The Rhinegold

Album by Richard Wagner & Reginald Goodall & Norman Bailey & Emile Belcourt & Derek Hammond-Stroud

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) is an opera by German composer Richard Wagner, composed in 1854. It serves as the prologue to his four-opera Ring Cycle and exemplifies his move towards continuous musical drama and extensive use of leitmotifs, with dense orchestral writing and mythic thematic material that influenced his later works.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: Orchestral Prelude
    5:01
  2. 2.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Wandering Waters (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    1:34
  3. 3.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: He, He! You Nixies! (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    1:40
  4. 4.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: Slimy, Slippery, Slithery Smoothness! (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    9:57
  5. 5.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: Look, Sisters! the Sunlight Is Greeting the Gold (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    2:41
  6. 6.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: What's That, You Nixies … ? (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    5:02
  7. 7.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: The World's Wealth Can Be Mine … ? (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
    1:01
  8. 8.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 1: Still Not Afraid? (Alberich, Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Woglinde) - Orchestral Interlude
    4:39
  9. 9.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Wotan, My Lord! Awaken! (Fricka, Wotan)
    6:12
  10. 10.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: For I Wished You Faithful and True (Fricka, Wotan)
    2:59
  11. 11.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Then Shelter Her Now (Fricka, Freia, Wotan)
    2:24
  12. 12.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Soft Sleep Closed Your Eyes (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner)
    3:20
  13. 13.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: God of Light, Light of Spirit! (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Freia)
    5:09
  14. 14.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: To Me, Freia! Back from Her, Giant! (Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt, Wotan)
    1:17

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: This Bond Is Graved on My Spear's Strong Shaft (Wotan, Freai, Fricka)
    1:14
  2. 3.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: What? How Am I Concerned in a Contract? (Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Froh, Donner, Fafner, Fasolt)
    4:15
  3. 4.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Never One Word of Praise or Thanks! (Loge)
    2:52
  4. 5.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: But One I Found Then (Loge)
    2:02
  5. 6.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: So I Promised I'd Tell You the Story (Loge, Wotan, Fasolt, Fafner)
    1:05
  6. 7.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: A Toy, While It Was in the Waters (Loge, Wotan, Fricka)
    2:01
  7. 8.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: And I Should Possess It! (Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka, Fafner)
    4:38
  8. 9.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Hear, Wotan: I'll Speak My Last Word! (Fafner, Wotan, Fasolt, Freia, Froh, Donner)
    2:29
  9. 10.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Over Rock and Stone They Stride (Loge, Fricka, Donner, Froh)
    3:07
  10. 11.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: I See Now! Hear What Is Wrong! (Loge, Fricka)
    3:13
  11. 12.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 2: Come, Loge, Descend With Me! (Wotan, Loge, Donner, Froh, Fricka) - (orchestral interlude)
    5:11
  12. 13.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Hehe! Hehe! Come Here! Come Here! (Alberich, Mime)
    0:56
  13. 14.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Ha, You Rogue! (Alberich, Mime)
    2:25
  14. 15.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Nibelheim Here (Loge, Mime, Wotan)
    1:45
  15. 16.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: What Help for Me? (Mime, Loge, Wotan)
    5:06
  16. 17.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Better Take Care! Alberich's Near (Mime, Wotan, Alberich)
    2:56
  17. 18.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: What Brought You Here? (Alberich, Wotan, Loge)
    3:32
  18. 19.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: In the Clouds, You Great Ones (Alberich, Wotan, Loge)
    3:23
  19. 20.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: All Must Stand in Amazement (Loge, Alberich)
    4:58

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Ohe! Ohe! Terrible Dragon (Loge, Wotan, Alberich)
    3:35
  2. 4.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 3: Now Swiftly Up! (Loge) - Orchestral Interlude
    4:46
  3. 5.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: There, Alberich, Sit On Your Throne! (Loge, Alberich, Wotan)
    2:53
  4. 6.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: And Now the Niblungs Will Come to My Call (Alberich, Wotan)
    3:13
  5. 7.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: The Gold Lies There - Now Let Me Go (Alberich, Loge, Wotan)
    6:37
  6. 8.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Am I Now Free? (Alberich, Loge, Wotan), "Alberich's Curse"
    4:27
  7. 9.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Fasolt and Fafner Come This Way (Loge, Froh, Donner, Fricka)
    3:08
  8. 10.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Wait! Don't Touch Her Yet! (Fasolt, Wotan, Fafner, Loge, Froh)
    3:12
  9. 11.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Far Too Loose You're Piling the Gold (Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Fricka, Donner)
    2:44
  10. 12.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Freia, the Fair One, See I No More (Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan, Freia, Fricka, Froh, Donner)
    3:07
  11. 13.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Yield It, Wotan, Yield It! (Erda, Wotan, Fricka, Froh), "Erda's Warning"
    5:44
  12. 14.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Hear, You Giants! (Donner, Freia, Wotan)
    2:13
  13. 15.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Stop, You Greedy One! (Fasolt, Fafner, Loge, Wotan)
    2:25
  14. 16.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Your Luck, Wotan, What Could Surpass It (Loge, Wotan, Fricka)
    2:25
  15. 17.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Sweltering Mists Hang in the Air … Heda! Heda! Hedo! (Donner)
    2:47
  16. 18.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: The Bridge Leads You Homeward (Froh)
    1:53
  17. 19.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Evening Rays Flood the Sky With Splendour (Wotan, Fricka, Loge)
    4:22
  18. 20.
    The Rhinegold: Scene 4: Rhinegold! Rhinegold! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Wotan, Loge), "Entry of the Gods Into Valahlla" - Orchestral Postlude
    4:53

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