Wagner - Das Rheingold
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Label: Halle
Cat No: CDHLD7549
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 1st June 2018
Contents
Artists
Samuel Youn (bass-baritone)Iain Paterson (bass-baritone)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Will Hartmann (tenor)
Emma Bell (soprano)
Reinhard Hagen (bass)
Clive Bayley (bass)
David Stout (baritone)
David Butt Philip (tenor)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Susanne Resmark (mezzo-soprano)
Sarah Tynan (soprano)
Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)
Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo-soprano)
The Halle
Conductor
Mark ElderWorks
Das RheingoldArtists
Samuel Youn (bass-baritone)Iain Paterson (bass-baritone)
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
Will Hartmann (tenor)
Emma Bell (soprano)
Reinhard Hagen (bass)
Clive Bayley (bass)
David Stout (baritone)
David Butt Philip (tenor)
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Susanne Resmark (mezzo-soprano)
Sarah Tynan (soprano)
Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)
Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo-soprano)
The Halle
Conductor
Mark ElderAbout
Das Rheingold stands as the Vorabend or “Preliminary Evening” of Wagner’s epic Der Ring des Nibelungen, designed to be free of the traditional operatic concepts of aria and operatic chorus, and presented as the more epic Bühnenfestspiel or “stage festival play”, with the linking of dramatic elements through the use of musical motifs.
Recorded at the Bridgewater Hall, capturing all the drama of the acclaimed live performance.
Produced by Hallé’s award-winning engineer Steve Portnoi.
“the Hallé were the stars, responsive to every nuance of Elder’s direction.” – The Times
“Elder’s interpretation combined lyricism with drama in a way that only the greatest Wagner conductors can realize.” – Opera Magazine
Cast:
- Woglinde: Sarah Tynan (soprano)
- Wellgunde: Madeleine Shaw (mezzo-soprano)
- Flosshilde: Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo-soprano)
- Alberich: Samuel Youn (bass-baritone)
- Wotan: Iain Paterson (bass-baritone)
- Fricka: Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
- Freia: Emma Bell (soprano)
- Fasolt: Reinhard Hagen (bass)
- Fafner: Clive Bayley (bass)
- Donner: David Stout (baritone)
- Froh: David Butt Philip (tenor)
- Loge: Will Hartmann (tenor)
- Mime: Nicky Spence (tenor)
- Erda: Susanne Resmark (mezzo-soprano)
Sound/Video
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1Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Prelude
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2Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge, Du Welle
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3Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Hehe! Ihr Nicker, Wie Seid Ihr Niedlich, Neidliches Volk!
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4Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Garstig Glatter Glitsch'Riger Glimmer!
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5Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin Lacht In Den Grund
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6Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Was Ist's, Ihr Glatten, Das Dort So Glanzt Und Gleisst?
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7Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Der Welt Erbe Gewann' Ich Zu Eigen Durch Dich?
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8Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Wotan, Gemahl, Erwache!
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9Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Sanft Schloss Schlaf Dein Aug'
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10Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Endlich Loge!
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11Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Immer Ist Undank Loge's Lohn!
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12Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Dir's Zu Melden Gelobt' Ich Den Madchen
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13Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Hor' Wotan, Der Harrenden Wort!
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14Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Uber Stock Und Stein Zu Thal Stapfen Sie Hin
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15Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Wotan, Gemahl, Unsel' Ger Mann!
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16Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Interlude
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17Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Hieher! Hieher! Tuckischer Zwerg!
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18Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Wer Halfe Mir?
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19Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Nehmt Euch In Acht; Alberich Naht
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20Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Was Wollt Ihr Hier?
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21Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Wen Doch Fasste Nicht Wunder
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22Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Riesenwurm Winde Sich Ringelnd!
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23Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 3: Krumm Und Grau Krieche Krote!
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24Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Da, Vetter, Sitze Du Fest!
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25Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Nun Denn! Alberich Liess Euch Alles
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26Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Schlupfe Denn Heim!
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27Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Lieblichste Schwester Susseste Lust!
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28Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: So Sind Wir Den Fertig!
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29Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, Weiche!
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30Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Hort, Ihr Riesen! Zuruck, Und Harret!
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31Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Halt, Du Gieriger! Gonne Mir Auch Was!
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32Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Schwules Gedunst Schwebt In Der Luft
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33Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Abendlich Strahlt Der Sonne Auge
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34Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Rheingold! Rheingold!
Europadisc Review
For a start, you can hear every detail of the text, in a recording that, though taken from a live semi-staged performance, is superbly focused. The cast is led by Iain Paterson’s solid, unpretentious Wotan, an interpretation which brings to mind such straightforward one-eyed gods of the past as Ferdinand Frantz and Otto Edelmann. Paterson’s may not be the largest voice ever to have inhabited this crucial role, but his is a performance of thorough dramatic commitment, musical perceptiveness and noble stature. Samuel Youn makes an excellent Alberich, with just the right level of histrionics to raise one’s hairs (as when Wotan finally wrestles the golden ring from him), but with a very ‘centred’ tone, ideal for the chillingly delivered Curse. Will Hartmann’s Loge is a less flickery fire-god than some, but always intelligent, very much in the mould of Set Svanholm and Peter Schreier.
The trio of Rhinemaidens are relatively strait-laced, but well matched and able to animate the music even at Elder’s broadly flowing, Knappertsbusch-like speeds. The other stand-out performances are Nicky Spence’s immensely involving, self-pitying and long-suffering Mime, and the giant brothers Fasolt and Fafner (Reinhard Hagen and Clive Bayley), the former acutely sensitive when longing for Emma Bell’s Freia, the latter dark, lowering and ultimately brutally ruthless. Susanne Resmark’s Erda, nicely balanced to suggest the haze of blue light that Wagner wanted her illuminated by, is another fine member of a strong cast which amounts to very much more than the sum of its parts.
Along with Paterson and Youn, the real stars of this slow-burning but intense performance are Elder and the Hallé themselves. The level of orchestral detail, so much of which powers the score at whatever speed it is taken, is astonishing, from the radiant yet nimble strings to the matchless voicing of the woodwind choir which adds a real pungency to many passages. And then there’s the brass, particularly the lower instruments: in the descent to Nibelheim, it’s not so much the bass trumpet motif as the snarling pedal notes of the lower brass that send tingles down the spine, while such purple passages as the first appearance of Valhalla in Scene 2 and the final crossing of the rainbow bridge have a real bloom to them.
Elder himself demonstrates a fabulously detailed yet broadly conceived understanding of this score, always guided by the music’s long line. His experience in Wagner’s music shows at every turn, whether in the fine balancing of his orchestral forces, the space he allows for his singers, or the overall tone of serious-minded commitment to Wagner’s musico-dramatic vision. For him, the excitement of the Nibelheim anvils or Donner’s thundercrack are less important than the richly-textured overall thrust of the work. In this he is very much in the tradition of Knappertsbusch, Goodall and even Furtwängler, and any listeners who admire those legendary Wagnerians will find much to relish in this Hallé performance, with the added advantages of excellent playing and a recorded sound of real presence. There’s an online libretto only, but the slender booklet does include a detailed synopsis by Wagner authority Barry Millington.
At the time of writing this review, the final live instalment of the Hallé Ring cycle, Siegfried, has just received ecstatic reviews, and anyone collecting the cycle will of course want this Rheingold without a moment’s hesitation. But it also provides an excellent alternative view of the work to the similarly ongoing Naxos cycle from Jaap van Zweden and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, particularly for those who value an unhurried approach to Wagner’s score.
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