Wagner - Die Walkure
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Label: Naxos - Opera
Cat No: 866039497
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 11th November 2016
Contents
Artists
Matthias Goerne (baritone)Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
Heidi Melton (soprano)
Petra Lang (soprano)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Jaap van ZwedenWorks
Die WalkureArtists
Matthias Goerne (baritone)Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Skelton (tenor)
Heidi Melton (soprano)
Petra Lang (soprano)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Jaap van ZwedenAbout
Gramophone wrote: ‘Matthias Goerne sings Wotan beautifully, with much baritonal sophistication, predictable (from an experienced Lieder recitalist) care for words and able negotiation of trickier moments…’
Cast:
- Wotan: Matthias Goerne (baritone)
- Fricka: Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano)
- Siegmund: Stuart Skelton (tenor)
- Sieglinde: Heidi Melton (soprano)
- Brünnhilde: Petra Lang (soprano)
Reviews
Skelton and Melton are well established Volsungs, but both their voices seem to have taken on fresh lustre and clarion ring, giving memorably intense performances. … Among bargain performances this is outstanding, and ideal starting point for newcomers, and it’s competitive even among full-price versions. Michael Scott Rohan (Opera Choice)
Recorded in concert in Hong Kong at the beginning of this year, the second part of Jaap van Zweden’s Ring Cycle for Naxos easily maintains the high standard and promise of Das Rheingold, 12 months ago. As before, the playing of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra provides the foundation of the performance, putting down its marker in a taut, intense account of the first-act prelude and maintaining its grip right through to the radiant account of the Magic Fire music with which Die Walküre ends. Van Zweden’s sense of pacing and drama never falters either, and some of the climaxes he engineers are thrillingly vivid – the orchestral depiction of Wotan’s rage as he seeks out Brünnhilde in the third act is as frightening as any on disc. Andrew ClementsError on this page? Let us know here
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