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Though postwar Germany was in many ways a devastated and demoralized country, in one realm at least, the 1950s were the best of times, and that was in the realm of Wagnerian opera. Despite their posthumous association with the discredited Nazi regime, the music dramas of Wagner were stunningly well-served by a host of great conductors and singers. Take this August 12, 1952, recording of Die Walküre from the Bayreuth Festival, the high temple of Wagner's art. Its cast is generally first-class, with Günther Treptow's youthfully heroic Siegmund, Inge Borkh's intensely passionate Sieglinde, Josef Greindl's robustly brutal Hunding, Hans Hotter's magnificently tragic Wotan, and Astrid Varnay's simply iridescent Brünnhilde. The conducting by Joseph Keilberth is generally dramatic, always sympathetic to the soloists, and often thrilling; each act's close is electrifying. The cast plays the drama well, with Treptow and Borkh ravishing as the star-crossed lovers, and Hotter and Varnay moving as the estranged father and daughter. For the dedicated Wagner collector, this Walküre may earn a place on the shelf next to the recording of the same opera with the same conductor from the same festival taped in 1955 in stereo. Though the sound here is rougher, the performance is at least as successful.
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Die Walküre (Richard Wagner)
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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DISC 2
Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Ruth Siewert (Fricka) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Günther Treptow (Siegmund) - Josef Greindl (Hunding) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Hans Hotter (Wotan) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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DISC 3
Irmgard Meinig (Gerhilde) - Paula Brivkalne (Ortlinde) - Hanna Ludwig (Waltraute) - Ruth Siewert (Schwertleite) - Lieselotte Thomamüller (Helmwige) - Hertha Töpper (Siegrune) - Melanie Bugarinovic (Grimgerde) - Trude Roesler (Rossweiße) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Irmgard Meinig (Gerhilde) - Paula Brivkalne (Ortlinde) - Hanna Ludwig (Waltraute) - Ruth Siewert (Schwertleite) - Lieselotte Thomamüller (Helmwige) - Hertha Töpper (Siegrune) - Melanie Bugarinovic (Grimgerde) - Trude Roesler (Rossweiße) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
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Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Irmgard Meinig (Gerhilde) - Paula Brivkalne (Ortlinde) - Hanna Ludwig (Waltraute) - Ruth Siewert (Schwertleite) - Lieselotte Thomamüller (Helmwige) - Hertha Töpper (Siegrune) - Melanie Bugarinovic (Grimgerde) - Trude Roesler (Rossweiße) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde) - Inge Borkh (Sieglinde) - Irmgard Meinig (Gerhilde) - Paula Brivkalne (Ortlinde) - Hanna Ludwig (Waltraute) - Ruth Siewert (Schwertleite) - Lieselotte Thomamüller (Helmwige) - Hertha Töpper (Siegrune) - Melanie Bugarinovic (Grimgerde) - Trude Roesler (Rossweiße) - Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Joseph Keilberth, conductor
2014 MYTO Historical 2014 MYTO Historical
Album review
Though postwar Germany was in many ways a devastated and demoralized country, in one realm at least, the 1950s were the best of times, and that was in the realm of Wagnerian opera. Despite their posthumous association with the discredited Nazi regime, the music dramas of Wagner were stunningly well-served by a host of great conductors and singers. Take this August 12, 1952, recording of Die Walküre from the Bayreuth Festival, the high temple of Wagner's art. Its cast is generally first-class, with Günther Treptow's youthfully heroic Siegmund, Inge Borkh's intensely passionate Sieglinde, Josef Greindl's robustly brutal Hunding, Hans Hotter's magnificently tragic Wotan, and Astrid Varnay's simply iridescent Brünnhilde. The conducting by Joseph Keilberth is generally dramatic, always sympathetic to the soloists, and often thrilling; each act's close is electrifying. The cast plays the drama well, with Treptow and Borkh ravishing as the star-crossed lovers, and Hotter and Varnay moving as the estranged father and daughter. For the dedicated Wagner collector, this Walküre may earn a place on the shelf next to the recording of the same opera with the same conductor from the same festival taped in 1955 in stereo. Though the sound here is rougher, the performance is at least as successful.
© TiVo
Details of the original recording : ADD - Enregistré le 12 août 1952 lors du Festival de Bayreuth - Livret sans notes
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 63 track(s)
- Total length: 03:32:06
- Main artists: Inge Borkh
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Label: Myto Historical
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
- Period: Romantic Music
- Collection: Myto Historical Line
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