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Continuing PentaTone's brilliant super audio series of the music dramas of Richard Wagner, Marek Janowski, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra present Die Walküre in a thoroughly compelling performance that has stunning multichannel sound. Previous releases in this critically praised series have shown some variability in the reproduction of the live performances, and this 2012 concert reading at the Berlin Philharmonie shows some problems in the direction and volume levels of the voices, but these are perhaps the only weaknesses in what is otherwise a strong rendition. Some members of the cast are by now familiar names to listeners who have followed this series. With Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan, Iris Vermillion as Fricka, PentaTone stalwart Robert Dean Smith as Siegmund, and featuring Petra Lang as Brünnhilde, the leads deliver solid characterizations and their singing rises to the high standards of the previous installments. Also important in the overall excellence of the recording is the riveting playing of the Berlin orchestra, which is fully present, vibrant, and sure to please fans who have enjoyed this ensemble's tremendous range of timbres, attacks, and dynamics. While this Walküre may not replace the cherished historical recordings of older collectors, it is a remarkable achievement for a modern Wagner production, and all the more stunning for being only the second of the four Ring operas to be released by this label in 2013. As a celebration of Wagner's bicentennial year, this recording and its companions are a handsome tribute and well worth exploring.
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Die Walküre, Act I (Richard Wagner)
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Melanie Diener, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
DISC 2
Die Walküre, Act II (Richard Wagner)
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
DISC 3
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
DISC 4
Die Walküre, Act III
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Die Walküre, Act II (Richard Wagner)
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Die Walküre, Act III (Richard Wagner)
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Melanie Diener, Performer - Iris Vermillion, Performer - Wilke te Brummelstroete, Performer - Petra Lang, Performer - Robert Dean Smith, Performer - Nicole Piccolomini, Performer - Marek Janowski, Conductor - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Carola Hohn, Performer - Fionnuala McCarthy, Performer - Tomasz Konieczny, Performer - Anja Fidelia Ulrich, Performer - Timo Riihonen, Performer - Heike Wessels, Performer - Renate Spingler, Performer - Kismara Pessatti, Performer - Richard Wagner, Composer
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
Album review
Continuing PentaTone's brilliant super audio series of the music dramas of Richard Wagner, Marek Janowski, and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra present Die Walküre in a thoroughly compelling performance that has stunning multichannel sound. Previous releases in this critically praised series have shown some variability in the reproduction of the live performances, and this 2012 concert reading at the Berlin Philharmonie shows some problems in the direction and volume levels of the voices, but these are perhaps the only weaknesses in what is otherwise a strong rendition. Some members of the cast are by now familiar names to listeners who have followed this series. With Tomasz Konieczny as Wotan, Iris Vermillion as Fricka, PentaTone stalwart Robert Dean Smith as Siegmund, and featuring Petra Lang as Brünnhilde, the leads deliver solid characterizations and their singing rises to the high standards of the previous installments. Also important in the overall excellence of the recording is the riveting playing of the Berlin orchestra, which is fully present, vibrant, and sure to please fans who have enjoyed this ensemble's tremendous range of timbres, attacks, and dynamics. While this Walküre may not replace the cherished historical recordings of older collectors, it is a remarkable achievement for a modern Wagner production, and all the more stunning for being only the second of the four Ring operas to be released by this label in 2013. As a celebration of Wagner's bicentennial year, this recording and its companions are a handsome tribute and well worth exploring.
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About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 46 track(s)
- Total length: 03:36:01
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical Opera
(C) 2013 PENTATONE (P) 2013 PENTATONE
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