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On sale -50%Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) in China, even Wagner wouldn’t have dared dreaming of that in his greatest phantasmagorias on the Gesamtkunstwerk taking over the world. And yet it’s the work the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has decided to record, under the lead of its Music Director Jaap van Zweden, over four years of public performances – live recordings, which don’t spoil in any way the liveliness and continuity of the original work. If Wagner had had at his disposal such a talented orchestra, he would have certainly been stunned: in the East, his masterpiece is more than honoured… The stage, albeit not very Eastern (whereas the orchestra is in its overwhelming majority composed of local musicians), features some of today’s most seasoned voices, starting with New Zealander Simon O’Neill as Siegfried, American dramatic soprano Heidi Melton as Brünnhilde, and the outstanding Matthias Goerne as Wotan. The “reference versions” of the past years and decades now have serious reasons to worry about their unquestioned privileged status, even more so as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra isn’t held to sometimes burdensome traditions: it plays the music as if it had just been composed… © SM/Qobuz
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Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act I (Richard Wagner)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Phil Rowlands, Producer
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
DISC 2
Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act II (Richard Wagner)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Phil Rowlands, Producer
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Werner van Mechelen, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist - Werner van Mechelen, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Falk Struckmann, Artist - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist - Werner van Mechelen, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Falk Struckmann, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Falk Struckmann, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Valentina Farcas, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist - Werner van Mechelen, Artist - Valentina Farcas, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - David Cangelosi, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Valentina Farcas, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
DISC 3
Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act III (Richard Wagner)
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Phil Rowlands, Producer
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah Humble, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah Humble, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist - Deborah Humble, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Matthias Goerne, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Richard Wagner, Composer - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
DISC 4
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Phil Rowlands, Producer - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer - Simon O'Neill, Artist, MainArtist - Jaap van Zweden, Conductor - Heidi Melton, Artist
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
Album review
Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) in China, even Wagner wouldn’t have dared dreaming of that in his greatest phantasmagorias on the Gesamtkunstwerk taking over the world. And yet it’s the work the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra has decided to record, under the lead of its Music Director Jaap van Zweden, over four years of public performances – live recordings, which don’t spoil in any way the liveliness and continuity of the original work. If Wagner had had at his disposal such a talented orchestra, he would have certainly been stunned: in the East, his masterpiece is more than honoured… The stage, albeit not very Eastern (whereas the orchestra is in its overwhelming majority composed of local musicians), features some of today’s most seasoned voices, starting with New Zealander Simon O’Neill as Siegfried, American dramatic soprano Heidi Melton as Brünnhilde, and the outstanding Matthias Goerne as Wotan. The “reference versions” of the past years and decades now have serious reasons to worry about their unquestioned privileged status, even more so as the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra isn’t held to sometimes burdensome traditions: it plays the music as if it had just been composed… © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 51 track(s)
- Total length: 04:01:27
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Label: Naxos
- Genre: Classical Opera
(C) 2017 Naxos (P) 2017 Naxos
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