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05-30-2014, 07:36 PM
Tops the list of modern recordings of this most popular of the ''Ring'' operas. The playing is idiomatic and rich, with recorded sound to match. Mr. Levine shapes a telling interpretation of this score; it ranks with the best this opera has received: grand yet exciting, pungent and full of character. In short, this album is a landmark for American opera recording in general. - John Rockwell, The New York Times - November 6, 1988

Conductor: James Levine
Siegmund: Gary Lakes
Sieglinde: Jessye Norman
Wotan: James Morris
Br�nnhilde: Hildegard Behrens
Hunding: Kurt Moll
Fricka: Christa Ludwig
Gerhilde: Marita Napier
Ortlinde: Marilyn Mims
Waltraute: Reinhild Runkel
Schwertleite: Ruthild Engert
Helmwige: Linda Kelm
Siegrune: Diane Kesling
Grimgerde: Meredith Parsons
Rossweisse: Anne Wilkens
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded April 1987 (New York, Manhattan Center)
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Conductor: James Levine
Siegmund: Gary Lakes
Sieglinde: Jessye Norman
Wotan: James Morris
Br�nnhilde: Hildegard Behrens
Hunding: Kurt Moll
Fricka: Christa Ludwig
Gerhilde: Marita Napier
Ortlinde: Marilyn Mims
Waltraute: Reinhild Runkel
Schwertleite: Ruthild Engert
Helmwige: Linda Kelm
Siegrune: Diane Kesling
Grimgerde: Meredith Parsons
Rossweisse: Anne Wilkens
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded April 1987 (New York, Manhattan Center)
Please PM for link.