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He preferred to “wing it” in the theater, allowing the inspiration of the moment to guide the performance at hand, letting the chips fall where they might. Consequently, you never knew what you were going to get for the price of your ticket. For instance, there are wonderful moments aplenty throughout the 1957\/58 \u003ci\u003eRings\u003c\/i\u003e. But the stodgy, pedestrian, and often sloppy work that generally persists does not hold up under the microphone’s unforgiving scrutiny. Not that Knappertsbusch would have wanted these \u003ci\u003eRings \u003c\/i\u003eissued, but that’s neither here nor there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the other hand, just about every bar of his 1956 \u003ci\u003eRing \u003c\/i\u003ereveals that Kna could deliver first rate, even inspired goods when he put his mind to it. Even considering the tortoise-like pacing and massive textures, Knappertsbusch’s shaping of each opera boasts more pointed detail, greater animation within phrases, and sharper dramatic contours. His singers, in turn, respond with more vivid performances than their norm under this conductor. Perhaps the principals (Varnay, Neidlinger, Windgassen, Hotter, and Greindl) are in fresher vocal estate three years earlier for Clemens Krauss and Joseph Keilberth, yet their moment-to-moment involvement plus unusual care in making the words clear is never in question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth Siegfrieds were still relatively new roles for Wolfgang Windgassen, and his interpretation had evolved quite a bit in three years, especially in the opera named for the protagonist. The hero’s Act Two musings take on a new introspection, and there’s more intensity now to his crucial encounter with the Wanderer in Act Three. \u003ci\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/i\u003e lets us hear Windgassen’s Bayreuth Siegmund for the first time; the tenor was an eleventh-hour replacement, and an effective one at that. Gré Brouwenstijn partners him as Sieglinde, and the soprano radiates more spontaneity here than in her underrated studio portrayal under Leinsdorf. In \u003ci\u003eGötterdämerung \u003c\/i\u003eBrouwenstijn’s inward and musicianly Gutrune breathes new life into a role that is often slighted. Hans Hotter brings immense authority to both the \u003ci\u003eRheingold \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWalküre \u003c\/i\u003eWotans and the Wanderer in \u003ci\u003eSiegfried\u003c\/i\u003e, and is in fresher voice than for his contributions to the renowned Solti studio \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e. Astrid Varnay’s powerful \u003ci\u003eGötterdämmerung \u003c\/i\u003eBrunnhilde, by contrast, is a shade less steady than the 1951 Bayreuth performance under Knappertsbusch issued on Testament.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJed Distler\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eClassics Today\u003c\/i\u003e, review of Music \u0026amp; Arts issue (excerpt), 1998\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eKNAPPERTSBUSCH \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eThe 1956 Wagner Ring: 1. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eDas Rheingold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc one \u003c\/b\u003e(77:55)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCENE ONE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Prelude  (3:51)\u003cbr\u003e2. Weia! Waga! Woge, Du Welle!  (2:46)\u003cbr\u003e3. Garstig Glatter Glitschriger Glimmer!  (5:50)\u003cbr\u003e4. Wallala! Lalaleia!  (2:59)\u003cbr\u003e5. Lugt, Schwestern!  (6:58)\u003cbr\u003e6. Der Welt Erbe Gewänn' Ich Zu Eigen Durch Dich!  (4:27)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCENE TWO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Wotan! Gemahl! Erwache!  (10:27)\u003cbr\u003e8. Sanft Schloss Schlaf Dein Aug'  (8:13)\u003cbr\u003e9. Ihrer Mitte drum sei sie entführt!  (2:30)\u003cbr\u003e10. Endlich Loge!  (4:11)\u003cbr\u003e11. Immer Ist Undank Loges Lohn!  (7:45)\u003cbr\u003e12. Ein Runenzauber Zwingt Das Gold Zum Reif  (3:35)\u003cbr\u003e13. Hör', Wotan, Der Harrenden Wort!  (3:08)\u003cbr\u003e14. Was Sinnt Nun Wotan So Wild!  (5:09)\u003cbr\u003e15. Auf, Loge, Hinab Mit Mir!  (4:42)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCENE THREE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. Hehe! Hehe! Hieher  (1:25)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003edisc two\u003c\/b\u003e (79:37)\u003cbr\u003e1. Dem Haupt fügt sich der Helm  (1:31)\u003cbr\u003e2. Nibelheim hier- durch bleiche Nebel was blitzen dort  (6:02)\u003cbr\u003e3. Nehmt euch in acht! Alberich naht - Sein harren wir hier  (8:47)\u003cbr\u003e4. Vergeh, frevelnder Gauch! - Was sagt der! - Sei doch bei Sinnen!  (4:34)\u003cbr\u003e5. Ohe! Hahaha! Ohe! Hahaha! Schreckliche Schlange  (6:51)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCENE FOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Da, Vetter, sitze du fest!  (5:21)\u003cbr\u003e7. Gezahlt hab' ich; nun laßt mich zieh'n!  (6:04)\u003cbr\u003e8. Bin ich nun frei! Wirklich Frei!  (4:30)\u003cbr\u003e9. Fasolt und Fafner nahen von fern  (5:12)\u003cbr\u003e10. Gepflanzt sind die Pfahle  (6:25)\u003cbr\u003e11. Weiche, Wotan, weiche!  (5:11)\u003cbr\u003e12. Hort, ihr Riesen! Zuruck, und harret! - Halt, du Gieriger!  (6:46)\u003cbr\u003e13. Schwules Gedunst - Zur Burg fuhrt die Brucke  (3:37)\u003cbr\u003e14. Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge  (4:37)\u003cbr\u003e15. Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold! 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