(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 Beethoven Ludwig Van - Fidelio - Bayerische Staatsoper 1961(STU)*
2 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus - nozze di Figaro (Le) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1939(ACT 3;LE)*
3 Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus - nozze di Figaro (Le) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1940(LI)*
4 Strauss Richard - Rosenkavalier (Der) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1955(LI)*
5 Strauss Richard - Rosenkavalier (Der) - Bayerische Staatsoper 1957(LI)*
6 Wagner Richard - fliegende Holländer (Der) - Bayreuth Festival 1955(LI)*
7 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper 1937(LCE)*
8 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Bayreuth Festival 1951(LI)*
9 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Bayerische Rundfunk 1955(LI)*
10 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Bayreuth Festival 1956(LI)*
11 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Bayreuth Festival 1957(LI)*
12 Wagner Richard - Götterdämmerung - Bayreuth Festival 1958(LI)*
13 Wagner Richard - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1950/51(STU)*
14 Wagner Richard - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) - Bayreuth Festival 1952(LI)*
15 Wagner Richard - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) - Bayerische Staatsoper 1955(LI)*
16 Wagner Richard - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) - Bayreuth Festival 1960(LI)*
17 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Wiener Staatsoper 1937(LE)*
18 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Deutsche Oper (Berlin) 1942 (ACT 3;SE)*
19 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1951(LC)*
20 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1952(LI)*
21 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1954(LI)*
22 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1956(LI)*
23 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1957(LI)*
24 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1958(LI)*
25 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1959(LI)*
26 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1960(LI)*
27 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1961(LI)*
28 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1962(LC)*
29 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1963(LI)*
30 Wagner Richard - Parsifal - Bayreuth Festival 1964(LI)*
31 Wagner Richard - Rheingold (Das) - Bayreuth Festival 1956(LI)*
32 Wagner Richard - Rheingold (Das) - Bayreuth Festival 1957(LI)*
33 Wagner Richard - Rheingold (Das) - Bayreuth Festival 1958(LI)*
34 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Wiener Staatsoper 1936(LE)*
35 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Wiener Staatsoper 1937(LE)*
36 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Wiener Staatsoper 1941(LE)*
37 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Bayreuth Festival 1956(LI)*
38 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Bayreuth Festival 1957(LI)*
39 Wagner Richard - Siegfried - Bayreuth Festival 1958(LI)*
40 Wagner Richard - Tristan und Isolde - Bayerische Staatsoper 1950(LI)*
41 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Wiener Staatsoper 1943(LE)*
42 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Bayreuth Festival 1956(LI)*
43 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1957(ACT 1SE)*
44 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Bayreuth Festival 1957(LI)*
45 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Bayreuth Festival 1958(LI)*
46 Wagner Richard - Walküre (Die) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1963(ACT 1;LE)***
47 Weber Carl Maria von - Freischütz (Der) - Wiener Philharmoniker 1939(LE)*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1961(STU)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Leonore - Sena Jurinac
Florestan - Jan Peerce
Pizarro - Gustav Neidlinger
Rocco - Dezsö Ernster
Marzelline - Maria Stader
Jaquino - Murray Dickie
Fernando - Frederick Guthrie
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Black Disc; - Westminster XWN 3318/1-3 (1962)ª;; Westminster WST 318/1-3 (1962)ª; *Westminster WM-1003; Westminster WMS-1003; Westminster MCA 3-14300 {3LPS};; World Record Club OC 104-106
Compact Disc; - MCA MCAD2-9809-A/B (1993)ª; DG «Westminster Legacy» 471 204-2 {2CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Westminster WTZ 154 (7½ips 4-track) (1962)ª
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1962 p.512; December 2001 p.96 [AB]
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Opera - July 1962 p.477
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Orpheus - Dezember 2001 S.57-58 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.262 novembre 2001 pp.59-60 [SS]
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Diapason - No.393 mai 1993 p.98
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.64
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American Record Guide - May 1962 Vol.28 No.9 p.714 [HG]: November 1962 Vol.29 No.3 p.220 (open reel tape) [RJ]: April 1981 Vol.44 No.6 p.47 [KM]
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BBC Music Magazine - November 2001 p.78 [CO]
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International Record Review - January 2002 p.72 [MVA]
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Répertoire - avril 1993 p.30
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.158 febbraio 2002 pp.98-99 [GL]
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Comments:- See «The Bluebird of Happiness» by Alan Levy pp.132-134; HIGH FIDELITY April 1962 Vol.12 No.4 p.22
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1939(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Ezio Pinza
Susanna - Esther Réthy
Conte Almaviva - Mariano Stabile
Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining
Cherubino - Martha Rohs
Marcellina - Angelica Cravcenco
Bartolo - Virgilio Lazzari
Basilio - Gino Del Signore
Curzio - Giuseppe Nessi
Antonio - Viktor Madin
Barbarina - Maria Schober
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Compact Disc - Radio Years RY 75
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classical Express - Issue No.84 March 1997 p.4
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (August 1939)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1940(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Figaro - Paul Schöffler
Susanna - Elisabeth Rütgers
Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell
Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining
Cherubino - Dora Komarek
Basilio - Hermann Gallos
Antonio - Viktor Madin
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Compact Disc; - Tahra TAH 573-574 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1960 Vol.10 No.11 p.125: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 pp.68-71; Opera on Record p.55; Orpheus April 1983 S.394; CELLETTI p.506; Opera on CD (1) p.17 (2) p.21 (3) p.23; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.135-136 p.168, mise à jour janvier 2003; MET p.286; MET(VID) p.163; PENGUIN p.247; The Opera Quarterly Vol.1 No.2 p.142; Répertoire de Disques Compacts No.61 septembre 1993 p.12; Opera on Video p.21; GIUDICI p.424 (2) p.734; Classic CD March 1998 p.48; BBC Music Magazine December 2000 p.55; American Record Guide January/February 2002 Vol.65 No.1 pp.55-56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classica Répertoire - No.78 décembre 2005 - janvier 2006 p.103 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 p.82 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in Amsterdam. The last finale is missing.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Marschallin - Maria Reining
Octavian - Sena Jurinac
Sophie - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Kurt Böhme
Faninal - Alfred Poell
Valzacchi - László Szemere
Annina - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Ein Sänger - Karl Terkal
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Judith Hellwig
Polizeikommissar - Adolf Vogel
Der Wirt - Fritz Sperlbauer
Ein Notar - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Harald Pröglhoff
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - William Wernigk
Tierhändler - Erich Majkut
Modistin - Berta Seidl
Die drei Waisen - Alberta Kolm
- Elfriede Hofstetter
- Maria Trupp
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; RCA «Wiener Staatsope Live» 74321 69431-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2000 p.118, p.122 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 p.341 [RVL]; Vol.23 No.5 May/June 2000 p.238 [JM]
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Orpheus - April 2000 S.74 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.187 p.141 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [MT]: Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MB]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1999 Vol.62 No.2 p.312 [KM]: Vol.63 No.3 May/June 2000 p.271 [KM]
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BBC Music Magazine - February 2000 p.70 [mention] [CP]
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Classic CD - March 2000 p.83 [TB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.56 [JS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.137 febbraio 2000 p.98 [EG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.38 marzo-abril 2000 p.90 [JPS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Vienna State Opera. Photographs of the productionand a review of a performance with a slightly different cast are given in OPERA February 1956 (front cover and pp.90-91)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Marschallin - Marianne Schech
Octavian - Herta Töpper
Sophie - Erika Köth
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Otto Edelmann
Faninal - Albrecht Peter
Valzacchi - Paul Kuen
Annina - Ina Garhein
Ein Sänger - Lorenz Fehenberger
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Lisl Kadera
Polizeikommissar - Georg Wieter
Der Wirt - Walter Carnuth
Ein Notar - Rudolf Wünzer
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Carl Hoppe
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Karl Ostertag
Die drei Waisen - Bertl Baethe
- Anne Lutz
- Agnes Vichböck
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 101 {3LPS} (1980)ª; Discocorp «Recital Records» RR 482 {3LPS}); Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 482 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 30058 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9027 {3CDS} (2008)ª
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.2 p.54 [PLM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 p.85 [BD]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregenten Theater, Munich (3 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - Hermann Uhde
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Ludwig Weber
Erik - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Josef Traxel
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Black Disc; - *Cetra «Opera Live» LO 51 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Discocorp 319 {3LPS}; Melodram 550(3)
Compact Disc; - *Music and Arts CD-319(3); Music and Arts CD-876(2) Golden Melodram GM 10028 {2CDS} (1998)ª
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166, p.1171 [AB]
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Opera - June 1997 p.662
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.417
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.271: Vol.1 No.4 p.150
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 [CM]
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ARSC Journal - 1983 Vol.XV No.2-3 p.117 [PLM]
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Classical Express - September 1995 p.4
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.93 Gennaio 1996 p.81
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (22 July 1955)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LCE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Anny Konetzni
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Fred Destal
Gunther - Jaro Prohaska
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 taken from two performances at the Vienna State Opera (24 January & 19 June 1937). Alexander Kipnis is heard briefly as Hagen in excerpts from the June performance
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Heinrich Pflanzl
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 6175 {6LPS} (1999)ª
Compact Disc; - Wing WCD 53 (highlights) {1CD}; *Testament SBT 4175 {4CDS} (1999)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0067 {4CDS}
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1999 p.123 [AB]
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Opera - October 1999 p.1243 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.224-225 [WY]
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Orpheus - November 1999 S.89 [SS]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58-S.59 [SS]
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Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.71 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - March 2000 p.142 [DC]
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Stereophile - January 2000 (Vol.23 No.1) p.177
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The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
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Wagner News - Issue No.138 April 2000 p.16 [PDB]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.31 No.1 Spring 2000 pp.150-152 [GAG]
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Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.100 [PF]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.56 [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.88 [JPS]
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Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.75 (mention) [FL-2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (4 August 1951). See GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.20, IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.36-42. The Wing CD contains a recording of part of Act 3. Michael Tanner states that tapes from thedress rehearsal were used in the preparation of the Testament CDs (CLASSIC CD December 1999 p.14)
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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 Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Lore Wißmann
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Third Norn - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc - Melodram 569(5)
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9016 {4CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16: Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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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
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 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 Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Gunther - Otto Wiener
Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Ursula Böse
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Ursula Böse
Third Norn - Rita Gorr
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 589 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34044 {4CDS}; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
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:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.103 [KM]: May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Stereophile - June 1990 Vol.13 No.6 p.207
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1950-51(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Paul Schöffler
Veit Pogner - Otto Edelmann
Sixtus Beckmesser - Karl Dönch
Fritz Kothner - Alfred Poell
Walther von Stolzing - Günther Treptow
David - Anton Dermota
Eva - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Magdalena - Else Schürnoff
Nachtwächter - Harald Pröglhoff
Kunz Vogelgesang - Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Konrad Nachtigall - Wilhelm Felden
Ulrich Eisslinger - William Wernigk
Balthasar Zorn - Erich Majkut
Augustin Moser - Hermann Gallos
Hermann Ortel - Harald Pröglhoff
Hans Schwarz - Franz Bierbach
Hans Foltz - Ljubomir Pantscheff
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2646-2647 (Act 1) {2LPS} (1951)ª; Decca LXT 2560-2561 (Act 2) {2LPS} (1952)ª; Decca LXT 2648-2650 (Act 3) {3LPS} (1952)ª; Decca LXT 2659-2664 {6LPS} (1962)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 535-539 {5LPS} (1967)ª; London LLP 284-285 (Act 2) {2LPS} (1951)ª; London LLP 478-479 (Act 1) {2LPS} (1952)ª; London 480-482 (Act 3) {3LPS} (1952)ª; London XLLA-9 {6LPS}; London A-4601 {6LPS}; Richmond RS-65002 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Decca 440 057-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª; London POCL 2255-58 {4CDS} (Japan); London POCL 4082-85 {4CDS} (Japan) (1996)ª; Cantus Classics 500 313 {2CDS} + 500 314 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.111128-31 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1951 p.168 [DST]; February 1951 p.203 [AR]; March 1951 p.219 [HCS]; February 1952 p.209 [AR]; July 1952 pp.28-29 [DST]; December 1952 p.174 [AR]; April 1967 p.546 [EG]; October 1994 p.223 [AB]
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Opera - Vol.2 April 1951 p.243; March 1952 p.173; May 1967 p.407
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Opera Now - October 1994 p.54
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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 No.76
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Diapason - No.410 décembre 1994 p.180
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.170
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American Record Guide - January 1951 Vol.17 No.5 p.179 (Act 2) [CJL]: February 1952 Vol.18 No.6 p.173 (Acts 1 & 3) [PHR]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.64 [HF]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.182 novembre 1994 p.123
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - January 1951 p.10: January 1952 p.25
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Répertoire - No.74 November 1994 p.98
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.15 marzo-mayo 1995 p.65
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Comments:- Act 2 was recorded between 2 and 9 September 1950 and Acts 1 and 3 between 11 and 20 September 1951. See also The Times Weekend July 30 1994 p.7
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Hans Sachs - Otto Edelmann
Veit Pogner - Kurt Böhme
Sixtus Beckmesser - Heinrich Pflanzl
Fritz Kothner - Werner Faulhaber
Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf
David - Gerhard Unger
Eva - Lisa Della Casa
Magdalena - Ira Malaniuk
Nachtwächter - Gustav Neidlinger
Kunz Vogelgesang - Karl Terkal
Konrad Nachtigall - Walter Stoll
Ulrich Eisslinger - Karl Mikorey
Balthasar Zorn - Josef Janko
Augustin Moser - Gerhard Stolze
Hermann Ortel - Theo Adam
Hans Schwarz - Heinz Borst
Hans Foltz - Max Kohl
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 522 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34040; Golden Melodram GM 1.0003 - 4;; Music & Arts CD 1014 (+Siegfried Idyll) {4CDS} Cantus Classics 500 326 {2CDS} + Cantus Classics 500 327 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0111-4 {4CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.130 [AB]; August (published June) 2003 pp.73-74 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.665 [AB]
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Opera News - October 2003 pp.63-64 [RC]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.6 July/August 1998 pp.265-267 [WY]
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
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Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.98 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4
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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.241 [KM]: July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.278 [RVL]
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - marzo-mayo 1998 No.27 p.91 [BL]
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Répertoire - No.114 juin 1998 p.57 [TP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA October 1952 p.596, p.597). The performance on 17 August 1952 was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme. In this performance the roles of Pogner and Eva were sung by Ludwig Weber and Trude Eipperle (see Radio Times Issue dated August 15 1952 p.11 and THE LISTENER Issue dated August 28 1952 p.355)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Ferdinand Frantz
Veit Pogner - Gottlob Frick
Sixtus Beckmesser - Heinrich Pflanzl
Fritz Kothner - Albrecht Peter
Walther von Stolzing - Hans Hopf
David - Paul Kuen
Eva - Lisa Della Casa
Magdalena - Herta Töpper
Nachtwächter - Willy Schmitz
Kunz Vogelgesang - Franz Klarwein
Konrad Nachtigall - Carl Hoppe
Ulrich Eisslinger - Emil Graf
Balthasar Zorn - John Kuhn
Augustin Moser - Karl Ostertag
Hermann Ortel - Adolf Keil
Hans Schwarz - Walter Bracht
Hans Foltz - Rudolf Wünzer
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 462 974L {4CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.130 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.665 [AB]
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Orpheus - Juli 1998 S.58 [DN]
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Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.64 [FL-2]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.183 p.104 [CM]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.241 [KM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X1 - N.113 - novembre 1997 p.86 [GDV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Prinzregentheater, Munich (11 september 1955)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Hans Sachs - Josef Greindl
Veit Pogner - Theo Adam
Sixtus Beckmesser - Karl Schmitt-Walter
Fritz Kothner - Ludwig Weber
Walther von Stolzing - Wolfgang Windgassen
David - Gerhard Stolze
Eva - Elisabeth Grümmer
Magdalena - Elisabeth Schärtel
Nachtwächter - Donald Bell
Kunz Vogelgesang - Wilfried Krug
Konrad Nachtigall - Egmont Koch
Ulrich Eisslinger - Harald Neukirch
Balthasar Zorn - Heinz-Günter Zimmermann
Augustin Moser - Hermann Winkler
Hermann Ortel - Fritjof Sentpaul
Hans Schwarz - Hans Günter Nöcker
Hans Foltz - Eugen Fuchs
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 602 {5LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10029 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Mike Richter CD Rom AE 203 (Opera from Bayreuth)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.252 [WY]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.273
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [CM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival {23 July 1960)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Fred Destal
Titurel - Nikolaus Zec
Gurnemanz - Herbert Alsen
Alto Stimme - Elena Nikolaidi
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1463-2 (Wiener Staatsoper Live - Vol.13)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1995 p.134 (mention) [JBS]
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Comments:- Recording of about 27 minutes of a performance in the Wiener Staatsoper (1 November 1937)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1942 (Act 3;SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Amfortas - Hans Reinmar
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Carl Hartmann
Kundry - Elsa Larcén
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Black Disc; - Acanta DE 23.036 {2LPS} (1978)ª
Compact Disc - *Pilz-Acanta 442101-2 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78555 Preiser Records 90261; Music & Arts CD 1067 {1CD}
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 - November 1979 p.912 [JBS] ; December 2000 p.134 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.122 [JY]; Vol.24 No.2 November/ December 2000 pp.383-384 [WY]
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64
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International Record Review - November 2000 p.120 [JC]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2000 No.23 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [JPM]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 dicembre 1995 p.84
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Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.103, p.105
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Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.101
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Comments:- Recorded on 31 March 1942. The year is sometimes given as 1943
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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 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
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:-
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 Hans Knappertsbusch - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Hans Hotter
Titurel - Theo Adam
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Hugo Kratz
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gisela Litz
Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Compact Disc; - Seven Seas KICC 2341/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Golden Melodram GM 10053 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0283 {4CDS} (2004)ª
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:-
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.222-224 [WY]
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Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]
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Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.19 [ARB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.34 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.89 [VM]
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Comments:- See Wagner News April 1995 p.12
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Titurel - Hans Hotter
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Martha Mödl
Knappe 1 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Alfred Pfeifle
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Josef Traxel
Ritter 2 - Alfons Herwig
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 79 {5LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram 563(5) {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34035 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram 1.0062 {4CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0192 {4CDS} (2007)ª
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 - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 pp.85-86 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (19 August 1956)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold Van Mill
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Georgine von Milinkovic
Knappe 1 - Paula Lechner
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Hans Krotthammer
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lechner
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Lotte Rysanek
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Walter Geisler
Ritter 2 - Otto Wiener
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0215 {4CDS} (2008)ª
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 publication:-
International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lotte Schädle
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hildegard Schünemann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gertraud Prenzlow
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Fritz Uhl
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0058 {4CDS} (2002)ª
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:-
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.56 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.276 février 2003 p.72 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 3 - Gisela Schröter
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann
Blumenmädchen 6 - Claudia Hellmann
Ritter 1 - Georg Paskuda
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram 1.0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª
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 publication:-
Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (7 August 1959).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - David Ward
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse
Ritter 1 - Wilfried Krug
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 018 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 603 {4LPS}
Compact Disc - Gala GL 100655 {4CDS}
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:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]
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Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]
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Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 p.19 (mention) [ARB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (5 August 1960)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Ludwig Weber
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse
Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller
Ritter 2 - David Ward
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0049 {4CDS} (2000)ª; Opera Depot OD 10240-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
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:-
Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2001 No.144 p.46 [CRS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1961 pp.56-57). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1962(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Martti Talvela
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Sona Cervená
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Black Disc; - *Philips AL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips SAL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips 6747 250 {5LPS};; Philips 6723001/1-11 (+Der fliegende Holländer +Tannhäuser) ; Philips PHM 5550 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª;; Philips PHS 5950 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Philips A 02 342-346 L {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Philips 835 220-224 {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Melodiya D 33809-18 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Philips 416 390-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; Philips «50» 464 756-2 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Philips PHCP 24092/5 {4CDS} (Japan); Philips PHCP 20371/4 (Japan) (1999)ª; Philips 475 7785 {4CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Philips PTY-950 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1965)ª
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 - November 1964 p.241; January 1965 p.317; October 1970 p.666; January 1971 p.1129 (mention); February 1973 p.1557 [JW]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; July 1976 p.217 [AB]; June 1986 p. [AB]; August 2001 p.90 [AB]
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Opera - March 1965 p.317 [HDR]; December 1995 p.1134; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.24 [AC]
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Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.98 [SH]; Juli 1997 S.14
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.302; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 pp.85-86, p.116 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.684-687 [GLM]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.563
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.587
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International Record Review - September 2001 p.82 [MVA]
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Fono Forum - Dezember 1964 S.508 [WA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.106 [LB]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Ludwig Weber
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Margarethe Bence
Knappe 3 - Georg Paskuda
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)
Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 3 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 5 - Sieglinde Wagner
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10034 {4CDS} (1999)ª
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:-
Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.364 [WY]
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Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1939 p.16 [DC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.68 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (24 July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.73 )
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Heinz Hagenau
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Barbro Ericson
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 2 - Liselotte Rebmann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 643(5) {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34051 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.OOO4 - 4 {4CDS};; Orfeo C 690074 L {4CDS} (2007)ª
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 - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]; January 2008 p.90 [MA]
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Opera News - December 20 1997 p.39 [PJS]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.5 May/June 2008 pp.280-281 [CC]
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14; November + Dezember 2007 S.60 [SS]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.100 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4
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Wagner News - Issue No.122 September 1997 p.20: Issue No.185 April 2008 pp.17-20 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.278 [KM]: March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.209-210 [CHP]
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International Record Review - December 2007 pp.79-80 [MT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.94 [MC]: No.106 diciembre 2007 p.95 [PN]
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Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]
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Opéra Magazine - No.28 avril 2008 pp.74-75 [FL-2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (13 August 1964)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Loge - Ludwig Suthaus
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Gré Brouwenstijn
Froh - Josef Traxel
Donner - Alfons Herwig
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Josef Greindl
Fafner - Arnold Van Mill
Woglinde - Lore Wißmann
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay
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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 9013 {2CDS} (2007)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 - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (13 August 1956)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Loge - Ludwig Suthaus
Mime - Gerhard Stolze
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer
Froh - Josef Traxel
Donner - Toni Blankenheim
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fasolt - Arnold Van Mill
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Elisabeth Schärtel
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 58/3 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 253(3) {3CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0216 {2CDS} (2008)ª
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 - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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Wagner News - No.111 September 1995 p.13
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Rita Gorr
Loge - Fritz Uhl
Mime - Gerhard Stolze
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Freia - Elisabeth Grümmer
Froh - Sándor Kónya
Donner - Erik Saedén
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fasolt - Theo Adam
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Ursula Böse
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 586 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt 2 CDLSMH 34041; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) ; Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
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:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207
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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1936(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Siegfried - Josef Kalenberg
Mime - Erich Zimmermann
Wanderer - Emil Schipper
Erda - Enid Szánthó
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 Novenber/December 1995 p.418
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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (18 April 1936)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Fafner - Nikolaus Zec
Waldvogel - Elisabeth Schumann
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.419
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Comments:- Recording of a part of Act 2 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (16 June 1937)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1941(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Wanderer - Paul Schöffler
Erda - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Waldvogel - Adele Kern
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 2 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera(21 June 1941)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fafner - Arnold Van Mill
Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg
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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 9015 {4CDS} (2007)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:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1956)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 60/5 {5LPS}; *Estro Armonico EA 033
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 255(4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0218 {4CDS} (2007)ª
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:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (16 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Gerhard Stolze
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Dorothea Siebert
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 588 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34043; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle); Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
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:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207
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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Tristan - Günther Treptow
Isolde - Helena Braun
Brangaene - Margarete Klose
Marke - Ferdinand Frantz
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Albrecht Peter
Hirt - Paul Kuen
Steuerman - Fritz Richard Bender
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Fritz Richard Bender
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Black Disc - Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 343 {5LPS} Movimento Musica 05.001 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - ~Laudis LCD 4.4009 {4CDS}; Orfeo C355 943 D {3CDS} Gala GL 100.651 {4CDS}; Arkadia 3CD 78075 {3CDS}; Andromeda ANDRCD 9011 {3CDS} (2007)ª
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 - May 1995 p.133
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Opera - December 1994 p.1387
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Opera Now - January 1995 p.54
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Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.334
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Orpheus - November 1994 S.64; Mai 1996 S.62
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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.81
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Diapason - No.414 avril 1995 p.126
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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BBC Music Magazine - March 1995 p.81
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Wagner News - No.108 April 1995 p.19
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.82
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.108
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Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.183
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.94 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Prinzregententheater, Munich (23 July 1950) See OPERA, September 1950 p.24. The Movimento Musica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1983 p.670
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1943(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Siegmund - Max Lorenz
Sieglinde - Hilde Konetzni
Brünhilde - Helena Braun
Wotan - Hans Hotter
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (1 December 1943)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Luisecharlotte Kamps
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Jean Madeira
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 567 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music & Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9024 {3CDS} (2007)ª
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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1956). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(Act 1:SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Kirsten Flagstad
Hunding - Arnold Van Mill
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 5429-5430 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2074-2075 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey ; +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 581-582 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1969)ª; Decca «Grandi Voci» GRV 26 {1LP} (1983)ª; London A 4229 (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey;; +Siegried's Funeral Music) {2LPS} (1959)ª; London OSA-1204 {2LPS} (+Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey;; +Siegried's Funeral Music) (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) «Historic» 425 963-2 {1CD} (1990)ª; Decca «Eloquence» 466 678-2 (+Siegfried's Funeral March) {1CD} (2000)ª
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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1959 p.24 [AR]; January 1960 p.341 [DST]; December 1969 pp.1005-1006 [AR]; September 1983 p.380 [AB]; July 1990 p.276, p.279 [AB]
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Opera - August 1959 p.535
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High Fidelity Magazine - February 1959 Vol.9 No.2 p.76 [DJ]
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American Record Guide - March 1959 Vol.25 No.7 p.467 [PLM]
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Records and Recordings - May 1959 p.20 [MM]: June 1959 p.23 [MM]
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Gramophone Record Review - June 1959 p.605 [NC]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 71 May/June 1991 p.134
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International Record Review - June 2000 p.114 [MT]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Birgit Nilsson
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Helena Bader
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Hetty Plümacher
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 59/5 {5LPS}; Melodram MEL 577(4)
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 254 (4) {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS}; Urania 22.316 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0217 {3CDS} (2008)ª
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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.246-247 [ED]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.273; Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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Comments:- A recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Leonie Rysanek
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Rita Gorr
Gerhilde - Marlies Siemeling
Ortlinde - Elisabeth Schärtel
Waltraute - Hilde Scheppan
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Lotte Rysanek
Siegrune - Grace Hoffman
Grimgerde - Rita Gorr
Roßweiße - Ursula Böse
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 587 (4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 3 CDLSMH 34042; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) ; Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.235 [WY]
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Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207
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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Bayreuth Festival. See «A Hero's Life - Jon Vickers» by Jeannie Williams p.84
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(Act 1;LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Siegmund - Fritz Uhl
Sieglinde - Claire Watson
Hunding - Josef Greindl
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Compact Disc - KICC 2406 {1CD}; Living Stage 347.18 (+Bruckner - Symphony 4) {1CD}
DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive» DV-CLHK63 (2003)ª; TDK DVWW CLHK63M (2006)ª
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
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2004 p.87 (DVD) [AB]
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Wagner News - Issue No.118 December 1996 p.17 (audio)
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American Record Guide - September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 p.274 (audio) [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - March 2004 pp.80-81 (DVD) [MA]
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International Record Review - January 2004 p.85 (DVD) [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 1 (21 May 1963)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1939(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Max - Franz Völker
Agathe - Tiana Lemnitz
Kaspar - Michael Bohnen
Ottokar - Paul Schöffler
Kuno - Carl Bissuti
Kilian - Willy Franter
Hermit - Herbert Alsen
Zamiel - Volker Soetber
Ännchen - Elisabeth Rutgers
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Compact Disc; - Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.17); Radio Years RY 70 (+Fidelio-excerpts) {1CD}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78017-25; (collection); MYTO «Historical» 982 H011 (+excepts cond. Steiner) {1CD} (1998)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0015 (+excepts cond. Steiner) {1CD} (2000)ª
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Recordings of Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.131; CELLETTI p.1170; Opera on CD (1) p.26 (2) p.30 (3) p.33; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 105-106 p.162; MET 740; MET(VID) p.453; PENGUIN p.561; Opera on Video p.40; GIUDICI p.1170 (2) p.1835; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.63; Répertoire No.95 octobre 1996 p.13; International Record Collector November 2000 pp.20-25; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - February 1997 p.252
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Opera Now - March/April 1997 p.97
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Opera News - March 30 1996 p.37: July 2000 p.48 [JSL]
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.393
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Orpheus - Juli 1998 SS.60-61 [DN]
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Diapason - No.444 janvier 1998 p.102 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.89 [PF]
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Classical Express - Issue No.82 January 1997 p.5: Issue No.123 June 2000 p.4 [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.267 [RVL]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (3 August 1939)
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