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This concert is something special due to the presence of the superstar American soprano Deborah Voigt and the magnetic direction of English conductor Jeffrey Tate. 'What he brings out in the orchestra scenes from 'Twilight of the gods' is indeed 'divine',' said one German critic. In fact, 'Divine' is the title of this CD/DVD release in which scenes from Gotterdammerung are preceded by Stravinsky's ballet Apollon Musagete. The concerts of the Hamburger Symphoniker are always remarkable - director Daniel Kuhnel and the renowned orchestra director Jeffrey Tate have made excellent - and enviable - names for themselves since the start of their cooperation in 2009 with their distinguished programming for the orchestra. And they follow unusual paths: In order to record this live concert in the Hamburg Laeiszhalle. The Hamburger Symphoniker was the first German classical music organization to partially finance it via crowd funding, the new form of donation collection online.