Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen â Explorations
Other albums by Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti
Review
- # Track Artist Length
- 1 The Ring of the Nibelung is the largest... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:58
- 2 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: "So weit Leben und Luft" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:17
- 3 That was Loge's account... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:46
- 4 There are numerous Beethovenian touches... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:12
- 5 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: Absteig nach Nibelheim [Excerpt 1] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:46
- 6 This has its roots⦠Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:5
- 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:20
- 8 It is often said... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 4:55
- 9 Let's consider one example in Das Rheingold... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:39
- 10 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: "Höhnst du uns? Ha, wie unrecht!" [edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:17
- 11 The second reason... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:15
- 12 As a young radical, he argued... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:14
- 13 A gently undulating theme appears... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:46
- 14 Das Rheingold / Scene 1: Vorspiel - "Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle!" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:53
- 15 Woglinde's melody is a lullaby... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:51
- 16 Das Rheingold / Scene 1: Orchesterzwischenspiel [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:19
- 17 Wotan, like many leaders... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:9
- 18 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: Valhalla Motive [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:19
- 19 But all is not sweetness... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:50
- 20 When Loge first appears... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:14
- 21 Das Rheingold / Scene 3: Loge's Motive [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:29
- 22 Loge enjoys one special advantage... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:12
- 23 Das Rheingold / Zweite Szene: "Was sinnt nun Wotan so wild?" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:14
- 24 Determined to obtain the ring... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:47
- 25 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: Absteig nach Nibelheim [Excerpt 2] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:52
- 26 What happens next is a black comedy... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:35
- 27 Das Rheingold / Scene 2: "Nacht und Nebel, niemand gleich!" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:12
- 28 Wagner puts many chilling passages... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:12
- 29 Wagner's orchestration is nowhere more varied... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:44
- 30 Das Rheingold / Scene 4: "Willig glaub' ich dem Wunder" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:41
- 31 The refrain recurs each time... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:23
- 32 Das Rheingold / Scene 3: Tarnhelm Motive [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:20
- 33 The myths and legends of the north... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:22
- 34 As with the Ring, the subjects of Greek tragedy... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:35
- 35 Then, in one of the most vitriolic passages... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:43
- 36 Das Rheingold / Vierte Szene: "Bin ich nun frei?" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:54
- 37 With the return of Freia... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:20
- 38 In a great symphonic climax... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:49
- 39 Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 4: "Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:41
- 1 In the Ring's preliminary evening... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:48
- 2 In the first act of The Valkyrie, a solitary cello... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:16
- 3 Die Walküre / Erster Aufzug: "Kühlende Labung gab mir der Quell" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:11
- 4 Under this spell... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:43
- 5 Die Walküre / Erster Aufzug: Orchestervorspiel [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:41
- 6 The hut in which Siegmund has sought refuge... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:45
- 7 Die Walküre / Erster Aufzug: Motives of Siegmund & Sieglinde [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:18
- 8 Hunding retires for the evening... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:44
- 9 Die Walküre / Erster Aufzug: "Du bist der Lenz" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:46
- 10 For the first time, in the moonlight... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:44
- 11 The first act of The Valkyrie is unsurpassed... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:13
- 12 Die Walküre / Erster Aufzug: "Siegmund, den Wälsung, siehst du, Weib!" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:3
- 13 There is a striking contrast between... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:53
- 14 If the music of Act I of The Valkyrie... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:36
- 15 Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug: Vorspiel [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:1
- 16 In his earliest drafts for Siegfried's Death... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:39
- 17 Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug: Motive of Wotan's Frustration [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:12
- 18 Needless to say, Brünnhilde, on her return... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:29
- 19 The baying of Hunding's dogs is heard... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:18
- 20 Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug: "Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:55
- 21 Wagner the magician begins casting his spells... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:16
- 22 Sieglinde, in her delirium... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:55
- 23 Die Walküre / Zweiter Aufzug: "Doch Brünnhilde! Weh der Verbrecherin!" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:53
- 24 The Ride of the Valkyries that opens Act III... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:9
- 25 In his adult life, Wagner came to revere J.S. Bach... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:44
- 26 Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: "Der dich zwingt, wird dir's entziehn!" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:5
- 27 But we are getting ahead... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:6
- 28 Heard in isolation, Sieglinde's music... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:23
- 29 Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: "Den hehrsten Helden der Welt" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:34
- 30 Sieglinde has left the scene... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:54
- 31 Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: "Hier bin ich, Vater" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:39
- 32 After her initial shock... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:42
- 33 Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: "Der Augen leuchtendes Paar" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:47
- 34 He kisses her gently on the eyelids... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:28
- 35 Die Walküre / Dritter Aufzug: Magic Fire Music [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:41
- 1 Ungrateful adolescents... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:25
- 2 Before the curtain rises... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:58
- 3 Siegfried / Erster Aufzug: Vorspiel [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:15
- 4 When the curtain rises... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:21
- 5 On this second day of the Ring... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:15
- 6 Acts I and II of Siegfried... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:1
- 7 Siegfried / Zweiter Aufzug: "Aber wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus?" (Waldweben) [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:12
- 8 Throughout this marvellous work... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:7
- 9 It's not easy to convey... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:44
- 10 Siegfried / Erster Aufzug: "Nun tobst du wieder wie toll" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:24
- 11 Despite Mime's efforts... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:37
- 12 Siegfried / Erster Aufzug: "Mein Vater bist du nicht" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:28
- 13 Mime is now faced with a dilemma... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:17
- 14 Siegfried / Erster Aufzug: "Verfluchtes Licht" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:3
- 15 The orchestral richness of Siegfried... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:3
- 16 Siegfried / Erster Aufzug: "Glühender Schauer schüttelt die Glieder" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:19
- 17 Mime then tells Siegfried about Fafner... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:14
- 18 The curtain rises on Alberich... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:50
- 19 Siegfried muses on what his father... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:54
- 20 In myths and folk legends... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:27
- 21 Wagner handles the scene... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:17
- 22 Siegfried / Zweiter Aufzug: "Wohin schleichst du" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:15
- 23 Siegfried reappears from the cave... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:49
- 24 Mime then imagines himself... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:38
- 25 In June 1857 Wagner abandoned... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:10
- 26 Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug: Vorspiel Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:0
- 27 We are a long way... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:8
- 28 Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug: "Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:49
- 29 Erda descends again... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:8
- 30 When Siegfried reaches the summit... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:58
- 31 The music that Wagner introduces... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:37
- 32 Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug: "Ewig war ich" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:3
- 33 From this point until the end of the act... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:59
- 34 Siegfried / Dritter Aufzug: "Wie des Blutes Ströme sich zünden" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:2
- 1 Götterdämmerung ('Twilight of the Gods')... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:1
- 2 Götterdämmerung / Prologue: Einleitung Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:27
- 3 One of the marvels... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:27
- 4 To modern sensibilities... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:4
- 5 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Prologue: O heilige Götter! Hehre Geschlechter! Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:26
- 6 Siegfried disappears from view... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:1
- 7 Towards the end of Siegfried's Rhine journey... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:5
- 8 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: Gunther's Motive Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:16
- 9 Gutrune's music is heart-rending... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:10
- 10 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: Gutrune's Motive Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:25
- 11 Then there is Hagen... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:4
- 12 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: Hagen's Motive Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:15
- 13 Gunther lacks self-confidence... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:44
- 14 Hagen seems to be remarkably... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:13
- 15 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: "Ein gemächlicher Schlag" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:6
- 16 Hagen hails him from the shore... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:13
- 17 Siegfried greets Gunther... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:45
- 18 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: "Brünnhilde, bring' ich dir!" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:4
- 19 The potion does its obliterating work... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:50
- 20 Götterdämmerung / Erster Aufzug: "Blühenden Lebens labendes Blut" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:58
- 21 Hagen cuts the horn in two... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:47
- 22 While Brünnhilde, on her mountain top... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:40
- 23 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 1: Was leckt so wütend Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:40
- 24 Brünnhilde can't believe... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:18
- 25 There is something Shakespearian... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:48
- 26 Götterdämmerung / Zweiter Aufzug: Orchestervorspiel [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:20
- 27 Siegfried appears suddenly... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:37
- 28 Götterdämmerung / Zweiter Aufzug: "Schlugen wir Tiere, was schaffen wir dann?" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:42
- 29 When the excitement has died down... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:14
- 30 Brünnhilde concludes bitterly... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:20
- 31 Götterdämmerung / Zweiter Aufzug: "Wo Scharfes mich schneidet, schneide du mich" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:44
- 32 Baffled by these developments... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:20
- 33 It's difficult to imagine... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:18
- 34 Götterdämmerung / Zweiter Aufzug: "Muss sein Tod sie betrüben, verhehlt sei ihr die Tat" Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:51
- 35 Act II has taken the drama... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:51
- 36 Before the curtain rises on the final act... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:22
- 37 Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D / Act 3: Orchestervorspiel Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:43
- 38 Siegfried has been hunting... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:49
- 39 When they have gone... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 0:56
- 40 Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug: "In Leid zu dem Wipfel lauscht' ich hinauf" [Edit] Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:49
- 41 He had loosened her helm... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:24
- 42 Night has fallen... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:42
- 43 Then Brünnhilde steps forward... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 2:32
- 44 In 1871, when Wagner was working... Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 1:45
- 45 Götterdämmerung / Dritter Aufzug: Finale Peter Bassett, Sir Georg Solti 3:0

