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Wagner: Die Walkure / Bohm, Nilsson, Rysanek, King, Adam


Release Date: 12/06/2011 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 001615502  
Composer:  Richard Wagner
Performer:  Birgit Nilsson,  Gerd Nienstedt,  Theo Adam,  James King,   ... 
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Number of Discs: 4 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Works on This Recording

1. Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Performer:  Birgit Nilsson (Soprano), Gerd Nienstedt (Bass), Theo Adam (Bass),
James King (Tenor), Sieglinde Wagner (Alto), Elisabeth Schärtel (Alto),
Gertraud Hopf (Mezzo Soprano), Helga Dernesch (Soprano), Liane Synek (Soprano),
Annelies Burmeister (Mezzo Soprano), Leonie Rysanek (Soprano), Danica Mastilovic (Soprano),
Sona Cervena (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1856; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 1967 
Venue:  Live  Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany 
Length: 210 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: German 

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 Classic, Essential Bayreuth Performance December 13, 2011 By George Brown (Boca Raton, FL) See All My Reviews "Böhm observes every telling detail of the marvelous score yet re-creates Wagner's long paragraphs with cumulative sweep. None of the intense emotion is missing. All the singers deliver not just beautiful tone but also excellent diction, with every word clear and telling. Rysanek's signature scream at the moment Siegmund pulls the sword from the tree highlights the significance of the event and sets off a rush of excitement that carries through to the end of Act I. Nilsson and Adam actually communicate with each other in their scenes. The reissue is outstanding. One of a handful of "must have" Bayreuth Walküres." Report Abuse
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