RICHARD WAGNER: the Ride of the Valkyries

Bayreuth 1976, recorded 1980.

Carmen Reppel as Gerhilde
Gabriele Schnaut as Waltraute
Gwendolyn Killebrew as Schwertleite
Karen Middleton as Ortlinde
Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde
Katie Clarke as Helmwige
Ilse Gramatzki as Grimgerde
Jeannine Altmeyer as Sieglinde
Elisabeth Glauser as Rossweisse
Marga Schiml as Siegrune

Conducted by Pierre Boulez

Directed by Patrice Chéreau

from Darraðarljóð (Njál's saga Chap. 156.):

Vindum, vindum
vef darraðar,
þars er vé vaða
vígra manna!
Látum eigi
líf hans farask;
eigu valkyrjur
vals of kosti.

Wind we, wind swiftly
Our warwinning woof.
sword-bearing rovers
To banners rush on,
Mind, maidens, we spare not
One life in the fray!
We corse-choosing sisters