Wagner: The Rhinegold

Cat. No. CHAN 3054(3)

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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

Orchestral prelude

5:01

'Weia! Waga! Wandering waters'

1:33

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'He, he! You nixies!'

1:40

Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Slimy, slippery, slithery smoothness!'

9:57

Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Look, sisters! The sunlight is greeting the gold'

2:41

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'What's that, you nixies . . .?'

5:01

Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'The world's wealth can be mine . . .?'

1:01

Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

'Still not afraid?'

4:39

Alberich, Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Woglinde

Orchestral interlude

Scene 2

'Wotan, my lord! Awaken!'

6:12

Fricka, Wotan

'For I wished you faithful and true'

2:59

Fricka, Wotan

'Then shelter her now'

2:24

Fricka, Freia, Wotan

'Soft sleep closed your eyes'

3:20

Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner

'God of light, light of spirit!'

5:09

Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Freia

'To me, Freia! Back from her, giant!'

1:17

Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan

52:57

COMPACT DISC TWO

'This bond is graved on my spear's strong shaft'

0:58

Wotan, Freai, Fricka

'What? How am I concerned in a contract?'

4:15

Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt

'Never one word of praise or thanks!'

2:52

Loge

'But one I found then'

2:02

Loge

'So I promised I'd tell you the story'

1:05

Loge, Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner

'A toy, while it was in the waters'

2:01

Loge, Wotan, Fricka

'And I should possess it!'

4:38

Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka, Fafner

'Hear, Wotan, I'll speak my last word!'

2:29

Fafner, Wotan, Fasolt, Freia, Froh, Donner

'Over rock and stone they stride'

3:07

Loge, Fricka, Donner, Froh

'I see now! Hear what is wrong!'

3:13

Loge, Fricka

'Come, Loge, descend with me!'

5:11

Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka

Orchestral interlude

Scene 3

'Hehe! Hehe! Come here! Come here!

0:56

Alberich, Mime

'Ha, you rogue!'

2:25

Alberich, Mime

'Nibelheim here'

1:45

Loge, Mime, Wotan

'What help for me?'

5:06

Mime Loge, Wotan

'Better take care! Alberich's near'

2:56

Mime, Wotan, Alberich

'What brought you here?'

3:32

Alberich, Wotan, Loge

'In the clouds, you great ones'

3:23

Alberich, Wotan, Loge

'All must stand in amazement'

4:58

Loge, Alberich

56:54

COMPACT DISC THREE

'Ohe! Ohe! Terrible dragon'

3:20

Loge, Wotan, Alberich

'Now swiftly up!'

4:46

Loge

Orchestral interlude

Scene 4

'There, Alberich, sit on your throne!'

2:53

Loge, Alberich, Wotan

'And now the Niblungs will come to my call'

3:12

Alberich, Wotan

'The gold lies there; now let me go'

6:38

Alberich, Loge, Wotan

'Am I now free?' (Alberich's curve)

4:27

Alberich, Loge, Wotan

'Fasolt and Fafner come this way'

3:08

Loge, Froh, Donner, Fricka

'Wait! Don't touch her yet!'

3:12

Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Loge, Froh

'Far too loose you're piling the gold'

2:44

Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Donner

'Freia, the fair one, see I no more'

3:07

Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Froh, Donner

'Yield it, Wotan, yield it!' (Erda's warning)

5:44

Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh

'Hear, you giants!'

2:13

Donner, Freia, Wotan

'Stop, you greedy one!'

2:25

Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan

'Your luck, Wotan, what could surpass it?'

2:25

Loge, Wotan, Fricka

'Sweltering mists hang in the air . . . Heda! Heda! Hedo!'

2:47

Donner

'The bridge leads you homeward'

1:52

Froh

'Evening rays flood the sky with splendour'

4:21

Wotan, Fricka, Loge

'Rhinegold! Rhinegold!' (Entry of the Gods into Valahlla)

4:52

Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Wotan, Loge

Orchestral postlude

64:08

Gods

Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Wotan

Norman Welsby baritone - Donner

Robert Ferguson tenor - Froh

Emile Belcourt tenor - Loge

Giants

Robert Lloyd bass - Fasolt

Clifford Grant bass - Fafner

Nibelungs

Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Alberich

Gregory Dempsey tenor - Mime

Goddesses

Katherine Pring mezzo-soprano - Fricka

Lois McDonnall soprano - Freia

Anne Collins contralto - Erda

Rhinemaidens

Valerie Masterson soprano - Woglinde

Shelagh Squires mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde

Helen Attfield contralto - Flosshilde

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

Reginald Goodall

Recorded in:

London Coliseum

live; 10, 19, 25 & 29 March 1975

Producer(s)

John Mordler

Sound Engineer(s)

Robert Gooch

Format: ADD
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster

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