Richard Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen - Behrens, Kollo, Varady, Hale - Sawallisch 1989Live recording in stereo from Bayerische Staatsoper, München, November, 1989
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Chor und Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Das Rheingold: Wotan - Robert Hale, Donner - Florian Cerny, Froh - Josef Hopferwieser, Loge - Robert Tear, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Fasolt - Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Fafner - Kurt Moll, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Freia - Nancy Gustafson, Erda - Hanna Schwarz, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi, Floßhilde - Birgit Calm,
Die Walküre: Siegmund - Robert Schunk, Sieglinde - Julia Varady, Wotan - Robert Hale, Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens, Hunding - Kurt Moll, Fricka - Marjana Lipovsek, Gerhilde - Andrea Trauboth, Ortlinde - Marianne Seibel, Waltraute - Cornelia Wulkopf, Schwertleite - Anne Pellekoorne, Helmwige - Nancy Gustafson, Siegrune - Christel Borchers, Grimgerde - Birgit Calm, Roßweiße - Gudrun Wewezow
Siegfried: Siegfried - René Kollo, Mime - Helmut Pampuch, Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens, Wanderer - Robert Hale, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Fafner - Kurt Moll, Erda - Hanna Schwarz, Waldvogel - Julie Kaufmann
Götterdämmerung: Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens, Siegfried - René Kollo, Hagen - Matti Salminen, Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Gunther - Hans Günter Nöcker, Gutrune - Lisbeth Balslev, Waltraute - Waltraud Meier, Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann, Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi, Floßhilde - Birgit Calm
Gramophone: Above all Sawallisch conveys the love, violence and tragedy in the great work projecting live drama in a way that recalls Bohm’s classic Bayreuth recording of the 1960s.... Sawallisch also has a splendid team. Alan Blyth, Penguin Guide to Compact Discs
The cast is as fine as any in rival versions of the digital age, the performances gain in dramatic momentum and expressive spontaneity from being recorded live, and -- rather surprisingly -- the sound is outstandingly rich, warm and spaciously atmospheric, in many ways outshining rival digital recordings.... An excellent, keenly enjoyable set.customer
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