Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), René Pape (Wotan), Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), Anja Kampe (Sieglinde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Fricka), Mikhail Petrenko (Hunding)
Mariinsky Orchestra, Valery Gergiev
The result, in superb sound, is revelatory…[Kampe] gives Sieglinde both lyrical beauty and narrative power, well matched by Jonas Kaufmann’s Siegmund…[Pape] turns out to be the finest [Wotan]… — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013