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CHAN 3060
Multiple Set of 5 CDs
Wagner: Twilight Of The Gods
Running Time: 311:12
Digital UPC: 5059864306037
Release Date: June 2001
Originally recorded in August 1977
Release Date: June 2001
Originally recorded in August 1977
Composer (1813-1883)
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Solo tenor - Siegfried
Alberto Remedios
Alberto Remedios
Solo baritone - Gunther
Norman Welsby
Norman Welsby
Solo bass - Hagen
Aage Haugland
Aage Haugland
Solo baritone - Alberich
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Solo soprano - Brünnhilde
Rita Hunter
Rita Hunter
Solo soprano - Gutrune
Margaret Curphey
Margaret Curphey
Solo mezzo-soprano - Waltraute
Katherine Pring
Katherine Pring
Solo contralto - First Norn
Anne Collins
Anne Collins
Solo mezzo-soprano - Second Norn
Gillian Knight
Gillian Knight
Solo soprano - Third Norn
Anne Evans
Anne Evans
Solo soprano - Woglinde
Valerie Masterson
Valerie Masterson
Solo mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde
Shelagh Squires
Shelagh Squires
Solo contralto - Flosshilde
Helen Attfield
Helen Attfield
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
Robert Gooch
Robert Gooch
Engineer
Stuart Eltham
Stuart Eltham
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
Vocal & Song
Opera in English
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Opera - Twilight of the Gods
RICHARD WAGNER
(1813-1883)Twilight of the Gods
311:29
Third Day of the Festival Play The Ring of the Nibelung
Music drama in a prelude and three acts
Poem by Richard Wagner
English translation by Andrew Porter
COMPACT DISC ONE
Prelude
1.
'What light shines down there?'
8:08
Three Norns
2.
'Wotan made holy laws and treaties'
2:25
Second Norn
3.
'That mighty hall the giants have raised'
4:47
Three Norns
4.
'Now the gods will seize the spear that was shattered'
4:35
Three Norns
5.
Dawn Music
7:32
Orchestra
'To deeds of glory'
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
6.
'Ah, but to prove you love me'
2:36
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
7.
'Love, I leave you alone'
2:48
Siegfried, Brünnhilde
8.
'So by your daring I am fired'
1:42
Siegfried, Brünnhilde
9.
'O heavenly rulers!'
1:42
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
10.
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
7:38
Orchestra
Act I
Scene 1
11.
'Now hear, Hagen'
2:37
Gunther, Hagen
12.
'What woman should I wed . . .?'
2:39
Gunther, Hagen, Gutrune
13.
'At Neidhöhle the Nibelung gold was guarded'
2:58
Hagen, Gunther
14.
'You mock me, wicked Hagen!'
3:31
Gutrune, Hagen, Gunther
15.
'Merrily seeking adventures and fame'
4:15
Hagen, Gunther, Siegfried
Scene 2
16.
'Which is Gibich's son?'
2:27
Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen
17.
'I welcome you, my friend'
2:11
Gunther, Siegfried, Hagen
18.
'That treasure I quite forgot'
2:17
Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther
19.
'Welcome, O guest, to Gibich's house!'
4:41
Gutrune, Siegfried, Gunther
71:33
COMPACT DISC TWO
1.
'With your brother I promised to serve'
3:18
Siegfried, Gunther
2.
'I fear not the flames'
1:42
Siegfried, Gunther
3.
'Flourishing life's refreshing blood'
4:10
Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen
4.
'Now on our way!'
2:54
Siegfried, Gunther, Gutrune, Hagen
5.
'I sit here and wait' (Hagen's Watch)
8:42
Hagen
Scene 3
6.
'Sounds I once knew so well'
6:29
Brünnhilde, Waltraute
7.
'You've come to me?'
4:55
Brünnhilde, Waltraute
8.
'Fear and dread I read in your features!'
1:29
Brünnhilde, Waltraute
9.
'Hear me with care, and I will tell you!'
4:26
Waltraute
10.
'He sits there, speaks no word'
6:46
Waltraute
11.
'These tales of evil fancies'
1:33
Brünnhilde
12.
'Upon your hand, the ring'
3:29
Waltraute, Brünnhilde
13.
'Go home to the sacred clan of the gods!'
2:22
Brünnhilde, Waltraute
14.
'Borne on the wind'
3:59
Brünnhilde
15.
'Brünnhild! Your husband comes'
3:31
Siegfried, Brünnhilde
16.
'The night draws on'
3:58
Siegfried, Brünnhilde
17.
'Now nothing can save me'
2:58
Brünnhilde, Siegfried
66:45
COMPACT DISC THREE
Act II
Scene 1
1.
Prelude
3:40
Orchestra
2.
'Sleep you, Hagen, my son?'
3:51
Alberich, Hagen
3.
'The might of the gods'
3:34
Hagen, Alberich
4.
'That ring shall be Hagen's'
4:29
Hagen, Alberich
Scene 2
5.
'Hoiho! Hagen! Fast asleep?'
3:06
Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune
6.
'Yet my Siegfried was with Brünnhild?'
1:25
Gutrune, Siegfried
7.
'I can see a sail in the distance'
1:05
Hagen, Siegfried, Gutrune
Scene 3
8.
'Hoiho! Hoihohoho!' (Hagen summons the vassals)
2:56
Hagen, Vassals
9.
'Come to my call, and arm yourselves!'
3:40
Hagen, Vassals
10.
'Glad times have come'
3:04
Vassals, Hagen
Scene 4
11.
'Welcome, Gunther!'
3:50
Vassals, Gunther
12.
'I greet you, noble friend'
4:51
Gunther, Vassals, Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen
13.
'A ring I saw upon your hand'
1:40
Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Gunther
14.
'Ha! - Siegfried stole it'
2:23
Brünnhilde, Siegfried, Hagen, Gutrune, Vassals, Women
15.
'Here in Walhall, mighty immortals!'
3:26
Brünnhilde, Gunther, Women, Vassals
16.
'Would you defile your name so lightly?'
4:08
Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Vassals, Women, Gunther, Gutrune, Hagen
17.
'Shing steel! Holiest weapon!'
3:15
Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Vassals
18.
'Gunther, look to your wife there'
6:08
Siegfried
Scene 5
19.
'Dark, unholy powers lie here around me!'
3:20
Brünnhilde
20.
'Have trust in me, offended wife!'
2:55
Hagen, Brünnhilde
21.
'Can no weapon's point then pierce him?'
3:04
Hagen, Brünnhilde, Gunther
22.
'Deceived am I - and deceiver!'
2:15
Gunther, Hagen
23.
'He betrayed you'
3:10
Brünnhilde, Hagen, Gunther
24.
'Since this blow must be dealt her'
3:39
Hagen, Gunther, Brünnhilde
78:58
COMPACT DISC FOUR
Act III
1.
Prelude
3:42
Orchestra
Scene 1
2.
'Fair sunlight, shine on us in splendour'
2:23
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
3.
'Fair sunlight, send to us the hero'
2:07
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
4.
'A goblin led me astray'
1:45
Siegfried, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
5.
'Siegfried, if we find your bear'
2:53
Woglinde, Siegfried, Wellgunde, Flosshilde
6.
'Why should I let them laugh and jeer?'
1:46
Siegfried, Flosshilde, Woglinde, Wellgunde
7.
'Siegfried! . . . Evil lies in that ring'
2:32
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried
8.
'Siegfried! . . . Give heed to our words'
2:49
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried
9.
'Come, sisters! Flee from this madman!'
4:20
Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Siegfried
Scene 2
10.
'Hoiho!'
2:14
Hagen, Vassals, Siegfried
11.
'You drove the game away from us'
2:56
Hagen, Siegfried
12.
'Drink, Gunther, drink'
3:03
Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen
13.
'Mime was a hideous dwarf' (Siegfried's Narration@
1:24
Siegfried
14.
'Now you must hear what happened next'
1:47
Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals
15.
'Ring and Tarnhelm - both I had found'
2:48
Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals
16.
'In grief I watched the branches above'
6:00
Siegfried, Hagen, Gunther, Vassals
44:33
COMPACT DISC FIVE
1.
'Brünnhilde! Holiest bride!'
4:21
Siegfried
2.
Siegfried's Funeral March
8:01
Orchestra
Scene 3
3.
'Was that his horn?'
3:45
Gutrune
4.
'Ah, if Siegfried were back!'
3:21
Gutrune, Hagen, Gunther
5.
'Cast not the blame on me'
2:36
Gunther, Hagen
6.
'Peace with your cries of useless lament!'
2:05
Brünnhilde, Gutrune
7.
'Poor creature, peace!'
2:44
Brünnhilde, Gutrune
8.
'Sturdy branches, building his pyre'
2:57
(Brünnhilde's Immolation)
Brünnhilde
9.
'The sun in radiance shines from his eyes'
2:38
Brünnhilde
10.
'O you, you guardians'
4:26
Brünnhilde
11.
'My heritage I claim from the hero'
3:06
Brünnhilde
12.
'Fly home, you ravens!'
1:41
Brünnhilde
13.
'Grane, my horse!'
2:31
Brünnhilde
14.
'Give back the ring!'
5:27
Hagen
49:40
Solo: Alberto Remedios tenor - Siegfried
Solo: Norman Welsby baritone - Gunther
Solo: Aage Haugland bass - Hagen
Solo: Derek Hammond-Stroud baritone - Alberich
Solo: Rita Hunter soprano - Brünnhilde
Solo: Margaret Curphey soprano - Gutrune
Solo: Katherine Pring mezzo-soprano - Waltraute
Norns
Solo: Anne Collins contralto - First Norn
Solo: Gillian Knight mezzo-soprano - Second Norn
Solo: Anne Evans soprano - Third Norn
Rhinemaidens
Solo: Valerie Masterson soprano - Woglinde
Solo: Shelagh Squires mezzo-soprano - Wellgunde
Solo: Helen Attfield contralto - Flosshilde
Chorus: Vassals and Women
Choral: English National Opera Chorus
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor: Reginald Goodall
live; 6, 13 & 27 August 1977
