Elder Wagner Series
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedKatarina Dalayman (Brünnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gunther), Attila Jun (Hagen), Nancy Gustafson (Gutrune), Susan Bickley (Waltraute), Andrew Shore (Alberich)
The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
This is a beautifully paced performance - measured, poetic but dynamic. The orchestra responds superbly....Katarina Dalayman is one of the most appealing Brünnhildes on disc, Lars Cleveman a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Opera Finalist
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Opera
5 CDs
$34.75Downloads
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
Samuel Youn (Alberich), Iain Paterson (Wotan), Susan Bickley (Fricka), Emma Bell (Freia), Reinhard Hagen (Fasolt), Clive Bayley (Fafner), David Stout (Donner), David Butt Philip (Froh), Will Hartmann (Loge), Nicky Spence (Mime) & Susanne Resmark (Erda)
The Halle, Sir Mark Elder
The Hallé’s strings don’t have the Hong Kong Philharmonic’s lustre in Jaap van Zweden Naxos version, and the recording isn’t as vivid; but with the glowing brass transition to the heights, the... — More…
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Record Review, 2nd June 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2018
3 CDs
$22.50Downloads
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Wagner: Die Walküre
Stig Andersen (Siegmund), Yvonne Howard (Sieglinde), Clive Bayley (Hunding), Egils Silins (Wotan), Susan Bullock (Brünnhilde), Susan Bickley (Fricka)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Elder is the driving force, with an approach that's powerfully measured and beautifully detailed, nowhere more so than in Act 1. His cast is also excellent...[Howard's] nervy, vulnerable Sieglinde... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, Opera Choice
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Opera, September 2012, Recording of the Month
4 CDs
$31.75Downloads
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Wagner: Siegfried
Simon O’Neill (Siegfried), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Iain Paterson (The Wanderer), Martin Winkler (Alberich), Clive Bayley (Fafner), Malin Christensson (Woodbird), Anna Larsson (Erda), Rachel Nicholls (Brünnhilde)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
The outstanding performances here come from the Hallé and their music director. With quality playing from all departments, Wagner’s complex orchestral timbres are carefully presented, while... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2019, Editor's Choice
4 CDs
$31.75Downloads
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Katarina Dalayman (Brünnhilde), Lars Cleveman (Siegfried), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gunther), Attila Jun (Hagen), Nancy Gustafson (Gutrune), Susan Bickley (Waltraute), Andrew Shore (Alberich)
The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
This is a beautifully paced performance - measured, poetic but dynamic. The orchestra responds superbly....Katarina Dalayman is one of the most appealing Brünnhildes on disc, Lars Cleveman a... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Parsifal
Lars Cleveman (Parsifal), Katarina Dalayman (Kundry), Sir John Tomlinson (Gurnemanz), Detlef Roth (Amfortas), Tom Fox (Klingsor), Reinhard Hagen (Titurel)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
The Hallé offers playing worthy of the orchestra’s long Wagner tradition. Elder’s very slow Prologue reminds us of his journeyman days under Reginald Goodall, leading into a luminous, measured... — More…
4 CDs
$31.75Downloads
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