(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1949(LI) - Antigonae by Carl Orff - Ferenc Fricsay*
2 1949(LI) - Zauberflöte (Die) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
3 1950(LI) - Romeo und Julia by Boris Blacher - Josef Krips*
4 1951(LC) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
5 1951(LI) - Antigonae by Carl Orff - Georg Solti*
6 1951(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
7 1952(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
8 1952(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
9 1952(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
10 1952(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
11 1952-54(SCE) - Freischütz (Der) by Carl Maria von Weber - Fritz Lehmann*
12 1953(LC) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
13 1953(LI) - Arabella by Richard Strauss - Rudolf Kempe*
14 1953(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
15 1953(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
16 1953(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
17 1953(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
18 1953(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
19 1953(SCE) - Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - Ferdinand Leitner*
20 1954(LE) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
21 1954(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Eugen Jochum*
22 1954?(SE) - Antigonae by Carl Orff - Heinrich Hollreiser*
23 1955(LC) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
24 1955(LC) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
25 1955(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
26 1955(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
27 1955(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
28 1955(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
29 1956(LI) - ägyptische Helena (Die) by Richard Strauss - Joseph Keilberth*
30 1956(LI) - Antigonae by Carl Orff - Ferdinand Leitner*
31 1956(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
32 1956(RA) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Eugen Jochum*
33 1957(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
34 1957(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
35 1957(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
36 1957(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
37 1957(RA) - Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky - Eugen Jochum*
38 1957(SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
39 1959(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Fausto Cleva*
40 1959(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Franz Konwitschny*
41 1959(LI) - Wozzeck by Alban Berg - Karl Böhm*
42 195?(SE) - Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert - Arthur Rother*
43 1960(LI) - Capriccio by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
44 1960(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Karl Böhm*
45 1960(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
46 1960(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
47 1961(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Nino Verchi*
48 1961(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Joseph Rosenstock*
49 1964(LI) - Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi - Kurt Adler*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Ferenc Fricsay - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Antigonae - Res Fischer
Kreon - Hermann Uhde
Ismene - Maria von Ilosvay
Hämon - Lorenz Fehenberger
Ein Wächter - Helmut Krebs
Tiresias - Ernst Haeflinger
Ein Bote - Josef Greindl
Euridice - Hilde Zadek
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Compact Disc; - Stradivarius STR 10060 {2CDS} (1992)ª
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Recordings of Antigonae by Carl Orff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.556
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - November-December 1992 p.318
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Orpheus - Juli 1994 p.61
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Opéra International - No.172 septembre 1993 p.74
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Diapason - No.395 juillet-aoüt 1993 p.114
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Classic CD - May 1993 p.58
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Comments:- A recording of the premiere at Salzburg (9 August 1949). The sound is good.
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Tamino - Walther Ludwig
Papageno - Karl Schmitt-Walter
Königin der Nacht - Wilma Lipp
Sprecher - Paul Schöffler
Pamina - Irmgard Seefried
Sarastro - Josef Greindl
Monostatos - Peter Klein
Papagena - Edith Oravez
1er Geharnischter - Ernst Haeflinger
2er Geharnischter - Hermann Uhde
Erste Dame - Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Zweite Dame - Sieglinde Wagner
Dritte Dame - Elisabeth Höngen
Erster Knabe - Elisabeth Rütgers
Zweiter Knabe - Ruthilde Boesch
Dritter Knabe - Polly Batic
Erster Priester - Hermann Gallos
Zweiter Priester - Karl Dönch
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 572 {3LPS} (1971)ª; foyer FO 1028 {3LPS}; Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 337; Historical Opera Performances Editions Hope 20
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 78-80 {3CDS};; Music and Arts CD 4882 (+excerpts 1951 performance) {3CDS} Gebhardt JGCD 0010 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Tahra FURT 1049/51 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1387 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0009 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Orfeo C 650 053 D {3CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Die Zauberflöte by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.130: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.136-140; Opera on Record p.106; CELLETTI p.525; Opera on CD (1) p.22 (2) p.26 (3) p.28; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.101 p.138, No.196 p.148; MET p.332; MET(VID) p.186; PENGUIN p.257; BBC Music Magazine May 1994 p.47; Opéra International No.182 juillet-aoüt 1994 p.14; GIUDICI p.495 (2) p.828; Stereophile October 1996 (Vol.19 No.10) p.303; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.15; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.58-60; BBC Music Magazine April 2004 p.52; The Gramophone January 2006 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 2005 p.86 [AB]
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Opera News - December 23 1995 p.37
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.5 May/June 1996 p.219 [HF]; Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.156-157 [HF]
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Opéra International - juin 1995 No.192 p.68; No.293 septembre 2004 p.91 [AT]
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Diapason - No.420 novembre 1995 p.130; No.423 février 1996 p.107
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American Record Guide - July/August 1996 Vol.59 No.4 p.286
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Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.5 [MT]
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International Classical Record Collector - Summer 2000 No.21 pp.102-103 [JTH]
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International Record Review - February 2005 p.30 [MT]: December 2005 pp.70-71 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.58: No.166 mars 2003 pp.102-103 [TP]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.75
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.62 julio-agosto 2003 p.81 [JS]: No.88 marzo 2006 p.90 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (27 July 1949)
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Conductor Josef Krips - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Romeo - Richard Holm
Julia - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Lady Capulet - Sieglinde Wagner
Die Amme - Dagmar Hermann
Capulet - Hermann Uhde
Tybalt - Josef Witt
Benvolio - Kurt Böhme
Peter - Erich Majkut
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 974
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Landestheater Salzburg (9 August 1950). The cast listed above is that given in «Festspiele in Salzburg» by Josef Kraut p.137. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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Conductor Georg Solti - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Antigonae - Christel Goltz
Kreon - Hermann Uhde
Ismene - Irmgard Barth
Hämon - Karl Ostertag
Ein Wächter - Paul Kuen
Tiresias - Ernst Haeflinger
Ein Bote - Kurt Böhme
Euridice - Marianne Schech
Chorführer - Benno Kusche
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo 407952 I {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Antigonae by Carl Orff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.556
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.50
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Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.134
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.126
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American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.152
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Répertoire - No.88 février 1996 p.53
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.192 octobre 1995 p.102
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregenten Theater, Munich
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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}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Ruth Siewert
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 55-58 {4CDS};; Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
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Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.2 p.270
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.21 [ARB]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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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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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Loge - Erich Witte
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Inge Borkh
Froh - Wolfgang Windgassen
Donner - Werner Faulhaber
Erda - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Fasolt - Ludwig Weber
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
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Black Disc - Paragon; Melodram MEL 526 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Paragon PCD 84015/16 {2CDS}; Arlecchino ARL 29-30 {2CDS} Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)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 - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.287-288 [WY]
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Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
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Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (Reviewed badly by HDR in OPERA September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Martha Mödl
Brangaene - Ira Malaniuk
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Hans Hotter
Melot - Hermann Uhde
Hirt - Gerhard Unger
Steuerman - Gerhard Stolze
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Werner Faulhaber
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Black Disc; - Discocorp 291 {4LPS}; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 47/5 {5LPS} Melodram MEL 525 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - *Hunt CD 528 {4CDS}; Arkadia CDHP 528.4 {4CDS}; Myto 3 MCD 962.149 {3CDS} (1996)ª; Myto 3 MCD 021 H061 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0054 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Urania URN 22218 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Orfeo C 603033 D {3CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 01 {3CDS} (2003)ª; DS 37502 {3CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - September 1978 p.550 [AB]; April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB] December 2003 p.101, p.103 [AW]
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Opera - February 2004 p.151 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.26 No.2 November/December 2002 p.251 [WY]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.237-238 [HF]
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Orpheus - Februar 1996 S.60; März 1997 S.58 (mention)
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Diapason - No.499 janvier 2003 p.118 [ED]
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Classical Express - Issue No.81 December 1996 p.3
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.16 (mention)
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International Record Review - November 2003 pp.76-77 [MVA]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 2004 p.69 [DB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 pp.230-231 [SDC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.45 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.86 [LB]: No.66 diciembre 2003 p.88 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (23 July 1952; see OPERA September 1952 pp.516-519 and front cover). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529. The CDs issued by URANIA are reviewed on the internet .
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Conductor Fritz Lehmann - 1952-54(SCE)
Orchestra - Bamberger Sinfoniker
Chorus - Württenbergisches Staatstheater
Max - Wolfgang Windgassen
Agathe - Anny Schlemm
Kaspar - Hermann Uhde
Ännchen - Rita Streich
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Black Disc - D.G.G. 19013 LPEM; Heliodor H/HS-25016; American Decca DL 9896
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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 publication:-
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - July 1955 p.15
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High Fidelity Magazine - May 1957 Vol.7 No.5 p.63 [JCM]
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Comments:- This is a composite disc with the additional conductors, Ferdinand Leitner and Artur Rother, and four other orchestras. See ICRC Summer Edition 1998 No.13 p.34
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elsa - Eleanor Steber
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Josef Greindl
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Hans Braun
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2880-2884 {5LPS} (1954)ª; Decca D12D5 {5LPS} (1976)ª; Decca 411 780-1 {5LPS} (France) (1984)ª; London LLA 16 {5LPS} (1954)ª
Compact Disc; - Teldec 4509 93674-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110308/10 {3CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 223056 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1954 p.347 [MM]; April 1954 p.420 [DST]; August 1976 p.334 [AB]; January 1977 p.1131 [JBS]; April 1985 p.1270 [AB]; October 1994 p.223 [AB]
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Opera - March 1954 pp.173-174 [AP]
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Opera Now - July 1994 p.55
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1994 p.83
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Opera News - September 1994 p.60
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.289-29O [WY]
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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.196
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.143
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American Record Guide - April 1954 Vol.20 No.8 p.255 [PHR]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.271: September/October 2005 Vol.68 No.5 p.214 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1954 Vol.4 No.5 p.51 [JH]: April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.79 [JH]
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BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.77
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Classic CD - August 1994 p.65
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.221 [JB]
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Répertoire - No.70 juin 1994 p.75
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 pp.88-89 [JC]
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Comments:- Recorded at the dress rehearsal and the first performance at the Bayreuth Festi-val 1953. (See John Culshaw in «Putting the Record Straight» pp.117-118 and OPERA, September 1953 p.535). See also The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books April 231994 p.17)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Arabella - Lisa Della Casa
Zdenka - Elfride Trötschel
Mandryka - Hermann Uhde
Waldner - Max Proebstl
Adelaide - Ira Malaniuk
Fiakermilli - Käthe Nentwig
Matteo - Lorenz Fehenberger
Elemer - Franz Klarwein
Dominik - Carl Hoppe
Lamoral - Albrecht Peter
Kartenaufschlägerin - Ruth Michaelis
Welko - Walther Matthes
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Compact Disc; - Testament SBT2 1367 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Arabella by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.272; CELLETTI p.775; Opera on CD (1) p.123 (2) p.135 (3) p.151; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.170 p.96; MET p.543; MET(VID) p.322; PENGUIN p.405; BBC Music Magazine June 1995 p.43; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opera on Video p.210; GIUDICI p.844; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.554-561; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 2006 p.91 [AB]
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Opera News - October 2006 pp.68-68 [MB]
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Diapason - No.535 avril 2006 pp.118-119 [SF2]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2005 pp.99-100 [DP]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.212-213 [KM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.84 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance given by the Bavarian State Opera in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (21 September 1953). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. See Radio Times Issue dated September 20-26 1953 p.19.
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - Allegro 3125-3143 (cycle); Melodram MEL 539 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 539 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.00014 (cycle) ;; Andromeda ANDRCD 5000 (cycle) {12CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Orpheus - März 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]
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American Record Guide - May 1954 Vol.20 No.9 p.279 (Allegro LPs) [PHR]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.100-101 [RG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (29 July 1953; see OPERA October 1953 p.605). The cast given on the Allegro LPs is fictitious
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1011 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4005 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32506-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 15-CF2011 (Cycle);; Gala GL 100.654 {4CDS}; Gala GL 999.791 (Cycle) {14CDS} ;; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - June 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
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Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 3 - Hugo Kratz
Knappe 4 - Adele Stolte
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 2 - Gisela Litz
Blumenmädchen 3 - Rita Streich
Blumenmädchen 4 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anna Tassopolus
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gerda Wismar
Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 533 {4LPS}; Documents OR 302 {4LPS} Rodolphe RP 12378-81; Discocorp 201 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD4 4006 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32516.17 {2CDS-double durée}; Arlecchino ARLA 18/21 {4LPS}; Archipel ARPCD 0171 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - September 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.286 [WY]
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Orpheus - November 1996 S.34
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.305
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Stereophile - March 1989 (Vol.12 No.3) p.177
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Classical Express - March 1996 p.2
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Loge - Erich Witte
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Bruni Falcon
Froh - Gerhard Stolze
Donner - Hermann Uhde
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fasolt - Ludwig Weber
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
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Black Disc - Allegro 3125-3143 (cycle); Foyer FO 1008 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 536 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 536 {3CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.100014 (cycle) ; Andromeda ANDRCD 5000 (cycle) {12CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Orpheus - März 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]
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American Record Guide - May 1954 Vol.20 No.9 p.279 (Allegro LPs) [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.80 (Allegro LPs) [JH]
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Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.21 [ARB]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.100-101 [RG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (25 July 1953; see OPERA October 1953 p.605). The cast given on the Allegro LPs is fictitious
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Loge - Erich Witte
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Bruni Falcon
Froh - Gerhard Stolze
Donner - Hermann Uhde
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fasolt - Ludwig Weber
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
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Black Disc; - foyer FO 1008 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 3 4002 {3CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32503.5 (Double Durée) (cycle); foyer 15-CF2011 ;; Gala 100.511 {2CDS}; Gala GL-999791 (cycle) {14CDS}; Urania RMI 1906 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - June 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1953(SCE)
Orchestra - Württembergisches Staatsorchester
Rigoletto - Hermann Uhde
Gilda - Rita Streich
Duca di Mantova - Petre Munteanu
Monterone - Kurt Böhme
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Black Disc - D.G.G. 17011 LPE {1x10in-LP}
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Recordings of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.48, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.32; HARRIS p.223; Opera on Record p.208; CELLETTI p.986; Opera on CD (1) p.49 (2) p.55 (3) p.61; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.112-113 p.144, mise à jour juillet 2001 p.2; MET p.583; MET(VID) p.567; PENGUIN p.496; Répertoire No.64 décembre 1993 p.8; Opera on Video p.75; GIUDICI p.905 (2) p.1459; «Musica 99» p.73; BBC Music Magazine December 1996 p.47; Opéra International No.254 février 2001 p.16
Comments:- Munteanu's contribution to this composite set of excerpts was released on an Extended Play Disc (D.G.G. EPL30076) which was reviewed in The Gramophone,June 1959 p.25, Gramophone Record Review, May 1959 p.540 and Records and Recording, May 1959 p.26. Some of the arias were conducted by Artur Rother
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elfriede Wasserthal
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Rosina Raisbeck
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEM 0232 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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International Record Review - October 2005 p.90 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (29 June 1954). Otakar Kraus, although listed by Pearl, does not appear in these excerpts.
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elsa - Birgit Nilsson
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Theo Adam
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Black Disc; - *Cetra «Opera Live» LO 77 {4LPS} (1979)ª;; Melodram MEL 541 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 44035; Melodram MEL 36104 {3CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 10031 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1149 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0281 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 66336 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2005 p.101 [AB]
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 pp.99-100 [RG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.88 [MC]: No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.89-90 [PN]
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Comments:- The «Opera d'Oro» CDs are advertized in OPERA NEWS March 14 1998 p.19
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Conductor Heinrich Hollreiser - 1954?(SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Antigonae - Christel Goltz
Kreon - Hermann Uhde
Ein Bote - Josef Greindl
Euridice - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
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Black Disc; - Philips A 01 240 L {1LP} (Germany) (1956)ª; Philips ABL 3116 {1LP} (UK) (1956)ª; Columbia ML 5038 {1LP} (USA) (1955)ª
Compact Disc - Gala GL 100.749 (included in «A Portrait of Hermann Uhde») {2CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Antigonae by Carl Orff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.556
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1955 p.128 [HCS]; October 1956 pp.172-173 [AR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.50 [JH]
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American Record Guide - September 1955 Vol.22 No.1 p.18 [PLM]
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - Hermann Uhde
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Ludwig Weber
Erik - Rudolf Lustig
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Josef Traxel
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5150-5152 {3LPS} (mono) (1956)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 665-667 {3LPS} (stereo) (1973)ª; Decca D97D3 {3LPS} (stereo) (1978)ª; London XLLA 42 {3LPS} (mono) (1957)ª; Testament SBTLP 31384 {3LPS} (stereo) (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - *Voce Della Luna VL-2012-2 {2CDS} (mono) (1996)ª; Teldec 4509 974 912 {2CDS} (mono) (1997)ª; Testament SBT 21384 {2CDS} (stereo) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - April 1956 p.409 [DST]; May 1956 p.471 [PHW]; January 1973 p.1366 [AB] July 1978 p.249 [AB]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS]; September 1997 p.118 [AB]; October 2006 pp.101-102 [AB]
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Opera - April 1956 p.250; December 2006 pp.1514-1516 [RM]
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Opera News - November 2006 p.70 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.299; Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.249-250 [ED]
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Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.77; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.53-S.54
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Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.60 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.130 [AT]; No 540 S octobre 2006 p.122 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.180 p.124 [PF]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1957 Vol.7 No.3 p.73 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - April 1956 p.12
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Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.430
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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.88 [PLM]: January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 pp.185-186 [JPM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.7: Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2
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BBC Music Magazine - September 1997 p.97
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Classic CD - September 1997 p.66
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Classic Record Collector - Autunmn 2007 pp.95-96 [TP] [RG]
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Wagner News - No.36 July 1958 p.7
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Répertoire - No.106 octobre 1997 p.73 [PDS]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.213 septembre 1997 p.120 [FL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.104 noviembre 1997 p.65 [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.94 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances at the Bayreuth Festival. For a review of a performance at which Windgassen sang Erik see OPERA October 1955 p.637. The CDs issued by VOCE DELLA LUNA appear to be of the recording made by Decca, although this is not certain (see WAGNER NEWS Issue No.118 December 1996 p.16; Issue No.126 April 1998 p.13). The Teldec CDs are in «mono». Decca owns the rights to issue the stereo recording and Teldec to issue the mono (see ICRC Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.5)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
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 - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schärtel
Floßhilde - Maria Graf
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic
Third Norn - Mina Bolotine
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 61393 {6LPS} (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1393 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 - February 2007 p.91 [AB]
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Opera - July 2007 p.874, p.876 [RM]
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Opera News - May 2007 p.85 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.244-245 [ED]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Diapason - No.544 février 2007 p.102 [ED]
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International Record Review - January 2007 pp.83-84 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
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The Absolute Sound - June/July 2007 Issue 172 p.150 [DD]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.210-211 [JPM]
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Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.70 [FL-2]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals. (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Christel Goltz
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Franz Klarwein
Orest - Hermann Uhde
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30049 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0155 {2CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Oktober 2001 S.56 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 p.230 [KM]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.104-105 [JTH]
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International Record Review - October 2006 p.32 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.47 septiembre-octubre 2001 p.94 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregententheater, Munich (26 August 1955). The following also take part: Rudolf Wünzer, Anny van Kruyswyt, Anny Fischer-Walgreen, Walter Carnuth, Adolf Keil, Ina Gerheim. The Golden Melodram CDs are listed in CLASSICAL EXPRESS, March 2001 p.7
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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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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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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Brian Sullivan
Elsa - Eleanor Steber
Ortrud - Margaret Harshaw
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Otto Edelmann
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Arthur Budney
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 831
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 December 1955). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.90-92. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Helena - Leonie Rysanek
Menelaus - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hermione - Luise Camer
Aithra - Annelies Kupper
Altair - Hermann Uhde
Da-Ud - Richard Holm
Die alles-wissendes Muschel - Ira Malaniuk
1. Dienerin Aithras - Lilian Benningsen
2. Dienerin Aithras - Antonia Fahberg
4 Elfen - Lotte Schädle
- Doris Pilling
- Gertrud Friedrich
- Gertrud Vollath
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 268 {2LPS} (1963 )ª; Historical Recording Enterprises/Teatro Dischi HRE TD 507-3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram 27066 (+excerpts - Pauly - Busch - 1928) {2CDS} Orfeo C 424 962 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1194 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1381 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Opera d'Oro «Grand Tier» OPD 7042 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die ägyptische Helena by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.775; GIUDICI p.844 (2) p.1374; Opéra International No.243 février 2000 p,64
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - June 1998 p.660 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.6 No.2 November/December 1982 p.228 [JY]; Vol.20 No.3 January/ February 1997 p.278; Vol.27 No.4 March/April 2004 pp.266-267 [JS]
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Orpheus - November 1996 S.35
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.7 No.4 Winter 1990/91 pp.195-197 [RP]; Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.540-544 [RG]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.174 p.94
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 p.173
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Opernwelt - 10/Oktober 1996 S.52
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Répertoire - No.98 janvier 1997 p.56
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.105 - febbraio 1997 p.72
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.95 enero 1997 p.51
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregenten Theatre, Munich (10 August 1956,see OPERA October 1956 p.611 - the date given on the Melodram CDs is 27 August 1956). The version used is that prepared by Clemens Krauss and Lothar Wallenstein for Vienna in 1933 (See FANFARE Vol.20 No.5 May/June 1997 p.17)
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper
Antigonae - Martha Mödl
Kreon - Hermann Uhde
Ismene - Hetty Plümacher
Hämon - Helmut Schindler
Ein Wächter - Gerhard Stolze
Tiresias - Josef Traxel
Ein Bote - Otto von Rohr
Euridice - Grace Hoffman
Thebanischer Alter - Fritz Wunderlich
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0189 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Antigonae by Carl Orff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.556
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.59-S.60 [SS]
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International Record Review - July/August 2007 pp.27-28 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.92 [XC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance by the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart (9 March 1956).
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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
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Amfortas - Ferdinand Frantz
Titurel - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Martha Mödl
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Jutta Vulpius
Knappe 3 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 4 - Tommaso Frascati
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 - Tommaso Frascati
Ritter 2 - Giuliano Ferrein
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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 35169 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Opera Depot OD 10082-4 {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
Comments:- Recording of a radio performance broadcast on 1 April 1956. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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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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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Marianne Schech
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
First Norn - Belen Amparan
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Gloria Lind
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 913
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.214-216. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elisabeth Lindermeier
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0230 {4CDS} (2008)ª; Testament SBT 13 1426 (cycle) {13CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 2008 p.87 [AW]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Wagner News - Issue No.186 June 2008 pp.18-20 [PDB]
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International Record Review - July/August 2008 pp.89-92 [RP]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2008 pp.96-97 [JBS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Loge - Ramón Vinay
Mime - Norman Kelley
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Mariquita Moll
Froh - James McCracken
Donner - Arthur Budney
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Kurt Böhme
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 709 (& 476); The Opera Lovers RHE 195701 {2CDRS} (Canada) (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 232 {2CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (26 January 1957). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1957(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Boris - Hans Hotter
Grigory (False Dmitry) - Hans Hopf
Marina - Martha Mödl
Pimen - Kim Borg
Varlaam - Kurt Böhme
Shuisky - Lorenz Fehenberger
Missail - Karl Ostertag
Rangoni - Benno Kusche
Fyodor - Dorothea Siebert
Xenia - Lotte Schädle
Hostess - Lilian Benningsen
Simpleton - Paul Kuen
Tchelkalov - Hermann Uhde
Krushchov - Karl Bennert
Nurse - Herta Töpper
Nikitich - Adolf Keil
Lavitsky - Keith Engen
Cherniovsky - Heinz Maria Lins
Boyar in Attendance - Walter Ehrengut
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 00185
Compact Disc; - Myto 953.131; Bella Voce BLV 107401 ;; Myto «Historical» 00138 (+Hans Hotter sings Wagner) {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Boris Godunov by Modest Mussorgsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1956 Vol.6 No.11 p.108; Opera October 1958 p.636; HARRIS p.51; Opera on Record p.508; MARINELLI p.289; CELLETTI p.538; Opéra International May 1984 No.70 p.10; Opera on CD (1) p.89 (2) p.98 (3) p.109; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.27-28 p.186, No.191 p.128; MET p.347; MET(VID) p.192; PENGUIN p.264; Répertoire No.71 juillet/aoüt 1994 p.9; GIUDICI p.516 (2) p.853; International Opera Collector Autumn 1998 No.9 p.38; American Record Guide May/June 2003 Vol.66 No.3 pp.54-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 1996 p.53
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Orpheus - August/September 1995 S.85; April 1996 S.59; Mai + Juni 2008 S.57 (mention) [SS]
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Opéra International - janvier 1996 No.198 p.49
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Diapason - No.429 septembre 1996 p.128
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.118
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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.280-281 [CHP]
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Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.54
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Musica (Milano) - Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.46
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Comments:- Recording of the original version in German
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Hunding - Norman Scott
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Carlotta Ordassy
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Belen Amparan
Helmwige - Gloria Lind
Siegrune - Rosalind Elias
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Black Disc; - Metropolitan Opera Record Club MO 728 {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1058 (+live performance conducted by Mitropoulos) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- The LPs issued by the Metropolitan Opera Record Club are advertized in OPERA NEWS, February 3 1958 (back cover) and in HIGH FIDELITY, March 1958 p.27. According to «The Complete Discography of Dimitri Mitropoulos» by S.A. Arfanis p.155 this recording was made on 11, 14 February and 6 March 1957. It is not clear if all the excerpts from the LPs are included on the Gala CDs.
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Conductor Fausto Cleva - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Giulio Gari
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Robert Merrill
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Leonie Rysanek
La principessa Eboli - Blanche Thebom
Tebaldo - Madelaine Chambers
Il Conte di Lerma - Robert Nagy
Un Araldo Reale - William Olvis
Una voce dal cielo - Martina Arroyo
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 001 {3LPS} (1980)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (4 April 1959)
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Conductor Franz Konwitschny - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Amy Shuard
Waltraute - Ursula Böse
Woglinde - Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde - Josephine Veasey
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Marjorie Thomas
Second Norn - Monica Sinclair
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01848
Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {4CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (2 October 1959). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 27 - October 3 1959 p.47).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Wozzeck - Hermann Uhde
Tambourmajor - Kurt Baum
Andres - Charles Anthony
Hauptmann - Paul Franke
Doktor - Karl Dönch
1.Handwerkbursch - Ezio Flagello
2.Handwerkbursch - Calvin Marsh
Narr - Alessio De Paolis
Marie - Eleanor Steber
Margaret - Margaret Roggero
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1058
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Recordings of Wozzeck by Alban Berg are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.365; CELLETTI p.78; MARINELLI p.476; Opera on CD (1) p.132 (2) p.145 (3) p.163; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.36 p.138; Supplément mai 1998; No.215; MET p.33; MET(VIDEO) p.12; PENGUIN p.16; GIUDICI p.44 (2) p.79; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.64; BBC Music Magazine February 2000 p.49; Gramophone November (published September) 2003 p.56
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET given in an English translation by Vida Hartford and Eric Blackall (14 March 1959). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.270-272. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Arthur Rother - 195?(SE)
Orchestra - Münchner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sebastino - Hermann Uhde
Marta - Annelies Kupper
Pedro - Wolfgang Windgassen
Tommaso - Kurt Böhme
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Black Disc - *D.G.G. DG 17002 {1LP}
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Recordings of Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.172; PENGUIN p.1
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1957 p.103
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1957 p.889 [SG]
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Gräfin - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Graf - Hermann Uhde
Flamand - Anton Dermota
Olivier - Walter Berry
La Roche - Paul Schöffler
Clairon - Christel Goltz
Taupe - Peter Klein
Eine italienische Sängerin - Erika Köth
Ein italienischer Tenor - Giuseppe Zampieri
Der Haushofmeister - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1566 (& 1113 & 3398)
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Recordings of Capriccio by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.122; CELLETTI p.781; Opera on CD (1) p.124 (2) p.136 (3) p.152; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.152 p.122; MET p.546; MET(VID) p.325; PENGUIN p.409; Opera on Video p.212; GIUDICI p.852 (2) p.1384; Opernwelt 3/März 1996 p.50
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (15 May 1960). The cast listed above is that given in «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995» p.49. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Birgit Nilsson
Florestan - Jon Vickers
Pizarro - Hermann Uhde
Rocco - Oskar Czerwenka
Marzelline - Laurel Hurley
Jaquino - Charles Anthony
Fernando - Giorgio Tozzi
Erster Gefangene - William Olvis
Zweiter Gefangene - Calvin Marsh
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Black Disc; - *Melodram MEL 45 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 334
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (13 February 1960). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hermann Uhde
Fricka - Herta Töpper
Loge - Gerhard Stolze
Mime - Herold Kraus
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Freia - Ingrid Bjoner
Froh - Georg Paskuda
Donner - Thomas Stewart
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Fasolt - Arnold Van Mill
Fafner - Peter Roth-Ehrgang
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Sona Cervená
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 606 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS} (1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 pp.233-236 [WY];Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.362-364 [HF]
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Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.54-55 [SS] ; Januar 2000 S.58 [GH]
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: Vol.62 May/June 1999 No.3 p.281 [SDC]
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Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]: Issue 115 October 1999 p.8 [MT]
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Classic CD - March 2000 p.82 [MSR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1960 pp.34-39)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Mime - Herold Kraus
Wanderer - Hermann Uhde
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Fafner - Peter Roth-Ehrgang
Waldvogel - Dorothea Siebert
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 608 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS}(1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 pp.233-236 [WY];Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.362-364 [HF]
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Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.54-55 [SS] ; Januar 2000 S.58 [GH]
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.281 [SDC]
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Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]: Issue 115 October 1999 p.8 [MT]
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Classic CD - March 2000 p.82 [MSR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1960 pp.34-39)
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Conductor Nino Verchi - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Franco Corelli
Filippo II - Jerome Hines
Rodrigo - Mario Sereni
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde
Un Frate - Louis (Luigi) Sgarro
Elisabetta di Valois - Maria Curtis Verna
La principessa Eboli - Irene Dalis
Tebaldo - Joan Wall
Il Conte di Lerma - Gabor Carelli
Un Araldo Reale - Robert Nagy
Una voce dal cielo - Martina Arroyo
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Compact Disc - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 739 (+excerpts from 1964 performance with Corelli) {2CDS}; Omega Opera Archive 938
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Inge Borkh
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Aegisth - Ramón Vinay
Orest - Hermann Uhde
Ein alter Diener - Edward Ghazal
Ein junger Diener - Robert Nagy
Die Schleppträgerin - Athena Vicos
Die Vertraute - Mary Fercana
Der Pfleger des Orest - Norman Scott
Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka
1. Magd - Mignon Dunn
2. Magd - Mary Mackenzie
3. Magd - Carlotta Ordassy
4. Magd - Margaret Roggero
5. Magd - Teresa Stratas
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 345
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (25 March 1961). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Kurt Adler - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Don Carlo - Franco Corelli
Filippo II - Giorgio Tozzi
Rodrigo - Nicolae Herlea
Il Grande Inquisitore - Hermann Uhde
Un Frate - Justino Díaz
Elisabetta di Valois - Leonie Rysanek
La principessa Eboli - Irene Dalis
Tebaldo - Marcia Baldwin
Il Conte di Lerma - Gabor Carelli
Un Araldo Reale - Robert Nagy
Una voce dal cielo - Junetta Jones
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 739 (highlights +highlights from; 1961 performance with Corelli) {2CDS};; Living Stage LS 4035171 {3CDS} (2002)ª; live-rare-opera.com unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM {3CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Don Carlos [Don Carlo] by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.97; HARRIS p.78; Opera May 1958 p.292; Opera on Record p.292; CELLETTI p.859; Opera on CD (1) p.56 (2) p.63 (3) p.70; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.90-91 p.160, mise à jour janvier 2001 p.2; No.244 p.136; Der Opernführer Ausgabe Nr.1/2 S.180; MET p.639; MET(VID) p.396; PENGUIN p.472; Classic CD April 1993 p.34; GIUDICI p.996 (2) p.1606; NEWTON (Verdi) Vol.2 p.252; Répertoire No.121 février 1999 p.18; Orpheus April 2001 S.52; Opéra International No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.20; BBC Music Magazine June 2006 p.58; Gramophone January 2007 p.48
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.61 (highlights); No.285 décembre 2003 pp.67-68 (mention) [SS]
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Diapason - No.510 janvier 2004 pp.110-111 (mention) [PK]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 March 1964; see OPERA July 1964 p.455)
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