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CHAN 3038
Multiple Set of 4 CDs
Wagner: The Valkyrie
Running Time: 249:03
Digital UPC: 5059864303838
Release Date: September 2000
Originally recorded in December 1975
Release Date: September 2000
Originally recorded in December 1975
Composer (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Solo tenor - Siegmund
Alberto Remedios
Alberto Remedios
Solo bass - Hunding
Clifford Grant
Clifford Grant
Solo bass-baritone - Wotan
Norman Bailey
Norman Bailey
Solo soprano - Sieglinde
Margaret Curphey
Margaret Curphey
Solo soprano - Brünnhilde
Rita Hunter
Rita Hunter
Solo mezzo-soprano - Fricka
Ann Howard
Ann Howard
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
Stuart Eltham
Stuart Eltham
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - The Valkyrie
RICHARD WAGNER
(1813-1883)The Valkyrie
249:14
First Day of the Festival Play The Ring of the Nibelung
Music drama in three acts
Poem by Richard Wagner
English translation by Andrew Porter
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I
1.
Prelude
4:20
Scene 1
2.
'The storm drove me here'
5:36
Siegmund, Sieglinde
3.
'This house and this wife'
4:11
Sieglinde, Siegmund
4.
'Evil fortune's never far from me'
4:17
Siegmund, Sieglinde
Scene 2
5.
'There he lay, feeble and faint'
3:03
Sieglinde, Hunding, Siegmund
6.
'Through field and forest'
2:02
Siegmund, Hunding, Sieglinde
7.
'Friedmund no one could call me'
3:35
Siegmund, Hunding, Sieglinde
8.
'The Neidings raided again'
3:01
Siegmund
9.
'So the Norn who dealt you this fate'
4:50
Hunding, Sieglinde, Siegmund
10.
'I know a troublesome race'
6:13
Hunding
Scene 3
11.
'A sword was pledged by my father'
6:41
Siegmund
12.
'Are you awake?'
1:12
Sieglinde, Siegmund
13.
'My husband's kinsmen'
4:48
Sieglinde
14.
'Yes, loveliest bride'
1:37
Siegmund, Sieglinde
15.
'Winter storms have vanished' (Siegmund's Spring Song)
3:41
Siegmund
16.
'You are the Spring'
2:19
Sieglinde
17.
'Oh sweetest enchantment'
3:21
Siegmund, Sieglinde
18.
'The stream has shown my reflected face'
4:05
Sieglinde, Siegmund
19.
'Siegmund call me, and Siegmund am I'
1:33
Siegmund
20.
'Siegmund, the Wälsung, here you see!'
2:36
Siegmund, Sieglinde
73:06
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
Scene 1
1.
'Go bridle your horse, warrior maid!'
2:58
Wotan
2.
'Hoyotoho! Hoyotoho!' (Brünnhilde's Battle Cry)
2:33
Brünnhilde
3.
'The usual storm, the usual strife!'
2:02
Wotan, Fricka
4.
'Pretend that you don't understand!'
1:37
Fricka, Wotan
5.
'Now it's come to pass!'
1:00
Wotan
6.
'So this is the end of the gods and their glory'
3:36
Fricka
7.
'You never learn what I would teach you'
6:00
Wotan, Fricka
8.
'What must I do?'
2:21
Wotan, Fricka
9.
'Hiaha! Hiaha! Hoyotoho!'
3:45
Brünnhilde, Fricka, Wotan
Scene 2
10.
'Fricka has won the fight'
5:27
Brünnhilde, Wotan
11.
'When youth's delightful pleasures had waned'
2:33
Wotan
12.
'She refused to reveal more about it'
2:45
Wotan, Brünnhilde
13.
'There's more to tell'
2:25
Wotan
14.
'Yet one can accomplish what I may not'
2:30
Wotan
15.
'But the Wählsung, Siegmund'
1:18
Brünnhilde, Wotan
16.
'Then Siegmund must fall in his fight?'
3:56
Brünnhilde, Wotan
17.
'I give you my blessing, Nibelung son!'
1:38
Wotan, Brünnhilde
18.
'No, have mercy'
3:43
Brünnhilde, Wotan
52:09
COMPACT DISC THREE
1.
'So I obey his command'
4:24
Brünnhilde
Scene 3
2.
'Rest here for a while, stay by my side!'
3:05
Siegmund, Sieglinde
3.
Away! Away!'
4:46
Sieglinde, Siegmund
4.
'Where are you, Siegmund?'
5:22
Sieglinde, Siegmund
Scene 4
5.
'Siegmund! Look at me!' (Announcement of Death)
3:19
Brünnhilde, Siegmund
6.
'And if I come'
4:34
Siegmund, Brünnhilde
7.
'Then greet for me Walhall'
3:51
Siegmund, Brünnhilde
8.
'Woe! Woe! Sister and bride'
4:42
Siegmund, Brünnhilde
9.
'Two lives now lie in your power'
2:37
Siegmund, Brünnhilde
Scene 5
10.
'Charms of sleep are sent to still'
3:12
Siegmund
11.
'I hear your call'
2:09
Siegmund, Sieglinde
12.
'Wehwalt! Wehwalt!'
5:55
Hunding, Siegmund, Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, Wotan
47:57
COMPACT DISC FOUR
Act III
Scene 1
1.
'Hoyotoho! Hoyotoho!' (Ride of the Valkyries)
9:00
Gerhilde, Helmwige, Waltraute, Schwerleite, Ortlinde, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Rossweisse
2.
'Shield me and help'
1:25
Brünnhilde, The Eight Valkyries
3.
'Hear while I tell you'
2:38
Brünnhilde, The Eight Valkyries
4.
'Pray suffer no sorrow for me'
3:59
Sieglinde, Brünnhilde, The Eight Valkyries
5.
'Fly him swiftly, away to the east!'
1:24
Brünnhilde
6.
'O radiant wonder!' (Parting Salute)
0:49
Sieglinde
7.
'Stay, Brünnhild!'
1:07
Wotan, The Eight Valkyries, Brünnhilde
Scene 2
8.
'Where is Brünnhild?'
1:39
Wotan, The Eight Valkyries
9.
'Weak-spirited, womanish brood!'
2:59
Wotan
10.
'Here I am, father'
2:47
Brünnhilde, Wotan
11.
'No more will you ride from Walhall'
3:05
Wotan, The Eight Valkyries, Brünnhilde
12.
'Did you not hear what I decreed?'
4:56
Wotan, The Eight Valkyries
Scene 3
13.
'Was it so shameful?'
3:51
Brünnhilde, Wotan
14.
'I know so little'
4:00
Brünnhilde, Wotan
15.
'You, who this live into my heart revealed'
4:06
Brünnhilde, Wotan
16.
'You indulged your love'
0:54
Wotan
17.
'Unworthy of you this foolish maid'
3:14
Brünnhilde, Wotan
18.
'You fathered a glorious race'
2:50
Brünnhilde, Wotan
19.
'In long, deep sleep'
3:05
Wotan, Brünnhilde
20.
'Farewell, my valiant, glorious child!' (Wotan's Farewell)
5:00
Wotan
21.
'These eyes so warm and so bright'
7:48
Wotan
22.
'Loge, hear! Come at my call!'
1:26
Wotan
23.
Magic Fire Music
3:57
Wotan
76:02
Solo: Alberto Remedios tenor - Siegmund
Solo: Clifford Grant bass - Hunding
Solo: Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Wotan
Solo: Margaret Curphey soprano - Sieglinde
Solo: Rita Hunter soprano - Brünnhilde
Solo: Ann Howard mezzo-soprano - Fricka
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
18. 20 and 23 December 1975
