Artist: Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Orchestra
Title: Wagner: Das Rheingold
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Mariinsky / Russia
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC {Tracks, 24bit/96kHz}, covers, booklet
Total Time: 02:27:43 min
Total Size: 2,61 Gb
Hot on the heels of Marek Janowski's very fine recording of 'Das Rheingold' for PentaTone comes this, the second release in the Mariinsky label's Ring cycle that follows their impressive 'Die Walküre' released earlier this year Wagner: Die Walküre - Gergiev.
In that opera Gergiev had a cast of predominantly top international Wagner specialists, but here twelve of the fourteen cast members are Russian – the only two non-Russian singers being the bass-baritone René Pape (Wotan) and the tenor Stephan Rügamer (Loge).The results of this 'home-grown' casting demonstrate, for the most part, the very high standard of singing from members of the Mariinsky company as well as their increasing familiarity with Wagner interpretation. Much of the credit for this must be given to Valery Gergiev who has over recent years demonstrated his tireless commitment to both the music of Wagner and the Mariinsky.
René Pape is an imposing 'Wotan', here making an even greater impression than he did in 'Die Walküre' . His rich, velvety and beautifully projected legato singing are a constant joy throughout this recording while his immaculate diction and complete identification with the character confirm his pre-eminent position as one of the most accomplished Wagner interpreters of our time. Try Disc 2 tr. 14 “ Abenlich strahlt der Sonne Auge” to get a flavour of his consummate performance.
As Wotan's long-suffering spouse Ekatarina Gubanova, who made an excellent impression in Gergiev's 'Die Walküre,' is once again a warmly expressive 'Fricka'. She sounds more youthful than many mezzos on disc who have undertaken this role and her poised singing encapsulates both Fricka's dignity and her disappointment with her errant husband. ...
Tracklist:
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) WWV 86aScene One
01 I Prelude 3:55
02 II Weia! Waft your waves, ye waters! 2:31
03 III Loathsomely smooth slithery slime! 5:26
04 IV Wallala! Lalaleia! 2:37
05 V Look, sisters! 6:25
06 VI The world's wealth could I win myself through you? 5:39
Scene Two
07 I Wotan, husband! Awake! 9:28
08 II Gently you closed your eyes in sleep 7:57
09 III To me, Freia! Let her be, rascal 5:59
10 IV In vain I searched, and now see full well 6:50
11 V A magic spell turns the gold into a ring 3:20
12 VI Hear, Wotan, what we have at last to say! 2:35
13 VII On what does Wotan brood so darkly? 4:51
14 VIII Come, Loge, come down with me! 4:48
Scene Three
15 I See, you scroundrel! 2:44
16 II Here is Nibelheim: through the pale mist 4:29
17 III Beware! 7:41
18 IV Enough, blasphemous fool! - What did he say? 4:48
19 V Oh! Oh! Ha ha ha! Terrible serpent 6:00
Scene Four
20 I Sit tight there, kinsman! 4:45
21 II I have paid: now let me depart 5:53
22 III Am I free now? Truly free? 3:45
23 IV From afar Fasolt and Fafner are approaching 5:06
24 V These poles we've planted 6:10
25 VI Yield, Wotan, yield! 5:39
26 VII Listen, you giants! Come back and wait 6:49
27 VIII A sultry haze hangs in the air 4:14
28 IX The sun's eye sheds its evening beams 4:06
29 X Rhinegold! Rhinegold! Purest gold! 3:12
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