Opera - Siegfried

RICHARD WAGNER

(1813-1883)

Siegfried

278:48

Second 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

Prelude

5:28

Scene 1

'Wearisome labour!'

4:05

Mime

'Hoiho! Hoiho!'

2:08

Siegfried, Mime

'Well, there are the pieces'

2:42

Siegfried, Mime

'A whimpering babe'

1:35

Mime

'Much you've taught to me, Mime'

9:54

Siegfried, Mime

'I found once in the wood'

5:58

Mime, Siegfried

'And now these fragments'

2:00

Siegfried, Mime

'He storms away!'

1:53

Mime

Scene 2

10.

'Hail there, worthy smith!'

4:04

Wanderer, Mime

11.

'I sit by your hearth'

12:07

Wanderer, Mime

12.

'What you needed to know'

8:32

Wanderer, Mime

13.

'The fragments! The sword!'

3:11

Mime, Wanderer

63:40

COMPACT DISC TWO

Scene 3

'Accursed light!'

1:15

Mime

'Hey there! You idler!'

4:14

Siegfried, Mime

'Have you not felt within the woods'

5:46

Mime, Siegfried

'Give me these pieces'

4:04

Siegfried, Mime

'Notung! Notung! Sword of my need!'

9:29

Siegfried, Mime

'Hoho! Hoho! Hohi!' (Forging Song)

7:05

Siegfried, Mime

Act II

Prelude

6:07

Scene 1

'In gloomy night by Fafner's cave I wait'

2:46

Alberich

'To Neidhöhl by night I have come'

7:21

Wanderer, Alberich

10.

'Not my plan!'

3:00

Wanderer, Alberich

11.

'Fafner! Fafner! You dragon, wake!'

3:05

Wanderer, Alberich, Fafner

12.

'Now, Alberich! That plan failed!'

4:38

Wanderer, Alberich

Scene 2

13.

'We go no further!'

6:32

Mime, Siegfried

14.

'So he's no father of mine'

1:55

Siegfried

67:34

COMPACT DISC THREE

'Could I but know' (Forest Murmurs)

2:45

Siegfried

'See my mother -' (Forest Murmurs)

10:05

Siegfried

'Ha ha! At last with my call'

3:33

Siegfried, Fafner

'Who are you, youthful hero'

4:52

Fafner, Siegfried

'The dead can tell no tidings'

2:30

Siegfried, Woodbird

Scene 3

'Hehe! Sly and slippery knave'

3:12

Alberich, Mime

'Tarnhelm and ring, here they are'

3:13

Siegfried, Woodbird, Mime

'Be welcome, Siegfried!'

10:11

Mime, Siegfried, Alberich

'You lie there too, mighty dragon'

10:43

Siegfried, Woodbird

Act III

10.

Prelude

3:00

Scene 1

11.

'Waken, Wala! Wala! Awake!'

2:20

Wanderer

12.

'Strong is your call'

12:16

Erda, Wanderer

13.

'You unwise one, learn what I will'

4:31

Wanderer

Scene 2

14.

'I see that Siegfried's near'

1:08

Wanderer

74:33

COMPACT DISC FOUR

'My woodbird fluttered away'

0:35

Siegfried

'Young man, hear me'

6:18

Wanderer, Siegfried

'Child, if you knew who I am'

5:44

Wanderer, Siegfried

'With his spear in splinters'

7:19

Siegfried

Scene 3

'Here in the sunlight'

4:00

Siegfried

'Come, my sword!'

11:49

Siegfried

'Hail, bright sunlight!'

4:30

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

'Siegfried! Siegfried! Glorious hero!'

8:30

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

'And there is Grane, my sacred horse'

9:11

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

10.

'Oh! I cared always'

15:01

Brünnhilde, Siegfried

73:01

Solo: Alberto Remedios tenor - Siegfried

Solo: Gregory Dempsey tenor - Mime

Solo: Norman Bailey bass-baritone - Wanderer

Solo: Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Alberich

Solo: Clifford Grant bass - Fafner

Solo: Anne Collins contralto - Erda

Solo: Rita Hunter soprano - Brünnhilde

Solo: Romantic Chamber Group of London soprano - Voice of the Woodbird

Orchestra: Sadlers Wells Opera Orchestra

Solo: Barry Tuckwell solo horn

Conductor: Reginald Goodall

2, 8 & 21 August 1973

‘Even for people who, understandably, shrunk from the thought of the Ring on disc in English, this is a quite special set, far too exciting and full of fresh perceptions to remain unpurchased’.

Gramophone

‘The hero of this set is undoubtedly Goodall. This is majestic Wagner, imperiously phrased, lovingly nuanced. The orchestral playing is superb and the eight Valkyries include the names Anne Evans, Sarah Walker, Anne Collins and Elizabeth Connell. Enoug

The Sunday Telegraph on CHAN 3038(4)

‘as such, it is that rare thing on disc, a genuinely unique record of a real artistic acheivement’.

BBC Music Magazine

‘…Goodall works his most moving effects, with much exquisite woodwind playing… the orchestral interludes and the closing pages are heartbreakingly eloquent.’

International Record Review on CHAN 3038(4)

‘The Peter Moores Foundation is to be thanked for sponsoring this marvellous set – and there are two more to come’.

Sunday Telegraph

‘This first instalment sounds better than ever. Every word is crystal clear, and the cast is uniformly excellent… it is Goodall’s conducting that is truly spellbinding… the work of a supreme Wagner interpreter.’

The Guardian on CHAN 3038(4)

‘The entire recording industry can be proud of this production.’

American Record Guide

This classic set is now available as a download in superior sound. Ever since this Siegfried first appeared on LP I have thought it simply the best recorded performance of this opera. Time has not dimmed my opinion, in fact even after 30 years + of further, digital, SACD versions I still find more to enjoy in this SWO performance than in any other. In my opinion only Solti comes near to rivalling this staggering achievement. This set belongs in every Wagner and opera lover's collection. If you don't have it buy now!!

G Fawcett

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