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Inflated Wagnerian RepBy reading manThis biography is as interesting for its account of British musical life during Goodall's lifetime as it is for the facts about him.Although he's remembered by many as a colleague and associate of Britten, as well as a conductor of Britten's music, I think it's fair to say his lasting fame is as a Wagnerian.The glowing reviews he received for his Wagner performances are quoted by Lucas, as well as miscellaneous remarks about his prowess in this music from letters and remarks.The problem is that the recorded evidence doesn't corroborate those reviews and remarks, at least not to this listener.Let's consider his "live" performances.The PARSIFAL with Jon Vickers is ludicrous. Wagner's last masterpiece in slow-motion would be an apposite description. It makes you wonder why Jon Vickers held Goodall in such high esteem. Goodall's idol was Hans Knappertsbusch, but if you listen to Kna at Bayreuth with Vickers in 1964, you get a slow version that's not drained of meaning as Goodall's is.Then there's the famous MASTERSINGERS (English version), an equally torpid performance, especially puzzling because Kna's Decca recording with Paul Schoeffler is not notably slow in any sense.The ENO RING is the least good on records, in spite of Albert Remedios and Rita Hunter, whose reputations suffered because they were Goodall's protégés, IMHO, and should have recorded with Kleiber instead.Goodall's studio recordings, the TRISTAN where he succeeds in destroying Linda Esther Gray's voice by talking her into singing the role at age 30 (as well as in live performances) and the undistinguished PARSIFAL with Warren Ellmsworth (sp?) don't rank with even second-rate studio recordings by other Wagner specialists.No, Goodall may have been a Wagner lover, but Wagner wouldn't have loved his performances, simulacra of Goodall's idol, Knappertsbusch.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Fascinating Survey of the Man who would have The Ring sung in EnglishBy Grady HarpSir Reginald Goodall (13 July 1901 - 5 May 1990 )will always be respected for his gifts to music as a conductor, but probably his greatest achievement was his preparing and conducting performances of Richard Wagner's' Ring of the Nibelungen' - the first English language cycles in the 1970s. His recordings of this translated Ring brought him fame and glory with critics and public alike: indeed many consider him one of the greatest conductors of Wagner of all time. What John Lucas has given us in this remarkably well written and warm biography is a study of the man drawn from conversations with Goodall as well as his diaries and notes and scores.But this is not simply a book about the idiosyncrasies and dark shadows that accompanied Goodall's political life, this is a survey of England's opera history, the rise and fall of the Sadler's Wells Opera, the formation of the English National Opera, the conductor's trials with Covent Garden, and all of the underbelly of the immense preparation and slow rise to respectability that accompanied Goodall's life. For those who love opera and have a fancy for the British composers (Goodall conducted and prepared the premiere of Britten's 'Peter Grimes') and conductors, this little book is indispensible. Grady Harp, October 10 When Sir Reginald Goodall died in 1990, at the age of 88, he had already acquired cult status and was considered one of the greatest Wagner conductors of our times. Although he had conducted the première of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes in 1945 and was admired by Erich Kleiber and Otto Klemperer, he suffered years of neglect until his triumphant return to conduct Die Meistersinger at Sadler's Wells in 1968. John Lucas, author of the acclaimed Thomas Beecham: An Obsession with Music, examines the mysteries of Goodall's early career, his Mosleyite sympathies, his remarkable late flowering and the fame of his last 20 years. Drawing upon letters and diaries as well as extensive interviews with friends and colleagues, Lucas pieces together the life of this enigmatic, self-effacing figure - a great Wagner conductor in a tradition stretching back through Knappertsbusch and Karl Muck to Hans Richter.Previously available as Reggie: The Life of Reginald Goodall - now available for the first time in paperback with a new Preface and Introduction. Published in association with the Peter Moores Foundation. Lucas's fine biography (which carries the benefit of access to plenty of personal Goodall material) will continue to stir curiosity far into the future. --Classical MusicLucas gives a sympathetic yet judicious account of [Goodall]...The quality of research is high...and although the author clearly has a high personal regard for his subject there is no sense whatever of uncritical adulation. --Wagner JournalAn engrossing and informative read...I recommend this book with enthusiasm. --Fanfare [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas PDF [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas Epub [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas Ebook [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas Rar [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas Zip [5gsQm.ebook] The Genius of Valhalla: The Life of Reginald Goodall By John Lucas Read Online.