Wagner: Das Rheingold (dvd)
) | Label: OEHMS CLASSICS Catalog: OC995 Format: DVD Frankfurt Opera; Museum Orchestra; WeigleComposed by: Wagner, Richard The first entry in Richard Wagner’s legendary Ring Cycle, considered by the composer to be the “prelude” to the trilogy that follows. On Sebastian Weigle’s account of Wagner’s “Rienzi” on Oehms, The Guardian writes, “his interpretation… has an exhilarating momentum that at times pulls you in – despite yourself.” The two centuries old Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra is one of the great German opera orchestras, with a conducting heritage that includes Louis Spohr and Sir Georg Solti.  Price: $72.98 |