Wagner: Die Walküre (Bayreuth 1961) [Import]

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Rudolf Kempe (Conductor), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (Orchestra), Astrid Varnay (Performer), Régine Crespin (Performer), Fritz Uhl (Performer), Elisabeth Schartel (Performer), Elisabeth Steiner (Performer), Gertraud Hopf (Performer), Gottlob Frick (Performer), Grace Hoffmann (Performer), Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer (Performer), Jerome Hines (Performer), Lilo Brockhaus (Performer), Regina Resnik (Performer), Ruth Hesse (Performer), Wilma Schmidt (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Astrid Varnay, Régine Crespin, Fritz Uhl, Elisabeth Schartel, Elisabeth Steiner, et al.
• Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
• Conductor: Rudolf Kempe
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner
• Audio CD (September 9, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: Myto Records Italy
• ASIN: B000001MKS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #791,313 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Vorspiel - Orch Der Bayreuther Fastspiele/Rudolf Kempe

2. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Wess' Herd dies auch sei, - Fritz Uhl/Regine Crespin

3. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Kühlende Labung gab mir der Qeull, - Fritz Uhl/Regine Crespin

4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Einen Unseligen labtest du: - Fritz Uhl/Regine Crespin

5. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Müd' am Herd fand ich den Mann: - Regine Crespin/Gottlob Frick/Fritz Uhl

6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 1. Weit her, traun! kamst du des Wegs; - Gottlob Frick/Fritz Uhl/Regine Crespin

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Disc: 2

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Mit tiefem Sinne willst du mich täuschen! - Regine Resnik/Jerome Hines

2. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Du schuf'st ihm die Noth, - Regine Resnik/Jerome Hines

3. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Was verlangst du? - Jerome Hines/Regina Resnik/Astrid Varnay

4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Deiner ew'gen Gattin heilige Ehre - Regine Resnik/Jerome Hines

5. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Schlimm, fürcht' ich, schloß der Streit, - Astrid Varnay/Jerome Hines

6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 2. Als junger Liebe Lust mir verblich, - Jerome Hines/Astrid Varnay

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Disc: 3

1. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha! Heiaha! - Regine Crespin/Astrid Varnay/Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer/Grace Hoffman/Gertraud Hopf/Wilma Schmidt...

2. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Zu Ortlindes Stute stell' deinen Hengst: - Astrid Varnay/Regine Crespin/Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer/Grace Hoffman/Gertraud Hopf/Wilma Schmidt...

3. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Schützt mich, und helft in höchster Noth! - Jerome Hines/Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer/Grace Hoffman/Gertraud Hopf/Wilma Schmidt/Elisabeth Schartel..

4. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich: - Jerome Hines/Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer/Grace Hoffman/Gertraud Hopf/Wilma Schmidt/Elisabeth Schartel..

5. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Fort denn, eile nach Osten gewandt! - Astrid Varnay/Jerome Hines/Ingeborg MoussaFelderer/Grace Hoffman/Gertraud Hopf/Wilma Schmidt...

6. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Wo ist Brünnhild', wo die Verbrecherin?

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Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another fine Bayreuth performance, with fantastic voices..., August 3, 2002

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Rachel Howard (ocklawaha, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wagner: Die Walküre (Bayreuth 1961) (Audio CD)

Fritz Uhl sounds excellent here as Siegmund, solid and bell clear. Regine Crespin is one of the finest Sieglindes ever to grace any stage and she proves why here. Gottlob Frick does his usual menacing work as Hunding. Frick brings out some qualities that go hand in hand with the old Norse characters from the Eddas. These men were hard and brutal, true (I'm also thinking of Hagen here!), but they were respected as great warriors. The death of Hagen should be required reading for those interested in this kind of fantasy.

Astrid Varnay seems to be in excellent voice here, singing Brunnhilde brilliantly. For me, the show stopper and the main reason for me to get any Walkure, is the Wotan, and we are superbly served here by Jerome Hines. Hine's voice is as majestic as a mountain range, and you can always be sure of the humanity of any of his characters. (His Bluebeard, in Ormandy's old recording of Duke Bluebeard's Castle by Bela Bartok is an awesome document of an enigmatic and tragic role. The Judith is Rosalind Elias, and I have yet to hear a finer version, even though it's in English- clear English, might I add!) Hines has the voice of a god here, with that deeply human element any great Wotan must have. What more can I say? Is this a Walkure to replace all others on the market? No. None of them are, though I have a soft spot in my heart for Solti's classic version, and the slightly older Leinsdorf version. (Now THAT was a Walkure! Gre Brouwenstijn as Sieglinde... Jon Vickers as Siegmunde... Rita Gorr as Fricka... Birgit Nilsson as Brunnhilde... and the great George London as Wotan!) This verson under Kempe is a fine edition, with clear sound to go along with everything else...