Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

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Composer or Director: Richard Wagner, Leo Blech

Label: Pearl

Magazine Review Date: 4/1995

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Media Runtime: 500

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Catalogue Number: GEMMCDS9137

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Composition	Artist Credit
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold'	Richard Wagner, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre'	Richard Wagner, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried'	Richard Wagner, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung'	Richard Wagner, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (Forging Song)	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Frida Leider, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Frida Leider, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Heil dir, Sonne!	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Frida Leider, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Frida Leider, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: orchestral interlude (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Karl Muck, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Siegfried's funeral march	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Karl Muck, Conductor Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Prelude	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Elsie Suddaby, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone Kennedy McKenna, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Nellie Walker, Contralto (Female alto) Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Elsie Suddaby, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone Kennedy McKenna, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Nellie Walker, Contralto (Female alto) Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Wotan, Gemahl, unsel'ger Mann!	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Elsie Suddaby, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone Kennedy McKenna, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Nellie Walker, Contralto (Female alto) Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Zur Burg führt die Brücke	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Richard Wagner, Composer Waldemar Henke, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Prelude	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Wes Herd dies auch sei	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Ein Schwert verheiss mir der Vater	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Schläfst du, Gast?	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der Männer Sippe	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Siegmund heiss ich	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Raste nun hier	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Siegmund! Sieh auf mich! (Todesverkundigung)	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Zauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Florence Austral, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Howard Fry, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Louise Trenton, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Du bist der Lenz	Richard Wagner, Composer Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Nun zäume dein Ross	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Schimm, fürcht ich	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Hojotoho! (Ride of the Valkyries)	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Wo ist Brünnhild'	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: War es so schmählich	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell)	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Loge, hör!	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Orchestra Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Frida Leider, Soprano Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Genia Guszalewicz, Soprano Göta Ljungberg, Soprano Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der alte Sturm	Richard Wagner, Composer Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone John Barbirolli, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: So ist es denn aus	Richard Wagner, Composer Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone John Barbirolli, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Was verlangst du?	Richard Wagner, Composer Emmi Leisner, Contralto (Female alto) Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone John Barbirolli, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Prelude	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Zwangvolle Plage!	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein!	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Als zullendes Kind	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Soll ich der Kunde glauben	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Heil dir, weiser Schmied!	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: In Wald und Nacht	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Haha! Da hätte mein Lied	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Wohin schleichst du?	Richard Wagner, Composer Eduard Habich, Bass Friedrich Schorr, Bass-baritone Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Albert Reiss, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Nora Gruhn, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Bockelmann, Bass-baritone
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Da lieg auch du, dunkler Wurm	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Albert Reiss, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Nora Gruhn, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Bockelmann, Bass-baritone
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Kenntest du mich, kühner Spross	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Albert Reiss, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone London Symphony Orchestra Nora Gruhn, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Bockelmann, Bass-baritone
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: orchestral interlude. Scene 3:	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Albert Reiss, Tenor Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor London Symphony Orchestra Nora Gruhn, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Bockelmann, Bass-baritone
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Wache, Wala! Erwach!	Richard Wagner, Composer Emil Schipper, Baritone Karl Alwin, Conductor Maria Olszewska, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Vienna State Opera Orchestra
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Stark ruft das Lied	Richard Wagner, Composer Emil Schipper, Baritone Karl Alwin, Conductor Maria Olszewska, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Vienna State Opera Orchestra
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: O Siegfried! Seliger Held!	Richard Wagner, Composer (Anonymous) Orchestra Florence Easton, Soprano Lauritz Melchior, Baritone Lauritz Melchior, Tenor Richard Wagner, Composer Robert Heger, Conductor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: orchestral interlude (Dawn)	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Zu neuen Taten	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Begrüsse froh, o Held	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Zurück vom Ring (orchestral finale)	Richard Wagner, Composer Albert Coates, Conductor Arthur Fear, Bass Chorus Evelyn Arden, Mezzo soprano Florence Austral, Soprano Frederick Collier, Bass Gladys Palmer, Contralto (Female alto) Göta Ljungberg, Soprano London Symphony Orchestra Maartje Offers, Mezzo soprano Noel Eadie, Soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Walter Widdop, Tenor
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht (Hagen's Watch)	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra Desider Zádor, Baritone Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emanuel List, Bass Ivar Andrésen, Bass Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor Tilly de Garmo, Soprano
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Hoiho! Ihr Gibichsmannen	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra Desider Zádor, Baritone Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emanuel List, Bass Ivar Andrésen, Bass Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor Tilly de Garmo, Soprano
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra Desider Zádor, Baritone Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emanuel List, Bass Ivar Andrésen, Bass Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor Tilly de Garmo, Soprano
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg (Siegfried's nar	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra Desider Zádor, Baritone Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emanuel List, Bass Ivar Andrésen, Bass Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor Tilly de Garmo, Soprano
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Brünnhilde, heilige Braut!	Richard Wagner, Composer Berlin State Opera Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra Desider Zádor, Baritone Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Mezzo soprano Emanuel List, Bass Ivar Andrésen, Bass Leo Blech, Composer Lydia Kindermann, Mezzo soprano Richard Wagner, Composer Rudolf Laubenthal, Tenor Tilly de Garmo, Soprano
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Schweigt eures Jammers	Richard Wagner, Composer Florence Austral, Soprano Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer
(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Starke Scheite (Brünnhildes's Immolation)	Richard Wagner, Composer Florence Austral, Soprano Lawrance Collingwood, Conductor London Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer

Author: Alan Blyth

Here we have, in its entirety, what one might term the Old Testament of The Ring recordings, the discs made in the late 1920s and early 1930s in London and Berlin. Given the superb quality of the performances, we can only regret that HMV didn't quite have the courage to record the cycle complete under Coates's incandescent and elating baton, with three singers (Leider, Melchior and Schorr) who are unlikely ever to be equalled in terms of the ability to fulfil their important roles' inordinate demands. But we can be thankful that enough was preserved to prove that these artists are indeed superior to almost every one of their successors. Now that the previously intractable originals have been so clearly remastered by Mark Obert-Thorn, the calibre of both conducting and singing is not only confirmed but can be enjoyed by a new generation in sound-quality that their elders, battling with inferior material, never experienced.
The operas given the major share of these recordings are Die Walkure and Siegfried The four extracts from Das Rheingold are notable only for Friedrich Schorr's magisterial ''Abendlich strahlt''. Gotterdammerung suffers most from being reduced to brief extracts, although the passages have been well chosen to give a substantial flavour of the vast work.
Coates and the slightly less admirable Blech share the conducting with a few incursions from Heger, the young Barbirolli and others. The playing, mostly by the LSO of the day and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra, is remarkable for its sweep, also for its care over detail, much of which has astonishing clarity considering the dates of the recordings. Coates is particularly successful in projecting the ardour of the Walkure love duet and the forging of the sword in Siegfried. His speeds are, however, always on the swift side, not—I suspect—only because of the short playing time of the 78s. I like his fast traversal of those passages that are today treated too portentously, although the Dawn duet from Gotterdammerung does become a scramble at his pace.
Of course, the singing is the most treasurable aspect of the whole enterprise. Encountering Leider again one realizes anew that few, if any, have equalled her combination of vocal security, close-knit line and phrasing, and that matching of feeling with a goddess's natural dignity. Her Brunnhilde is an assumption all aspiring heroic sopranos should closely study (but they don't!). Fledgling Heldentenors would be unwise to listen to Melchior for they might be inclined to suicide. The sheer elan, strength and verbal acuity of his singing are, and will surely remain unique. For these reasons alone he is unsurpassabie as Siegfried, a role that ideally suited his amazing attributes. Just listen to his hero having conquered the Wanderer, setting out on his quest through the magic fire—thrilling, as is Coates's account of the succeeding passage. Then we have the mountain-top monologue, which reveals the poetic, vulnerable side of Melchior's portrayal. Happily most of his role is preserved here for posterity's pleasure.
Schorr's Wotan is just as remarkable. Once again tone, technique and text are in perfect accord as his noble bass-baritone fills every passage grandly, movingly. Almost on the same level are Ljungberg's impassioned Sieglinde and Widdop's ardent Siegmund, both evenly sung in full, well-groomed tone, but never over-emoted. Several other fine singers are more briefly glimpsed among them Bockelmann's warm Wotan (in Siegfried, Act 3), Olczewska's grave Erda, Offers's urgent Waltraute, Tessmer's well-pointed Mime (by contrast with Reiss's caricature).
On the first side of the set we hear a swift gambol through the motifs (recorded in 1931) conducted by (and introduced by?) Collingwood—these are also illustrated in the booklet. This CD contains the alternative recordings from Siegfried with Laubenthal as the hero; more metallic and biting, less rounded than Melchior's, even more sensitive in the Forest Murmurs. In the final duet (cut) he is the lucky one to have Leider as his partner. In the main section, Easton (Covent Garden's 1932 Brunnhilde) is Melchior's Brunnhilde too, slighter of voice than Leider but bell-like of tone and with strangely articulate diction. These excerpts form an apt alternative to the others. A welcome bonus is Muck's account of Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral March, an epic reading, made in Berlin in 1927. The sound is amazing—indeed, I cannot emphasize often enough just how vivid it is throughout these seven (for the price of five), generously filled CDs. The voices are recorded more successfully than in most modern versions of these works, and their relationship with the orchestra is more natural than that favoured in studios today.
Michael Tanner contributes well-informed and sympathetic notes. It is a pity Pearl have not given us biographies and photos of, the singers, but that is a detail. This is a set no enquiring Wagnerian, whatever complete version of The Ring he or she owns, should be without.'

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold'

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre'

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried'

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung'

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (Forging Song)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Heil dir, Sonne!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: orchestral interlude (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Siegfried's funeral march

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Prelude

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Wotan, Gemahl, unsel'ger Mann!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 1, '(Das) Rheingold', Movement: Zur Burg führt die Brücke

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Prelude

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Wes Herd dies auch sei

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Ein Schwert verheiss mir der Vater

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Schläfst du, Gast?

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der Männer Sippe

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Siegmund heiss ich

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Raste nun hier

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Siegmund! Sieh auf mich! (Todesverkundigung)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Zauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Du bist der Lenz

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Nun zäume dein Ross

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Schimm, fürcht ich

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Hojotoho! (Ride of the Valkyries)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Wo ist Brünnhild'

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: War es so schmählich

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Leb wohl (Wotan's Farewell)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Loge, hör!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Der alte Sturm

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: So ist es denn aus

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 2, '(Die) Walküre', Movement: Was verlangst du?

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Prelude

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Zwangvolle Plage!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Als zullendes Kind

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Soll ich der Kunde glauben

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Heil dir, weiser Schmied!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: In Wald und Nacht

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Haha! Da hätte mein Lied

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Wohin schleichst du?

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Da lieg auch du, dunkler Wurm

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Kenntest du mich, kühner Spross

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: orchestral interlude. Scene 3:

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Wache, Wala! Erwach!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: Stark ruft das Lied

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 3, 'Siegfried', Movement: O Siegfried! Seliger Held!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: ~

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: orchestral interlude (Dawn)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Zu neuen Taten

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Begrüsse froh, o Held

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Zurück vom Ring (orchestral finale)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht (Hagen's Watch)

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Hoiho! Ihr Gibichsmannen

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg (Siegfried's nar

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Brünnhilde, heilige Braut!

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Schweigt eures Jammers

(Der) Ring des Nibelungen: Part 4, 'Götterdämmerung', Movement: Starke Scheite (Brünnhildes's Immolation)

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