KNAPPERTSBUSCH The 1956 Wagner Ring: 1. Das Rheingold (Bayreuth, 1956) - PACO210

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overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fWAGNER Das RheingoldLive performance, 1956Total duration: 2hr 37:32Wotan - Hans HotterAlberich - Gustav NeidlingerMime - Paul KuenFasolt - J osef GreindlFricka - Georgine von MilinkovicBayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestraconducted by Hans Knappertsbusch578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples/PACO210.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f"Chiefly renowned for his Wagner interpretations, Knappertsbusch disliked recording as much as he abhorred rehearsals. He preferred to “wing it” in the theater, allowing the inspiration of the moment to guide the performance at hand, letting the chips fall where they might. Consequently, you never knew what you were going to get for the price of your ticket. For instance, there are wonderful moments aplenty throughout the 1957/58 Rings. But the stodgy, pedestrian, and often sloppy work that generally persists does not hold up under the microphone’s unforgiving scrutiny. Not that Knappertsbusch would have wanted these Rings issued, but that’s neither here nor there.On the other hand, just about every bar of his 1956 Ring reveals that Kna could deliver first rate, even inspired goods when he put his mind to it. Even considering the tortoise-like pacing and massive textures, Knappertsbusch’s shaping of each opera boasts more pointed detail, greater animation within phrases, and sharper dramatic contours. His singers, in turn, respond with more vivid performances than their norm under this conductor. Perhaps the principals (Varnay, Neidlinger, Windgassen, Hotter, and Greindl) are in fresher vocal estate three years earlier for Clemens Krauss and Joseph Keilberth, yet their moment-to-moment involvement plus unusual care in making the words clear is never in question.Both Siegfrieds were still relatively new roles for Wolfgang Windgassen, and his interpretation had evolved quite a bit in three years, especially in the opera named for the protagonist. The hero’s Act Two musings take on a new introspection, and there’s more intensity now to his crucial encounter with the Wanderer in Act Three. Die Walküre lets us hear Windgassen’s Bayreuth Siegmund for the first time; the tenor was an eleventh-hour replacement, and an effective one at that. Gré Brouwenstijn partners him as Sieglinde, and the soprano radiates more spontaneity here than in her underrated studio portrayal under Leinsdorf. In Götterdämerung Brouwenstijn’s inward and musicianly Gutrune breathes new life into a role that is often slighted. Hans Hotter brings immense authority to both the Rheingold and Walküre Wotans and the Wanderer in Siegfried, and is in fresher voice than for his contributions to the renowned Solti studio Ring. Astrid Varnay’s powerful Götterdämmerung Brunnhilde, by contrast, is a shade less steady than the 1951 Bayreuth performance under Knappertsbusch issued on Testament."Jed Distler - Classics Today, review of Music & Arts issue (excerpt), 1998578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fKNAPPERTSBUSCH The 1956 Wagner Ring: 1. Das Rheingolddisc one (77:55)SCENE ONE1. Prelude (3:51)2. Weia! Waga! Woge, Du Welle! (2:46)3. Garstig Glatter Glitschriger Glimmer! (5:50)4. Wallala! Lalaleia! (2:59)5. Lugt, Schwestern! (6:58)6. Der Welt Erbe Gewänn' Ich Zu Eigen Durch Dich! (4:27)SCENE TWO7. Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache! (10:27)8. Sanft Schloss Schlaf Dein Aug' (8:13)9. Ihrer Mitte drum sei sie entführt! (2:30)10. Endlich Loge! (4:11)11. Immer Ist Undank Loges Lohn! (7:45)12. Ein Runenzauber Zwingt Das Gold Zum Reif (3:35)13. Hör', Wotan, Der Harrenden Wort! (3:08)14. Was Sinnt Nun Wotan So Wild! (5:09)15. Auf, Loge, Hinab Mit Mir! (4:42)SCENE THREE16. Hehe! Hehe! Hieher (1:25)disc two (79:37)1. Dem Haupt fügt sich der Helm (1:31)2. Nibelheim hier- durch bleiche Nebel was blitzen dort (6:02)3. Nehmt euch in acht! Alberich naht - Sein harren wir hier (8:47)4. Vergeh, frevelnder Gauch! - Was sagt der! - Sei doch bei Sinnen! (4:34)5. Ohe! Hahaha! Ohe! Hahaha! Schreckliche Schlange (6:51)SCENE FOUR6. Da, Vetter, sitze du fest! (5:21)7. Gezahlt hab' ich; nun laßt mich zieh'n! (6:04)8. Bin ich nun frei! Wirklich Frei! (4:30)9. Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern (5:12)10. Gepflanzt sind die Pfahle (6:25)11. Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (5:11)12. Hort, ihr Riesen! Zuruck, und harret! - Halt, du Gieriger! (6:46)13. Schwules Gedunst - Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke (3:37)14. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge (4:37)15. Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold! Wie lauter und hell (4:09Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Hans KnappertsbuschCASTWotan - Hans HotterDonner - Alfons HerwigFroh - Josef TraxelLoge - Ludwig SuthausAlberich - Gustav NeidlingerMime - Paul KuenFasolt - Josef GreindlFafner - Arnold van MillFricka - Georgine von MilinkovicFreia - Gré BrouwenstijnErda - Jean MadeiraWoglinde - Lore WissmannWellgunde - Paula LenchnerFloßhilde - Maria von IlosvayRecorded live at Bayreuth,13 August, 1956Ambent Stereo XR remastering by: Andrew RoseCover artwork based on a photograph of Hans KnappertsbuschTotal duration: 2hr 37:32578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fCover Art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcover_art578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/thumbs/PACO210.jpg578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcovers/PACO210.pdf578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab3_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f Show more