COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: Chandos
WORKS: Götterdämmerung (sung in English)
PERFORMER: Alberto Remedios, Rita Hunter, Aage Haugland, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Norman Welsby; ENO Chorus & Orchestra/Reginald Goodall
CATALOGUE NO: CHAN 3060(5) ADD Reissue (1978)
The merits of Goodall’s Ring have been well rehearsed. Nowhere is his grasp of the musical architecture surer than in the vast spans of Twilight of the Gods, while orchestral textures are as ravishing as ever. Alberto Remedios and the late, lamented Rita Hunter lead a dependable cast. Barry Millington
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (sung in English)
The merits of Goodall’s Ring have been well rehearsed. Nowhere is his grasp of the musical architecture surer than in the vast spans of Twilight of the Gods, while orchestral textures are as ravishing as ever. Alberto Remedios and the late, lamented Rita Hunter lead a dependable cast. Barry Millington
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5
Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:18 pm