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'Those of us old enough to have been in on the origins of the venture still recall the profound satisfaction at finally hearing the veteran Goodall given his head, and at the chance to listen to some of the most considered and thoroughly prepared Wagner ever to appear on disc.'
The Sunday Times 'Goodall may have been slow, but his Wagnerian vision blazes with an intensity and electricity that came from long experience in the theatre, as coach and conductor. In the 1970s, he almost single- handedly built a Wagnerian ensemble to match the world's best.' |
 The Rhinegold 1 'Evening rays flood the sky with splendour'
Norman Bailey, bass-baritone - Wotan
Katherine Pring, mezzo-soprano - Fricka
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The Valkyrie
2 'Oh sweetest enchantment, woman most blessed!'
Alberto Remedios, tenor - Siegmund
Margaret Curphey, soprano - Sieglinde
3 Brünnhilde's Battle Cry
Rita Hunter, soprano - Brünnhilde
4 Announcement of Death
Rita Hunter, soprano - Brünnhilde
Alberto Remedios, tenor - Siegmund
5 Wotan's Farewell
Norman Bailey, bass-baritone - Wotan
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Siegfried
6 Forest Murmurs
Alberto Remedios, tenor - Siegfried
7 'Oh! I cared always'
Rita Hunter, soprano - Brünnhilde
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Twilight of the Gods
8 Hagen 's Watch - Aage Haugland, bass - Hagen
9 'Sleep you, Hagen, my son?' - Derek Hammond-Stroud, baritone - Alberich, Aage Haugland, bass - Hagen
10 'Glad times have come, come to our Rhine ' - chorus - vassals
11 Siegfried's Funeral March
12 Brünnhilde's Immolation - Rita Hunter, soprano - Brünnhilde & Aage Haugland, bass - Hagen
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English National Opera Chorus
English National Opera Orchestra
Reginald Goodall - conductor
Recorded live at the London Coliseum
1973 - Siegfried; 1975 - The Valkyrie & The Rhinegold; 1977 - Twilight of the Gods
Producers - John Mordler & Robert Kinloch Anderson
Sound engineers - Stuart Eltham & Robert Gooch |
