Thielemann's Viennese Ring: for anyone needing one more for the road...

[Nick Armstrong]

Out on 21 June: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en...UCT_NR=4791560

An extract here: https://soundcloud.com/deutschegramm...ring-rheingold

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Just maybe.
But it will be compared with the first Viennese Ring.

[Beef Oven]

Out on 21 June: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en...UCT_NR=4791560

An extract here: https://soundcloud.com/deutschegramm...ring-rheingold

I'm still waiting for the price on his other Ring Cycle to go easy...............

[Black Swan]

I agree with Beef Oven. I am most interested as Waltraud Meier is singing Seiglinde and I believe Katharina Delayman is singing Brunhilde. Sp will wait until the price drops.
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[ARBurton]

I have the Austrian Radio broadcasts of this, and it was excellent. SUCH a pity though that the DVDs are only 2 discs` worth of excerpts rather than the full monty...

[Petrushka]

I have the Austrian Radio broadcasts of this, and it was excellent. SUCH a pity though that the DVDs are only 2 discs` worth of excerpts rather than the full monty...

My guess would be that the DVD's will appear in a few months time thus inducing some to part with their hard-earned twice over for the same product....

[ARBurton]

I do hope so, but I admit I`m rather doubtful. I remember reading something somewhere on the internet to the effect that a full video release had been vetoed by either Thielemann or Wesler-Most, but I`m afraid I can`t recall which or indeed why! Sorry, I know that`s less than half a tale...and I do hope I`m wrong.

[akiralx]

I wasn't impressed with the Munich Ring highlights: compared Wintersturme (Die Walkure) with Karajan, and the singing was mediocre - Thielemann's soloists are no Regine Crespin or Jon Vickers...

[duncan]

I have the Austrian Radio broadcasts of this, and it was excellent. SUCH a pity though that the DVDs are only 2 discs` worth of excerpts rather than the full monty...

I saw The Ring in Vienna in 2009 with Welser-Most conducting. I'm guessing this is the same production. If so, it was decent musically but not memorable visually or dramatically. It relied a fair amount on back-projection.



Valhalla burns

[Nick Armstrong]

I do hope so, but I admit I`m rather doubtful. I remember reading something somewhere on the internet to the effect that a full video release had been vetoed by either Thielemann or Wesler-Most, but I`m afraid I can`t recall which or indeed why! Sorry, I know that`s less than half a tale...and I do hope I`m wrong.

The allegation if this is to believed seems to be that Frankly W-M sat on the idea:

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/03/more-trouble-at-the-vienna-philharmonic.html

[ARBurton]

Interesting, thank you for the link. I wonder FWM wants a dvd Ring of his own - EMI issued his Zurich Tanhauser and Meistersinger, and I rather suspect the recent Hollander may follow. (Although perhaps they could issue the 1991/2 Sawallisch EMI production first which only came out on DVD in Japan)