Wagner: Siegfried - CD

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Wagner: Siegfried (OACD9003D) (2008)<br /> <br /> Stephen Gould (Siegfried); Gerhard Siegel (Mime); Albert Dohmen (Der Wanderer); Andrew Shore (Alberich); Hans-Peter König (Fafner); Linda Watson (Brünnhilde); Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Christian Thielemann<br /> <br /> Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in 2008, this<br /> production is the third part of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle.<br /> Christian Thielemann, one of the most sought-after<br /> conductors in the world, takes the baton with the Bayreuth<br /> Festival Chorus and Orchestra.<br /> <br /> "Thielemann's conducting holds all in glorious Wagner...tremendous singing." (The Stage)<br /> <br /> "...there is no doubt that this year's Ring at Bayreuth belongs to...Thielemann...[who] creates a musical experience epic in its scale and inexorable in its apocalyptic, shattering power." (The Guardian)