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CHAN 3054
Multiple Set of 3 CDs
Wagner: The Rhinegold
Running Time: 173:52
Release Date: April 2001
Originally recorded in March 1975
Composer (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Solo bass-baritone - Wotan
Norman Bailey
Norman Bailey
Solo baritone - Donner
Norman Welsby
Norman Welsby
Solo tenor - Froh
Robert Ferguson
Robert Ferguson
Solo tenor - Loge
Emile Belcourt
Emile Belcourt
Solo bass - Fasolt
Robert Lloyd
Robert Lloyd
Solo bass - Fafner
Clifford Grant
Clifford Grant
Solo baritone - Alberich
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Solo tenor - Mime
Gregory Dempsey
Gregory Dempsey
Solo mezzo-soprano - Fricka
Katherine Pring
Katherine Pring
Solo soprano - Freia
Lois McDonnall
Lois McDonnall
Solo contralto - Erda
Anne Collins
Anne Collins
Solo soprano - Woglinde
Valerie Masterson
Valerie Masterson
Solo mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde
Shelagh Squires
Shelagh Squires
Solo contralto - Flosshilde
Helen Attfield
Helen Attfield
Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor
Reginald Goodall
Reginald Goodall
Venue
London Coliseum
London Coliseum
Producer
John Mordler
John Mordler
Engineer
Robert Gooch
Robert Gooch
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - The Rhinegold
RICHARD WAGNER
(1813-1883)The Rhinegold
174:00
Preliminary Evening to the Festival Play The Ring of the Nibelung
Music drama in four scenes
Poem by Richard Wagner
English translation by Andrew Porter
COMPACT DISC ONE
Scene 1
1.
Orchestral prelude
5:01
2.
'Weia! Waga! Wandering waters'
1:33
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
3.
'He, he! You nixies!'
1:40
Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
4.
'Slimy, slippery, slithery smoothness!'
9:57
Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
5.
'Look, sisters! The sunlight is greeting the gold'
2:41
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
6.
'What's that, you nixies . . .?'
5:01
Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
7.
'The world's wealth can be mine . . .?'
1:01
Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
8.
'Still not afraid?'
4:39
Alberich, Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Woglinde
Orchestral interlude
Scene 2
9.
'Wotan, my lord! Awaken!'
6:12
Fricka, Wotan
10.
'For I wished you faithful and true'
2:59
Fricka, Wotan
11.
'Then shelter her now'
2:24
Fricka, Freia, Wotan
12.
'Soft sleep closed your eyes'
3:20
Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner
13.
'God of light, light of spirit!'
5:09
Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Freia
14.
'To me, Freia! Back from her, giant!'
1:17
Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan
52:57
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
'This bond is graved on my spear's strong shaft'
0:58
Wotan, Freai, Fricka
2.
'What? How am I concerned in a contract?'
4:15
Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt
3.
'Never one word of praise or thanks!'
2:52
Loge
4.
'But one I found then'
2:02
Loge
5.
'So I promised I'd tell you the story'
1:05
Loge, Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner
6.
'A toy, while it was in the waters'
2:01
Loge, Wotan, Fricka
7.
'And I should possess it!'
4:38
Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka, Fafner
8.
'Hear, Wotan, I'll speak my last word!'
2:29
Fafner, Wotan, Fasolt, Freia, Froh, Donner
9.
'Over rock and stone they stride'
3:07
Loge, Fricka, Donner, Froh
10.
'I see now! Hear what is wrong!'
3:13
Loge, Fricka
11.
'Come, Loge, descend with me!'
5:11
Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka
Orchestral interlude
Scene 3
12.
'Hehe! Hehe! Come here! Come here!
0:56
Alberich, Mime
13.
'Ha, you rogue!'
2:25
Alberich, Mime
14.
'Nibelheim here'
1:45
Loge, Mime, Wotan
15.
'What help for me?'
5:06
Mime Loge, Wotan
16.
'Better take care! Alberich's near'
2:56
Mime, Wotan, Alberich
17.
'What brought you here?'
3:32
Alberich, Wotan, Loge
18.
'In the clouds, you great ones'
3:23
Alberich, Wotan, Loge
19.
'All must stand in amazement'
4:58
Loge, Alberich
56:54
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
'Ohe! Ohe! Terrible dragon'
3:20
Loge, Wotan, Alberich
2.
'Now swiftly up!'
4:46
Loge
Orchestral interlude
Scene 4
3.
'There, Alberich, sit on your throne!'
2:53
Loge, Alberich, Wotan
4.
'And now the Niblungs will come to my call'
3:12
Alberich, Wotan
5.
'The gold lies there; now let me go'
6:38
Alberich, Loge, Wotan
6.
'Am I now free?' (Alberich's curse)
4:27
Alberich, Loge, Wotan
7.
'Fasolt and Fafner come this way'
3:08
Loge, Froh, Donner, Fricka
8.
'Wait! Don't touch her yet!'
3:12
Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Loge, Froh
9.
'Far too loose you're piling the gold'
2:44
Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Donner
10.
'Freia, the fair one, see I no more'
3:07
Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Froh, Donner
11.
'Yield it, Wotan, yield it!' (Erda's warning)
5:44
Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh
12.
'Hear, you giants!'
2:13
Donner, Freia, Wotan
13.
'Stop, you greedy one!'
2:25
Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan
14.
'Your luck, Wotan, what could surpass it?'
2:25
Loge, Wotan, Fricka
15.
'Sweltering mists hang in the air . . . Heda! Heda! Hedo!'
2:47
Donner
16.
'The bridge leads you homeward'
1:52
Froh
17.
'Evening rays flood the sky with splendour'
4:21
Wotan, Fricka, Loge
18.
'Rhinegold! Rhinegold!' (Entry of the Gods into Valahlla)
4:52
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Wotan, Loge
Orchestral postlude
64:08
Gods
Solo: Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Wotan
Solo: Norman Welsby baritone - Donner
Solo: Robert Ferguson tenor - Froh
Solo: Emile Belcourt tenor - Loge
Giants
Solo: Robert Lloyd bass - Fasolt
Solo: Clifford Grant bass - Fafner
Nibelungs
Solo: Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Alberich
Solo: Gregory Dempsey tenor - Mime
Goddesses
Solo: Katherine Pring mezzo-soprano - Fricka
Solo: Lois McDonnall soprano - Freia
Solo: Anne Collins contralto - Erda
Rhinemaidens
Solo: Valerie Masterson soprano - Woglinde
Solo: Shelagh Squires mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde
Solo: Helen Attfield contralto - Flosshilde
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
live; 10, 19, 25 & 29 March 1975
