Notes and Editorial Reviews
"Hailed as an instant classic in its original LP format, the Goodall Ring was eventually dropped from the catalog. Reissued on CD, it has found a permanent home on the Chandos label, along with nearly 60 other English-language recordings of operatic masterpieces."
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New York Times, (August 19, 2010)
"It is, of course sung in English in Andrew Porter's clear and clever translation, by a true ensemble, singing words that we and (more importantly) they can understand in performances honed over many years spent together in the rehearsal studio and on stage. As such, it is that rare thing on disc, a genuinely unique record of a real artistic achievement - one that those of us who experienced it
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in the theatre will never forget and will want others to share through hearing these recordings."
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BBC Music Magazine
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Works on This Recording
1.
Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Margaret Curphey (Soprano),
Katie Clarke (Soprano),
Helen Attfield (Soprano),
Elizabeth Connell (Soprano),
Ann Howard (Mezzo Soprano),
Anne Conoley (Soprano),
Anne Evans (Soprano),
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn),
Maurine London (Soprano),
Anne Collins (Alto),
Valerie Masterson (Soprano),
Shelagh Squires (Mezzo Soprano),
Lois McDonall (Soprano),
Helen Attfield (Alto),
Katherine Pring (Mezzo Soprano),
Rita Hunter (Soprano),
Alberto Remedios (Tenor),
Robert Lloyd (Bass),
Robert Ferguson (Tenor),
Emile Belcourt (Tenor),
Norman Welsby (Baritone),
Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone),
Clifford Grant (Bass),
Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone),
Gillian Knight (Mezzo Soprano),
Aage Haugland (Bass),
Sarah Walker (Mezzo Soprano),
Gregory Dempsey (Tenor)
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra,
English National Opera Orchestra,
English National Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853-1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 1973-77
Venue: Live Coliseum, London, England
Language: English
2.
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Robert Lloyd (Bass),
Gregory Dempsey (Tenor),
Anne Collins (Alto),
Lois McDonall (Soprano),
Valerie Masterson (Soprano),
Shelagh Squires (Mezzo Soprano),
Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone),
Helen Attfield (Alto),
Katherine Pring (Mezzo Soprano),
Norman Welsby (Baritone),
Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone),
Robert Ferguson (Tenor),
Emile Belcourt (Tenor),
Clifford Grant (Bass)
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English National Opera Orchestra,
English National Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854; Germany
Date of Recording: 03/1975
Venue: Live Coliseum, London, England
Length: 173 Minutes 59 Secs.
Language: English
3.
Siegfried by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone),
Rita Hunter (Soprano),
Maurine London (Soprano),
Anne Collins (Alto),
Barry Tuckwell (French Horn),
Clifford Grant (Bass),
Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone),
Alberto Remedios (Tenor),
Gregory Dempsey (Tenor)
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Germany
Date of Recording: 08/1973
Venue: Live Coliseum, London, England
Length: 278 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: English
4.
Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Alberto Remedios (Tenor),
Katherine Pring (Mezzo Soprano),
Anne Collins (Alto),
Rita Hunter (Soprano),
Derek Hammond-Stroud (Baritone),
Valerie Masterson (Soprano),
Helen Attfield (Alto),
Shelagh Squires (Mezzo Soprano),
Aage Haugland (Bass),
Gillian Knight (Mezzo Soprano),
Norman Welsby (Baritone),
Margaret Curphey (Soprano),
Anne Evans (Soprano)
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English National Opera Orchestra,
English National Opera Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861-1874; Germany
Date of Recording: 08/1977
Venue: Live Coliseum, London, England
Length: 311 Minutes 49 Secs.
Language: English
5.
Die Walküre by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Norman Bailey (Bass Baritone),
Ann Howard (Mezzo Soprano),
Alberto Remedios (Tenor),
Anne Collins (Alto),
Shelagh Squires (Mezzo Soprano),
Sarah Walker (Mezzo Soprano),
Anne Evans (Soprano),
Helen Attfield (Soprano),
Elizabeth Connell (Soprano),
Anne Conoley (Soprano),
Katie Clarke (Soprano),
Rita Hunter (Soprano),
Margaret Curphey (Soprano),
Clifford Grant (Bass)
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English National Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/1975
Venue: Coliseum, London, England
Length: 249 Minutes 14 Secs.
Language: English
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