Wagner: Götterdämmerung (2006)

With this Götterdämmerung, English historical label Testamentconcluded its releases of the long un-issued first stereo recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen from the 1955 Bayreuth Festival performance. Shelved by Decca when it opted to record the work in the studio with Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic, the release of the first stereo Ring was eagerly anticipated by older listeners who wanted to rediscover the glory that was the '50s Bayreuth Festival and by younger listeners who wanted to know why the '50s ... Read More

With this Götterdämmerung, English historical label Testamentconcluded its releases of the long un-issued first stereo recording of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen from the 1955 Bayreuth Festival performance. Shelved by Decca when it opted to record the work in the studio with Solti and the Vienna Philharmonic, the release of the first stereo Ring was eagerly anticipated by older listeners who wanted to rediscover the glory that was the '50s Bayreuth Festival and by younger listeners who wanted to know why the '50s Bayreuth Festivals were considered glorious. What will the dispassionate listener actually hear in the 1955 Bayreuth Götterdämmerung? Respectable but uninspired conducting, more than decent but less than brilliant sound, and unbelievably great singing. Joseph Keilberth was an interesting conductor in selected works of Reger and Bruckner, but his Wagner proves merely efficient without the dramatic fire of Clemens Krauss' 1953 Bayreuth Ring or the epic flow of Hans Knappertsbusch's 1956... Read Less

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