There are 47 recordings on file in which the conductor is Hans Knappertsbusch 1888-1965

Order by composer

(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )

1 1936(LE) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

2 1937(LCE) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

3 1937(LE) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

4 1937(LE) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

5 1939(ACT 3;LE) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro*

6 1939(LE) - Carl Maria von Weber - Der Freischütz*

7 1940(LI) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro*

8 1941(LE) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

9 1942 (ACT 3;SE) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

10 1943(LE) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

11 1950(LI) - Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde*

12 1950/51(STU) - Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*

13 1951(LC) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

14 1951(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

15 1952(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*

16 1952(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

17 1954(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

18 1955(LI) - Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier*

19 1955(LI) - Richard Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer*

20 1955(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

21 1955(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*

22 1956(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

23 1956(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

24 1956(LI) - Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold*

25 1956(LI) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

26 1956(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

27 1957(ACT 1SE) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

28 1957(LI) - Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier*

29 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

30 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

31 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold*

32 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

33 1957(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

34 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Götterdämmerung*

35 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

36 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold*

37 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Siegfried*

38 1958(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre*

39 1959(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

40 1960(LI) - Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*

41 1960(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

42 1961(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

43 1961(STU) - Ludwig Van Beethoven - Fidelio*

44 1962(LC) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

45 1963(ACT 1;LE) - Richard Wagner - Die Walküre***

46 1963(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

47 1964(LI) - Richard Wagner - Parsifal*

*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1936(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Siegfried - Josef Kalenberg

Mime - Erich Zimmermann

Wanderer - Emil Schipper

Erda - Enid Szánthó

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 Novenber/December 1995 p.418

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (18 April 1936)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LCE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Brünnhilde - Anny Konetzni

Siegfried - Max Lorenz

Hagen - Fred Destal

Gunther - Jaro Prohaska

Gutrune - Wanda Achsel

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 taken from two performances at the Vienna State Opera (24 January & 19 June 1937). Alexander Kipnis is heard briefly as Hagen in excerpts from the June performance

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Amfortas - Fred Destal

Titurel - Nikolaus Zec

Gurnemanz - Herbert Alsen

Alto Stimme - Elena Nikolaidi

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1463-2 (Wiener Staatsoper Live - Vol.13)

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1995 p.134 (mention) [JBS]

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Comments:- Recording of about 27 minutes of a performance in the Wiener Staatsoper (1 November 1937)

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Siegfried - Max Lorenz

Fafner - Nikolaus Zec

Waldvogel - Elisabeth Schumann

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.419

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Comments:- Recording of a part of Act 2 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (16 June 1937)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in Italian

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1939(Act 3;LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Ezio Pinza

Susanna - Esther Réthy

Conte Almaviva - Mariano Stabile

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining

Cherubino - Martha Rohs

Marcellina - Angelica Cravcenco

Bartolo - Virgilio Lazzari

Basilio - Gino Del Signore

Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi

Antonio - Viktor Madin

Barbarina - Maria Schober

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Compact Disc - Radio Years RY 75

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.4

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1939)

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Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1939(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Max - Franz Völker

Agathe - Tiana Lemnitz

Kaspar - Michael Bohnen

Ottokar - Paul Schöffler

Kuno - Carl Bissuti

Kilian - Willy Franter

Hermit - Herbert Alsen

Zamiel - Volker Soetber

Ännchen - Elisabeth Rutgers

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Compact Disc; - Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.17); Radio Years RY 70 (+Fidelio-excerpts) {1CD}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25; (collection); MYTO «Historical» 982 H011 (+excepts cond. Steiner) {1CD} (1998)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0015 (+excepts cond. Steiner) {1CD} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.131; CELLETTI p.1170; Opera on CD (1) p.26 (2) p.30 (3) p.33; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 105-106 p.162; MET 740; MET(VID) p.453; PENGUIN p.561; Opera on Video p.40; GIUDICI p.1170 (2) p.1835; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; Répertoire No.95 octobre 1996 p.13; International Record Collector November 2000 pp.20-25; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - February 1997 p.252

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Opera Now - March/April 1997 p.97

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Opera News - March 30 1996 p.37: July 2000 p.48 [JSL]

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.393

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Orpheus - Juli 1998 SS.60-61 [DN]

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Diapason - No.444 janvier 1998 p.102 [AT]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.89 [PF]

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Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.5: Issue No.123 June 2000 p.4 [MT]

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American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.267 [RVL]

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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (3 August 1939)

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Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1940(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Figaro - Paul Schöffler

Susanna - Elisabeth Rütgers

Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell

Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining

Cherubino - Dora Komarek

Basilio - Hermann Gallos

Antonio - Viktor Madin

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Compact Disc; - Tahra TAH 573-574 {2CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Classica Répertoire - No.78 décembre 2005 - janvier 2006 p.103 [AT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.82 [JR]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Amsterdam. The last finale is missing.

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1941(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Siegfried - Set Svanholm

Wanderer - Paul Schöffler

Erda - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic

Waldvogel - Adele Kern

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 2 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera(21 June 1941)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1942 (Act 3;SE)

Orchestra - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)

Amfortas - Hans Reinmar

Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber

Parsifal - Carl Hartmann

Kundry - Elsa Larcén

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Black Disc; - Acanta DE 23.036 {2LPS} (1978)ª

Compact Disc - *Pilz-Acanta 442101-2 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78555 Preiser Records 90261; Music & Arts CD 1067 {1CD}

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1979 p.912 [JBS] ; December 2000 p.134 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.122 [JY]; Vol.24 No.2 November/ December 2000 pp.383-384 [WY]

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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64

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International Record Review - November 2000 p.120 [JC]

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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2000 No.23 pp.100-101 [JTH]

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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [JPM]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 dicembre 1995 p.84

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Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.103, p.105

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Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.101

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Comments:- Recorded on 31 March 1942. The year is sometimes given as 1943

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1943(LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper

Siegmund - Max Lorenz

Sieglinde - Hilde Konetzni

Brünhilde - Helena Braun

Wotan - Hans Hotter

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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418

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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (1 December 1943)

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Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1950(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Tristan - Günther Treptow

Isolde - Helena Braun

Brangaene - Margarete Klose

Marke - Ferdinand Frantz

Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler

Melot - Albrecht Peter

Hirt - Paul Kuen

Steuerman - Fritz Richard Bender

Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Fritz Richard Bender

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Black Disc - Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 343 {5LPS} Movimento Musica 05.001 {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - ~Laudis LCD 4.4009 {4CDS}; Orfeo C355 943 D {3CDS} Gala GL 100.651 {4CDS}; Arkadia 3CD 78075 {3CDS}; Andromeda ANDRCD 9011 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - May 1995 p.133

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Opera - December 1994 p.1387

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Opera Now - January 1995 p.54

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Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.334

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64; Mai 1996 S.62

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.81

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Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.126

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151

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BBC Music Magazine - March 1995 p.81

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Wagner News - No.108 April 1995 p.19

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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.82

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.108

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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.183

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.94 [VM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Prinzregententheater, Munich (23 July 1950) See OPERA, September 1950 p.24. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1950-51(STU)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Hans Sachs - Paul Schöffler

Veit Pogner - Otto Edelmann

Sixtus Beckmesser - Karl Dönch

Fritz Kothner - Alfred Poell

Walther von Stolzing - Günther Treptow

David - Anton Dermota

Eva - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Magdalena - Else Schürnoff

Nachtwächter - Harald Pröglhoff

Kunz Vogelgesang - Hugo Meyer-Welfing

Konrad Nachtigall - Wilhelm Felden

Ulrich Eisslinger - William Wernigk

Balthasar Zorn - Erich Majkut

Augustin Moser - Hermann Gallos

Hermann Ortel - Harald Pröglhoff

Hans Schwarz - Franz Bierbach

Hans Foltz - Ljubomir Pantscheff

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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2646-2647 (Act 1) {2LPS} (1951)ª; Decca LXT 2560-2561 (Act 2) {2LPS} (1952)ª; Decca LXT 2648-2650 (Act 3) {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca LXT 2659-2664 {6LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 535-539 {5LPS} (1967)ª; London LLP 284-285 (Act 2) {2LPS} (1951)ª; London LLP 478-479 (Act 1) {2LPS} (1952)ª; London 480-482 (Act 3) {3LPS} (1952)ª; London XLLA-9 {6LPS}; London A-4601 {6LPS}; Richmond RS-65002 {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Decca 440 057-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª; London POCL 2255-58 {4CDS} (Japan); London POCL 4082-85 {4CDS} (Japan) (1996)ª; Cantus Classics 500 313 {2CDS} + 500 314 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111128-31 {4CDS} (2006)ª

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - January 1951 p.168 [DST]; February 1951 p.203 [AR]; March 1951 p.219 [HCS]; February 1952 p.209 [AR]; July 1952 pp.28-29 [DST]; December 1952 p.174 [AR]; April 1967 p.546 [EG]; October 1994 p.223 [AB]

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Opera - Vol.2 April 1951 p.243; March 1952 p.173; May 1967 p.407

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Opera Now - October 1994 p.54

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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 No.76

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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.180

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170

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American Record Guide - January 1951 Vol.17 No.5 p.179 (Act 2) [CJL]: February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.173 (Acts 1 & 3) [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.64 [HF]

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1994 p.123

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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1951 p.10: January 1952 p.25

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Répertoire - No.74 November 1994 p.98

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.65

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Comments:- Act 2 was recorded between 2 and 9 September 1950 and Acts 1 and 3 between 11 and 20 September 1951. See also The Times Weekend July 30 1994 p.7

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LC)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Arnold Van Mill

Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber

Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen

Klingsor - Hermann Uhde

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert

Knappe 1 - Hanna Ludwig

Knappe 2 - Elfriede Wild

Knappe 3 - Günther Baldauf

Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze

Blumenmädchen 1 - Lore Wißmann

Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann

Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig

Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne

Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn

Blumenmädchen 6 - Elfriede Wild

Ritter 1 - Walter Fritz

Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber

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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 2651-2656 {6LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 504-508 {5LPS} (1966)ª; Decca 411 786-1 {5LPS} (France) (1985)ª; London LLPA-10 {6LPS} (1952)ª

Compact Disc; - Teldec «Historic Series» 9031-76047-2 {4CDS} (1993)ª; London POCL 2251/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Teldec WPCC 5371/4 {4CDS} (Japan);; Naxos «Historical» 8110221/4 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Membran 220619 {4CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 1952 pp.223-224 [AR]; July 1952 p.29 [DST]; October 1966 p.227 [AR]; April 1985 p.1270 [AB]; August 1993 p.90 [AB]; April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]

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Opera - August 1952 pp.499-450 [HK]; November 1952 pp.698-699

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Opera Now - June 1993 p.57

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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1993 p.85

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Fanfare - November-December 1993 p.440

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Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 (mention) [SS]

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Opéra International - June 1993 p.84

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Diapason - June 1993 p.168; No.504 juin 2003 p.120 [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.156

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American Record Guide - March 1952 Vol.18 No.7 p.201 [PHR]

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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.68 [JH]

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International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.38 [PP]

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BBC Music Magazine - July 1993 p.63

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International Record Review - June 2003 p.86 [JTH]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 p.85 [MC]

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Comments:- Recorded at «the general rehearsal and two public performances» (See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw p.109). According to John Culshaw in Act 1 there are 149 cross-splices (see HIGH FIDELITY November 1962 p.46)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay

Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff

Hagen - Ludwig Weber

Alberich - Heinrich Pflanzl

Gunther - Hermann Uhde

Gutrune - Martha Mödl

Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen

Woglinde - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig

Floßhilde - Herta Töpper

First Norn - Ruth Siewert

Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk

Third Norn - Martha Mödl

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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 6175 {6LPS} (1999)ª

Compact Disc; - Wing WCD 53 (highlights) {1CD}; *Testament SBT 4175 {4CDS} (1999)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0067 {4CDS}

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1999 p.123 [AB]

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Opera - October 1999 p.1243 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.224-225 [WY]

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Orpheus - November 1999 S.89 [SS]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58-S.59 [SS]

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Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.71 [FL-2]

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International Record Review - March 2000 p.142 [DC]

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Stereophile - January 2000 (Vol.23 No.1) p.177

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The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]

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Wagner News - Issue No.138 April 2000 p.16 [PDB]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.31 No.1 Spring 2000 pp.150-152 [GAG]

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Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.100 [PF]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.56 [LT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.88 [JPS]

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Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.75 (mention) [FL-2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (4 August 1951). See GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.20, IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.36-42. The Wing CD contains a recording of part of Act 3. Michael Tanner states that tapes from thedress rehearsal were used in the preparation of the Testament CDs (CLASSIC CD December 1999 p.14)

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Hans Sachs - Otto Edelmann

Veit Pogner - Kurt Böhme

Sixtus Beckmesser - Heinrich Pflanzl

Fritz Kothner - Werner Faulhaber

Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf

David - Gerhard Unger

Eva - Lisa Della Casa

Magdalena - Ira Malaniuk

Nachtwächter - Gustav Neidlinger

Kunz Vogelgesang - Karl Terkal

Konrad Nachtigall - Walter Stoll

Ulrich Eisslinger - Karl Mikorey

Balthasar Zorn - Josef Janko

Augustin Moser - Gerhard Stolze

Hermann Ortel - Theo Adam

Hans Schwarz - Heinz Borst

Hans Foltz - Max Kohl

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 522 {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34040; Golden Melodram GM 1.0003 - 4;; Music & Arts CD 1014 (+Siegfried Idyll) {4CDS} Cantus Classics 500 326 {2CDS} + Cantus Classics 500 327 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0111-4 {4CDS} (2003)ª

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.130 [AB]; August (published June) 2003 pp.73-74 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.665 [AB]

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Opera News - October 2003 pp.63-64 [RC]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.6 July/August 1998 pp.265-267 [WY]

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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14

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Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.98 [AT]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]

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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4

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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.241 [KM]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.278 [RVL]

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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.91 [BL]

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Répertoire - No.114 juin 1998 p.57 [TP]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA October 1952 p.596, p.597). The performance on 17 August 1952 was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. In this performance the roles of Pogner and Eva were sung by Ludwig Weber and Trude Eipperle (see Radio Times Issue dated August 15 1952 p.11 and THE LISTENER Issue dated August 28 1952 p.355)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1952(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Kurt Böhme

Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber

Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen

Klingsor - Hermann Uhde

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert

Knappe 1 - Herta Töpper

Knappe 2 - Hanna Ludwig

Knappe 3 - Gerhard Unger

Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze

Blumenmädchen 1 - Rita Streich

Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann

Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig

Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne

Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn

Blumenmädchen 6 - Herta Töpper

Ritter 1 - Karl Terkal

Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0051 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel ARPCD 01124 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Cantus Classics 500666 & 500667 {4CDS} (2005)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 p.24 [ARB]

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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (1 August 1952)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1954(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Hans Hotter

Titurel - Theo Adam

Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl

Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Hetty Plümacher

Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher

Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz

Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze

Knappe 4 - Hugo Kratz

Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg

Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger

Blumenmädchen 3 - Hetty Plümacher

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius

Blumenmädchen 6 - Gisela Litz

Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin

Ritter 2 - Theo Adam

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Compact Disc; - Seven Seas KICC 2341/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Golden Melodram GM 10053 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0283 {4CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.222-224 [WY]

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Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]

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Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.19 [ARB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.34 [SV]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.89 [VM]

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Comments:- See Wagner News April 1995 p.12

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper

Marschallin - Maria Reining

Octavian - Sena Jurinac

Sophie - Hilde Güden (Gueden)

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme

Faninal - Alfred Poell

Valzacchi - László Szemere

Annina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan

Ein Sänger - Karl Terkal

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Judith Hellwig

Polizeikommissar - Adolf Vogel

Der Wirt - Fritz Sperlbauer

Ein Notar - Ljubomir Pantscheff

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Harald Pröglhoff

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - William Wernigk

Tierhändler - Erich Majkut

Modistin - Berta Seidl

Die drei Waisen - Alberta Kolm

- Elfriede Hofstetter

- Maria Trupp

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; RCA «Wiener Staatsope Live» 74321 69431-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - March 2000 p.118, p.122 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.341 [RVL]; Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 p.238 [JM]

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Orpheus - April 2000 S.74 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [CM]

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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [MT]: Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MB]

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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.312 [KM]: Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.271 [KM]

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BBC Music Magazine - February 2000 p.70 [mention] [CP]

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Classic CD - March 2000 p.83 [TB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.56 [JS]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.137 febbraio 2000 p.98 [EG]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.38 marzo-abril 2000 p.90 [JPS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Vienna State Opera. Photographs of the productionand a review of a performance with a slightly different cast are given in OPERA February 1956 (front cover and pp.90-91)

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Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Holländer - Hermann Uhde

Senta - Astrid Varnay

Daland - Ludwig Weber

Erik - Wolfgang Windgassen

Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel

Steuermann - Josef Traxel

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Black Disc; - *Cetra «Opera Live» LO 51 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Discocorp 319 {3LPS}; Melodram 550(3)

Compact Disc; - *Music and Arts CD-319(3); Music and Arts CD-876(2) Golden Melodram GM 10028 {2CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166, p.1171 [AB]

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Opera - June 1997 p.662

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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.417

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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.271: Vol.1 No.4 p.150

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 [CM]

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ARSC Journal - 1983 Vol.XV No.2-3 p.117 [PLM]

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Classical Express - September 1995 p.4

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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270

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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.93 Gennaio 1996 p.81

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (22 July 1955)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Rundfunk

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson

Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff

Hagen - Gottlob Frick

Alberich - Otakar Kraus

Gunther - Hermann Uhde

Gutrune - Leonie Rysanek

Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk

Woglinde - Gerda Sommerschuh

Wellgunde - Elisabeth Lindermeier

Floßhilde - Ruth Michaelis

First Norn - Irmgard Barth

Second Norn - Herta Töpper

Third Norn - Marianne Schech

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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 425 {5LPS}

Compact Disc - Orfeo C 356944 {4CDS}

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera - December 1994 p.1387

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Opera Now - January 1995 p.55

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Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34

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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.332

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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64

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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.81

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Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.133

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154

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Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.108

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Wagner News - No.108 April 1995 p.20

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Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.79

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American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.274

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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.185

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Prinzregententheater-Munich (1 September 1955)See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books December 31st 1994 p.17

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Hans Sachs - Ferdinand Frantz

Veit Pogner - Gottlob Frick

Sixtus Beckmesser - Heinrich Pflanzl

Fritz Kothner - Albrecht Peter

Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf

David - Paul Kuen

Eva - Lisa Della Casa

Magdalena - Herta Töpper

Nachtwächter - Willy Schmitz

Kunz Vogelgesang - Franz Klarwein

Konrad Nachtigall - Carl Hoppe

Ulrich Eisslinger - Emil Graf

Balthasar Zorn - John Kuhn

Augustin Moser - Karl Ostertag

Hermann Ortel - Adolf Keil

Hans Schwarz - Walter Bracht

Hans Foltz - Rudolf Wünzer

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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 462 974L {4CDS} (1998)ª

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.130 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.665 [AB]

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Orpheus - Juli 1998 S.58 [DN]

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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.64 [FL-2]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.104 [CM]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.241 [KM]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X1 - N.113 - novembre 1997 p.86 [GDV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregentheater, Munich (11 september 1955)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen

Hagen - Josef Greindl

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Gunther - Hermann Uhde

Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn

Waltraute - Jean Madeira

Woglinde - Lore Wißmann

Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay

First Norn - Jean Madeira

Second Norn - Maria von Ilosvay

Third Norn - Astrid Varnay

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Black Disc - Melodram 569(5)

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9016 {4CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]

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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106

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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]

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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]

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Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16: Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]

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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Titurel - Hans Hotter

Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl

Parsifal - Ramón Vinay

Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Martha Mödl

Knappe 1 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel

Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze

Knappe 4 - Alfred Pfeifle

Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg

Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger

Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius

Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel

Ritter 1 - Josef Traxel

Ritter 2 - Alfons Herwig

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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 79 {5LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram 563(5) {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34035 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram 1.0062 {4CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0192 {4CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 pp.85-86 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (19 August 1956)

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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic

Loge - Ludwig Suthaus

Mime - Paul Kuen

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Freia - Gré Brouwenstijn

Froh - Josef Traxel

Donner - Alfons Herwig

Erda - Jean Madeira

Fasolt - Josef Greindl

Fafner - Arnold Van Mill

Woglinde - Lore Wißmann

Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay

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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]

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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106

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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]

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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]

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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (13 August 1956)

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen

Mime - Paul Kuen

Wanderer - Hans Hotter

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Erda - Jean Madeira

Fafner - Arnold Van Mill

Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]

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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106

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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]

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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]

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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1956)

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen

Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn

Hunding - Josef Greindl

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic

Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers

Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel

Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay

Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan

Siegrune - Luisecharlotte Kamps

Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic

Roßweiße - Jean Madeira

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 567 {4LPS} (1984)ª

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music & Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9024 {3CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]

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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]

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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]

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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]

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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]

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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57

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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106

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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6

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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]

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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]

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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]

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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]

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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]

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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]

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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1956). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(Act 1:SE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Siegmund - Set Svanholm

Sieglinde - Kirsten Flagstad

Hunding - Arnold Van Mill

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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 5429-5430 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2074-2075 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey ; +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 581-582 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1969)ª; Decca «Grandi Voci» GRV 26 {1LP} (1983)ª; London A 4229 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey;; +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; London OSA-1204 {2LPS} (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey;; +Siegried's Funeral Music) (1959)ª

Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Historic» 425 963-2 {1CD} (1990)ª; Decca «Eloquence» 466 678-2 (+Siegfried's Funeral March) {1CD} (2000)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - June 1959 p.24 [AR]; January 1960 p.341 [DST]; December 1969 pp.1005-1006 [AR]; September 1983 p.380 [AB]; July 1990 p.276, p.279 [AB]

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Opera - August 1959 p.535

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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]

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American Record Guide - March 1959 Vol.25 No.7 p.467 [PLM]

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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.20 [MM]: June 1959 p.23 [MM]

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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.605 [NC]

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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.134

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International Record Review - June 2000 p.114 [MT]

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Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Marschallin - Marianne Schech

Octavian - Herta Töpper

Sophie - Erika Köth

Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Otto Edelmann

Faninal - Albrecht Peter

Valzacchi - Paul Kuen

Annina - Ina Garhein

Ein Sänger - Lorenz Fehenberger

Marianne Leitmetzerin - Lisl Kadera

Polizeikommissar - Georg Wieter

Der Wirt - Walter Carnuth

Ein Notar - Rudolf Wünzer

Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Carl Hoppe

Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Karl Ostertag

Die drei Waisen - Bertl Baethe

- Anne Lutz

- Agnes Vichböck

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 101 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Discocorp «Recital Records» RR 482 {3LPS}); Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 482 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30058 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9027 {3CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.2 p.54 [PLM]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 p.85 [BD]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregenten Theater, Munich (3 August 1957)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen

Hagen - Josef Greindl

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Gunther - Hermann Uhde

Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer

Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay

Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert

Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Floßhilde - Elisabeth Schärtel

First Norn - Birgit Nilsson

Second Norn - Elisabeth Schärtel

Third Norn - Maria von Ilosvay

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 61/5 {5LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 034 {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 256 (4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0219 {4CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]

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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (18 August 1957)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Arnold Van Mill

Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl

Parsifal - Ramón Vinay

Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Georgine von Milinkovic

Knappe 1 - Paula Lechner

Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel

Knappe 3 - Hans Krotthammer

Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze

Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg

Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger

Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lechner

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Lotte Rysanek

Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel

Ritter 1 - Walter Geisler

Ritter 2 - Otto Wiener

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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0215 {4CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.

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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic

Loge - Ludwig Suthaus

Mime - Gerhard Stolze

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer

Froh - Josef Traxel

Donner - Toni Blankenheim

Erda - Maria von Ilosvay

Fasolt - Arnold Van Mill

Fafner - Josef Greindl

Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert

Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Floßhilde - Elisabeth Schärtel

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 58/3 {3LPS}

Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 253(3) {3CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0216 {2CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]

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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]

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Wagner News - No.111 September 1995 p.13

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1957)

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff

Mime - Paul Kuen

Wanderer - Hans Hotter

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger

Erda - Maria von Ilosvay

Fafner - Josef Greindl

Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 60/5 {5LPS}; *Estro Armonico EA 033

Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 255(4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0218 {4CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]

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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16

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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (16 August 1957)

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Siegmund - Ramón Vinay

Sieglinde - Birgit Nilsson

Hunding - Josef Greindl

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic

Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)

Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers

Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel

Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay

Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan

Siegrune - Helena Bader

Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic

Roßweiße - Hetty Plümacher

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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 59/5 {5LPS}; Melodram MEL 577(4)

Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 254 (4) {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS}; Urania 22.316 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0217 {3CDS} (2008)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.246-247 [ED]

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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.273; Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13

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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]

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Comments:- A recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1957)

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Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen

Hagen - Josef Greindl

Alberich - Frans Andersson

Gunther - Otto Wiener

Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer

Waltraute - Jean Madeira

Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert

Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann

Floßhilde - Ursula Böse

First Norn - Jean Madeira

Second Norn - Ursula Böse

Third Norn - Rita Gorr

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 589 {5LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34044 {4CDS}; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.103 [KM]: May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]

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Stereophile - June 1990 Vol.13 No.6 p.207

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Titurel - Josef Greindl

Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines

Parsifal - Hans Beirer

Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim

Kundry - Régine Crespin

Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay

Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann

Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse

Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch

Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze

Blumenmädchen 1 - Lotte Schädle

Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger

Blumenmädchen 3 - Hildegard Schünemann

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Gertraud Prenzlow

Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel

Ritter 1 - Fritz Uhl

Ritter 2 - Donald Bell

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0058 {4CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.56 [SS]

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Opéra International - No.276 février 2003 p.72 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [MC]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.

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Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Rita Gorr

Loge - Fritz Uhl

Mime - Gerhard Stolze

Alberich - Frans Andersson

Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer

Froh - Sándor Kónya

Donner - Erik Saedén

Erda - Maria von Ilosvay

Fasolt - Theo Adam

Fafner - Josef Greindl

Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert

Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann

Floßhilde - Ursula Böse

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 586 {3LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Hunt 2 CDLSMH 34041; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) ; Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207

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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Siegfried by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen

Mime - Gerhard Stolze

Wanderer - Hans Hotter

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Alberich - Frans Andersson

Erda - Maria von Ilosvay

Fafner - Josef Greindl

Waldvogel - Dorothea Siebert

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 588 {5LPS} (1982)ª

Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34043; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle); Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207

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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Siegmund - Jon Vickers

Sieglinde - Leonie Rysanek

Hunding - Josef Greindl

Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay

Wotan - Hans Hotter

Fricka - Rita Gorr

Gerhilde - Marlies Siemeling

Ortlinde - Elisabeth Schärtel

Waltraute - Hilde Scheppan

Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay

Helmwige - Lotte Rysanek

Siegrune - Grace Hoffman

Grimgerde - Rita Gorr

Roßweiße - Ursula Böse

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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 587 (4LPS}

Compact Disc; - Hunt 3 CDLSMH 34042; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) ; Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.235 [WY]

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Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]

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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]

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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207

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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]

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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Bayreuth Festival. See «A Hero's Life - Jon Vickers» by Jeannie Williams p.84

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1959(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)

Titurel - Josef Greindl

Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines

Parsifal - Hans Beirer

Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim

Kundry - Martha Mödl

Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse

Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann

Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse

Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch

Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus

Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz

Blumenmädchen 2 - Rita Bartos

Blumenmädchen 3 - Gisela Schröter

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann

Blumenmädchen 6 - Claudia Hellmann

Ritter 1 - Georg Paskuda

Ritter 2 - Donald Bell

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram 1.0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [PN]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (7 August 1959).

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Hans Sachs - Josef Greindl

Veit Pogner - Theo Adam

Sixtus Beckmesser - Karl Schmitt-Walter

Fritz Kothner - Ludwig Weber

Walther von Stolzing - Wolfgang Windgassen

David - Gerhard Stolze

Eva - Elisabeth Grümmer

Magdalena - Elisabeth Schärtel

Nachtwächter - Donald Bell

Kunz Vogelgesang - Wilfried Krug

Konrad Nachtigall - Egmont Koch

Ulrich Eisslinger - Harald Neukirch

Balthasar Zorn - Heinz-Günter Zimmermann

Augustin Moser - Hermann Winkler

Hermann Ortel - Fritjof Sentpaul

Hans Schwarz - Hans Günter Nöcker

Hans Foltz - Eugen Fuchs

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 602 {5LPS} (1981)ª

Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10029 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Mike Richter CD Rom AE 203 (Opera from Bayreuth)

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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.252 [WY]

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.273

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [CM]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival {23 July 1960)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1960(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Thomas Stewart

Titurel - David Ward

Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl

Parsifal - Hans Beirer

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Régine Crespin

Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert

Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann

Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch

Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus

Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz

Blumenmädchen 2 - Gundula Janowitz

Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann

Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse

Ritter 1 - Wilfried Krug

Ritter 2 - Theo Adam

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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 018 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 603 {4LPS}

Compact Disc - Gala GL 100655 {4CDS}

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]

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Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]

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Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 p.19 (mention) [ARB]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (5 August 1960)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1961(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Thomas Stewart

Titurel - Ludwig Weber

Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter

Parsifal - Jess Thomas

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Irene Dalis

Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse

Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann

Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch

Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda

Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz

Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja

Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos

Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse

Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller

Ritter 2 - David Ward

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0049 {4CDS} (2000)ª; Opera Depot OD 10240-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2001 No.144 p.46 [CRS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1961 pp.56-57). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).

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Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1961(STU)

Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper

Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper

Leonore - Sena Jurinac

Florestan - Jan Peerce

Pizarro - Gustav Neidlinger

Rocco - Dezsö Ernster

Marzelline - Maria Stader

Jaquino - Murray Dickie

Fernando - Frederick Guthrie

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Black Disc; - Westminster XWN 3318/1-3 (1962)ª;; Westminster WST 318/1-3 (1962)ª; *Westminster WM-1003; Westminster WMS-1003; Westminster MCA 3-14300 {3LPS};; World Record Club OC 104-106

Compact Disc; - MCA MCAD2-9809-A/B (1993)ª; DG «Westminster Legacy» 471 204-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Westminster WTZ 154 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª

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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-

Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 1962 p.512; December 2001 p.96 [AB]

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Opera - July 1962 p.477

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Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.57-58 [GH]

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Opéra International - No.262 novembre 2001 pp.59-60 [SS]

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Diapason - No.393 mai 1993 p.98

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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.64

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American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.714 [HG]: November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.220 (open reel tape) [RJ]: April 1981 Vol.44 No.6 p.47 [KM]

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BBC Music Magazine - November 2001 p.78 [CO]

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International Record Review - January 2002 p.72 [MVA]

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Répertoire - avril 1993 p.30

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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 pp.98-99 [GL]

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Comments:- See «The Bluebird of Happiness» by Alan Levy pp.132-134; HIGH FIDELITY April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.22

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1962(LC)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Martti Talvela

Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter

Parsifal - Jess Thomas

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Irene Dalis

Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse

Knappe 1 - Sona Cervená

Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse

Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze

Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda

Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz

Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja

Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos

Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená

Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller

Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt

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Black Disc; - *Philips AL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips SAL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips 6747 250 {5LPS};; Philips 6723001/1-11 (+Der fliegende Holländer +Tannhäuser) ; Philips PHM 5550 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª;; Philips PHS 5950 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Philips A 02 342-346 L {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Philips 835 220-224 {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Melodiya D 33809-18 {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Philips 416 390-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; Philips «50» 464 756-2 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Philips PHCP 24092/5 {4CDS} (Japan); Philips PHCP 20371/4 (Japan) (1999)ª; Philips 475 7785 {4CDS} (2006)ª

Open Reel Tape; - Philips PTY-950 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1965)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1964 p.241; January 1965 p.317; October 1970 p.666; January 1971 p.1129 (mention); February 1973 p.1557 [JW]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; July 1976 p.217 [AB]; June 1986 p. [AB]; August 2001 p.90 [AB]

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Opera - March 1965 p.317 [HDR]; December 1995 p.1134; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.24 [AC]

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Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.98 [SH]; Juli 1997 S.14

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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.302; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]

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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 pp.85-86, p.116 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]

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American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.684-687 [GLM]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.563

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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.587

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International Record Review - September 2001 p.82 [MVA]

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Fono Forum - Dezember 1964 S.508 [WA]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.106 [LB]

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(Act 1;LE)

Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker

Siegmund - Fritz Uhl

Sieglinde - Claire Watson

Hunding - Josef Greindl

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Compact Disc - KICC 2406 {1CD}; Living Stage 347.18 (+Bruckner - Symphony 4) {1CD}

DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive» DV-CLHK63 (2003)ª; TDK DVWW CLHK63M (2006)ª

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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - July 2004 p.87 (DVD) [AB]

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Wagner News - Issue No.118 December 1996 p.17 (audio)

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American Record Guide - September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 p.274 (audio) [JPM]

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BBC Music Magazine - March 2004 pp.80-81 (DVD) [MA]

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International Record Review - January 2004 p.85 (DVD) [MT]

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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 1 (21 May 1963)

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - George London

Titurel - Ludwig Weber

Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter

Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Irene Dalis

Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 2 - Margarethe Bence

Knappe 3 - Georg Paskuda

Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt

Blumenmädchen 1 - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)

Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 3 - Anja Silja

Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos

Blumenmädchen 5 - Sieglinde Wagner

Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená

Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler

Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt

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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10034 {4CDS} (1999)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.364 [WY]

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Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1939 p.16 [DC]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.68 [JS]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (24 July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.73 )

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Parsifal by Richard Wagner performed in German

Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1964(LI)

Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival

Chorus - Bayreuth Festival

Amfortas - Thomas Stewart

Titurel - Heinz Hagenau

Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter

Parsifal - Jon Vickers

Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger

Kundry - Barbro Ericson

Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse

Knappe 2 - Sylvia Lindenstrand

Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek

Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt

Blumenmädchen 1 - Anja Silja

Blumenmädchen 2 - Liselotte Rebmann

Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli

Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert

Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos

Blumenmädchen 6 - Sylvia Lindenstrand

Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler

Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt

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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 643(5) {5LPS}

Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34051 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.OOO4 - 4 {4CDS};; Orfeo C 690074 L {4CDS} (2007)ª

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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-

Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44

This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-

(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]; January 2008 p.90 [MA]

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Opera News - December 20 1997 p.39 [PJS]

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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.280-281 [CC]

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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14; November + Dezember 2007 S.60 [SS]

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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.100 [CM]

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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4

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Wagner News - Issue No.122 September 1997 p.20: Issue No.185 April 2008 pp.17-20 [PDB]

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American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.278 [KM]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.209-210 [CHP]

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International Record Review - December 2007 pp.79-80 [MT]

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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]

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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.94 [MC]: No.106 diciembre 2007 p.95 [PN]

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Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]

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Opéra Magazine - No.28 avril 2008 pp.74-75 [FL-2]

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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (13 August 1964)

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Abbreviations

(STU), "Studio" Recording

(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts

(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source

(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source

(LI), "Live" Recording

(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts

(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance

(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance

(RA), A Radio Performance

(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance

(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast

(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance

(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film

(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film

CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988

EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994

GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)

HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973

MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982

MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993

MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997

More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999

NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli

PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993

Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española

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