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Wagner: Die Walküre Presenting Sponsor: Dr. Douglas MitchellSACD Hybrid Multi-channel
Asher Fisch (Conductor) |
Price:
AU$120.00
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"As ground-breaking as Georg Solti's 1959-1966 Decca recording." Anna Picard - Bloomberg (USA) Die Walküre is the award-winning first release in Melba’s recording of the State Opera of South Australia’s 2004 production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The cycle of four operas which comprise the Ring is the largest single recording project ever undertaken in Australia. The recording of the Ring Cycle would not have been possible without the support of the Australian Government. In May 2004, the Federal Government awarded a grant of $5 million over five years to the Melba Foundation for the production of high-quality music recordings to showcase Australian artists on the world classical music stage. The four operas of approximately 16 hours duration is the world’s first 6-channel super audio CD (SACD) recording of The Ring in surround sound. The significance of this was noted in the January 2005 editorial of Gramophone magazine. It is a lasting tribute to the outstanding Adelaide production of Wagner’s masterpiece and to the predominantly Australian cast. The $15.3 million production blitzed the 2005 Helpmann Awards, winning ten of its eleven nominations and earning critical accolades. Brilliant young Israeli conductor Asher Fisch conducts the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and singers Lisa Gasteen, who is cast as Brünnhilde, Stuart Skelton as Siegmund, John Wegner as Alberich, Richard Greager as Mime, Deborah Riedel as Sieglinde and Jonathan Summers as Gunther.The recording involved 65 microphones recording 60 hours of performances at the Adelaide Festival Centre. The production itself was massive, involving 129 orchestral players, 70 chorus members, 27 principal singers – all but three of them Australian – and a backstage crew of 75. Biographical Links Conductor Principals Stuart Skelton (Siegmund) Deborah Riedel (Sieglinde) Richard Green (Hunding) John Bröcheler (Wotan) Lisa Gasteen AO (Brünnhilde) Elizabeth Campbell (Fricka) The Valkyries Elizabeth Stannard (Gerhilde) Lisa Harper-Brown (Ortlinde) Liane Keegan (Waltraute) Zan McKendree-Wright (Schwertleite) Kate Ladner (Helmwige) Gaye MacFarlane (Siegrune) Jennifer Barnes (Grimgerde) Donna-Maree Dunlop (Rossweise) Read Humphrey McQueen's essay on Wagner: Our Contemporary Read an interview with the producer on How We Recorded the Ring
Sound Samples: CD1 19. Siegmund – so nenn ich dich! (Sieglinde) Listen now (MP3 725K) CD4 1. The Ride of the Valkyries Listen now (MP3 604K) |
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