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Title: Wagner: Das Rheingold
Condition: New
Format: Blu-ray
Genre: Classical
Topic: Opera/Stage Works
Release Date: 10/30/2015
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
First performed as a cycle of four operas in 1876, Wagner's visionary Der Ring des Nibelungen is one of the greatest works of art. Centred around a ring which offers its bearer ultimate power and the attempts of various people to acquire it, the Ring cycle explores the relationship between love and earthly power and the themes of yearning and loss, all within a setting of meieval legend. The Prologue Das Theingold depicts the theft and subsequent surrender of the ring forged from the Rhinemaidens' gold by the Nibelung dwarf Alberich.

REVIEW
"The orchestra's playing, bolstered by marvelous performances by brasses and woodwinds, is consistently on an aptly Wagnerian scale, and Zweden paces a performance of grandeur and gravity."
--Joseph Newsome, Voix-des-arts.com, November 4, 2015

Classics Today: Artistic Quality 9 Sound Quality 9
"...It makes you hungry for the rest..."

"...The recording is clean and clear, with no artificial anything. Van Zweden's approach is closest in memory to Herbert von Karajan's-intimate and chamber-like, a family drama that happens to be played out in magical, mythological terms. Also like Karajan, van Zweden takes his time (at 2 hours and 33 minutes, this is on the longish side) and offers seamless segues between scenes..."

"...The Hong Kong Philharmonic is not Berlin or Vienna or the Met, but it has nothing to fear-the playing throughout is smooth and handsome....

"...The back and forth between the fine, unexaggerated Fricka of Michelle De Young and the remarkable, surprising Wotan of Matthias Goerne is natural and familiar, and Goerne is the surprise of the performance. His experience and expertise as a Lieder singer comes in very handy in this opera: his interacting with Loge and his cajoling of Mime and Alberich all are textually and dynamically right-on. The bottom of the voice sounds remarkably rich, and while the top notes are brighter than we normally hear, he has authority..."

"...this new set gives a wonderful overall view of this opera, and at a remarkable price." --Robert Levine, ClassicsToday.com, November 6, 2015
Studio: Naxos Music UK
Language: English
Actor: David Cangelosi, Matthias Goerne, Stephen Milling, Aurhelia Varak, Peter Sidhorn
No Of Discs: 1
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
MPN: NBD0049
Release Year: 2015

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