Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti – Richard Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen (1967/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti – Richard Wagner : Der Ring des Nibelungen (1967/2014)
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Richard Wagner was one of the most revolutionary figures in the history of music, a composer who made pivotal contributions to the development of harmony and musical drama that reverberate even today. Indeed, though Wagner occasionally produced successful music written on a relatively modest scale, opera – the bigger, the better – was clearly his milieu, and his aesthetic is perhaps the most grandiose that Western music has ever known. Early in his career, Wagner learned both the elements and the practical, political realities of his craft by writing a handful of operas which were unenthusiastically, even angrily, received. Beginning with Rienzi (1838-40) and The Flying Dutchman (1841), however, he enjoyed a string of successes that propelled him to immortality and changed the face of music. His monumental Ring cycle of four operas – Das Rheingold (1853-54), Die Walküre (1854-56), Siegfried (1856-71) and Götterdämmerung (1869-74) – remains the most ambitious and influential contribution by any composer to the opera literature. Tristan and Isolde (1857-59) is perhaps the most representative example of Wagner’s musical style, which is characterized by a high degree of chromaticism, a restless, searching tonal instability, lush harmonies, and the association of specific musical elements (known as leitmotifs, the flexible manipulation of which is one of the hallmarks of Wagner’s music) with certain characters and plot points. Wagner wrote text as well as music for all his operas, which he preferred to call “music dramas.” Wagner’s life matched his music for sheer drama. Born in Leipzig on May 22, 1813, he began in the early 1830s to write prolifically on music and the arts in general; over his whole career, his music would to some degree serve to demonstrate his aesthetic theories. He often worked as a conductor in his early years; a conducting engagement took him to Riga, Latvia, in 1837, but he fled the country in the middle of the night two years later to elude creditors. Wagner as a young man had some sympathy with the revolutionary movements of the middle 19th century (and even the Ring cycle contains a distinct anti-materialist and vaguely socialist drift); in the Dresden uprisings of 1849 he apparently took up arms, and he had to leave Germany when the police restored order. Settling in Zurich, Switzerland, he wrote little for some years, but evolved the intellectual framework for his towering, mature masterpieces. Wagner returned to Germany in 1864 under the protection and patronage of King Ludwig II of Bavaria; it was in Bayreuth, near Munich, that he undertook the construction of an opera house (completed in 1876) built to his personal specifications and suited to the massive fusion of music, staging, text, and scene design that his later operas entailed. Bayreuth became something of a shrine for the fanatical Wagnerites who carried the torch after his death; it remains the goal of many a pilgrimage today. His attitude toward Jews was deeply ambivalent (he believed, mistakenly, that his stepfather was Jewish), but some of his writings contain anti-Semitic elements that have aroused considerable controversy among opera lovers, especially in view of Adolf Hitler’s apparent predilection for the composer’s music. – Rovi Staff

Tracklist:
1-1. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Vorspiel (Remastered 2012) (04:13)
1-2. Oda Balsborg – “Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle!” (Remastered 2012) (02:24)
1-3. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!” (Remastered 2012) (04:55)
1-4. Sir Georg Solti – “Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialalei!” (Remastered 2012) (02:23)
1-5. Sir Georg Solti – “Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lacht in den Grund” (Remastered 2012) (05:49)
1-6. Gustav Neidlinger – “Der Welt Erbe Gewänn’ ich zu eigen durch dich?” (Remastered 2012) (04:24)
1-7. Kirsten Flagstad – “Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!” (Remastered 2012) (10:52)
1-8. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Sanft schloß Schlaf dein Aug'” (Remastered 2012) (07:27)
1-9. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Zu mir, Freia!” (Remastered 2012) (01:40)
1-10. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Endlich, Loge!” (Remastered 2012) (03:44)
1-11. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!” (Remastered 2012) (07:01)
1-12. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Ein Runenzauber zwingt das Gold zum Reif” (Remastered 2012) (03:07)
1-13. Kurt Böhme – “Hör’, Wotan, der Harrenden Wort!” (Remastered 2012) (02:47)
1-14. Set Svanholm – “Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?” (Remastered 2012) (05:09)
1-15. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Auf, Loge, hinab zu mir!… Hehe! Hehe!” (Remastered 2012) (04:28)
1-16. Gustav Neidlinger – “Schau, du Schelm!” (Remastered 2012) (02:07)
1-17. Set Svanholm – “Nibelheim hier” (Remastered 2012) (05:20)
1-18. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Nehmt euch in acht!” (Remastered 2012) (07:32)
1-19. George London – “Vergeh, frevelnder Gauch!” (Remastered 2012) (03:55)
1-20. Set Svanholm – “Ohe! Ohe! Schreckliche Schlange” (Remastered 2012) (06:29)
1-21. Sir Georg Solti – “Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!” (Remastered 2012) (04:40)
1-22. Gustav Neidlinger – “Gezahlt hab’ich: nun laßt mich ziehn!” (Remastered 2012) (05:35)
1-23. Gustav Neidlinger – “Bin ich nun frei?” (Remastered 2012) (04:08)
1-24. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern” (Remastered 2012) (05:17)
1-25. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Gepflanzt sind die Pfähle nach Pfandes Maß” (Remastered 2012) (05:47)
1-26. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Weiche, Wotan, weiche!” (Remastered 2012) (06:00)
1-27. George London – “Hört, ihr Riesen!” (Remastered 2012) (06:33)
1-28. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft” (Remastered 2012) (03:11)
1-29. George London – “Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge” (Remastered 2012) (04:50)
1-30. Hetty Plümacher – “Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!” (Remastered 2012) (03:41)
2-1. Sir Georg Solti – Orchestervorspiel (Remastered 2012) (03:15)
2-2. Sir Georg Solti – “Wes Herd dies auch, hier muß ich rasten” (Remastered 2012) (04:02)
2-3. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Kühlende Labung gab mir der Quell” (Remastered 2012) (09:34)
2-4. Régine Crespin – “Müd am Herd fand ich den Mann” (Remastered 2012) (05:06)
2-5. James King – “Friedmund darf ich nicht heißen” (Remastered 2012) (04:26)
2-6. Sir Georg Solti – “Aus dem Wald trieb es mich fort” (Remastered 2012) (06:01)
2-7. Sir Georg Solti – “Ich weiß ein wildes Geschlecht” (Remastered 2012) (05:40)
2-8. Sir Georg Solti – “Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater” (Remastered 2012) (06:09)
2-9. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Schläfst du, Gast?” (Remastered 2012) (06:46)
2-10. Sir Georg Solti – “Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond” (Remastered 2012) (02:54)
2-11. Sir Georg Solti – “Du bist der Lenz” (Remastered 2012) (06:44)
2-12. Régine Crespin – “Wehwalt heißt du fürwahr?” (Remastered 2012) (05:06)
2-13. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Vorspiel (Remastered 2012) (02:16)
2-14. Hans Hotter – “Nun zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid” (Remastered 2012) (02:49)
2-15. Christa Ludwig – “Der alte Sturm, die alte Müh'” (Remastered 2012) (04:40)
2-16. Sir Georg Solti – “So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Göttern” (Remastered 2012) (02:57)
2-17. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Nichts lerntest du” (Remastered 2012) (05:15)
2-18. Sir Georg Solti – “Was verlangst du?” (Remastered 2012) (06:16)
2-19. Sir Georg Solti – “Schlimm, fürcht ich, schloß der Streit” (Remastered 2012) (04:42)
2-20. Hans Hotter – “Was keinem in Worten ich künde” (Remastered 2012) (06:06)
2-21. Hans Hotter – “Ein andres ist ‘s: achte es wohl” (Remastered 2012) (10:29)
2-22. Birgit Nilsson – “O sag, künde, was soll nun dein Kind?” (Remastered 2012) (07:02)
2-23. James King – “Raste nun hier; gönne dir Ruh!” (Remastered 2012) (03:27)
2-24. Régine Crespin – “Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte!” (Remastered 2012) (08:11)
2-25. Sir Georg Solti – “Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!” (Remastered 2012) (07:18)
2-26. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hehr bist du, und heilig” (Remastered 2012) (05:57)
2-27. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “So wenig achtest du ewige Wonne?” (Remastered 2012) (05:05)
2-28. James King – “Zauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf” (Remastered 2012) (03:59)
2-29. Sir Georg Solti – “Kehrte der Vater nur heim” (Remastered 2012) (06:11)
2-30. Vera Schlosser – “Hojotoho! Heiaha!” (Remastered 2012) (08:24)
2-31. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Schützt mich und helft in höchster Not” (Remastered 2012) (03:17)
2-32. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich” (Remastered 2012) (05:19)
2-33. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Steh, Brünnhild'” (Remastered 2012) (00:56)
2-34. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Wo ist Brünnhild’, wo die Verbrecherin?” (Remastered 2012) (04:07)
2-35. Sir Georg Solti – “Hier bin ich, Vater” (Remastered 2012) (04:09)
2-36. Brigitte Fassbaender – “Wehe! Weh! Schwester, ach Schwester!” (Remastered 2012) (04:24)
2-37. Birgit Nilsson – “War es so schmählich?” (Remastered 2012) (05:19)
2-38. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Nicht weise bin ich, doch wusst’ ich das eine” (Remastered 2012) (04:48)
2-39. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “So tatest du, was so gern zu tun ich begehrt” (Remastered 2012) (06:48)
2-40. Birgit Nilsson – “Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht” (Remastered 2012) (05:33)
2-41. Hans Hotter – “Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind” (Remastered 2012) (02:18)
2-42. Hans Hotter – “Denn einer nur freie die Braut” (Remastered 2012) (09:57)
2-43. Hans Hotter – “Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!” (Remastered 2012) (04:53)
3-1. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Vorspiel (Remastered 2012) (03:45)
3-2. Sir Georg Solti – “Zwangvolle Plage! Müh ohne Zweck!” (Remastered 2012) (04:14)
3-3. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein! Hau ein!” (Remastered 2012) (01:39)
3-4. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Du hast die Stücken, schändlicher Stumpfer!” (Remastered 2012) (02:24)
3-5. Sir Georg Solti – “Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf” (Remastered 2012) (01:39)
3-6. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Vieles lehrtest du, Mime” (Remastered 2012) (08:32)
3-7. Gerhard Stolze – “Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib” (Remastered 2012) (05:39)
3-8. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Und diese Stücken sollst du mir schmieden” (Remastered 2012) (01:20)
3-9. Sir Georg Solti – “Da stürmt er hin!” (Remastered 2012) (01:46)
3-10. Sir Georg Solti – “Heil dir, weiser Schmied!” (Remastered 2012) (03:36)
3-11. Hans Hotter – “Hier sitz’ ich am Herd” (Remastered 2012) (10:23)
3-12. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Was zu wissen dir frommt” (Remastered 2012) (07:21)
3-13. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Die Stücken! Das Schwert! O weh! Mir schwindelt!” (Remastered 2012) (02:51)
3-14. Sir Georg Solti – “Verfluchtes Licht” (Remastered 2012) (01:02)
3-15. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Heda! Du Fauler!” (Remastered 2012) (00:28)
3-16. Sir Georg Solti – “Bist du es, Kind?” (Remastered 2012) (02:54)
3-17. Gerhard Stolze – “Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald” (Remastered 2012) (05:12)
3-18. Sir Georg Solti – “Her mit den Stücken” (Remastered 2012) (03:11)
3-19. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert!” (Remastered 2012) (08:27)
3-20. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! Hoho! Hahei! Hoho! Hahei! Einst färbte Blut dein falbes Blau” (Remastered 2012) (05:52)
3-21. Sir Georg Solti – Vorspiel (Remastered 2012) (05:15)
3-22. Sir Georg Solti – “In Wald und Nacht” (Remastered 2012) (02:12)
3-23. Hans Hotter – “Zur Neidhöhle fuhr ich bei Nacht” (Remastered 2012) (05:47)
3-24. Sir Georg Solti – “Mit mir nicht, hadre mit Mime” (Remastered 2012) (02:20)
3-25. Hans Hotter – “Fafner! Fafner ! Erwache, Wurm!” (Remastered 2012) (02:46)
3-26. Hans Hotter – “Nun, Alberich! das schlug fehl” (Remastered 2012) (03:38)
3-27. Sir Georg Solti – “Wir sind zur Stelle!” (Remastered 2012) (06:05)
3-28. Sir Georg Solti – “Daß der mein Vater nicht ist” (Remastered 2012) (01:43)
3-29. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Aber wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus?” (Waldweben) (Remastered 2012) (02:32)
3-30. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Meine Mutter, ein Menschenweib!” (Remastered 2012) (05:50)
3-31. Kurt Böhme – “Haha! Da hätte mein Lied!” (Remastered 2012) (05:33)
3-32. Sir Georg Solti – “Wer bist du, kühner Knabe” (Remastered 2012) (04:31)
3-33. Sir Georg Solti – “Zur Kunde taugt kein Toter” (Remastered 2012) (02:13)
3-34. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Wohin schleichst du” (Remastered 2012) (02:44)
3-35. Sir Georg Solti – “Was ihr mit nützt, weiß ich nicht” (Remastered 2012) (02:54)
3-36. Gerhard Stolze – “Willkommen, Siegfried” (Remastered 2012) (08:57)
3-37. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Da lieg auch du, dunkler Wurm!” (Remastered 2012) (08:53)
3-38. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Vorspiel (Remastered 2012) (02:00)
3-39. Sir Georg Solti – “Wache, Wala!” (Remastered 2012) (01:57)
3-40. Sir Georg Solti – “Stark ruft das Lied” (Remastered 2012) (10:34)
3-41. Hans Hotter – “Dir Unweisen ruf’ ich ins Ohr” (Remastered 2012) (04:46)
3-42. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort!” (Remastered 2012) (00:23)
3-43. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Wohin, Knabe, heisst dich dein Weg?” (Remastered 2012) (05:19)
3-44. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Kenntest du mich” (Remastered 2012) (05:13)
3-45. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Mit zerfochtner Waffe wich mir der Feige?” (Remastered 2012) (03:49)
3-46. Sir Georg Solti – “Seliger Öde auf wonniger Höh’ ” (Remastered 2012) (07:06)
3-47. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Das ist kein Mann!” (Remastered 2012) (07:06)
3-48. Sir Georg Solti – “Heil dir, Sonne!” (Brünnhildes Erwachen) (Remastered 2012) (06:08)
3-49. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “O Siegfried!” (Remastered 2012) (06:48)
3-50. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Dort seh’ ich Grane” (Remastered 2012) (08:04)
3-51. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Ewig war ich” (Remastered 2012) (11:17)
4-1. Helen Watts – “Welch Licht leuchtet dort?” (Remastered 2012) (07:44)
4-2. Sir Georg Solti – “Treu beratner Verträge Runen” (Remastered 2012) (02:07)
4-3. Helen Watts – “Es ragt die Burg, von Riesen gebaut” (Remastered 2012) (08:04)
4-4. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde” (Remastered 2012) (06:35)
4-5. Sir Georg Solti – “Willst du mir Minne schenken” (Remastered 2012) (05:37)
4-6. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “O heilige Götter! Hehre Geschlechter!” (Remastered 2012) (02:26)
4-7. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Orchesterzwischenspiel (Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt) (Remastered 2012) (05:56)
4-8. Sir Georg Solti – “Nun hör, Hagen, sage mir, Held” (Remastered 2012) (02:33)
4-9. Sir Georg Solti – “Wen rätst du nun zu frein” (Remastered 2012) (08:03)
4-10. Sir Georg Solti – “Jagt er auf Taten wonnig umher” (Remastered 2012) (03:43)
4-11. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Wer ist Gibichs Sohn?” (Remastered 2012) (02:02)
4-12. Sir Georg Solti – “Begrüße froh, o Held, die Halle” (Remastered 2012) (03:58)
4-13. Claire Watson – “Willkommen, Gast, in Gibichs Haus” (Remastered 2012) (03:51)
4-14. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Deinem Bruder bot ich mich zum Mann” (Remastered 2012) (03:57)
4-15. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Blühenden Lebens labendes Blut” (Remastered 2012) (04:18)
4-16. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Frisch auf die Fahrt!” (Remastered 2012) (02:33)
4-17. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Hier sitz’ ich zur Wacht” (Remastered 2012) (10:54)
4-18. Birgit Nilsson – “Altgewohntes Geräusch raunt meinem Ohr in die Ferne” (Remastered 2012) (07:17)
4-19. Sir Georg Solti – “Höre mit Sinn, was ich dir sage” (Remastered 2012) (10:31)
4-20. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Welch banger Träume Mären” (Remastered 2012) (07:05)
4-21. Birgit Nilsson – “Was leckt so wütend” (Remastered 2012) (01:39)
4-22. Sir Georg Solti – “Brünnhild’! Ein Freier kam” (Remastered 2012) (09:03)
4-23. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Orchestervorspiel (Remastered 2012) (03:50)
4-24. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Schläfst du, Hagen, mein Sohn?” (Remastered 2012) (09:06)
4-25. Sir Georg Solti – “Hoiho, Hagen! Müder Mann!” (Remastered 2012) (02:37)
4-26. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Heiß mich willkommen, Gibichskind!” (Remastered 2012) (03:51)
4-27. Gottlob Frick – “Hoiho! Ihr Gibichsmannen” (Remastered 2012) (08:59)
4-28. Sir Georg Solti – “Heil dir, Gunther!” (Remastered 2012) (03:41)
4-29. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Gegrüsst sei, teurer Held!” (Remastered 2012) (04:29)
4-30. Sir Georg Solti – “Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand” (Remastered 2012) (03:16)
4-31. Wiener Staatsopernchor – “Heil’ge Götter, himmlische Lenker!” (Remastered 2012) (05:31)
4-32. Wiener Staatsopernchor – “Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe!” (Remastered 2012) (03:00)
4-33. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Gunther, wehr deinem Weibe” (Remastered 2012) (03:09)
4-34. Sir Georg Solti – “Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen?” (Remastered 2012) (03:46)
4-35. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Vertraue mir, betrogne Frau” (Remastered 2012) (03:25)
4-36. Gottlob Frick – “Auf Gunther, edler Gibichung” (Remastered 2012) (08:16)
4-37. Sir Georg Solti – Orchestervorspiel (Remastered 2012) (01:42)
4-38. Lucia Popp – “Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen” (Remastered 2012) (04:40)
4-39. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Ein Albe führte mich irr” (Remastered 2012) (03:30)
4-40. Wolfgang Windgassen – “Was leid’ ich doch das karge Lob?” (Remastered 2012) (01:22)
4-41. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Siegfried!” (Remastered 2012) (07:27)
4-42. Wiener Staatsopernchor – “Hoiho!” (Remastered 2012) (03:35)
4-43. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – “Trink, Gunther, trink” (Remastered 2012) (02:24)
4-44. Sir Georg Solti – “Mime hieß ein mürrischer Zwerg” (Remastered 2012) (04:35)
4-45. Wiener Staatsopernchor – “In Leid zu dem Wipfel lauscht’ ich hinauf” (Remastered 2012) (05:22)
4-46. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – “Brünnhilde, heilige Braut” (Siegfrieds Tod) (Remastered 2012) (05:21)
4-47. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra – Trauermarsch (Remastered 2012) (06:34)
4-48. Claire Watson – “War das sein Horn?” (Remastered 2012) (02:34)
4-49. Sir Georg Solti – “Hoiho! Hoiho! Wacht auf! Wacht auf!” (Remastered 2012) (02:38)
4-50. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – Nicht klage wider mich (Remastered 2012) (02:04)
4-51. Sir Georg Solti – Schweigt eures Jammers jauchzenden Schwall (Remastered 2012) (03:45)
4-52. Birgit Nilsson – Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Remastered 2012) (08:54)
4-53. Birgit Nilsson – Mein Erbe nun nehm’ ich zu eigen (Remastered 2012) (02:31)
4-54. Sir Georg Solti – Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Immolation Scene) (Remastered 2012) (08:40)

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