning
I bought this as a download sometime ago but have never got around to listening to it. What a mistake! This is stunning in every way. The first half of the concert sees Nilsson deliver a wonderful Liebestod and Solti conducting a marvellous performance of the Prelude to Tristan; but wait until the 2nd half where all guns are blazing in a performance of Act 3 of Götterdämmerung which will knock your socks off! Everyone seems totally immersed in their role, Windgassen sounding fresh and lyrical, the Rhinemaidens (including a future Brünnhilde in Gwyneth Jones) a well matched trio, Gottlob Frick is frighteningly menacing as Hagen and Nilsson radiant in as fine a rendition of the Immolation as I have ever heard. Solti brings it all to life in a superbly paced account of the Act, dramatic and fiery but never as hectoring and jerky as his Decca recording can seem. The Prommers can't wait to voice their approval at the end of the concert (and indeed a little too soon after the Liebestod) but you can understand their excitement at such a wonderful musical experience. The sound is excellent and the slightly resonant acoustic of the Royal Albert Hall actually makes everything glow. Recommended highly.
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