Wagner: Siegfried Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle

• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Siegfried:
• 1Wagner: Siegfried: Vorspiel03:23
• 2Wagner: Siegfried: Zwangvolle Plage! Müh' ohne Zweck!03:20
• 3Wagner: Siegfried: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau' ein! Hau' ein!01:47
• 4Wagner: Siegfried: Da hast du die Stücken, schändliche Stümper02:18
• 5Wagner: Siegfried: Als zullendes Kind zog ich dich auf05:05
• 6Wagner: Siegfried: Es sangen die Vöglein so selig im Lenz05:00
• 7Wagner: Siegfried: Einst lag wimmernd ein Weib05:28
• 8Wagner: Siegfried: Und diese Stücken sollst du mir schmieden01:48
• 9Wagner: Siegfried: Da stürmt er hin01:15
• 10Wagner: Siegfried: Heil dir, weiser Schmied!04:12
• 11Wagner: Siegfried: Wie werd' ich den Lauernden los08:02
• 12Wagner: Siegfried: Nun rede, weiser Zwerg02:49
• 13Wagner: Siegfried: Nun, ehrlicher Zwerg07:24
• 14Wagner: Siegfried: Verfluchtes Licht!01:31
• 15Wagner: Siegfried: Bist du es, Kind?02:46
• 16Wagner: Siegfried: Fühltest du nie im finstren Wald05:11
• 17Wagner: Siegfried: Hättest du fleissig die Kunst gepflegt03:00
• 18Wagner: Siegfried: Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!07:32
• 19Wagner: Siegfried: Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert03:12
• 20Wagner: Siegfried: Den der Bruder schuf02:44
• 21Wagner: Siegfried: Vorspiel05:07
• 22Wagner: Siegfried: In Wald und Nacht vor Neidhöhl' halt' ich Wacht01:56
• 23Wagner: Siegfried: Wer naht dort schimmernd im Schatten?07:42
• 24Wagner: Siegfried: Mit Mime räng' ich allein um den Ring?07:37
• 25Wagner: Siegfried: Wir sind zur Stelle! Bleib hier stehn!05:52
• 26Wagner: Siegfried: Dass der mein Vater nicht ist12:16
• 27Wagner: Siegfrieds Hornruf - Haha! Da hätte mein Lied03:12
• 28Wagner: Siegfried: Wer bist du, kühner Knabe05:13
• 29Wagner: Siegfried: Ist mir doch fast, als sprächen die Vög'lein zu mir01:43
• 30Wagner: Siegfried: Wohin schleichst du eilig und schlau05:02
• 31Wagner: Siegfried: Willkommen, Siegfried!06:51
• 32Wagner: Siegfried: Neides Zoll zahlt Nothung02:59
• 33Wagner: Siegfried: Heiss ward mir von der harten Last03:45
• 34Wagner: Siegfried: Nun sing'! Ich lausche dem Gesang04:12
• 35Wagner: Siegfried: Vorspiel02:16
• 36Wagner: Siegfried: Wache, Wala! Wala, erwach!02:02
• 37Wagner: Siegfried: Stark ruft das Lied02:21
• 38Wagner: Siegfried: Mein Schlaf ist Träumen04:21
• 39Wagner: Siegfried: Wirr wird mir, seit ich erwacht02:53
• 40Wagner: Siegfried: Weisst du, was Wotan will?04:16
• 41Wagner: Siegfried: Dort seh ich Siegfried nahn03:51
• 42Wagner: Siegfried: Was lachst du mich aus?04:18
• 43Wagner: Siegfried: Bleibst du mir stumm, störrischer Wicht?04:28
• 44Wagner: Siegfried: Orchesterzwischenspiel03:32
• 45Wagner: Siegfried: Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh'!05:51
• 46Wagner: Siegfried: Das ist kein Mann!06:03
• 47Wagner: Siegfried: Brünnhildes Erwachen03:09
• 48Wagner: Siegfried: Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht!04:17
• 49Wagner: Siegfried: O Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held!06:42
• 50Wagner: Siegfried: Dort seh ich Grane06:21
• 51Wagner: Siegfried: Sangst du mir nicht (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)02:26
• 52Wagner: Siegfried: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)04:40
• 53Wagner: Siegfried: Dich lieb’ ich: o liebtest mich du! (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)05:23
• 54Wagner: Siegfried: Lachend muss ich dich lieben (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)02:10
• Total Runtime03:52:34

Info for Wagner: Siegfried

Following the 2015 release of "The Rhinegold" – the Vorabend or „preliminary evening“ of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung" – and of "The Valkyrie" in 2019, BR-KLASSIK is now releasing "Siegfried" as the second day of the enthusiastically received tetralogy under Sir Simon Rattle - recorded live on February 3 and 5, 2023 at Munich's Isarphilharmonie im Gasteig. With "The Rheingold", Rattle had already decisively refuted the longstanding claim that he and Wagner were not a good match, and with "The Valkyrie", he dispelled any remaining doubts. His recent performance of “Siegfried” – with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and a first-class lineup of Wagner singers – proves yet again how well the conductor understands and is able to interpret Wagner's music. Now, just a few months after the live event, this powerful and immensely popular music drama has been released in 24bit Studio Master quality.

Wagner's "Siegfried" tells the story of how the hero forges his own sword, gains invulnerability by slaying the dragon and bathing in its blood, and finally conquers Brünnhilde. The outstanding soloists include Simon O'Neill (Siegfried), Peter Hoare (Mime), Michael Volle (The Wanderer/Wotan), and Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde). Moreover, orchestral highlights of "Siegfried" such as the lyrical "Forest Murmurs" or the prelude to Act Three are brilliantly performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. As Simon Rattle says: “'Siegfried' contains some of the most dramatic, richly-coloured and enchanting music Wagner ever wrote. I am looking forward immensely to the continuation of our 'Ring', together with the greatest singers one could ever wish for.”

Rattle's "Siegfried" was enthusiastically received by press and public alike. His concert performances of the "Ring" will end with "Twilight of the Gods" in Munich’s new Isarphilharmonie im Gasteig HP8.

Simon O'Neill, tenor (Siegfried)
Michael Volle, baritone (Der Wanderer)
Peter Hoare, tenor (Mime)
Georg Nigl, baritone (Alberich)
Anja Kampe, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Franz-Josef Selig, bass (Fafner)
Gerhild Romberger, alto (Erda)
Danae Kontora, soprano (Waldvogel)
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Sir Simon Rattle
was born in Liverpool and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

From 1980 to 1998, Sir Simon was Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and was appointed Music Director in 1990. He moved to Berlin in 2002 and held the positions of Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker until he stepped down in 2018. Sir Simon became Music Director of the London Symphony Orchestra in September 2017 and spent the 2017-18 season at the helm of both ensembles.

Sir Simon has made over 70 recordings for EMI record label (now Warner Classics) and has received numerous prestigious international awards for his recordings on various labels. Releases on EMI include Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (which received the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance) Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique, Ravel’s L'enfant et les sortileges, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 and Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. From 2014 Sir Simon continued to build his recording portfolio with the Berliner Philharmoniker’s in-house label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings, which led to recordings of the Beethoven, Schumann and Sibelius symphony cycles. Sir Simon’s most recent recordings include Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, Turnage’s Remembering, and Ravel, Dutilleux and Delage on Blue-Ray & DVD with the London Symphony Orchestra’s record label, LSO Live.

Music education is of supreme importance to Sir Simon, and his partnership with the Berliner Philiharmoniker broke new ground with the education programme Zukunft@Bphil, earning him the Comenius Prize, the Schiller Special Prize from the city of Mannheim, the Golden Camera and the Urania Medal. He and the Berliner Philharmoniker were also appointed International UNICEF Ambassadors in 2004 - the first time this honour has been conferred on an artistic ensemble. Sir Simon has also been awarded several prestigious personal honours which include a knighthood in 1994, becoming a member of the Order of Merit from Her Majesty the Queen in 2014 and most recently, was bestowed the Order of Merit in Berlin in 2018. In 2019, Sir Simon was given the Freedom of the City of London.

From 2013, Sir Simon took up residency at Baden-Baden Osterfestspiele performing Die Zauberflöte and a series of concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in his first season. Since then the partnership led to performances of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Peter Sellars’s ritualization of Bach’s St. John Passion, Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust,Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and most recently, Parsifal in 2018. For Salzburg Osterfestspiele, Rattle has conducted staged productions of Fidelio, Così fan tutte, Peter Grimes, Pelléas et Mélisande, Salome and Carmen, a concert performance of Idomeneo and many contrasting concert programmes. He has also conducted Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen with the Berliner Philharmoniker for Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Osterfestspiele and most recently at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Wiener Staatsoper. Other recent opera productions for Sir Simon include Pelléas et Mélisande and Dialogues des Carmélites for the Royal Opera House; L'Étoile, Aus einem Totenhaus, Káťa Kabanová and La damnation de Faust for the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, and Andrew Norman’s A Trip to the Moon at the Barbican Centre, London.

Sir Simon has longstanding relationships with the leading orchestras in London, Europe and the USA; initially working closely with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestra, and more recently with The Philadelphia Orchestra. He regularly conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker, with whom he has recorded the complete Beethoven symphonies and piano concertos with Alfred Brendel and is also a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Founding Patron of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group..

Sir Simon Rattle was knighted in 1994 and in the New Year’s Honours of 2014 he received the Order of Merit from Her Majesty the Queen.

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