Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Vorspiel
2. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle
3. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. He he! Ihr Nicker!
4. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!
5. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Wie in den Gliedern br�nstige Glut mir brennt
6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Lugt, Scwestern!
7. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Was ist's, ihr Glatten, das dort so gl�nzt
8. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 1. Der Welt Erbe gew�nn' ich zu eigen durch dich?
9. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Wotan, Gemahl! erwache!
10. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Um des Gatten Treue besorgt
11. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Sanft schlo� Schlaf dein Aug'
12. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Endlich Loge!
13. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!
14. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Dir's zu melden gelobt' ich den M�dchen
15. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. H�r, Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!
16. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. �ber Stock und Stein zu Tal stapfen sie hin
17. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?
18. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 2. Auf, Loge, hinab mit mir!
19. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Hehe! hehe! hieher!
20. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Nibelheim hier

Disc 2:

1. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Wer h�lfe mir?
2. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Nehmt euch in acht! Alberich naht
3. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Zittre und zage, gez�hmtes Heer
4. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Was wollt ihr hier?
5. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Die in linder L�fte Wehn da oben ihr lebt
6. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Wen doch fa�te nicht Wunder, erf�hrt er Alberichs Werk?
7. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Riesen-Wurm winde sich ringelnd!
8. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 3. Krumm und grau krieche Kr�te!
9. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Da, Vetter sitze du fest!
10. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Gezahlt hab' ich: nun la�t mich ziehn!
11. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Ein goldner Ring ragt dir arm Finger
12. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Ist er gel�st?
13. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Lauschtest du seinem Liebesgru�?
14. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Lieblichste Schwester, s��este Lust!
15. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. So sind wir denn fartig. Seid ihr zurfrieden?
16. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Weiche, Wotan, weiche!
17. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. H�rt, ihr Riesen! Zur�ck, und harret
18. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Halt, du Gieriger! G�nne mir auch was!
19. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Schw�les Ged�nst schwebt in der Luft
20. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge
21. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Ihrem Ende eilen sie zu
22. Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: Scene 4. Rheingold! Rheingold!

Disc 3:

1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Vorspiel
2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Wes Herd dies auch sei
3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. K�hlende Labung gab mir der Quell
4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Einen Unseligen labtest du
5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. M�d am Herd fand ich den Mann
6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Friedmund darf ich nicht hei�en
7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Aus dem Wald trieb es mich fort
8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Die so leidig Los dir beschied
9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Ich wei� ein wildes Geschlecht
10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Ein Schwert verhie� mir der Vater
11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Schl�fst du, Gast?
12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Der M�nner Sippe sa� hier im Saal
13. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Winterst�rme wichen dem Wonnemond
14. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlante
15. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. O s��este Wonne!
16. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. War W�lse dein Vater
17. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Siegmund hei�' ich

Disc 4:

1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Vorspiel
2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Nun z�ume dein Ro�, reisige Maid!
3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Der alte Sturm, die alte M�h'!
4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen G�ttern
5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Nichts lerntest du, wollt' ich dich lehren
6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Was verlangst du?
7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Deiner ew'gen Gattin heilige Ehre
8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Schlimm, f�rcht' ich, schlo� der Streit
9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Als junger Liebe Lust mir verblich
10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Ein andres ist's: achte es wohl
11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. So nimmst du von Siegmund den Sieg?
12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. So nimm meinen Segen, Nibelungen-Sohn

Disc 5:

1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. So sah ich Siegvater nie
2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Raste nun hier; g�nne dir Ruh!
3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Hinvewg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte!
4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Wo bist du, Siegmund?
5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!
6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Du sahest der Walk�re sehrenden Blick
7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Weh! Weh! S��estes Weib
8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. So jung und sch�n erschimmerst du mir
9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Zauberfest bez�hmt ein Schlaf der Holden Schmerz
10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Wehwalt! Wehwalt!

Disc 6:

1. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Vorspiel / Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
2. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Sch�tzt mich und helft in h�chster Not!
3. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Nicht sehre dich sorge um mich
4. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. So fliehe denn elig und fliehe allein!
5. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Wo ist Br�nnhild', wo die Verbrecherin?
6. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Hier bin ich, Vater: gebiete die Strafe
7. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. War es so schm�hlich, was ich verbrach
8. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Als Fricka den eignen Sinn der entfremdet
9. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt
10. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht
11. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Was hast du erdacht, da� ich erdulde?
12. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Leb wohl, du k�hnes, herrliches Kind!
13. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Der Augen leuchtendes Paar
14. Die Walk�re (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Loge, h�r! Lausche hieher!

Disc 7:

1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Da hast du die St�cken, sch�ndlicher St�mper
2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf
3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Vieles lehrtest du, Mime
4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Mein Kind, das lehrt dich kennen
5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Wo hast du nun, Mime, dein minniges Weibchen
6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib
7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Und diese St�cken sollst du mir schmieden
8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Da st�rmt er hin!
9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Heil dir, weiser Schmied!
10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Hier sitz' ich am Herd und setze mein Haupt
11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Du r�hrtest dich viel auf der Erde R�cken
12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Viel, Wanderer, wei�t du mir aus der Erde Nabelnest
13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Viel, Wanderer, wei�t du mir aus der Erde rauhem R�cken
14. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Fragen und Haupt hast du gel�st
15. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Nun, ehrlicher Zwerg, sag mir zum ersten
16. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Wie doch genau das Geschlecht du mir nennst
17. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Ha ha ha ha! Der witzigste bist du unter den Weisen
18. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Dreimal solltest du fragen, dreimal stand ich dir frei
19. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Verfluchtes Licht! Was flammt dort die Luft?
20. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Heda! Du Fauler! Bist du nun fertig?
21. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. F�hltest du nie im finstren Wald
22. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Sonderlich seltsam mu� das sein!
23. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Feine Finten wei� mir der Faule
24. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert!
25. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Bald schwing' ich dich als mein Schwert!
26. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Hoho! Hoho! Hahei!
27. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Orchestervorspiel
28. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Zwangvolle Plage! M�h' ohne Zweck!
29. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 1. Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein! Hau ein!

Disc 8:

1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Orchestervorspiel
2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. In Wald und Nacht vor Neidh�hl' halt' ich Wacht
3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Wer naht dort schimmernd im Schatten?
4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Mit mir nicht, hadre mit Mime
5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Fafner! Fafner! Erwache, Wurm!
6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Nun, Alberich, das schlug fehl
7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Wir sind Zu stelle!
8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Da� der mein Vater nicht ist, wie f�hl' ich mich drob so froh!
9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Aber - wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus?
10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Meine Mutter - ein Menschenweib!

Disc 9:

1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Hah! Da h�tte mein Lied mir was Liebes erblasen!
2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Da lieg, neidischer Kerl: Notung tr�gst du im Herzen!
3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Zur Kunde taugt kein Toter
4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau
5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Was ihr mir n�tzt, wei� ich nicht
6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Willkommen Siegfried!
7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Sieh, du bist m�de von harter M�h'
8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Neides Zoll zahlt Notung
9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Hei� ward mir von der harten Last!
10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 2. Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang
11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Orchestervorspiel
12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach!
13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Stark ruft das Lied
14. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Mein Schlaf ist Tr�umen

Disc 10:

1. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr
2. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Dort seh' ich Siegfried nahn
3. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Was lachst du mich aus? Alter Frager!
4. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Kenntest du mich, k�hner Spro�, den Schimpf spartest du mir!
5. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Mit zerfochtner Waffe floh mir der Feige?
6. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Selige �de auf sonniger H�h'!
7. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Das ist kein Mann!
8. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Heil dir, Sonne!
9. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. O Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held!
10. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Dort seh' ich Grane, mein selig Ro�
11. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Kein Gott nahte mir je!
12. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich
13. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Dich lieb' ich: o liebtest mich du!
14. Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: Act 3. Lachend mu� ich dich lieben

Disc 11:

1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Orchestervorspiel
2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Welch Licht leuchtet dort?
3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Singe, Schwester, dir werf' ich's zu
4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Spinne, Schwester, und singe!
5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Orchestervorspiel: Tagesgrauen
6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde
7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Willst du mir Minne schenken, gedenke deiner nur
8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. La� ich, Liebste, dich hier
9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Durch deine Tugend allein soll so ich Taten noch wirken?
10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Prologue. Orchestervorspiel: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Nun h�r, Hagen
12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Wen r�tst du nun zu frein, da� unserm Ruhm es fromm'?
13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Br�chte Siegfried die Braut dir heim
14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Jagt er auf Taten Wonnig umher

Disc 12:

1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Wer ist Gibichs Sohn?
2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Begr��e froh, o Held, die Halle meines Vaters
3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Willkommen, Gast, in Gibichs Haus!
4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Deinem Bruder bot ich mich zum Mann
5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Bl�henden Lebens labendes Blut tr�ufelt' ich in den Trank
6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Frisch auf die Fahrt!
7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht
8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Altgewohntes Ger�usch raunt meinem Ohr die Ferne
9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. H�re mit Sinn, was ich dir sage!
10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Welch banger Tr�ume M�ren meldest du Traurige mir!
11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Blitzend Gew�lk, vom Wind getragen, st�rme dahin
12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 1. Br�nnhild'! Ein Freier kam, den dein Feuer nicht erschreckt

Disc 13:

1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Orchestervorspiel
2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Schl�fst du, Hagen, mein Sohn?
3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Der Ewigen Macht, wer erbte sie?
4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Hoiho, Hagen! M�der Mann!
5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Hei� mich willkommen, Gibichskind!
6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Hoiho! Hoihohoho! Ihr Gibichsmannen, machet euch auf!
7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Was tost das Horn?
8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. R�stet euch wohl und rastet nicht
9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Heil dir, Gunther!
10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Gegr��t sei, teurer Held; gegr��t, holde Schwester!
11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand
12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Betrug! Betrug! Sch�ndlichster Betrug!
13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Achtest du so der eignen Ehre?
14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!
15. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Hilf, Donner
16. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?
17. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Wer bietet mir nun das Schwert
18. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Auf, Gunther, edler Gibichung!
19. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 2. Mu� sein Tod sie betr�ben, verhehlt sei ihr die Tat

Disc 14:

1. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Orchestervorspiel
2. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen
3. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Ein Albe f�hrte mich irr
4. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Noch bin ich beutelos
5. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Behalt ihn, Held, und wahr ihn wohl
6. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Ihr listigen Frauen, la�t das sein!
7. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Kommt, Schwestern!
8. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Hoiho!
9. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Trink, Gunther, trink!
10. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Mime hie� ein m�rrischer Zwerg
11. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. In Leid zu dem Wipfel lauscht' ich hinauf
12. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Err�tst du auch dieser Raben Geraun'?
13. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Br�nnhilde! Heilige Braut!
14. Die G�tterd�mmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: Act 3. Orchestervorspiel: Trauerzug
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #202836 in Music
• Released on: 2005-11-08
• Number of discs: 15
• Format: Box set

Album Description
The production of a new Ring at the Bayreuth Festival is an event that takes place every six years. Bayreuth recordings of the complete cycle are rare; this is only the third official audio recording and the second filmed version. The Kupfer/Barenboim Ring was performed over a five-year period and recorded at the conclusion when the "Bayreuth Workshop" had raised "the quality of the performance to an almost unsurpassable level" (Der Tagesspiegel).

Customer Reviews

NIBELUNGEN "BEST BUY"
Here's a staggering bargain.

These much-praised Bayreuth performances have been available on Teldec since 1994; now Warner has reissued them in a single box and they're an irresistible value: 1/2 the cost, 1/3 the shelf space, still accompanied by 4 deluxe booklets (containing complete German librettos, William Mann's English translations, essays, interviews, performance photos, and 100+ leitmotifs in the margins), plus there's a bonus DVD with generous excerpts from the Unitel video. Rival sets with comparable amenities (Karajan, Solti, Goodall, Keilberth) sell for 2-3 times as much. Budget-priced competitors (the admirable Janowski set, the more variable traversals of Boehm, Levine, Haitink, and Sawallisch) offer only meager pamphlets with plot summaries.

ENGINEERING

Unitel filmed this production during off hours at the 1991-92 Bayreuth festivals - the full staging with no audience, performances featuring live-event energy under controlled conditions. The digital stereo is the lushest I've enjoyed on any Ring recording: there's real room sound, immediacy, and three-dimensionality (but a shade more depth and airiness in '91 - compare the timpani figures in the Todesverkundigung and Siegfried's death scene). Stage noises are mostly unobtrusive: occasional faint shufflings, Hunding banging assorted props in Walkuere, otherwise comparatively few distractions.

CONDUCTOR & ORCHESTRA

These CDs furnish some of the most sumptuous instrumental and choral work you'll hear on ANY Wagner recording. Furtwaengler may be one of his deities, but here Barenboim is the master colorist, closer to Karajan, even to Stokowski. At Bruennhilde's awakening the strings are creamy; launching Goetterdaemmerung Act 3, the brass have a cushioned radiance. More than any recent competitor, Barenboim is supple and specific from beat to beat, turning up subtleties heard nowhere else. In Rhinegold sc. 2 where the gods grow old: the strings sound numb, drained, and fragile. Or Fasolt's murder: an ugly surprise, the curse motive in the brass icy and vibratoless. Or the woodwind asides throughout Siegfried Act 1: Mozartean in their mischief. Or the fatal turning point at "In kampfe nicht": while Bruennhilde teeters on the edge of the pit, the whole orchestra holds its breath. As for the big showpieces - Rheingold's coda, the valkyrie ride, the Siegfried Act 3 prelude - they're breathtakingly powerful yet deft and transparent. In short, there's no more illuminating statement of this vast music on disk.

CAST

The production introduced an all-new, prime-of-life cast, and for continuous listenability Barenboim's lineup rivals even Janowski's. With his huge, dark, rolling sound, Tomlinson is a stupendous Wotan, every inch the fearsome warlord of myth. Yes, he's a true bass and his high Fs are the end of the line, but he's a consummate theater animal, luxuriant in the "Abendlich strahlt" and Farewell, hypnotic with his big interior monologue, sly and amusing in his Wanderer persona; unquestionably this is a major portrayal. As Bruennhilde, Evans sounds young, sensitive, and technically impeccable - dead-center intonation, effortless slurs in the war cry, consistently lovely tone, and a glowing top that easily rides the orchestra. Her caliber is light for the role, but in the long-lined lyric passages she yields to nobody: "War es so schmaehlich" and "Ewig war ich" are as poised and poignant as I've heard them.

As lead tenor, Jerusalem's adroit musicianship, vivid declamation, and burnished tone are a further pleasure, and he deserves an award for playing his reed-pipe scene in earnest rather than for laughs - Siegfried's loneliness and befuddlement become sincerely touching. True, his voice wearies during the wooing sequence, but he's on form for all of Goetterdaemmerung. Also his Volsung parents are largely an attractive pair: Elming's tenor is fresh and affecting, Secunde has a sultry soprano, and along with Hoelle's ferocious Hunding, they do gripping work in Walkuere Act 1.

Hoelle's Fasolt is better natured but just as granitic; in fact the low voices here are close to superb: Kang is insidious as Fafner and Hagen - a fine-grained, well-knit instrument from top to bottom. As for Alberich, von Kannen is positively virtuosic: his sound isn't plush, but it's firm and in charge over both octaves, he sells the text with immense skill, and the curse is white-hot. Only Brinkmann (Gunther) disappoints, a good baritone behaving badly - attractive in his ariosos, pinched and strained when he tries to get dramatic.

The rest are competitive. Clark's reedy tenor doesn't keep his Loge and Mime from being flamboyantly entertaining. Bundschuh's dusky timbre suggests a forty-something Gutrune, but she's decent listening. Barenboim's other women are all capable: Meier's Waltraute boasts crisp diction, compact tone, and flawless tuning, Svenden's Erda is similarly alert and appealing, Finnie's a high-energy Fricka with potent top notes. Since these ladies double the bit parts, we also get world-class teams of norns, valkyries, and rhinemaidens.

VERDICT

In sum, the total achievement here is formidable - unsurpassed engineering, top-drawer singing, exquisite orchestral playing, uniquely evocative conducting ... and lavish libretto booklets. Verdict: the Ring with the most bang for your buck.

Bowled over by Barenboim - Exhilarating beauty and dramatic power in the best modern Ring ...
Over some years now I have been slowly discovering the daunting world that is Der Ring des Nibelungen, beginning - indeed - with Das Rheingold. I came to Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen completely fresh and unknowing, at first (probably) only having ever heard some 'bleeding chunks' of music from the operas (actually, my first real 'confrontation' with music from the 'Ring' was the gorgeous Erato album with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which I love, so that probably influenced my expectations about this music ...), and slowly heading on from listening to just the bits and parts I liked best - only casually wandering from one opera to another without knowing the whole intricate and complex poem/text/libretto - to listening to the acts more and more 'from beginning to end', slowly getting a closer grasp of the complex and convoluted (musical) storyline ...
In fact, my sympathy, appreciation, affection and ultimately love for Der Ring des Nibelungen in general is in fact directly related to my love and appreciation for the 'Barenboim Ring', recorded in 1991 (Das Rheingold & Gotterdammerung) and 1992 (Die Walkure & Siegfried). With me, things as big and complex as the 'Ring' have to take time to grow on me, and the Barenboim Ring has captivated me from the start. Why I especially love the 'Barenboim Ring' has much to do with the singing, but more about that a little later. First a word or two about maybe the greatest 'stars of the show' here: conductor and orchestra ...

ORCHESTRA AND CONDUCTOR. From what I have read, Daniel Barenboim seems to be becoming accepted among the ranks of the truly great Wagner conductors. It is of course also a matter of taste what approach one loves best in this music, but anyhow, aside from any 'accepted views', I have just always thought his Wagner the best. Just a matter of taste, indeed.
To me, maestro Barenboim makes the music sound approprately massive and stately, but at the same time does he somehow maintain (how truly special!) an orchestral sound that is somehow crisply articulated, fresh and transparent, but resplendent with saturated color. As a complete musical 'illiterate' (I can't read music) I don't have a grasp of the musical 'reasoning' that undoubtably must lie behind maestro Barenboim's approach, but to me it all 'feels' just right and in complete harmony. A grand but clear-headed vision. A Parthenon or a Pantheon in music. I don't know, but it may also have to do with the (custom built ;-) Bayreuther Festspielhaus' superbly appropriate acoustics, causing a kind of nicely rounded, resounding but polished sound.
Also, maestro Barenboim's tempi are generally exactly right for my own taste: never too fast (why do some people find his tempi too slow?) but always 'charged' with the right amount of dramatic tension. (But then again, I can't read music, so how would I know what would be the 'right' tempo? Oh, well ...) A clear-headed, but at the same time sweeping, grand vision of Wagner's music that does not revel in the music for its own sake, but above all things lets the music speak as a purely dramatic narrative to underline and focus on the drama that is going on on stage, with some of the most beautiful and at the same time dramatic singers I ever heard.
The orchestra must also, in a sense, be able to 'speak for itself' in this music, and indeed it does so here, as eloquently as one could ever wish, I believe, and sometimes so enthousiastically, that voices are slightly drowned out, even, by its sheer power in climaxes :-)

THE SINGERS. Often, emotions color my view of what I see and hear on certain moments. It's just how (and who) I am. And also, matters of personal taste come 'in the way'. I will not try to apologize for either ;-) But I will try to describe as clearly as I am able - however lacking and personally biased the end result may be - what I find so wonderful about this recorded performance of Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Well, most of the singers are to my ears simply the best for their parts, utterly convincing, and often very moving. All of the 'main characters' are singers that I like or indeed love. We have, among many others, the towering talents of the excellent actor-singer Graham Clark (Mime), the energetic and heroic Siegfried by Siegfried Jerusalem, the enormously expressive, deeply resounding, deeply emotional Wotan by John Tomlinson, and we have the beautifully humane and warmly sympathetic Brunnhilde by Anne Evans. I truly adore Anne Evans' sweet but intelligent Brunnhilde. Her singing is engagingly sympathetic and completely captivating. In climaxes her voice really soars (for example the 'immolation scene'), and she never sounds strained, but she is I think at her best especially when allowed to really show all her nuanced beauty and color during softer passages like Brunnhilde's 'duets' with Wotan or Siegmund (take for example "Siegmund! sieh auf mich!"). I am very fond of Siegfried Jerusalem's Siegfried, and singing together with Anne Evans' Brunnhilde in Act III of Siegfried and Act I of Gotterdammerung, they sound like the true 'dream-pair' to me, reaching - in 'threesome' with the orchestra - highest states of harmony and ecstacy. Also, the 'duets' of Wotan and Brunnhilde in Die Walkure are powerful, but at the same time deeply emotionally engaged. (Seeing them together on the DVD's certainly adds to the experience!) Furthermore, I very much enjoy Linda Finnie's full-voiced, bitingly aggressive Fricka (just great in her emotional confrontation with Wotan in Act II of Die Walkure) and Birgitta Svenden's resounding and melancholy Erda ...

AS A SIDE NOTE. Anyone who loves this specific audio-only version of Der Ring des Nibelungen, but has never before seen it (like I myself until recently), should also try the magnificent DVD's of these operas. I for one was truly enraptured, at last also being able to SEE all of the artists that I have come to love, singing (and acting) together within this flabbergastingly evocative stage design! The design is often quite bare, with completely dark background (indeed a feeling of a 'road into nowhere'), which causes, with this particular viewer at least, a sense of timelesness, puzzlement and even of mystery(!), which IMHO is quite appropriate for these larger-than-life operas, the abstractness of the design leaving a lot to your imagination and making them feel more timeless or 'pure', above and beyond any 'Zeitgeist', allowing the listener to focus more on their essential ideas and (inter-personal) emotions.
Talking about emotions, what an enormous 'bonus' to see for example John Tomlinson sing/act his part! His expressive acting does add even more depth to his already deeply moving, highly charged singing. Now that I am finally also able to see this 'Ring' on DVD, it really IMHO enhances the experience of listening to 'just' this audio-only version, which to me is also a 'complete and full' experience in itself, using a bit of imagination (but then again, how much imagination does one need with this great music, so gorgeously performed?), being able to visualize with the mind's eye the close interaction between Wotan, Brunnhilde, Siegfried, et al.

THE RECORDED SOUND. Just a few comments about the sound on these CD's to end this review. I think it is the best ever for this format (and for as far as I have ever heard). It really fills up the whole aural stage lengthwise and sideways! The effect is as if you were sitting front row seat, I guess. Every orchestral nuance and inflection is brilliantly and sumptuously captured and reproduced on CD.
The recorded sound has always been so deep, sonorous and full as to really at some moments take your breath away, especially in the way that the singers' voices are clearly defined (almost three-dimensionally) within the acoustic space (the depth of the Bayreuth stage is almost palpable). But have they maybe remastered it? It seems to me that the sound on this re-issue is even clearer and finer than the original 1993 Teldec issue, with the acoustics of the Bayreuth theatre almost palpable, enhancing the characteristicly sonorous sound of the Bayreuther Festspielorchester. It is as if orchestral textures are even more velvety and clear and finely balanced. The singers seem to be even more in focus as well. (This also means that we are able to hear a little bit more of the whispering of the prompter in Gotterdammerung, which for some could be a distraction, I can imagine.)
Also, I personally think that it is a blessing that this is a 'studio'-recording, so that the sense of mystery (and 'suspension of disbelief') is never broken by intruding audience noises. This I find especially necessary during the softer passages and intense dialogues between for example Brunnhilde & Siegmund and Wotan & Brunnhilde ...

All in all, a magnificent set, this 'Barenboim Ring' - truly a musical milestone - and truly indispensable (beside the likewise indispensible DVD's)! For better or worse, I have really fallen in love with this 'Ring', mostly for the gorgeous (exquisitely recorded) orchestral sound under Daniel Barenboim and the magnificent leading roles. And now, last but not least, you can have the whole 'Barenboim Ring' on 14 CD's (+ bonus DVD with highlights) for the price of no more than about 4!
(Postscriptum: the customer image I added is taken from the DVD of Siegfried, and not from the bonus DVD in this set.)

Wagner for fans of the music
This CD set is excellent musically and vocally. It is a live Bayreuth recording from 1991/92. It was also filmed, a bonus 59 min DVD is included with excerpts from all four operas. If you are brainwashed by the Solti fans or old recordings from the 50's you might say no one can match the singers of that "golden" time. But if you want to hear Wagners music as he intended it to be heard THIS IS IT! Every detail is audible, yes, there are some stage noises here and there but that is to be expected. For me Barenboim's tempi are just about perfect, not slow like "Knappertsbusch".
The singers are as good as you will find for 91/92, Tomlinson's Wotan is the equal of Hotter in my view, Anne Evans' Brunhilde is more subdued when compared to Nilsson or Varney but not in a negative way, her tone is more beautiful and she doesn't need to scream to make her points, her voice is clear and shows great understanding of the text. Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried may not be the equal of Windgassen then again who is? But he is very good indeed. Waltraud Meier is perfect as Waltraute.
But the real star of this set is Barenboim and the Bayreuth orchestra!They make Wagners music sound like it should with the full range of sound in excellent clear stereo, one example is the opening storm section of Die Walkure is just awesome in it's power and beauty.