Der Ring des Nibelungen, Das Rheingold Act 1: Part IV

[pulejus]

splendide voci, chi sono?

[Lecafeconcert]

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful musical wonder!

[Cephalopoda]

1:20 sends shiver down my spine. Super stuff.

[jgesselberty]

The Solti Ring is still to this day the one that all others must be compared with.

[Goetterdaemmerung7]

@jgesselberty How many other Recordings were there (which can be found and attained) of Der Ring?

[jgesselberty]

@Goetterdaemmerung7 After the Solti Ring, which was groundbreaking, there have been a succession of complete Rings, most of which didn't stand the test of time which is probably why so many of them are not available today. The Solti seems as fresh today as it did when it was released. You just don't get a cast like he had and the obsession that the producers at that time had, because they knew they were making recording history.

[fizzypopism]

Opera newbie. And this isn't really hitting me too hard. Will it affect me better if I know the story or what the words mean?

[blackjamm]

@fizzypopism It will hit you a lot harder, yes. The point of Wagner is the totality of story, music, and performance. That's why people are willing to pay so much to go to Bayreuth, to wait however long the waiting list is (eight years? something like that), and why they delve so deeply into the source material - the Nibelungenlied, Volsungasaga, &c. It's wonderful when it's all put together, less so when it's just music.

[TheGenX1979]

@blackjamm yes i agree ! Schopenhauer was way off when he said it isnt music. Wagner isnt meant to be listened in parts, but the complete picture is neccessary to really like it to the fullest. instead of mozart and mahler etc, which u can listen in parts.

[jgesselberty]

@TheGenX1979 Have to agree and disagree. Yes, Wagner should be listened to as a whole. The experience is worth it. But, disagree on your comment that Mahler can be listened to in parts. His symphonies are huge tapestries that should not be experienced one thread at a time.

[David50s]

The beginning of this clip as the Rhine Maidens sing of the gold issomeof the most beautiful music ever composed. Idon't mean sappy beauty(a la Madama Butterfly) but rather, stirring beauty that reaches to the soul. I just got back from the Met where I attended the opening of the 2010 opera season. A new production of Das Rheingold was performed and I was wiping away tears during the stirring beginning half hour or so. At the end,starting at Heda Heda Hedo I was pumping my fists.

[NotungNotung]

der meister

[weenux]

Gänsehaut

[csofan52]

Sieh wie selig,

im Glanze wir gleiten!

Willst du Banger,

ihn ihm dich baden?

So schwimm' und schwelge mit uns!

[hughhill]

Danke!

[PierreChemnitz]

Sinnlich, danke! Pierre

[sonoNEKO]

3:58 beautiful

[Ironbudokan]

Me too, it's absolutely haunting and beautiful.

[p0lyph0ny]

Rheingold! Rheingold! Leuchtende Lust...

Love it. Musically, my favorite part of the Ring cycle