Janowski: Wagner – Götterdämmerung (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Richard Wagner
Performer: Lance Ryan, Petra Lang, Matti Salminen, Markus Brück, Edith Haller, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Marina Prudenskaya, Julia Borchert, Katharina Kammerloher, Kismara Pessatti, Susanne Resmark, Christa Mayer, Jacquelyn Wagner, Berlin Radio Choir
Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186409
Release: 2013
Size: 4.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

Gotterdammerung
CD 01
Prologue
01. Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (The Norns)
02. Treu beratner Vertrage Runen (Second Norn)
03. Es ragt die Burg (The Norns)
04. Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (Brunnhilde)
05. Willst du mir Minne schenken (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)
06. O heilige Götter! (Brunnhilde, Siegfried)
07. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Siegfried’s Rhine Journey)

Act I Scene 1
08. Nun hör’, Hagen, sage mir, Held (Günther, Hagen)
09. Wen rätst du nun zu frein (Günther Hagen, Gutrune)
10. Jagt er auf Taten wonnig umher (Hagen, Günther, Siegfried)

Act I Scene 2
11. Wer ist Gibichs Sohn? (Siegfried, Günther, Hagen)
12. Begrüße froh, o Held (Günther, Siegfried, Hagen)
13. Willkommen, Gast, in Gibichs Haus! (Gutrune, Siegfried, Günther)

CD 02
Act I Scene 2
01. Gutrune – Sind’s gute Runen (Günther, Siegfried)
02. Blühenden Lebens labendes Blut (Siegfried, Günther, Hagen)
03. Frisch auf die Fahrt! (Siegfried)
04. Hier sitz’ ich zur Wacht (Hagen)

Act I Scene 3
05. Altgewohntes Geräusch (Brunnhilde, Waltraute)
06. Höre mit Sinn (Waltraute)
07. Welch banger Träume Mären meldest du Traurige mir (Brunnhilde, Waltraute)
08. Was leckt so wütend (Brunnhilde)
09. Brunhild’! Ein Freier kam (Siegfried, Brunnhilde)

CD 03
Act II
01. Vorspiel

Act II Scene 1
02. Schläfst du, Hagen, mein Sohn? (Alberich, Hagen)

Act II Scene 2
03. Hoiho, Hagen! Müder Mann! (Siegfried, Hagen)
04. Heiß mich willkommen, Gibichskind! (Siegfried, Gutrune, Hagen)

Act II Scene 3
5Hoiho! Hoihohoho! (Hagen, Vassals)

Act II Scene 4
06. Heil dir, Günther! (Günther, Vassals)
07. Gegrüßt sei, teurer Held! (Günther, Chorus)
08. Einen Ring sah ich an deiner Hand (Brunnhilde, Siegfried, Günther)
09. Heil’ge Götter (Brunnhilde)
10. Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe! (Siegfried, Brunnhilde, Chorus)
11. Günther, wehr’ deinem Weibe (Siegfried)

Act II Scene 5
12. Welches Unholds List liegt hier verhohlen? (Brunnhilde)
13. Vertraue mir, betrog’ne Frau! (Hagen, Brunnhilde)
14. Auf, Günther, edler Gibichung! (Hagen, Günther, Brunnhilde)

CD 04
Act III
01. Vorspiel

Act III Scene 1
02. Frau Sonne sendet lichte Strahlen (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
03. Ein Albe führte mich irr (Siegfried, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
04. Was leid ich doch das karge Lob? (Siegfried, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
05. Siegfried! Siegfried! Siegfried! (Siegfried, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)

Act III Scene 2
06. Hoiho! (Hagen, Male Chorus, Siegfried)
07. Trink, Günther, trink! (Siegfried, Günther, Hagen)
08. Mime hiess ein mürrischer Zwerg (Siegfried, Hagen, Vassals)
09. In Lied zu dem Wipfel lauscht’ ich hinauf (Siegfried, Hagen)
10. Brunnhilde, heilige Braut! (Siegfried)
11. Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried’s Funeral March)

Act III Scene 3
12. War das sein Horn? (Gutrune, Hagen, Günther)
13. Hoiho! Hoiho! Wacht auf! (Hagen, Gutrune, Günther)
14. Nicht klage wider, mich! (Günther, Hagen)
15. Schweigt eures Jammers (Brunnhilde, Gutrune)
16. Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Brunnhilde)
17. Mein Erbe nun nehm’ ich zu eigen (Brunnhilde)
18. Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! (Brunnhilde)

This is the last release in PentaTone’s successful Wagner Edition and the 4th release of the cycle: “Der Ring des Nibelungen”.


The PentaTone Wagner Edition is attracting a lot of positive media attention – It is now considered THE Wagner Edition of the 21st century.


In April our recording of Parsifal won a BBC Music Magazine Award for technical excellence. This comes after a Gramophone Editor’s Choice for Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin, a “Recording of the Month” for Parsifal (BBC Music Magazine) a “Opera Choice of the Month” for Meistersinger and Lohengrin (BBC Music Magazine) and 3 x CD of the week for one of the albums in the Sunday Times. Parsifal was recently nominated for a Gramophone award.


“Janowski’s dramatic instincts and his ability to obtain orchestral playing of great intensity and presence are as keenly honed as ever “ The Guardian

PentaTone’s 2013 release of Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung concludes Marek Janowski’s extraordinary concert recordings of the ten mature operas, and with it, this audiophile series ends on a high note. As in the previous sets, the playing of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is exemplary, and Janowski lets the musicians shine even brighter in this final Ring opera. Some Wagner enthusiasts will listen to this SACD presentation mainly for the wonderful richness and sonic depth of the orchestra, and they’d be well within their rights, because the ensemble’s sound and the multichannel recording are superb in every measure. But the singing shouldn’t be overlooked. Despite a number of critics who have lamented the unevenness of the casts in this series, the vocals in Götterdämmerung are generally quite strong, with outstanding performances from Petra Lang as Brünnhilde and Matti Salminen as Hagen. The only disappointment is an underwhelming Siegfried, sung variably by Lance Ryan. Still, considering that this recording was assembled from the best parts of ten performances, the production is quite even throughout, and it has the clean details, transparent acoustics, and consistent levels of a studio recording, always a plus in a live Wagner recording.