{"product_id":"coates-blech-wagner-the-potted-ring-vol-1-1926-32-paco107","title":"COATES, BLECH Wagner: The Potted Ring, Vol. 1 (1926-32) - PACO107","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eThe Potted Ring - Volume One\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1926-32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 33:07 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFrida Leider ∙ Friedrich Schorr ∙ Emmi Leisner\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFlorence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop ∙ Göta Ljungberg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eAlbert Coates ∙ Leo Blech,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e conductors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775340\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFor anyone who knows and loves this music, what we have here is an invaluable experience578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eA standard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eFanfare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eheadnote\nwould be nonsensical for this release; it would have to come with a\nCaptain Marvel De-Coding Ring (yes, the “Ring” pun was intended, and no,\nI’m not sorry). Instead, I will list the contents here in a format that\nshould be simpler. I will use last names only, and abbreviations that\nshould be obvious to Wagnerians, which is the presumed audience for this\nset. (B St Op = Berlin State Opera Orch). I am also condensing the\ncomplete listing of singers, which is not included in a booklet but\navailable easily online from Pristine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"main\" frame=\"box\" rules=\"all\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOpera \u0026amp; Excerpt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eSinger(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eConductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003eOrch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\" colspan=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDas Rheingold:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ePrelude \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eUnident. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSpottet nur zu!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eTrenton; Suddaby; Walker; Fear \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eWotan, Gemahl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eWiddop; Walker; MacKenna; Fry \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eZur Burg führt die Brücke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eSchorr; Henke; Guszalewicz \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\" colspan=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDie Walküre: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ePrelude….Wes Herd \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eWiddop; Ljungberg \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eFinale of act I \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eWiddop; Ljungberg \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\" colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ePrelude, act II \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eHojotoho! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLeider \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eAct II Excerpts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLeider, Schorr, Leisner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBarbirolli \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eO heilige Schmach!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLeider, Schorr \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eSo nimm meinen Segen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLeider; Schorr \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\" colspan=\"4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eRaste non\nhier….Hinweg!...Siegmund! Sie auf mich.!...Fänd ich in Walhall; So jung\nund schön; Zauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf….Wehwalt!...Geh’ hin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eWiddop; Ljungberg; Austral; Trenton \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eCoates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLSO \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eAct III Excerpts \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eLeider; Schorr \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eBlech \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"cell\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eB St Op. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eAt the dawn of electrical recording, from 1926 through 1932, HMV recorded a series of albums featuring excerpts from Wagner’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eRing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003ecycle, which came to be called \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eThe Potted Ring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e.\nHMV focused on Frida Leider and Friedrich Schorr as the greatest\nBrünnhilde and Wotan of that era, and of course Melchior as well. But\nbecause the recordings were made in different places with different\norchestras and conductors, the casts were not kept consistent either. So\nwe hear a good deal of Walter Widdop’s fine Siegmund; given the wide\nexposure of Melchior in that music it is refreshing to rediscover just\nhow good Widdop was. Listening to this set one is reminded again of the\nimportance of Frida Leider—who sings the music with tonal beauty and an\nenormous sense of authority and power—and of Friedrich Schorr, a\nbaritone whose legato was as even and firmly bound as the greatest \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ebel canto \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003esingers\nsuch as Battistini, but who also brought Wotan to life through his\nvivid articulation of texts and specificity of inflection. Every inner\nfeeling of Wotan is expressed vocally in the Farewell, which is as\nheartbreaking here as I have ever encountered it. (Blech’s conducting is\na big part of that too). Having so much of their singing in one\nwell-transferred set is of enormous importance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThese were landmark recordings,\npreserving for future generations the finest Wagner singing of the day\n(and some very fine Wagnerian conducting as well). It was beyond either\nthe ability or imagination of recording company executives at that time\nto conceive of a truly complete \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eRing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e;\nthat had to wait for John Culshaw and Decca to produce the Solti cycle.\nIt makes me feel very old to remember, from having been there, the\nhistoric nature of that first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eRing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eand to know that Arkivmusic lists 53 cycles now! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eSo, what we have here is no substitute for a complete \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eRing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e,\nnor is it a substitute for some of the live complete Wagner recordings\nfrom this era restored by the Immortal Performances label. However, one\nshould not minimize the value of this set, which Pristine says is the\nfirst of three sets which will bring together all 122 78-rpm sides from\nHMV’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003ePotted Ring\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e\nseries! What HMV’s recordings give us is a series of professionally\nmade studio recordings, rather than haphazardly made live broadcasts\nfrom this era. The control that the engineers had guaranteed a certain\nminimum standard of balances and overall sound quality that cannot be\nfound in the broadcasts, though it must be admitted that HMV’s engineers\nwere not driven by a consistent philosophy or approach. Thus the\nquality here varies, and Mark Obert-Thorn, who oversaw the superb\ntransfers, has some helpful observations about that. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThere was a prior CD release of these\nrecordings on the Pearl label, also overseen by Obert-Thorn, and they\nwere wonderful for their time (1995). However, technology and the\nestimable Mr. Obert-Thorn have both made gains in the 20 years since\nthen, and these are significantly more vivid and colorful than the Pearl\nset. (Another prior release, on the Claremont label, provided\nfirst-rate booklet notes but even muddier recorded sound.) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe downside of these recordings is\nobvious: the lack of continuity, the incompleteness, the jumping around\nin casting and conductors. All of those are limitations. But for anyone\nwho knows and loves this music, what we have here is an invaluable\nexperience. This is how the music sounded in the golden era of great\nWagnerian singing, largely between the two world wars. Some of these\nsingers have been perhaps equaled but never surpassed (Leider, Schorr),\nand some have not even been equaled (Melchior). As good as the work that\nObert-Thorn did for the Pearl set was, this is definitely at a\nsignificantly higher level. The degree of color and the vividness of the\norchestra and the voices in, for example, the scene with all the\nValkyries in the third act, before the big Brünnhilde-Wotan scene, is\nstunning for a recording that dates from 1927. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eI do wish that Pristine would make the\ndetails available in a booklet. Yes one can easily find it on its web\nsite (which provides specific instructions), but unless you are a whiz\nwith printers, you wind up with something that doesn’t fit in the box\nand takes up too much room on your shelves. If Pristine offered a\nversion of the CDs with a real booklet for an extra $2.00, I know I\nwould happily pay it. Do not, however, let that stand in your way. This\nis a Wagnerian feast of the highest order. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Fogel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 38:3 (Jan\/Feb 2015) of Fanfare Magazine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO107.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHMV's Potted Ring, Volume 1: Das Rheingold and Die Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is a set no enquiring Wagnerian, whatever complete version of The Ring he or she owns, should be without\" - Gramophone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eThe present release is the first of three which will\nbring together the 122 78 rpm sides of extended excerpts from Wagner’s\ntetralogy which His Master’s Voice recorded in London, Berlin and Vienna\nbetween 1926 and 1932. The scope of this project centers around the\nRing albums – not every disc of music from the Ring which HMV issued\nduring this period. It is, however, “more than complete” in that two HMV\nrecordings which were not part of the Ring albums, but which feature\nsome of the same performers, have been added: Coates’ \u003cem\u003eRhinegold\u003c\/em\u003e Prelude, and Schorr’s Wotan\/Fricka duet with Leisner from Act 2 of \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e. The present volume gathers together excerpts from \u003cem\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e; the second will focus on Melchior’s \u003cem\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/em\u003e recordings; and the final one will feature scenes from \u003cem\u003eGötterdämmerung\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as an appendix featuring alternate recordings from the series and an outline of motives from the Ring cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eWhile \u003cem\u003eRheingold\u003c\/em\u003e got rather short shrift in HMVs plans (only two discs in an album otherwise devoted to \u003cem\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/em\u003e excerpts), more attention was paid to \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e.\nThe sessions were split between a Berlin cast centering around the\nBrunnhilde of Frida Leider and the Wotan of Friedrich Schorr, conducted\nby Leo Blech, and a London cast with Walter Widdop as Siegmund and\nFlorence Austral singing Brunnhilde, primarily led by Albert Coates.\nGöta Ljungberg appeared as Sieglinde in both, save for a single London\nside. The Act 1 excerpts were all made in London, while Act 3 was done\nin Berlin and the second act split between the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eThe recordings capture Leider and Schorr, both\nconsidered the finest exponents of their roles at the time (and\ncertainly among the finest of all time), at the height of their powers. A\ndecade later, when Kirsten Flagstad came on the international scene,\nshe was invariably compared to Leider, and not always to the latter’s\ndetriment. And while later singers could bring more psychological\ncomplexity to Wotan (Hans Hotter, for example), few could match the\ncombination of legato and authoritative declamation that Schorr brings\nto the role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eThe original recording quality is variable, coming as\nit does within a couple years of the introduction of electrical\nrecording. The London sessions were distantly miked in large halls, and\nthe singers are often overwhelmed by Coates’ surging orchestra. Some of\nthe Berlin sides can also sound rather dim, depending on the engineering\nof a particular session. Multiple copies of the finest pressings on\nwhich these discs were available (prewar American Victor “Z” and “Gold”\nlabel editions) were drawn upon for the present transfers, except for\none \u003cem\u003eRheingold\u003c\/em\u003e disc which only came out on HMV.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCD 1 (76:13)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWWV 86A\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e1. Prelude (4:01)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSymphony Orchestra ∙ Albert Coates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 2 February 1926, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 142-1 ∙ HMV D 1088\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eSpottet nur zu!\u003c\/em\u003e (4:44)\u003cbr\u003eLouise Trenton, sop.; Elsie Suddaby, sop.; Nellie Walker, con.; Arthur Fear, bs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eWotan, Gemahl\u003c\/em\u003e (4:46)\u003cbr\u003eNellie Walker, con.; Walter Widdop, ten.; Kennedy MacKenna, ten.; Howard Fry, bar.; Arthur Fear, bs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra ∙ Albert Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 5 January 1928, Kingsway Hall, London ∙ Matrices: CR 1540-3\/1541-2B ∙ HMV D 1546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eZur Burg führt die Brücke … Abendlich strahlt \u003c\/em\u003e(8:32)\u003cbr\u003eFriedrich Schorr, bar.; Waldemar Henke, ten.; Genia Guszalewicz, con.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin State Opera Orchestra ∙ Leo Blech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 17 June 1927, Singakademie, Berlin ∙ Matrices: CDR 4700-2\/4701-3 ∙ HMV D 1319\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWAGNER \u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003eDie Walküre \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eWWV 86B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e5. Prelude . . . \u003cem\u003eWes Herd dies auch sei\u003c\/em\u003e (4:03)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 26 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1485-1A ∙ HMV D 1320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e6. \u003cem\u003eEin Schwert verhieß mir der Vater\u003c\/em\u003e (4:26)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 23 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1467-1A ∙ HMV D 1320\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e7. \u003cem\u003eSchläfst du, Gast?\u003c\/em\u003e (0:45)\u003cbr\u003e8. \u003cem\u003eDer Männer Sippe\u003c\/em\u003e (3:51)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 27 May 1927, Kingsway Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1367-1A ∙ HMV D 1321\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e 9. \u003cem\u003eDich, selige Frau\u003c\/em\u003e (1:05)\u003cbr\u003e10. \u003cem\u003eWinterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond\u003c\/em\u003e (2:46)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 23 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1465-2 ∙ HMV D 1321\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra ∙ Albert Coates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e11. \u003cem\u003eDu bist der Lenz\u003c\/em\u003e (7:51)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 16 August 1926, London ∙ Matrices: CR 611-2A\/613-1 ∙ HMV D 1322\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrchestra ∙ Lawrance Collingwood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e12. \u003cem\u003eSiegmund heiß ich\u003c\/em\u003e (3:12)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 23 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1466-2A ∙ HMV D 1323\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra ∙ Albert Coates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eWalter Widdop, ten.; Göta Ljungberg, sop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e13. Prelude . . . \u003cem\u003eNun zäume dein Roß . . . Hojotoho!\u003c\/em\u003e (4:14)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 12 September 1927, Singakademie, Berlin ∙ Matrix: CwR 1116-2 ∙ HMV D 1323\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin State Opera Orchestra ∙ Leo Blech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e14. \u003cem\u003eDer alte Sturm, die alte Müh!\u003c\/em\u003e (4:38)\u003cbr\u003e15. \u003cem\u003eSo ist es den aus mit den ewigen Göttern\u003c\/em\u003e (8:06)\u003cbr\u003e16. \u003cem\u003eWas verlangst du?\u003c\/em\u003e (4:51)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded April, 1932, Abbey Road Studio 1, London ∙ Matrices: 2B2840-2\/2841-1\/2842-2\/2843-1 ∙ HMV DB 1720\/21\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra ∙ John Barbirolli\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e17. \u003cem\u003eO heilige Schmach!\u003c\/em\u003e (4:20)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 12 September 1927, Singakademie, Berlin ∙ Matrix: CwR 1117-2 ∙ HMV D 1324\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin State Opera Orchestra ∙ Leo Blech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eFrida Leider, sop.; Emmi Leisner, m-s.; Friedrich Schorr, bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCD 2 (76:58)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct 2 (continued)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e1. \u003cem\u003eSo nimm meinen Segen\u003c\/em\u003e (4:13)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 12 September 1927, Singakademie, Berlin ∙ Matrix: CwR 1118-1 ∙ HMV D 1324\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eFrida Leider, sop.; Friedrich Schorr, bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBerlin State Opera Orchestra ∙ Leo Blech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e2. \u003cem\u003eRaste nun hier\u003c\/em\u003e (3:01)\u003cbr\u003e3. \u003cem\u003eHinweg! Hinweg!\u003c\/em\u003e (5:53)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 27 May 1927, Kingsway Hall, London ∙ Matrices: CR 1368-2\/1369-1 ∙ HMV D 1325\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eSiegmund! Sieh auf mich!\u003c\/em\u003e (4:53)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 23 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1462-1 ∙ HMV D 1326\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e5. \u003cem\u003eFänd’ich in Walhall\u003c\/em\u003e (4:21)\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003cem\u003eSo jung und schön\u003c\/em\u003e (3:29)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 26 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrices: CR 1483-1A\/1484-1A ∙ HMV D 1326\/27\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e7. \u003cem\u003eZauberfest bezähmt ein Schlaf\u003c\/em\u003e (4:38)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 25 October 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1463-3 ∙ HMV D 1328\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e8. \u003cem\u003eWehwalt! Wehwalt!\u003c\/em\u003e (2:31)\u003cbr\u003e9. \u003cem\u003eGeh hin, Knecht!\u003c\/em\u003e (1:46)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003eRecorded 23 August 1927, Queen’s Hall, London ∙ Matrix: CR 1464-1A ∙ HMV D 1328\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003eWalter Widdop, ten.; Göta Ljungberg, sop.; Florence Austral, sop.; Louise Trenton, sop.; Howard Fry, bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e(\u003cem\u003eNote\u003c\/em\u003e: Trenton sings Sieglinde on CR 1463 only, while Fry sings both Hunding and Wotan on CR 1464)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra ∙ Albert Coates\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAct 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"western\"\u003e10. 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