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Wagner: The Ring Cycle (Box Set)

Wagner: The Ring Cycle (Box Set)
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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Orchestral prelude
  2. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Weia! Waga! Wandering waters
  3. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. He, he! You nixies!
  4. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Slimy, slippery, slithery smoothness!
  5. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Look, sisters! The sunlight is greeting the gold
  6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. What's that, you nixies...?
  7. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. The world's wealth can be mine...?
  8. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Still not afraid? / Orchestral interlude
  9. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Wotan, my lord! Awaken!
  10. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. For I wished you faithful and true
  11. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Then shelter her now
  12. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Soft sleep closed your eyes
  13. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. God of light, light of spirit!
  14. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. To me, Freia! Back from her, giant!

Disc 2:

  1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. This bond is graved on my spear's strong shaft
  2. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. What? How am I concerned in a contract?
  3. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Never one word of praise or thanks!
  4. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. But one I found then
  5. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. So I promised I'd tell you the story
  6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. A toy, while it was in the waters
  7. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. And I should possess it!
  8. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Hear, Wotan, I'll speak my last word!
  9. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Over rock and stone they stride
  10. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. I see now! Hear what is wrong!
  11. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Come, Loge, descend with me! / Orchestral interlude
  12. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Hehe! Hehe! Come here! Come here!
  13. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Ha, you rogue!
  14. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Nibelheim here
  15. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Better take care! Alberich's near
  16. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. What brought you here?
  17. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. In the clouds, you great ones
  18. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. All must stand in amazement

Disc 3:

  1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Ohe! Ohe! Terrible dragon
  2. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Now swiftly up! / Orchestral interlude
  3. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. There, Alberich, sit on your throne!
  4. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. And now the Niblungs will come to my call
  5. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. The gold lies there; now let me go
  6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Am I now free? (Alberich's curse)
  7. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Fasolt and Fafner come this way
  8. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Wait! Don't touch her yet!
  9. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Far too loose you're piling the gold
  10. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Freia, the fair one, see I no more
  11. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Yield it, Wotan, yield it! (Erda's warning)
  12. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Hear, you giants!
  13. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Stop, you greedy one!
  14. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Your luck, Wotan, what could surpass it?
  15. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Sweltering mists hang in the air... Heda! Heda! Hedo!
  16. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Evening rays flood the sky with splendour
  17. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Rhinegold! Rhinegold! (Entry of the Gods into Valhalla)

Disc 4:

  1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Prelude
  2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 1. The storm drove me here
  3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 1. This house and this wife
  4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 1. Evil fortune's never far from me
  5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. There he lay, feeble and faint
  6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. Through field and forest
  7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. Friedmund no one could call me
  8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. The Neidings raided again
  9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. So the Norn who dealt you this fate
  10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 2. I know a troublesome race
  11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. A sword was pledged by my father
  12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Are you awake?
  13. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. My husband's kinsmen
  14. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Yes, loveliest bride
  15. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Winter storms have vanished (Siegmund's Spring Song)
  16. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. You are the Spring
  17. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Oh sweetest enchantment
  18. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. The stream has shown my reflected face
  19. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Siegmund call me, and Siegmund am I!
  20. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Scene 3. Siegmund, the W�lsung, here you see!

Disc 5:

  1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. Go bridle your horse, warrior maid!
  2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. Hoyotoho! Hoyotoho! (Br�nnhilde's Battle Cry)
  3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. The usual storm, the usual strife!
  4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. Pretend that you don't understand!
  5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. Now it's come to pass!
  6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. So this is the end of the gods and their glory
  7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. You never learn what I would teach you
  8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. What must I do?
  9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 1. Hiaha! Hiaha! Hoyotoho!
  10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. Fricka has won the fight
  11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. When youth's delightful pleasures had waned
  12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. She refused to reveal more about it
  13. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. There's more to tell
  14. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. Yet one can accomplish what I may not
  15. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. But the W�lsung, Siegmund
  16. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. Then Siegmund must fall in his fight?
  17. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. I give you my blessing, Nibelung son!
  18. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. No, have mercy

Disc 6:

  1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 2. So I obey his command
  2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 3. Rest here for a while; stay by my side!
  3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 3. Away! Away!
  4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 3. Where are you, Siegmund?
  5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 4. Siegmund! Look at me! (Announcement of Death)
  6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 4. And if I come
  7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 4. Then greet for me Walhall
  8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 4. Woe! Woe! Sister and bride
  9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 4. Two lives now lie in your power
  10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 5. Charms of sleep are sent to still
  11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 5. I hear your call
  12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Scene 5. Wehwalt! Wehwalt!

Disc 7:

  1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Hoyotoho! Hoyotoho! (Ride of the Valkyries)
  2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Shield me and help
  3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Hear while I tell you
  4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Pray suffer no sorrow for me
  5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Fly him swiftly away to the east!
  6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. O radiant wonder! (Parting Salute)
  7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 1. Stay, Br�nnhild!
  8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 2. Where is Br�nnhild?
  9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 2. Weak-spirited, womanish brood!
  10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 2. Here am I, father
  11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 2. No more will you ride from Walhall
  12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 2. Did you not hear what I decreed?
  13. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. Was it so shameful
  14. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. I know so little
  15. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. You, who this love into my heart revealed
  16. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. You indulged your love
  17. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. Unworthy of you this foolish maid
  18. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. You fathered a glorious race
  19. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. In long, deep sleep
  20. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. Farewell, my valiant, glorious child! (Wotan's Farewell)
  21. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. These eyes so warm and so bright
  22. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. Loge, hear! Come at my call!
  23. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Scene 3. Magic Fire Music

Disc 8:

  1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Prelude
  2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Wearisome labour!
  3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Hoiho! Hoiho!
  4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Well, there are the pieces
  5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. A whimpering babe
  6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. Much you've taught to me, Mime
  7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. I found once in the wood
  8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. And now these fragments
  9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 1. He storms away!
  10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. Hail there, worthy smith!
  11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. I sit by your hearth
  12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. What you needed to know
  13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 2. The fragments! The sword!

Disc 9:

  1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Accursed light!
  2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Hey there! You idler!
  3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Have you not felt within the woods
  4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Give me these pieces
  5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Notung! Notung! Sword of my need!
  6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Scene 3. Hoho! Hoho! Hohi! (Forging Song)
  7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Prelude
  8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. In gloomy night by Fafner's cave I wait
  9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. To Neidh�hl by night I have come
  10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. Not my plan!
  11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. Fafner! Fafner! You dragon, wake!
  12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 1. Now, Alberich! That plan failed!
  13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. We go no further!
  14. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. So he's no father of mine

Disc 10:

  1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Could I but know (Forest Murmurs)
  2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. See my mother - (Forest Murmurs)
  3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Ha ha! At last with my call
  4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. Who are you, youthful hero
  5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 2. The dead can tell no tidings
  6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Hehe! Sly and slippery knave
  7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Tarnhelm and ring, here they are
  8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. Be welcome, Siegfried
  9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Scene 3. You lie there too, mighty dragon
  10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Prelude
  11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. Waken, Wala! Wala! Awake!
  12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. Strong is your call
  13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 1. You unwise one, learn what I will
  14. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. I see that Siegfried's near

Disc 11:

  1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. My woodbird fluttered away
  2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. Young man, hear me
  3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. Child, if you knew who I am
  4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 2. With his spear in splinters
  5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Here in the sunlight
  6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Come, my sword!
  7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Hail, bright sunlight!
  8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Siegfried! Siegfried! Glorious hero!
  9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. And there is Grane, my sacred horse
  10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Scene 3. Oh! I cared always

Disc 12:

  1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. What light shines down there?
  2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Wotan made holy laws and treaties
  3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. That mighty hall the giants have raised
  4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Now the god will seize the spear that was shattered
  5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Dawn music / To deeds of glory
  6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Ah, but to prove you love me
  7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Love, I leave you alone
  8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. So by your daring I am fired
  9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. O heavenly rulers!
  10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prelude. Siegfried's Rhine Journey
  11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 1. Now hear, Hagen
  12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 1. What woman should I wed...?
  13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 1. At Neidh�hle the Nibelung gold was guarded
  14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 1. You mock me, wicked Hagen!
  15. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 1. Merrily seeking adventures and fame
  16. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. Which is Gibich's son?
  17. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. I welcome you, my friend
  18. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. That treasure I quite forgot
  19. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. Welcome, O guest, to Gibich's house!

Disc 13:

  1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. With your brother I promised to serve
  2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. I fear not the flames
  3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. Flourishing life's refreshing blood
  4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. Now on our way!
  5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 2. I sit here and wait (Hagen's Watch)
  6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Sounds I once knew so well
  7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. You've come to me?
  8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Fear and dread I read in your features!
  9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Hear me with care, and I will tell you!
  10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. He sits there, speaks no word
  11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. These tales of evil fancies
  12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Upon your hand, the ring
  13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Go home to the sacred clan of the gods!
  14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Borne on the wind
  15. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Br�nnhild! Your husband comes
  16. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. The night draws on
  17. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Scene 3. Now nothing can save me

Disc 14:

  1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 1. Prelude
  2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 1. Sleep you, Hagen, my son?
  3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 1. The might of the gods
  4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 1. That ring shall be Hagen's
  5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 2. Hoiho! Hagen! Fast asleep?
  6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 2. Yet my Siegfried was with Br�nnhild?
  7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 2. I can see a sail in the distance
  8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 3. Hoiho! Hoihohoho! (Hagen summons the vassals)
  9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 3. Come to my call, and arm yourselves!
  10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 3. Glad times have come
  11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Welcome, Gunther!
  12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. I greet you, noble friend
  13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. A ring I saw upon your hand
  14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Ha! - Siegfried stole it
  15. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Hear in Walhall, mighty immortals!
  16. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Would you defile your name so lightly?
  17. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Shining steel! Holiest weapon!
  18. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 4. Gunther, look to your wife there
  19. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. Dark, unholy powers lie here around me!
  20. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. Have trust in me, offended wife!
  21. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. Can no weapon's point then pierce him?
  22. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. Deceived am I - and deceiver!
  23. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. He betrayed you
  24. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Scene 5. Since this blow must be dealt her

Disc 15:

  1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Prelude
  2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Fair sunlight, shine on us in splendour
  3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Fair sunlight, send to us the hero
  4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. A goblin led me astray
  5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Siegfried, if we find your bear
  6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Why should I let them laugh and jeer?
  7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Siegfried... Evil lies in that ring
  8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Siegfried... Give heed to our words
  9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 1. Come, sisters! Flee from this madman!
  10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Hoiho!
  11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. You drove the game away from us
  12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Drink, Gunther, drimk
  13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Mine was a hideous dwarf (Siegfried's Narration)
  14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Now you must hear what happened next
  15. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Ring and Tarnhelm - both I had found
  16. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. In grief I watched the branches above

Disc 16:

  1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Br�nnhilde! Holiest bride!
  2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 2. Siegfried's Funeral March
  3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Was that his horn?
  4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Ah, if Siegfried were back!
  5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Cast not the blame on me
  6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Peace with your cries of useless lament!
  7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Poor creature, peace!
  8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Sturdy branches, building his pyre (Br�nnhilde's Immolati
  9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. The sun in radiance shines from his eyes
  10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. O you, you guardians
  11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. My heritage I claim from the hero
  12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Fly home, you ravens!
  13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Grane, my horse!
  14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Scene 3. Give back the ring!

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #314980 in Music
  • Released on: 2001-07-24
  • Number of discs: 16
  • Format: Box set
  • Dimensions: 3.55 pounds

Customer Reviews

Goodall has done us a great service...5
Although some might dismiss them as a "second tier" orchestra and opera company, I am delighted with what Goodall and crew did. The immediacy of having The Ring in my own language has totally transformed my experience of it. I'll still be listening to the Solti, Karajan, and Levine Rings, but my appreciation of them will be enhanced by this production. Goodall and company may not be of the "highest" caliber, but they certainly give good, solid performances and they have made the work accessible to the common listener. This is no small achievement.

I wouldn't want this to be the only Ring I listened to, but after only one hearing I wouldn't want to be without it, either.

Some purists will undoubtedly object, but it is worth noting that some of the German press have indicated envy at English speakers having Wagner's Ring available to us in this intimate way while they have to struggle with the increasingly archaic brand of German Wagner wrote in.

Thank you to Goodall, cast, and Chandos for giving us this gift. I am thrilled!

"Mein Erbe nun nehm ich zu eigen."5
There are over 20 complete Ring recordings on the market, and all of them have different interpretations. There are those who follow the score as closely as possible: Janowski, Haitink, Haenchen. There are those who take a more mystical and more lyrical approach: Karajan, 50% Keilberth. There are those who go for slower tempi in order to enchance the music experience: Levine, Furtwangler, Knappertsbusch, Goodall. And there are those who go for the strongest energy ever imagined: Krauss, Bohm, Boulez, Solti.

This live English recording by Goodall and the English National Opera takes slow tempi to a whole new level. It sounds more Celtic than Germanic or Norse. While I do praise Goodall with his amazing attention to detail, his ridiculously sluggish tempi will tick some Wagnerites off: nothing is faster than andante. But I did enjoy listening to the slow beauty of his "Immolation".

The English National Opera Orchestra sounds nice, even if the sluggishness can bring them down at times. "Forging Scene" doesn't sound too good in a slow tempo, but the entire orchestra does sound lucid here. Siegfried Act Two Prelude is the creepiest; Act Three Prelude is the dullest. All of the leitmotivs are heard loud and clear, just like in Janowski's version.

And who can forget the marvelous singers? Norman Bailey has that divine spark that Hotter used to cherish. He's heavy and unblemished, and he handles the English text with flair and sheen. I enjoyed his singing during Siegfried Act One.

Rita Hunter is at her strongest in Walkure and Siegfried. She is at her weakest in Gotterdammerung. What may have caused her downfall in the fourth installment? "The world may never know."

Alberto Remedios (who also plays Siegfried) and Margaret Curphy are wonderful as Siegmund and Sieglinde. You would probably never think that these two sound great in the English language, but these two prove us wrong. As for Remedios singing as Siegfried . . . Wow! He never drags in either of the last two installments, and he uses the correct emotions in every scene that he is in.

Derek Hammond-Stroud is three-dimensional, but not that much. Still, he can sound very demanding in Rheingold Scene One and Siegfried Act Two Scene One. Gregory Dempsey isn't emotional enough as Mime. He doesn't sound fearful or depressed at all, which makes him the dullest nibelung for the Ring. Emile Belcourt isn't as good as Gerhard Stolze or Peter Schreier, but he certainly can make some of the best of an English-speaking Loge. THe rest of the cast make Ring wonderful to listen to.

All in all, this should NOT be your first Ring. But if you already have a bunch of Rings and would like to see how it sounds like in English, then this is the one for you.

03930086735
The title of this review (ISBN #) leads you to Andrew Porter's English translation of the Ring. Its the best available because it lines up note for note with the German libretto. Check the user reviews of this book at Amazon.

However this same translation, in booklet form, will come with the liner notes inside this audio set, because Woodall used it as the score.

As I write this, there are now no sample sound files at Amazon.com, but not to worry, just move over to the English Amazon site at amazon.co.uk and sample the wonderful music and reviews from the Ring's four individual opera pages. Perhaps like me this will be more than enough to cause you to click the Buy Now button. But remember if you would rather buy American head back here first! :)

P.S. Are there any bad reviews of Goodall's version anywhere in cyberspace? I checked some classical music review sites and this set was universally praised!.