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Disc One 9 Scene 1 - In Wald und Nacht (2:16) 1 Act I, Vorspiel (3:49) A Act 2, Scene 1 - Zur Neidhöhle fuhr ich bei Nacht (6:30) 2 Scene I - Zwangvolle Plage! Müh ohne Zweck! (4:26) III: SIEGFRIED B Act 2, Scene 1 - Mit mir nicht, hadre mit Mime (2:42) 3 Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau ein! Hau ein! (1:57) DISCSISCS 1 & 2 C Act 2, Scene 1 - Fafner! Fafner! Erwache, Wurm! (3:16) 4 Da hast du die Stücken, schändlicher Stümper (2:29) D Act 2, Scene 1 - Nun, Alberich, das schlug fehl (3:37) 5 Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf (1:34) E Act 2, Scene 2 - Wir sind zur Stelle! (6:18) 6 Vieles lehrtest du, Mime (8:36) WOLFGANG WWINDGASSENINDGASSEN F Act 2, Scene 2 - Daß der mein Vater nicht ist (1:43) 7 Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib (5:23) PAUL KKUEN G Act 2, Scene 2 - Aber Wie Sah Meine Mutter Wohl Aus! (2:14) 8 Und diese Stücken sollst du mir schmieden (1:30) H Act 2, Scene 2 - Meine Mutter, Ein Menschenweib! (6:33) STRID ARNAY 9 Da stürmt er hin! (1:56) ASTRID VVARNAY A Scene 2 - Heil dir, weiser Schmied! (3:32) Siegfried Wolfgang Windgassen HANS HHOTTER B Hier sitz' ich am Herd und setze mein Haupt (10:05) Mime Paul Kuen GUSTAV NNEIDLINGER C Was zu wissen dir frommt, solltest du fragen (7:33) G N Brünnhilde D Die Stücken! Das Schwert! O weh! Mir schwindelt! (3:05) Wanderer JJOSEF GGREINDL Alberich Gustav Neidlinger Disc Two MARIA VON IILOSVAY Fafner Josef Greindl 1 Act I, Scene 3 - Verfluchtes Licht! (1:08) Erda Maria von Ilosvay RITAITA SSTREICH 2 Heda! Du Fauler! (0:33) Waldvogel Rita Streich 3 Bist du es, Kind! (3:21) CHOR UND OORCHESTER DER BBAYREUTHER FFESTSPIELE 4 Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald (5:10) Live recording , 10th August 1953 CONDUCTOR:: CCLEMENS KKRAUSS 5 Her mit den Stücken, fort mit dem Stümper! (3:35) 6 Notung! Notung! Neidliches Schwert! (8:09) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 7 Hoho! Hoho! Hahei! (6:30) 8 Act 2, Vorspiel (5:09) Conductor:

XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, March 2010 Cover artwork detail from painting Siegfried comes upon the sleeping Brünnhilde by Arthur Rackham Total duration: 4hr 02:11 ©2010 Pristine Audio. L IVE RECORDING FROM ESTSPIELHAUS AYREUTH UGUST SARL Pristine Audio, Le Bourg, 24610 St. Méard de Gurçon, - Tel. +33 (0)5 53 82 18 57 - Internet: www.pristineclassical.com L IVE RECORDING FROM FFESTSPIELHAUS BBAYREUTH,, AAUGUST 10,10, 19531953 PACO041a WAGNER SIEGFRIED (DISCS ONE AND TWO) PACO 041a KRAUSS, BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCH & CHORUS, SOLOISTS , r e d es for es estroy its g, the g, s as s ws er to er otices from ill fear in ill fear burned derings urnfor agon. ed drink.ed imself as imself ers to ers hbrings well. PACO041a L n it, andMime nit, ies quickly recognize each other. Alberich blusters Alberich other. each quicklyrecognize ies otting to obtain the Ring for himself, havingraise Ringhimself, for obtainto the otting he can learn fear from this woman, heads towardth heads this woman, from fear learn can he egfried decides to do it himself. He succeeds by succeeds He do to himself. it decides egfried t harshly treated; the name of the blade that can d can blade that ofthe name the treated; harshly t d leaves Mime's head forfeit to that person. that to headforfeit Mime's leaves d . As Siegfried waits for the dragon to appear, he n he appear, to dragon the for waits Siegfried As . n the surface, and the skies. These are the Nibelun the are These skies. and the surface, the n älsungs and Nothung. However, he is unable älsungs he answeto and Nothung. However, ime quarrel loudly over the treasure. Alberich hide Alberich loudlytreasure. quarrel the over ime e the sword.the e is forced to wager his own head on three more riddl more hisown on three head wager to forced is o fight him, and offers to prevent the fight inret fight the prevent to andhim, offers o fight 's mother, Sieglinde, who Sieglinde, sho died He givingmother, birth. 's ts, and he stabs him to death. Alberich, observing Alberich, death. him to and stabs he ts, offer Siegfried after the youth has defeated the dr the youthdefeated has the after Siegfried offer tions or riddles from Mime. The dwarf agrees inord dwarf agrees The Mime. tions riddles or from t he can understand the woodbird's understand can he Following the song. t n in disguise) arrives at the door andthe introduces h at inndisguise) arrives t intend to interfere, only to observe. He even off even He observe. only to interfere, intend to t ied draws his sword from the corpse, his hands are corpse, iedthe drawssword his from y blade he has made. Siegfried returns from his wan his from returns Siegfried made. has bladehe y s Fafner's body in the cave entrance to block it as blockto it entrance cave body in the Fafner's s with it. who does not know fear" and that unless he can inst unless can whohe andthat knowdoes not fear" pristineclassical.com nsuccessful. He then plays a tuneon horn,whic a his plays then He nsuccessful. ned the meaning of fear. Mime offers him the poisonthe him offers Mime fear. of meaning nedthe r is an essential craft; Siegfried is eager to lear to eager is Siegfried craft; anessential is r th Nothung. th ndwithdraws. Alberich WO IEGFRIEDIEGFRIED IEGFRIEDIEGFRIED S S SS & T

NE O ISCS D ve, where Alberich is keeping a vigil. The oldvigil.The enem a is keeping Alberich where ve, s cave within the forest. The Nibelungpldwarf isThe withinforest. cave the s k surrounded by magic fire. Siegfried, wondering if Siegfried, surroundedkfire. magic by gives the answer to the first two questions: the W the two questions: first the to answer the gives r to name the races that live beneath the ground,o the livebeneath that races the name to r tained from her, and Siegfried orders him to reforg to him orders and Siegfried her, from tained s to draw back while Siegfried confronts the dragon the whiledraw confronts back to Siegfried s . Alberich warns the dragon that a hero is coming t coming is hero a that dragon the warns Alberich . dragon. Since Mime was unable to forge Nothung,Si unablewas Mime forge to Since dragon. Mime is forced to explain how tookin explain to he Siegfried forced is Mime wers. Mime tells the Wanderer to be onbuthis way be to Wanderer the tells Mime wers. allows Siegfried to read Mime's treacherous though treacherous Mime's read to allows Siegfried nstrates its strength by chopping anvil the by in half strength its nstrates him to name the race most beloved of Wotan, but beloved mos ofWotan, most race the name to him ied; Siegfried complains that he has stillnot lear has he complainsthat Siegfried ied; om Fafner's hoard. Outside the cave, Alberich andM Alberich cave, the Outsidehoard. Fafner's om progress. Mime realizes that Siegfried is "the one one is "the Siegfried that realizes Mime progress. , and tells him to beware of treachery. When Siegfr When oftreachery. beware to and him tells , for Siegfried to use, but the youth broken ever butthe has use, to Siegfried for "he who does not know fear" can reforge Nothung,an reforge whocan not knowdoes"he fear" em to his mouth. On tasting the blood,finds the tha he tasting mouth. histo On em uest he wagers his head on answering any three ques three any onhisanswering head wagers he uest y fight, and Siegfried stabs Fafner in the heart wi heart inthe Fafner stabs and Siegfried fight, y ling the World. Wotan calmly states that he does no doeshe that states calmly World. Wotan ling the Wanderer's prediction. He tells Siegfried that fea that Siegfried tells He prediction. Wanderer's o mimic the bird's song using a reed pipe, but pipe, u is bird's song usingreed a the mimic o erich's offer, and returns to sleep. Wotan leaves a leaves Wotan sleep. to and returns offer, erich's w. In the meantime, Mime brews a poisoneda brews drinkMime to meantime, Inthe w. eyond his skill to repair Nothung.An old his eyond(Wota skill man repair to throws Mime's body into the treasure cave andplace cave treasure body into the throws Mime's WAGNER WAGNER WAGNERWAGNER Notes from Wikipedia - Further notes online atwww. online notes Further - Wikipedia from Notes The Wanderer arrives at the entrance to Fafner's ca Fafner's to entrance the at arrives Wanderer The Mime, Alberich's brother, is forging a blade ina hi forging is brother, Alberich's Mime,

Siegfried comes out of the cave. Mime greets Siegfr greets Mime cave. outofthe comes Siegfried blooddragon's of the effect lingering the However, mountain. instructions, he takes the Ring and the Tarnhelm fr RingTarnhelm and the the takes he instructions, offstage, shouts sadistic laughter. Siegfried then then Siegfried shoutslaughter. sadistic offstage, Giants, and the Gods, as the Wanderer correctly ans correctly Wanderer the as Gods, and the Giants, breaking the law of hospitality. The Wanderer asks asks Wanderer The lawhospitality. of the breaking Fafner out of his cave. After a short exchange, the exchange, short a After outofhis cave. Fafner blood,dragon's putsandth instinctively he the by In his last moments, Fafner learns Siegfried's name Siegfried's learns Fafner moments, Inhis last a woodbird in a tree. Befriending it, he attempts t attempts he it, Befriending woodbird a in tree. a the ring. Fafner dismisses the threat, declines Alb declines threat, the dismisses Fafner ring. the Siegfried departs, leaving Mime in despair: it is b it inleaving despair: Mime departs, Siegfried the Wanderer. In return for the hospitality duehospitality g a the for In return Wanderer. the Wandere the asks He dispose hisunwelcome of guest. Fafner; and the person who can make the blade. Mimeblade. the make who person can andthe Fafner; him, Siegfried will with Siegfried kill him, the himin accordance the bringingFafner himhim to by teach to promises shredding the metal, melting it, and casting it ane it and casting it, melting metal, shredding the (These notes arecover) nextCDthe continued (Theseon notes boasting of his plans for regaining the ring andring ru the regaining ofhisboastingfor plans woodbird The roc nowa onwoman sleeping a sings of awaken Fafner so that Alberich can bargain withbargain him can Alberich that so Fafner awaken Siegfried to kill Fafner for him. He needs a sworda needs He him. for kill to Siegfried Fafner and demanding knowto his parentage, forest, inthe obof Nothung,which he brokenpieces the Siegfried the last. Wotan spares Mime, telling him that only that him telling Mime, spares Wotan last. the Siegfried returns and is annoyed by Mime's lack of lack Mime's andisby annoyed returns Siegfried At daybreak, Siegfried and Mime arrive. Mime decideMime arrive. and Mime Siegfried daybreak, At After he finishes forging the sword, Siegfried demo Siegfried sword, the finishes forging he After Act 2:Act Act 1:Act

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Disc One 8 Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht! (5:32) 1 Act 2, Scene 2 - Haha! Da Hätte Mein Lied (5:45) III: SIEGFRIED 9 O Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held! (6:43) III: S 2 Wer Bist Du, Kühner Knabe, Der Das Herz Mir Traf! (4:53) A Dort seh' ich Grane (8:06) DISCSISCS 3 & 4 3 Zur Kunde Taugt Kein Toter (2:11) B Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (12:08) 4 Scene 3 - Wohin Schleichst Du Eilig Und Schlau (2:39) 5 Was Ihr Mir Nützt, Weiß Ich Nicht (2:43) WOLFGANG WWINDGASSENINDGASSEN 6 Willkommen, Siegfried! (9:06) Siegfried Wolfgang Windgassen PAUL KKUEN 7 Da Lieg Auch Du, Dunkler Wurm! (9:19) Mime Paul Kuen 8 Act 3, Vorspiel (2:08) Brünnhilde Astrid Varnay ASTRIDSTRID VVARNAY 9 Scene 1 - Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach! (2:02) Wanderer Hans Hotter HANS HHOTTER A Stark Ruft Das Lied (10:34) Alberich Gustav Neidlinger Fafner Josef Greindl GUSTAV NNEIDLINGER Disc Two Erda Maria von Ilosvay JJOSEF GGREINDL Waldvogel Rita Streich 1 Act3, Scene 1 - Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr (4:58) MARIA VON IILOSVAY 2 Scene 2 - Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort! (0:25) Live recording Bayreuth Festival, 10th August 1953 3 Wohin, Knabe, heißt dich dein Weg! (5:31) RITAITA SSTREICH 4 Kenntest du mich, kühner Spross (5:18) 5 Mit zerfochtner Waffe wich mir der Feige! (3:53) Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele CHOR UND OORCHESTER DER BBAYREUTHER FFESTSPIELE 6 Scene 3 - Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh'! (6:45) Conductor: Clemens Krauss CONDUCTOR:: CCLEMENS KKRAUSS 7 Das ist kein Mann! (6:57)

XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, March 2010 Cover artwork detail from painting Siegfried comes upon the sleeping Brünnhilde by Arthur Rackham Total duration: 4hr 02:11 ©2010 Pristine Audio. L IVE RECORDING FROM ESTSPIELHAUS AYREUTH UGUST SARL Pristine Audio, Le Bourg, 24610 St. Méard de Gurçon, France - Tel. +33 (0)5 53 82 18 57 - Internet: www.pristineclassical.com L IVE RECORDING FROM FFESTSPIELHAUS BBAYREUTH,, AAUGUST 10,10, 19531953 PACO041b WAGNER SIEGFRIED (DISCS THREE & FOUR) PACO 041b KRAUSS, BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCH & CHORUS, SOLOISTS . g their haracter PACO041b L ring confused, is unable to offer any unable confused,ring is offer to ung), by RichardWagner. It erformance ofRing.The with Solti he was past his peak. Listen to this to Listen peak. his Soltiwith past was he w from Nothung. Wotan calmly gathers up the gathers Nothung. calmly Wotan w from inks earth. intothe back here and it is worth buying the set for him alone. him for andworthset buying is it the here ther, answers insolently and starts downpath insolently the and answers starts ther, gether, they hail "light-bringing andlaughin they love, gether, sses Brünnhilde, waking her from her magic sleep. magic Brünnhilde,her from waking sses her eritage will be left to Siegfried the Walsung, andthe Siegfried to will left be eritage rnay is nothing less than outstandingnothing than is Brünnhilde less as rnay advantage in other recordings. The thing that makes thing that The recordings. inother advantage re is a man. However, when he removes the armor, he armor, the when removes he However, man. is a re but is also able to portray well the more mature c mature more wellthe portray but to alsoableis Siegfried OUR - Further notes online atwww.pristineclassical.com online notes Further - & F HREE T king. IEGFRIED ISCS ck and summons Erda, the earth goddess. Erda, appea Erda, goddess. earth the ck andsummons Erda, S D Cycle, Steve Taylor notes: Taylor Steve Cycle, on 16on August 1876,as part the of first complete p riseDer desRing Nibelungen (Theof Ring the Nibel Ring WAGNERWAGNER WAGNERWAGNER path, but Siegfried breaks Wotan's spear with a blowith a spear Wotan's breaks but Siegfried path, ied at last experiences fear. In desperation, he kihe Indesperation, fear. experiences last iedat ly is the Wotan of Hans Hotter. He is at his prime his prime at is He Hotter. of Hans Wotan the is ly nd the best Wotan recorded. By the time he recorded he time the By recorded. Wotan best nd the the deed that redeems the World." Dismissed, Erda s Erda Dismissed, World." the redeems that deed the he end of the gods; indeed, it is his desire. His h His his isit desire. indeed,gods; end of the he le is an absolute pleasure to listen to. listen to an absolutepleasure is le outh. Siegfried, who does not recognize hiswho grandfa notouth. recognize doesSiegfried, t appearance in the role and he is heard to better better to heard is andherole inthe appearance t nhilde's rock. At first, he thinks the armored figu armored thinkshethe first, At nhilde'srock. ied's love, and renounces the worldTo gods. the andthe love, of renounces ied's euth in all the years since World War II. Astrid Va Astrid II. World War since euth years inallthe He is at his best in the first two acts of two acts first inthe best his is at He r) . This is the performance of a major star in the ma inthe star major of a performance the isThis . of a previous 1953of a issue ofthe Krauss Notes from Wikipedia and www.wagnerdiscography.com www.wagnerdiscography.com and Wikipedia from Notes The Wanderer appears on the path to Brünnhilde's to pathro on the appears Wanderer The Götterdämmerung

advice. Wotan informs her that he no longer fears t fears longer no he that her informs Wotan advice. These notes are continued from the previous CD cove CD continued are previous the from notes These towards Brünnhilde's rock. The Wanderer blocks his Wanderer The Brünnhilde's towards rock. child (Erda's and Wotan's), Brünnhilde, will andWotan's), "workchild (Erda's y questionsthe Wanderer andthe arrives, Siegfried "I doubt that there has been a greater cast at Bayr at cast greater a been has doubt"I there that pieces vanishes.and pieces on Brün emerging offire, ring the enters Siegfried do,Siegfr to what Uncertain findswoman beneath. a Hesitant at first, BrünnhildeSiegfr wonfirst, is by over at Hesitant death. Siegfried isthe third the of four operas thatcomp receivedits premiere the at Bayreuth Festspielhaus Inhis review She clearly has an intimate understandingro an intimate ofthe has clearly She His singing in this set often astounds me. To my mi my To astoundsoften me. singingHis inset this andwhat you mean!" I will know exactly Act 3:Act in him special in this recording isyouthfulness. his inrecording this him special Wolfgang Windgassen sings Siegfried. It isfirs hisIt Siegfried. Windgassen sings Wolfgang Towering over them both vocally as well as physical well as both as vocally them over Towering

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