Wagner: Götterdämmerung BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Götterdämmerung BLU-RAY AUDIO ONLY
Gun-Brit Barkmin, Daniel Brenna, Eric Halfvarson, Shenyang / Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden
[ Naxos Blu-Ray Audio / Blu-ray Disc ]
Release Date: Friday 1 February 2019
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24-bit, 96 kHz Stereo and Surround Recordings
This unique programme is the first time that all the ballet music from Verdi's operas has been brought together in a single recording. Although The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani (The Sicilian Vespers) and the ballet scenes from Aida and Otello have survived, substantial pieces from Il trovatore and Don Carlo are more often cut, while the ballet from Jérusalem is all but unknown. José Serebrier's recordings with the Bournemouth Symphony have resulted in some great successes with unusual repertoire. This release will be of interest both to opera enthusiasts and to those eager to explore Verdi's neglected and relatively small body of concert music.
"Barkmin brings imagination and flair. It's quite a 'white' voice and not a huge one but she's a committed projector of the drama. Brenna's voice, again not heavy but well focused, certainly records comfortably and he is always fully in touch with the dramatic requirements. Eric Halfvarson's Hagen, more experienced than this pair, is both vicious and frightening…There's little dull here, it always sounds good and it could make for an ideal economic first-time listen to the work." Gramophone
"There's a real sense of continuity, of broad spans, to van Zweden's conducting. There's also a meticulous attention to detail, and the recording manages to achieve that elusive combination of transparency and depth of sound to the orchestral playing…A largely decent and rewarding recording, then, even if some of the casting leaves one wishing for more" Opera
"Orchestrally at least, the climax to this Ring, which began four years ago with a promising Rheingold, is magnificent. Van Zweden is a symphonic Wagnerian, teasing out rarely heard details from the score in the great orchestral set pieces. Vocally, it's mixed." Sunday Times
Tracks:
Ballet Music from Otello, Macbeth, Jérusalem, Don Carlo, Aida, Il trovatore and I vespri siciliani
