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CD92221 DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Bayreuth 1991, Barenboim
As per a request from Tim a week or so ago, here is Wagner's RING from Bayreuth
1991 as broadcast by WNYC here in New York a few months after the actual
performances took place.
These performances were recorded on VHS tape so as to be able to capture them
complete and have been transferred at 256, stereo. The performances are
absolutely complete and the recordings contain all announcements - save some of
the opening announcements which weren't captured complete -, curtain calls,
commentary, intermission features - usually just a short interview or two, if
that, as these NYC broadcasts took place months after the original Deutsche
Welle broadcasts -, station identifications, and NYC weather too!
The sound is quite good, but there is a steady, fairly heavy curtain of hissy
static throughout all four broadcasts. I vaguely remember that the setup I was
using at the time allowed me to record in crystal clear mono with no noise or
stereo with the noise. I opted for the latter and am still glad I did. If anyone
wants to remaster these to tame that noise, feel free.
Each opera is one LONG mp3 as that suits me. Feel free too, anyone, to divide or
cut or split these up in whatever way suits you.
A request from me, if I may: Does anyone have the 1982 Bayreuth broadcast of
PARSIFAL with Peter Hoffmann and Leonie Rysanek under Levine, complete with
commentary and curtain calls? There are, or were, a number of copies of this on
Operashare over the years but none contained commentary and curtain calls.
Hoping...
... and hoping too that everyone enjoys this RING.
Eddie
DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN Bayreuth 1991
DANIEL BARENBOIM, cond.
DAS RHEINGOLD
July 27 1991
WOTAN John Tomlinson
DONNER Bodo Brinkmann
FROH Kurt Schreibmayer
LOGE Graham Clark
FASOLT Matthias Hölle
FAFNER Philip Kang
ALBERICH Gunther von Kannen
MIME Peter Keller
FRICKA Linda Finnie
FREIA Eva Johansson
ERDA Birgitta Svenden
DIE WALKURE
July 28, 1991
SIEGMUND Poul Elming
HUNDING Matthias Hölle
WOTAN John Tomlinson
SIEGLINDE Nadine Secunde
BRUNNHILDE Deborah Polaski
FRICKA Linda Finnie
SIEGFRIED
July 30, 1991
SIEGFRIED Siegfried Jerusalem
MIME Graham Clark
THE WANDERER John Tomlinson
ALBERICH Günter von Kannen
FAFNER Philip Kang
BRUNNHILDE Anne Evans
ERDA Birgitta Svendén
WALDVOGEL Hilde Leidland
GOTTERDAMMERUNG
Aug 1, 1991
SIEGFRIED Siegfried Jerusalem
GUNTHER Bodo Brinkmann
HAGEN Manfred Schenk
ALBERICH Günter von Kannen
BRUNNHILDE Anne Evans
GUTRUNE Eva-Maria Bundschuh
WALTRAUTE Waltraud Meier
Additional cast info at the beginning and/or end of each act.