A perfectly acceptable performance, Joseph Keilberth's Das Rheingold at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival would no doubt have satisfied most listeners. But although the performance was taped in stereo by Decca, the recording remained unreleased until 2006 when Testament finally issued it, and by that time finer performances, including Decca's own Rheingold with Georg Solti, had appeared and rendered Keilberth's more or less superfluous. It's not that there aren't great things here. The men are first rate, especially the ...
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A perfectly acceptable performance, Joseph Keilberth's Das Rheingold at the 1955 Bayreuth Festival would no doubt have satisfied most listeners. But although the performance was taped in stereo by Decca, the recording remained unreleased until 2006 when Testament finally issued it, and by that time finer performances, including Decca's own Rheingold with Georg Solti, had appeared and rendered Keilberth's more or less superfluous. It's not that there aren't great things here. The men are first rate, especially the magisterial Hans Hotter as Wotan, the malevolent Gustav Neidlinger as Alberich, and whiney Paul Kuen as Mime. Even the giants, Ludwig Weber as Fasolt and particularly Josef Greindl as Fafner are splendid. The women are less appealing: Georgine von Milinkovic as Fricka is too harsh and shrewish, while the Rheinmaidens are too cute and girlish. But Keilberth himself is the biggest disappointment. A more than competent conductor, Keilberth moves the music forward with confidence and supports the...
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