Götterdämmerung (CD): Mark Elder, Katarina Dalayman, Lars Cleveman, Andrew Shore, Attila Jun, Nancy Gustafson
Conductor Mark Elder
Brünnhilde Katarina Dalayman
Siegfried Lars Cleveman
Hagen Attila Jun
Alberich Andrew Shore
Gunther Peter Coleman-Wright
Gutrune Nancy Gustafson
Waltraute Susan Bickley
Rhinemaidens Katherine Broderick, Madeleine Shaw, Leah‑Marian Jones
Norns Miranda Keys, Yvonne Howard, Ceri Williams
Hallé Choir; BBC Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Chorus; Royal Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus
Hallé Orchestra
Recorded live on 9/10 May 2009 in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
"The whole is topped by a serious and quite dark pair from Sweden. Lars Cleveman is a thinking, tragic Siegfried, well matching his conductor’s conception of the work. His Brünnhilde, Katarina Dalayman, brings a good mixture of soprano and mezzo colours to the role, by turns steely and strong, or touchingly vulnerable. Her Immolation is unusually visionary and clear-sighted. [...] The most compelling and best-cast Götterdämmerung on disc since Barenboim’s from Bayreuth"
Mike Ashman in Gramophone
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