Wagner, Richard – Classical Music : Great Composers and Conductores

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Joseph Keiiberth at Festspielhaus Bayreuih, 25/07/1955

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Wotan……………………………………………………………….Hans Hotter
Siegmund…………………………………………………………..Ramon Vinay
Hunding…………………………………………………………….Josef Greindl
Fricka……………………………………………………………… Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde…………………………………………………………….Hertha Wilfert
Heimwige…………………………………………………………..Hilde Scheppan
Waltraute…………………………………………………………..Elisabeth Schartel
Schwertleite……………………………………………………….Maria von llosvay
Ortlinde……………………………………………………………..Gerda Lammers
Siegrune…………………………………………………………….Jean Watson
Grimgerde………………………………………………………….Georgine von Milinkovic
RoBweiBe …………………………………………………………Maria Graf

There is always a “plus” when taking live sound, even if the sound is less perfect, it is the feeling “to be there” and the commitment of the singers.
The fifties are considered a golden age of Bayreuth, with a skewer of recurring singers, including all who are here. No need to present them individually, they are all among the best that has been heard in these roles. Keilberth himself came several summers in a row (and there are testimonies of it: 1952, 1954).
This is the second distribution in the summer of 1955, the August series. I did sosucrit otu to Savinien’s earlier comment for Amazon. The July one is broadcast by the firm Testament, in a complete Tetralogy. Little change distribution except that Varnay moves from Brunnhilde to Sieglinde. As a result, it is Modl who endorses the armor of the Walkyrie: we stay there at “hovering” levels. I fully agree with the previous comment.
The Sieglinde and Siegmund de Varnay and Vinay are not young heroes, they are already very marked by life. Greindl is the perfect bully. Modl is an already human Walkyrie, even before she lost her status as an immortal. Hotter is THE Wotan of the period of the microfurrow disc; live it is poignant. The only weak point for me is Milinkovic’s Fricka, I heard better for this goddess, wounded but sure woman and proud of her rank (Christa Ludwig, for example).
The sound is excellent, especially for singers, the orchestra is in the background, coming out of this famous “mystical abyss.

You will have understood that any wagnerophile will want to have this version, in addition to all the other “live” Bayreuth.

Play Listing: 
CD 1

Die Walkure: Prelude (Vorspiel) (Act One)

Wes Herd dies auch sei (Act One, Scene One)

Kuhlende Labung gab mir

Mud am Herd fand ich den Mann (Act One, Scene Two)

Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen

Aus dem Wald trieb es mich fort

Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlect (Hunding)

Ein Schwert werhiess mir der Vater (Siegmund) (Act One, Scene Three)

Schlafst du, Gast? (Sieglinde/Siegmund)

Wintersturme wichen dem wonnermond (Siegmund)

Du bist der Lenz

Wehwalt heisst du furwahr? (Sielinde/Siegmund)

CD 2

Prelude (Vorspiel) (Act Two)

Nun zaume dein Ross (Wotan/Brunnhilde) (Act Two , Scene One)

Der alte Sturm (Wotan/Frica)

So ist es denn aus mit den weigen Gottern (Frica)

Nichts lerntest du

Was verlangst du? (Wotan/Fricka/Brunnhilde)

Schlimm, furcht’ ich, schloss der Streit (Brunnhilde/Wotan) (Act Two, Scene Two)

Was keinem in Worten ich kunde

Ein andres ist’s (Wotan/Brunnhilde)

O sag, kunde (Brunnhilde/Wotan)

Raste nun hier (Act Two, Scene Three)

Hinweg! Hinweg ! (Siegmund/Sieglinde)

CD 3

Siegmund ! Sieh’ auf mich! (Act Two, Scene Four)

Hehr bist du, und heilig gewaht’ich

So wenig achtest du ewige Wonne? (Brunnhilde/Siegmund)

Zauberfest bezahmt ein Schlaf(Siegmund)(Act Two, Scene Five)

Kehrte der Vater nur heim ! (Sieglinde/Hunding/Siegmund/Brunnhilde/Wotan)

Prelude – Hojotoho! Hojotoho! (Die acht Walkuren)

Schuzt mich und helft (Brunnhilde/Die acht Walkuren) (Act Three, Scene One)

Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich (Sieglinde/Brunnhilde/Waltraute/ortlinde/Die acht Walkuren

Steh, Brunnhild’! (Wotan/Die acht Walkuren/Brunnhilde)

Wo is Brunnhild’ (Wotan/Die acht Walkuren) (Act Three, Scene Two)

Hier bin ich, Vater (Brunnhilde/Wotan)

Wehe ! Weh’! Schwester (Die acht Walkuren/Brunnhilde/Wotan)

CD 4

War es so schmahlich (Act Three, Scene Three)

Nicht weise bin ich

So tatest du

Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlect (Brunnhilde/Wotan)

Leb wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind !

Denn einer nur freie die Braut

Loge, hor! Lausche hieher ! (Wotan)

Bonus:

Tannhäuser – Overtüre

Erste Aufzug – Erste Szene – Venusberg Bacchanal – Naht Euch dem Strande!

Dritte Aufzug – Zweite Szene – Daemm’rung deckt die Lande… O Du, Dein holde Abendstern

Dritte Szene – Ich hoerte Harfenschlag – Wie klang er traurig!

Time Timing: 4h 06′ 47”

Live Singing In The Swiss Alps: Wagner’s “Träume” Sung By Mezzo-Soprano Katarzyna Sadej

Vocals Recorded Live in Switzerland, as part of the “Earth Singing” project. All vocal sound, nature sounds and video recorded in the Swiss Alps by Katarzyna Sadej. No microphones were used to enhance the sound, so as to preserve the natural acoustic and sounds of the natural environment. “Träume” (Dreams) Composed by Richard Wagner Katarzyna Sądej, Vocalist Nadia Boucher, Pre-recorded Piano (C) Katarzyna Sądej 2022

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Katarzyna Sadej is an international opera singer, vocalist and performer, who has appeared on many of the world’s most prestigious stages, as well as on various recordings. She embarked on a project called Earth Singing, where she records herself singing live in various wild locations, showcasing our Earth’s beauty. “Dreams” English Translation © Richard Stokes Say, what wondrous dreams are these Embracing all my senses, That they have not, like bubbles, Vanished to a barren void? Dreams, that with every hour Bloom more lovely every day, And with their heavenly tidings Float blissfully through the mind! Dreams, that with glorious rays Penetrate the soul, There to paint an eternal picture: Forgetting all, remembering one! Dreams, as when the Spring sun Kisses blossoms from the snow, So the new day might welcome them In unimagined bliss, So that they grow and flower, Bestow their scent as in a dream, Fade softly away on your breast And sink into their grave.

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Richard Wagner Die Walkure 1955 Keilberth Joseph @432hz FLAC

Live Singing In The Swiss Alps: Wagner’s “Träume” Sung By Mezzo-Soprano Katarzyna Sadej

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