Wagner – Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights)

A taster of the complete Ring that EMI made under Haitink in the early 1990s. Stupendous recording, uneven singing, and sedate conducting provide only mild encouragement to hear more. Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:23 pm

COMPOSERS: Wagner
LABELS: Classics for Pleasure
WORKS: Der Ring des Nibelungen – highlights
PERFORMER: Morris, Lipovsek, Goldberg, Studer, Jerusalem, Te Kanawa, Marton; Bavarian Radio SO/Haitink
CATALOGUE NO: 228 3772 (Reissue, 1992)

A taster of the complete Ring that EMI made under Haitink in the early 1990s. Stupendous recording, uneven singing, and sedate conducting provide only mild encouragement to hear more. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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