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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
1.
Prelude
5:28
Scene 1
2.
'Wearisome labour!'
4:05
Mime
3.
'Hoiho! Hoiho!'
2:08
Siegfried, Mime
4.
'Well, there are the pieces'
2:42
Siegfried, Mime
5.
'A whimpering babe'
1:35
Mime
6.
'Much you've taught to me, Mime'
9:54
Siegfried, Mime
7.
'I found once in the wood'
5:58
Mime, Siegfried
8.
'And now these fragments'
2:00
Siegfried, Mime
9.
'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
1.
'Accursed light!'
1:15
Mime
2.
'Hey there! You idler!'
4:14
Siegfried, Mime
3.
'Have you not felt within the woods'
5:46
Mime, Siegfried
4.
'Give me these pieces'
4:04
Siegfried, Mime
5.
'Notung! Notung! Sword of my need!'
9:29
Siegfried, Mime
6.
'Hoho! Hoho! Hohi!' (Forging Song)
7:05
Siegfried, Mime
Act II
7.
Prelude
6:07
Scene 1
8.
'In gloomy night by Fafner's cave I wait'
2:46
Alberich
9.
'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
1.
'Could I but know' (Forest Murmurs)
2:45
Siegfried
2.
'See my mother -' (Forest Murmurs)
10:05
Siegfried
3.
'Ha ha! At last with my call'
3:33
Siegfried, Fafner
4.
'Who are you, youthful hero'
4:52
Fafner, Siegfried
5.
'The dead can tell no tidings'
2:30
Siegfried, Woodbird
Scene 3
6.
'Hehe! Sly and slippery knave'
3:12
Alberich, Mime
7.
'Tarnhelm and ring, here they are'
3:13
Siegfried, Woodbird, Mime
8.
'Be welcome, Siegfried!'
10:11
Mime, Siegfried, Alberich
9.
'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
1.
'My woodbird fluttered away'
0:35
Siegfried
2.
'Young man, hear me'
6:18
Wanderer, Siegfried
3.
'Child, if you knew who I am'
5:44
Wanderer, Siegfried
4.
'With his spear in splinters'
7:19
Siegfried
Scene 3
5.
'Here in the sunlight'
4:00
Siegfried
6.
'Come, my sword!'
11:49
Siegfried
7.
'Hail, bright sunlight!'
4:30
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
8.
'Siegfried! Siegfried! Glorious hero!'
8:30
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
9.
'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
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‘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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