RICHARD WAGNER

Die Walküre

Act One

1

I

Prelude and Scene One

4:04

2

II

Whoever's fireplace this may be

9:08

3

III

A luckless man you have been tending

3:33

Scene Two:

4

IV

I found this man exhausted

5:17

5

V

I don't call myself 'Peaceful'

6:36

6

VI

She who granted you a wretched fate

4:13

7

VII

I know of a savage family

5:33

Scene Three:

8

VIII

My father promised me a sword

6:33

9

IX

Are you asleep, guest?

7:03

10

X

Wintry storms have vanished before Maytime

3:05

11

XI

You are the spring

2:15

12

XII

O sweetest bliss

6:37

13

XIII

Siegmund I am called

3:51

Act Two

Prelude and Scene One:

14

I

Now bridle your horse

2:38

15

II

Hoyotoho!

2:20

16

III

The old storm, the old trouble!

3:48

17

IV

Today - you have seen it happen

4:07

18

V

You have never learned

6:09

19

VI

What are you asking for?

2:31

20

VII

Your eternal wife's sacred honour

3:34

Scene Two:

21

VIII

Badly, I'm afraid

10:16

22

IX

It is something else. Listen carefully

5:45

23

X

Then will you deprive Siegmund of victory?

3:34

24

XI

Then take my blessing, Nibelung's son

5:42

Act Two (conclusion)

25

XII

My load of armour weighs heavy on me

2:28

Scene Three:

26

XIII

Do stop here, and take a rest

8:56

27

XIV

Where are you, Siegmund?

3:49

Scene Four:

28

XV

Siegmund, look at me

10:55

29

XVI

You have seen the Valkyrie's searing glance

4:27

30

XVII

So young and fair and dazzling you look

4:58

Scene Five:

31

XVIII

Deep as a speel sleep subdues

3:01

32

XIX

He who calls me

3:36

33

XX

Quick, to my horse, and I will save you

3:31

Act Three

Prelude and Scene One:

34

I

Hoyotoho, hoyotoho!

2:26

35

II

Put your stallion next to Ortlinde's mare

5:37

36

III

Give me protection and help in my great distress

3:39

37

IV

Do not plague yourself with worry about me

6:53

Scene Two:

38

V

Where is Brünnhilde

4:58

39

VI

Here I am, father

8:50

Scene Three:

40

VII

Was it so shameful

10:11

41

VIII

So you did what I wanted so much to do

8:47

42

IX

Girl, do not try

4:53

43

X

Farewell, you hold, wonderful child!

4:44

44

XI

That bright pair of eyes

7:34

45

XII

Loge, listen! Harken here!

4:11

Jonas Kaufmann - 'Siegmund'

Mikhail Petrenko - 'Hunding'

Rene Pape - 'Wotan'

Anja Kampe - 'Sieglinde'

Nina Stemme - 'Brünnhilde'

Ekaterina Gubanova - 'Fricka'

Zhanna Dombrovskaya - 'Gerhilde'

Irina Vasilieva - 'Ortlinde'

Natalia Evstafieva - 'Waltraute'

Lyudmila Kanunnikova - 'Schwertleite'

Tatiana Kravtsova - 'Helmwige'

Ekaterina Sergeeva - 'Siegrune'

Anna Kiknadze - 'Grimgerde'

Elena Vitman - 'Roßweiße'

Valery Gergiev

Recorded 24-27 June 2011, 16-19 February & 10-12 April 2012