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Order number: A 108 088
Wagner | Die Walküre (pure audio Blu-ray)
Bayerische Staatsoper - Zubin Mehta
Live recording from the Bavarian State Opera, 2002
Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc (audio only, no video content included!)
Complete Recording
The Pure Audio Blu-ray Disc offers outstanding High-Resolution Stereo and Surround Sound.
There is hardly any other work that is as closely associated with the Bavarian State Opera as Richard Wagner’s "Die Walküre". This first evening of the Ring tetralogy did after all receive its world premier in Munich, where it has been a mainstay of that opera house’s repertoire ever since.
When Zubin Mehta took over the position of Bavarian General Music Director in 1998, heralding a new era in the history of an opera house which in all of Germany is richest in tradition, this first cyclic performance of the Ring was a triumph for both the maestro and his musicians.
In the musical language of "Die Walküre" the Bavarian State Orchestra with its very own sound and Mehta’s conducting which is so full of energy, tautness and high emotion, complement each other to form a new interpretation which forms an arc stretching from the conducting of decades past to the modern style of today.
With Waltraud Meier, Gabriele Schnaut, Mihoko Fujimura, Peter Seiffert, John Tomlinson and Kurt Rydl, the Munich Opera Festival 2002 has succeeded in bringing together a world class ensemble of that time, which promises sensational results.
There is hardly any other work that is as closely associated with the Bavarian State Opera as Richard Wagner’s "Die Walküre". This first evening of the Ring tetralogy did after all receive its world premier in Munich, where it has been a mainstay of that opera house’s repertoire ever since.
When Zubin Mehta took over the position of Bavarian General Music Director in 1998, heralding a new era in the history of an opera house which in all of Germany is richest in tradition, this first cyclic performance of the Ring was a triumph for both the maestro and his musicians.
In the musical language of "Die Walküre" the Bavarian State Orchestra with its very own sound and Mehta’s conducting which is so full of energy, tautness and high emotion, complement each other to form a new interpretation which forms an arc stretching from the conducting of decades past to the modern style of today.
With Waltraud Meier, Gabriele Schnaut, Mihoko Fujimura, Peter Seiffert, John Tomlinson and Kurt Rydl, the Munich Opera Festival 2002 has succeeded in bringing together a world class ensemble of that time, which promises sensational results.
Press review
STEREO
The first multi-channel production by Farao sets new standards in live operatic recording. The whole sonorous splendour of the Wagnerian orchestra is here successfully captured on disc – the woodwinds in particular can be heard with a presence otherwise to be found only in the opera house. … And as the musical quality leaves nothing to be desired, this makes a case for the multi-channel sound.Philipp Kelm, 1/2003
Süddeutsche Zeitung
... in terms of sound quality, the best recording that can be purchased at the moment.Egbert Tholl, 04.11.02
Münchner Merkur
A deluxe Valkyrie... surpasses most rival CDsth, 20.11.02
Salzburger Nachrichten
Singing of happiness and grief – the Bavarian State Orchestra represents Munich as the Wagnerian city par excellenceFanfare
... glorious music comes from your speakers and you can create your own stage pictures. Everbody's happy.Andrew Quint, 6/19/2015
Gramophone
... Mehta benefits from the often incandescent and technically masterful playing of his orchestra and from the ideal acoustics of the Nationaltheater, finely caught by the engineers...Alan Blyth, June 2003
Audiophile Audition
... provides much enjoyment for the Wagnerite. ... the vivid singing, coupled with the surround sound, gives this performance an immediacy and clarity that are rare in ordinary CD recordings.Dalia Geffen, June 1, 2005