(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1935(Act 1;LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
2 1935(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
3 1936(Act 2:LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
4 1936(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
5 1936(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
6 1937(Act 2;LE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
7 1937(Act 3:LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
8 1937(LC) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Thomas Beecham*
9 1937(LCE) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
10 1937(LE) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
11 1937(LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
12 1937(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Maurice Abravanel*
13 1937(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
14 1937(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
15 1938(LE:Acts 1 & 2;29/1/38) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
16 1938(LE;Act 3;16/4/38?) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
17 1938(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Artur Bodanzky*
18 1938(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Artur Bodanzky*
19 1939(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
20 1940(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
21 1940(LI) (New York) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
22 1940(SE) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Edwin McArthur*
23 1940(SE) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Edwin McArthur*
24 1941(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Bruno Walter*
25 1941(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
26 1941(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf**
27 1947(LE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Victor de Sabata*
28 1948(LE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Victor de Sabata*
29 1948(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Erich Kleiber*
30 1950(Act 1;LE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Karl Rankl*
31 1950(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
32 1950(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
33 1950(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
34 1950(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
35 1951(Act 2;LE) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Karl Rankl*
36 1951(LI) - Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell - Geraint Jones*
37 1951(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Bruno Walter*
38 1951(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
39 1952(Act 3;RE) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
40 1952(LI) - Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Alberto Erede*
41 1952(STU) - Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell - Geraint Jones*
42 1952(STU) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
43 1956(RA) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Olvin Fjeldstad*
44 1956(STU) - Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Geraint Jones*
45 1957(Act 1:SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
46 1957(LI) - Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Johann Hye-Knudsen*
47 1957(SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
48 1958(STU) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1935(Act 1;LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Paul Althouse
Sieglinde - Kirsten Flagstad
Hunding - Emanuel List
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 200 {1LP} (1960)ª
Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0039-3 (+Acts 2 & 3 - 1937) {3CDS} (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 publication:-
International Record Review - October 2002 p.87 [MVA]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 1 of a performance at the MET (2 February 1935)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1935(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Karin Branzell
Marke - Ludwig Hofmann
Kurwenal - Friedrich Schorr
Melot - Arnold Gabor
Hirt - Hans Clemens
Steuerman - James Wolfe
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Hans Clemens
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Black Disc - Die goldene Ära GAW 301 {3LPS} (Germany)
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts/Archipon (West Hill Radio Archives) WHRA 6001 {3CDS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2004 pp.90-91 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.289 avril 2004 p.81 [AT]
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Diapason - No.515 juin 2004 p.120 [ED]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.71 junio 2004 p.86 [VM]
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Classica Répertoire - No.63 juin 2004 p.118 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (9 March 1935). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.86-89. The LPs issued on «Die goldene Ära» label are listed in the «Canfield Guide to Classical Records» 5th Edition 2000
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1936(Act 2:LE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Lotte Lehmann
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr
Fricka - Kathryn Meisle
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 234 {1LP} (1962)ª; Edizione Lirica EL 004 2 (+Act 2 scene 3) {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - ª; Grammofono 2000 - AB 78545 {1CD}; Minerva MN A34 {1CD} Music & Arts CD 1048 {1CD} (1999)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:-
Opera Now - July 1995 p.57; December 1995 p.64
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Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.366 [WY]
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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.61
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Diapason - No.495 septembre 2002 p.132 [JC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.209 [PH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.7
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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56
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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.244 [DA]
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The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
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Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.101
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in San Francisco (13 November 1936)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1936(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Lauritz Melchior
Elisabeth - Kirsten Flagstad
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Lawrence Tibbett
Venus - Margaret Halstead
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Emanuel List
Walther von der Vogelweide - Hans Clemens
Biterolf - Arnold Gabor
Heinrich der Schreiber - Giordano Paltrinieri
Reinmar von Zweter - James Wolfe
Hirt - Edita Fleischer
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 109 {3LPS} (1956)ª
Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 30 {3CDS} (1996)ª; Archipel APRCD 0038 (+Flagstad - recital) {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July/August 2002 p.101 [ST]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170
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Classical Express - Issue 76 September 1996 p.4
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention)
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International Record Review - July 2002 pp.85-86 [MT]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XI - N.109 - giungo 1997 p.93
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (18 January 1936)
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1936(LI)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Sabine Kalter
Marke - Emanuel List
Kurwenal - Herbert Janssen
Melot - Frank Sale
Hirt - Octave Dua
Steuerman - Leslie Horsman
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Roy Devereux
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 465 {4LPS} (1969)ª; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 471 {4LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - VAI Audio VAIA 1004-3 {3CDS} (1992)ª; Radio Years RY 3941 {3CDS}; Dante LYS 162-164 {3CDS} ;; Naxos «Historical» 8.110068.70 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 500696 & 500697 {4CDS} (2005)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 - January 1993 p.70 [AB]; February 2001 p.44 (mention) [RC]; May 2001 p.98 [AB]
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Opera Now - March/April 2001 p.99 [ST]
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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.4 March/April 2001 p.268 [WY]
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Orpheus - April 1996 S.58; Juli 1997 S.15; Februar 2001 S.59 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.258 juin 2001 pp.74-75 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.400 janvier 1994 p.156; No.480 avril 2001 p.127 [AT]
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Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4
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International Record Review - February 2001 p.110 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.66 février 1994 p.84: No.144 mars 2001 p.91 [JB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.95 [JS]
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Comments:- Exciting live recording but the sound is not very good. Act I and part of Act III also appear on EMI CHS7 64037-2 on which the rest of the opera is conducted by Beecham
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1937(Act 2;LE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Kathryn Meisle
Marke - Emanuel List
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Melot - George Cehanovsky
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 145-1 {1CD} (1989)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.104 [GWL]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 2 at the San Francisco Opera
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1937(Act 3:LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sieglinde - Maria Müller
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Rudolf Bockelmann
Gerhilde - Mae Craven
Ortlinde - Thelma Bardsley
Waltraute - Linda Seymour
Schwertleite - Gladys Ripley
Helmwige - Elsa Stenning
Siegrune - Edith Coates
Grimgerde - Gwladys Garside
Roßweiße - Evelyn Arden
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 450 (+Götterdämmerung - Act 3 - excerpts) {2LPS} (1968)ª; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 417; Acanta 40.23520
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 914.43 {1CD}(1991)ª; Grammofono 2000 AB 78512 {1CD} (1994)ª;; Myto 1 MCD 981.H003 {1CD} (1998)ª; Music & Arts 1035 (+Götterdämmerung - excerpts) {2CDS} (1998)ª; Dante LYS 217-218 (+excerpts - Vienna) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0045 (+excerpts - Vienna) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.358 [WY]
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Wagner News - Issue No.106 December 1994 p.21
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Classical Express - Issue 100 July 1998 p.4 (mention) [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 1998 Vol.61 No.4 p.279 [KM]: November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.320 [JPM]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.60 [GAG]
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Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.82 [PF]
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Musica (Milano) - N.111 Anno 23 aprile-maggio 1999 p.108 [LG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100 [LB]: No.74 octubre 2004 pp.89-90 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of Act III of a performance at Covent Garden (26 May 1937). This was reviewed in «The Times» for Thursday May 27 1937 .
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1937(LC)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Margarete Klose
Marke - Sven Nilsson
Kurwenal - Herbert Janssen
Melot - Booth Hitchin
Hirt - Octave Dua
Steuerman - Leslie Horsman
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Parry Jones
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Black Disc; - Discocorp «Recital Records» RR 223 {4LPS} ; A.N.N.A. Record Company ANNA 1051 (Act 2) {1LP} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - *EMI «Références» CHS 7 64037-2 [LC] (1992)ª; *Melodram 37029; Grammofono 2000 AB 78570-78572 {3CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0021-3 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Arkadia 78085 {3CDS} (2001)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1992 p.100 [AB]; September 2001 p.44 (mention) [RC]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.223
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ARSC Journal - 1982 Vol.XIV No.1 p.64 (Act 2) [PLM]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1985 Vol.48 No.4 p.71, p.75 [PJR]
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Répertoire - No.91 mai 1996 p.66
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 settembre 2001 p.113 [MG]
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Comments:- Only part of the EMI recording is conducted by Beecham; the rest is conducted byReiner. The other recordings are from 2 performances (18, 22 June 1937) as thereare 2 Brangaenes (Klose & Branzell) and 2 Kurwenals (Janssen & Schoeffler); The A.N.N.A. disc contains Act 2 only
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1937(LCE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Holländer - Herbert Janssen
Senta - Kirsten Flagstad
Daland - Ludwig Weber
Erik - Max Lorenz
Mary - Mary Jarred
Steuermann - Ben Williams
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 123 {1LP} (1958)ª; E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 515 {2LPS} (1970)ª; Rococo 1008; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 469 {2LPS} (1978)ª; Historical Recording Enterprises HRE 234-2 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Standing Room Only SRO 808-1; LYS 159-160 (+Parsifal - excerpts); Italian Music Company IMC 202009; Gebhardt JGCD 0016-3 (+excerpts from the Ring conducted by Hoesslin) {3CDS} (2000)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0064 {2CDS} (2002)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:-
Opera - September 2000 pp.1133-1134 [RG]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.3 January/February 2004 pp.229-230 [WY]
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.15
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Opéra International - No.280 juin 2003 p.72 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.506 septembre 2003 p.130 [ED]
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Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4 (mention)
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Wagner News - Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
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American Record Guide - July/August 1997 Vol.60 No.4 p.242
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International Record Review - April 2000 p.103 (mention)
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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.61 junio 2003 pp.86-87 [JR]
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Comments:- Recorded at two performances at Covent Garden (7 and 11 June 1937). For more details see the «EJS Discography» by William Shaman, William J.Collins, and Calvin M.Goodwin pp.36-38, pp.538-539
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Maria Nezádal
Waltraute - Kerstin Thorborg
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 431 {2LPS} (1968)ª; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 429 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR 62 (1997)ª; Music & Arts CD 1025 (+Die Walküre Act 3) {2CDS} (1998)ª; Dante LYS 219-221 {3CDS} (+excerpts - Vienna - London); Gebhardt JGCD 0003 {2CDS} (1999)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:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.358 [WY]
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Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4: Issue No.115 October 1999 p.4 (mention) [MT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.99
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ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.60 [GAG]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.242 [RVL]
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Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.82 [PF]
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Musica (Milano) - N.111 Anno 23 aprile-maggio 1999 p.108 [LG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (1 June 1937). An excerpt from Act 2 of the performance on 7 June 1938 with Frida Leider as Brünnhilde, Lauritz Melchior as Siegfried, Wilhelm Schirp as Hagen, Herbert Janssen as Gunther, and Anny von Stosch as Gutrune is included as a «filler» on the EKLIPSEand Dante LYS CDs. The Music & Arts has recordings of the finales of each of thethree acts. The Gebhardt CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.162
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Kirsten Flagstad
Hunding - Ludwig Hofmann
Brünhilde - Marjorie Lawrence
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr
Fricka - Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Doris Doe
Schwertleite - Anna Kaskas
Helmwige - Dorothee Manski
Siegrune - Helen Olheim
Grimgerde - Irra Petina
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0039-3 (Acts 2,3 + Act 1 1935) {3CDS} (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 publication:-
International Record Review - October 2002 p.87 [MVA]
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Comments:- Recording of Acts 2 and 3 of a performance at the MET (18 December 1937)
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Conductor Maurice Abravanel - 1937(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - René Maison
Elsa - Kirsten Flagstad
Ortrud - Karin Branzell
Friedrich von Telramund - Julius Huehn
König Heinrich - Ludwig Hofmann
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Arnold Gabor
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Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 6 {3CDS}; Helikon 3526 {3CDS} ;; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0011 {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.59
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Opéra International - No.293 septembre 2004 p.91 [AT]
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Diapason - No.407 septembre 1994 p.173
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.73 septiembre 2004 p.88 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1937(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Mime - Karl Laufkötter
Wanderer - Friedrich Schorr
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Alberich - Eduard Habich
Erda - Kerstin Thorborg
Fafner - Emanuel List
Waldvogel - Stella Andreva
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 173 {4LPS} (1960)ª; Bruno Walter Society BWS 373 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Music and Arts CD-696 {3CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0006 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Guild GHCD 2207/8/9 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110211-13 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.501106 (cycle made up of performances in 1936, 1937, 1941) {11CDS} (2003)ª; Bensar OL 13037 (BRO 125832) {3CDRS} (2005)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 - March 2002 p.44 [RC]; Awards Issue 2002 p.110 [AB]
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Orpheus - Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81-S.82 [LS]
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Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.126 [PK]
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International Record Review - February 2001 p.109 [MVA]: October 2002 p.86 [MVA]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [PN]: No.57 enero-febrero 2003 pp.86-87 [JMP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 January 1937). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1937(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Kerstin Thorborg
Marke - Ludwig Hofmann
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Melot - Arnold Gabor
Hirt - Hans Clemens
Steuerman - James Wolfe
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Karl Laufkötter
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 157 {3LPS} (1959)ª
Compact Disc; - The Fourties FT 1519-1521 {3CDS}; Wallhall WHL 22 {3CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0103 {3CDS} (2005)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 - Awards Issue 2005 p.126 [RC]
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Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95
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Wagner News - Issue No.110 July 1995 p.18
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.91 [VM]
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Comments:- (Incomplete) recording of a performance at the MET (2 January 1937)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1938(LE:Acts 1 & 2;29/1/38)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Gertrud Wettergren
Marke - Emanuel List
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Melot - Arnold Gabor
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Karl Laufkötter
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 318
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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
Comments:- Recording of Act 1 & 2 of a performance at the MET (29 January 1938). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». According to Omega the recording is derived from «good to very private acetates. No better copy has been found».
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1938(LE;Act 3;16/4/38?)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Karin Branzell
Marke - Emanuel List
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Hirt - Karl Laufkötter
Steuerman - Louis D' Angelo
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 319
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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
Comments:- Recording of Act 3 of a performance at the MET (16 April 1938). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the conductor is given as «Leinsdorf», but Bodansky is given in the «MET Annals». According to Omega the recording is derived from «good to very private acetates. No better copy has been found».
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1938(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - René Maison
Pizarro - Friedrich Schorr
Rocco - Emanuel List
Marzelline - Marita Farell
Jaquino - Karl Laufkötter
Fernando - Arnold Gabor
Erster Gefangene - Nicholas Massue
Zweiter Gefangene - Arnold Gabor
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 307 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD-619 {2CDS} (1991)ª;; Dante LYS 384/385 (1998)ª; Bensar OL 123138 {2CDRS} (BRO 125887) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1991 p. [AB]
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Diapason - No.455 janvier 1999 p.56 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.87 [CM]
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Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.88 [MA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (31 December 1938). The dialogue was replaced by recitatives composed by Bodanzky on the instructions of Gatti-Casazza. See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.175-177. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1938(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Friedrich Schorr
Titurel - Norman Cordon
Gurnemanz - Emanuel List
Parsifal - Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor - Arnold Gabor
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
Alto Stimme - Doris Doe
Knappe 1 - Natalie Bodanya
Knappe 2 - Helen Olheim
Knappe 3 - Giordano Paltrinieri
Knappe 4 - Karl Laufkötter
Blumenmädchen 1 - Susanne Fisher
Blumenmädchen 2 - Irra Petina
Blumenmädchen 3 - Helen Olheim
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hilda Burke
Blumenmädchen 5 - Thelma Votipka
Blumenmädchen 6 - Doris Doe
Ritter 1 - George Cehanovsky
Ritter 2 - Louis D' Angelo
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 484 {4LPS} (1969)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 982 H013 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2201 (Act 2 +extract from Act 3 with Herbert;; Janssen) {1CD} (2001}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 - October 1998 p.40 [RC]
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Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.52 (Act 2) (mention) [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.1 (mention): Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [MT]
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International Record Review - April 2002 p.80, p.83 (Act 2) [MVA], May 2002 p.12 (letter)
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Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 p.24 (Act 2) [ARB]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 pp.84-85 (Act 2) [SG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1938). Act 2 was conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» p.152
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1939(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Eyvind Laholm
Elisabeth - Kirsten Flagstad
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Herbert Janssen
Venus - Rose Pauly
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Emanuel List
Walther von der Vogelweide - John Carter
Biterolf - Mack Harrell
Heinrich der Schreiber - Giordano Paltrinieri
Reinmar von Zweter - John Gurney
Hirt - Maxine Stellman
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Compact Disc; - *Symposium 1178-1179 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Bensar OL 121639 (BRO 123543) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Wagner News - No.106 December 1994 p.21
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (16 December 1939). «Everything whuch survives of the principals is present but to accommodate the performance on two discs a few small cuts elsewhere were unavoidable». See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.159-160. The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.».
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1940(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Kerstin Thorborg
Marke - Emanuel List
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Melot - George Cehanovsky
Hirt - Karl Laufkötter
Steuerman - Douglas Beattie
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Anthony Marlowe
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 182 {3LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Disc; - Music and Arts CD 647 {3CDS}; Guild GHCD 2266/8 {3CDS} (2004)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 publication:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1991 p. [AB]; April 2004 pp.90-91 [AB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance (abridged) at the MET (23 March 1940). According to «More EJS» p.92 the LPs issued by UORC are labeled incorrectly as carrying a recording of the performance on 8 February 1941. The recording on the CDs issued by Guild is a composite recording in which King Mark's solo is sung by Kipnis from a performance conducted by Leinsdorf in 1941.
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1940(LI) (New York)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Marjorie Lawrence
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Julius Huehn
Fricka - Karin Branzell
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Maxine Stellman
Waltraute - Doris Doe
Schwertleite - Anna Kaskas
Helmwige - Dorothee Manski
Siegrune - Helen Olheim
Grimgerde - Irra Petina
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 14 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2015 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2215/7 {3CDS} (see below) (2002)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 - February 2001 p.44 (mention) [RC]; Awards Issue 2002 p.110 [AB]
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Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58
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Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1
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International Record Review - October 2000 p.117 [MT], October 2002 pp.86-87 (Guild CDs) [RP]
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Wagner News - No.155 April 2003 p.15 (Guild CDs) [ARB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 February 1940). The recording on the CDs issued by Guild is partly of this performance and partly of the performance in Boston on 30 March 1940
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Conductor Edwin McArthur - 1940(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Kirsten Flagstad
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Black Disc; - Victor Masterworks Set M 897 (11-8159 - 11-8160) {2x78s} (1940)ª; RCA Victor LCT 1105 (+Parsifal - excerpt) {1LP} (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1276 (+Parsifal - excerpt) {1LP} (1955)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.283-284 [AR]
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Opera - February 1963 p.118 [HDR]
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Comments:- Recording of the «Bridal chamber scene».
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Conductor Edwin McArthur - 1940(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Parsifal - Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor - Gordon Dilworth
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
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Black Disc; - Victor Masterworks Set M 755 (17774 - 17777) {4x78s} (1940)ª; RCA Victor LCT 1105 (+Lohengrin - excerpt) {1LP} (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1276 (+Lohengrin - excerpt) {1LP} (1955)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 - December 1955 pp.283-284 [AR]
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Opera - February 1963 p.118 [HDR]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 2 starting with «Dies Alles hab' ich nun geträumt?» to the end of the act.
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - René Maison
Pizarro - Julius Huehn
Rocco - Alexander Kipnis
Marzelline - Marita Farell
Jaquino - Karl Laufkötter
Fernando - Herbert Janssen
Erster Gefangene - Emery Darcy
Zweiter Gefangene - John Gurney
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 126 {2LPS} (1958)ª; Bruno Walter Society 712/713 {2LPS}; Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 6 {3LPS} ; Accord ACC 150030 {3LPS} (France) (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Dante LYS 023/024 {2CDS}; Phonographe PH 5044/5045 {2CDS};; Arkadia HP 628.2 {2CDS};; Nuova Era 2345/2346 {2CDS}; Memories HR 4456/4457 {2CDS} ; Naxos «Historical» 8110054/5 {2CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» 2CD GA 2022 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2269/70 {2CDS} (2004)ª; West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6008 (+1951 recording) {4CDS} (2006)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 2000 p.127 [AB]
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Opera - August 1996 p.989
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Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.58 S.60: März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 p.103 [WA2]
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Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.98; No.468 mars 2000 pp.65-66 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.124
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Classical Express - Issue No.67 September 1995 p.6: Issue No.75 May 1996 p.7: Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [MT]: Issue No.125 August 2000 p.1 [MT]
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The Record Collector - Vol.51 No.2 June 2006 pp.133-134 [JTH]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 pp.102-103 [MHF]
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Répertoire - No.88 février 1996 p.85
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.98 Giugno 1996 p.75
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Musica (Milano) - No.96 Anno 20 febbraio-marzo 1996 p.80
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.19 marzo-mayo 1996 p.59
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 luglio-agosto 2001 p.113
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (22 February 1941). The Accord LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1982 p.761
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Lauritz Melchior
Elisabeth - Kirsten Flagstad
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Herbert Janssen
Venus - Kerstin Thorborg
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Emanuel List
Walther von der Vogelweide - John Dudley
Biterolf - Mack Harrell
Heinrich der Schreiber - Emery Darcy
Reinmar von Zweter - John Gurney
Hirt - Maxine Stellman
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Black Disc - RCA MET 12 (Soria Series) {4LPS}; GAW-300(A-F) {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 7 {3CDS}; Arkadia HP 611.3 {3CDS} ; Gebhardt JGCD 006 {3CDS} (1999)ª; *Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2032 {3CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2001 p.44 (mention) [RC]
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Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.60
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.172-174 [WH]
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Opéra International - novembre 1994 No.185 p.76
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.162 p.169
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Wagner News - No.105 October 1994 p.15
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Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [MT]
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International Record Review - January 2001 pp.121-122 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.73 octobre 1994 p.77: No.169 juin 2003 pp.101-102 [TP]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giungno 1996 p.72: Anno XV N.147 gennaio 2001 p.96 [MG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 p.99 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance of the Paris Version at the MET (4 January 1941; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.257-258
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Lauritz Melchior
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Kerstin Thorborg
Marke - Alexander Kipnis
Kurwenal - Julius Huehn
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Karl Laufkötter
Steuerman - John Gurney
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Emery Darcy
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 3 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram CDM 37518 {3CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0008 {3CDS} (1999)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:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.8 No.2 Summer 1991 pp.105-106 [WA2]
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Classical Express - Issue No.117 December 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.80: No.166 mars 2003 p.102 [TP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (8 February 1941; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.258-260)
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Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1947(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Tristan - Ejnar Beyron
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Elsa Cavelti
Marke - Ferdinand Frantz
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Marcello Cortis
Hirt - Luigi Nardi
Steuerman - Eraldo Coda
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Gino Del Signore
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Black Disc; - A.N.N.A. Record Company 1052 {1LP} (1980)ª
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (February or March 1947). CDs were published by «Legendry» and «Minerva» labeled to be excerpts from this performance, but according to David G. Crighton (Wagner News Issue No.128 August 1998 p.128) they are from a performance in 1948 (April)
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Conductor Victor de Sabata - 1948(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Tristan - Max Lorenz
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Rosette Anday
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Marcello Cortis
Hirt - Luciano della Pergola
Steuerman - Eraldo Coda
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Gino Del Signore
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 260 {1LP} (1975)ª; Discocorp «I Grandi Interpreti» IGI 347
Compact Disc - Legendary LRCD 1025 {1CD}; Minerva MN-A54 {1CD}
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
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at La Scala (14 April). The CDs published by «Legendary» and «Minerva» are labeled as being recordings of excerpts of a performance in 1947 (February or March), but according to David G. Crighton (Wagner News Issue No.121 August 1998 p.21) they are of the performance in April1948
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Viorica Ursuleac
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Hans Hotter
Melot - Angel Mattiello
Hirt - Roberto Maggiolo
Steuerman - Tulio Gagliardo
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Umberto di Toto
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Compact Disc; - Melodram 25007 (highlights) {2CDS} (1989)ª; Myto 3CD99 H031 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0195 {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:-
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 p.356 [WY]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.104 (highlights) [GWL]
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Classical Express - Issue No.116 November 1999 p.7 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (20 August 1948)
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Conductor Karl Rankl - 1950(Act 1;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Constance Shacklock
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02642
Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0178 (+GÖtterdämmerung - Fjelstad» {4CDS} (2006)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 publication:-
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.60 (mention) [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 1 from a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (June 1950). Tristan and Isolde was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme on 29 June and 1 July 1950. Presumably this recording was taken from the former. (See Radio Times Issue dated June 25 - July 1 1950 p.27, p.35). The recording issued by Walhall is a «filler» on the CDs of the recording (originally Decca) of Götterdämmerung.
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - Julius Patzak
Pizarro - Paul Schöffler
Rocco - Josef Greindl
Marzelline - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Jaquino - Anton Dermota
Fernando - Hans Braun
Erster Gefangene - Hermann Gallos
Zweiter Gefangene - Ljubomir Pantscheff
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Black Disc - CLS AMDRL 32819 {3LPS}; BJR 112 {3LPS} Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 50 (+Beethoven 8th Symphony) {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - *Verona 27044/45 {2CDS}; *EMI CHS 7 64901-2 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Arkadia 78072 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Cantus Classics 51483 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Regis Records RRC 2048 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Aura Music LRC 1110 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1993 p.136
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Opera Now - January 1994 p.53
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Opera News - December 11 1993 p.45
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Orpheus - August 1980 S.576 [ES2]; Oktober 1993 S.56
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Opéra International - No.184 octobre 1994 p.68
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Diapason - No.397 octobre 1993 p.112
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.156 p.122
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BBC Music Magazine - October 1993 p.86
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Classic CD - November 1993 p.95
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2004 pp.30-31 [RB]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1990 Vol.53 No.6 pp.26-27 [GWL]: Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.232
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (22 August 1950). The CDs issued by Cantus Classics are listed on their online catalogue
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Magda Gabory
Wellgunde - Margareta Kenney
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Margret Weth-Falke
Second Norn - Margareta Kenney
Third Norn - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 538 {4LPS} (1971)ª; Discocorp Reference Recordings RR 420; *Murray Hill 940477 {11LPS} (cycle) ; Everest Opera Series S-476-3; Cetra CFE 101 (FE 40)
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 28; Music & Arts CD-914(cycle); Gebhardt JGCD 0018 (cycle) {12CDS} (2000)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN; 22.154 {4CDS} (2001)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 1976 p.654 [AB]; December 1996 p.151; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]
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Opera - June 1997 p.748
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Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.111
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Opera News - October 1996 p.44
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.374; Vol.20 No.2 November/December 1996 p.416
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.276
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Diapason - No.479 mars 2001 p.113 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154
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International Record Review - June 2000 pp.112-114 [MA]
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Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1996 p.77*EXP May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
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Classical Express - May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 pp.239-241
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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.245 [GAG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.86 [MC]
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Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.114-115 [TP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 4 1950). Arkadia has published a set of 4 CDs(WFE 364.4 or 362 014) which is said to be of a performance on April2 1950. (See ORPHEUS, March 1995 p.61, Wagner News, No.110 July 1995 p.17, Répertoire No.82 p.87). The review in the ARSC Journal describes a very careful comparison of this recording with the others and the reviewer [GAG] concludes that it is indeed of a different performance
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Mime - Peter Markwort
Wanderer - Josef Herrmann
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Erda - Elisabeth Höngen
Fafner - Ludwig Weber
Waldvogel - Julia Moor
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 123 {4LPS} (1972)ª; *Murray Hill 940477 {11LPS) (cycle); Everest Opera Series 475-3; Recital RecordsRR 420; Fonit Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 39; Fonit Cetra CFE 101-118 (cycle)
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 27; Music & Arts CD-914 (cycle); Hunt WFE 301/351 (cycle); Arkadia 351.12 (cycle); Virtuoso 2699082 (cycle); Gebhardt JGCD 0018;; (cycle) {12CDS} (2000)ª;; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22 144 {3CDS} (2000)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 1976 p.654 [AB]; December 1996 p.151; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]
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Opera - June 1997 p.748
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Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.111
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Opera News - October 1996 p.44
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Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.416
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.276
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Diapason - No.473 septembre 2000 p.114, p.116 [AT]
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International Record Review - June 2000 pp.112-114 [MA]
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Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1996 p.77
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Classical Express - May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 pp.239-241
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.86 [MC]
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Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.114-115 [TP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (22 March 1950)
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Hilde Konetzni
Hunding - Ludwig Weber
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Elisabeth Höngen
Gerhilde - Walburga Wegener
Ortlinde - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Waltraute - Dagmar Schmedes
Schwertleite - Polly Batic
Helmwige - Ilona Steingruber(-Wildgans)
Siegrune - Margareta Kenney
Grimgerde - Sieglinde Wagner
Roßweiße - Margret Weth-Falke
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Black Disc; - *E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 534 {3LPS} (1971)ª; Cetra «Opera Live» LO 86 {4LPS} (1979)ª; *Murray Hill 940477 {11LPS) (cycle); Everest «Opera Series» 474-3
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 15; Music & Arts CD-914(cycle); Gebhardt JGCD 0018 (cycle) {12CDS} (2000)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN 22.137 {3CDS} (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 - October 1976 p.654 [AB]; December 1996 p.151; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]
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Opera - June 1997 p.748
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Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.111
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Opera News - October 1996 p.44
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Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.416
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.275
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Diapason - No.471 juin 2000 pp.92-93 [AT]
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International Record Review - June 2000 pp.112-114 [MA]
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Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1996 p.77
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Classical Express - May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 pp.239-241
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.86 [MC]
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Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.114-115 [TP]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (9 March 1950)
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Conductor Karl Rankl - 1951(Act 2;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Parsifal - Franz Lechleitner
Klingsor - Otakar Kraus
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
Blumenmädchen 1 - Adele Leigh
Blumenmädchen 2 - Patricia Howard
Blumenmädchen 3 - Leonne Mills
Blumenmädchen 4 - Audrey Bowman
Blumenmädchen 5 - Blanche Turner
Blumenmädchen 6 - Barbara Howitt
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Black Disc - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 257 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 144-1 {1CD}; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0122 (+complete performance - cond.Moralt) {2CDS} (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 publication:-
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.104 [GWL]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 2 of a performance at Covent Garden (22 June 1951). The whole performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 17-23 1951 p.35). See also OPERA August 1951 p.484.
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Conductor Geraint Jones - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Dido - Kirsten Flagstad
Belinda - Maggie Teyte
Sorceress - Edith Coates
1st Witch - Arda Mandikian
2nd Witch - Ilsa Steinora
Aeneas - Thomas Hemsley
Sailor - Powell Lloyd
First Lady - Eilidh McNab
Second Lady - Ann Dowdall
Attendant spirit - Murray Dickie
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Black Disc - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 546 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0186 {1CD} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell are surveyed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide May 1959 Vol.25 No.9 p.670; Opera on Record 2 p.11; CELLETTI p.664; Opera on CD (1) p.3 (2) p.4 (3) p.4; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.18 p.76; Classic CD Jan 1994 p.28; MET p.459; PENGUIN p.326; Fanfare November/ December 1994 p.336; Gramophone March 1995 p.28; Opéra International mai 1995 p.26; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.55
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
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International Record Review - March 2007 pp.26-27 [JTH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.104 [JM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Mermaid Theatre, broadcast on 7 October 1951 (see RADIO TIMES October 5 1951 p.21). The performance on 9 September 1951 is reviewed in OPERA November 1951 pp.657-661.
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Conductor Bruno Walter - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - Set Svanholm
Pizarro - Paul Schöffler
Rocco - Dezsö Ernster
Marzelline - Nadine Conner
Jaquino - Peter Klein
Fernando - Jerome Hines
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Black Disc - Discocorp «Bruno Walter Society» RR 804
Compact Disc; - West Hill Radio Archives WHRA 6008 (+1941 recording) {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record p.119; CELLETTI p.29; Opera on CD p.25 (1) p.29 (3) p.32; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.10 p.102; MET p.8; MET(VID) p.4; PENGUIN p.6; Stereophile January 1994 p.177; May 1994 p.15; BBC Music Magazine February 1995 p.43; Opera on Video p.37; GIUDICI p.11 (2) p.19; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.62; Gramophone January 1997 p.40; Répertoire No.103 juin 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.64; International Record Review March 2001 p.22; American Record Guide March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 pp.44-53
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.93 [CK]: März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2006 pp.102-103 [MHF]
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Classica Répertoire - No.90 mars 2007 p.100 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (10 March 1951)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Lubomir Vichegonov
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
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 - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.37-40.
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1952(Act 3;RE)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 20 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1995)ª; Music & Arts CD 4866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO62 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (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:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2002 p.85, p.87 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.422
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Classical Express - September 1995 p.6
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American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.288
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Comments:- Recorded on 31 May 1952. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admète - Brian Sullivan
Grand Prêtre d'Apollon - Frank (Francesco) Valentino
Evandre - Emery Darcy
Un Héraut - Norman Scott
La voix de l'Oracle - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARLA 50-51 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0014 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Cantus Classics 500653 {2CDS} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p. 275 ; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p. 16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai 1997 S.62
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Opéra International - No.293 septembre 2004 p.91 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.97 [CM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.5
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 March 1952, see THE GRAMOPHONE March 1957 p.366)
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Conductor Geraint Jones - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Mermaid Orchestra
Chorus - Mermaid Singers
Dido - Kirsten Flagstad
Belinda - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Attendant - Eilidh McNab
Sorceress - Arda Mandikian
1st Witch - Sheila Rex
2nd Witch - Anna Pollack
Aeneas - Thomas Hemsley
Sailor - David (George) Lloyd
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Black Disc - HMV ALP 1026 {1LP}; World Record Club SH 117 {1LP} EMI 2C 051-03613 {1LP} (France) RCA Victor HMV 1007 {1LP} (USA); Seraphim 60346 {1LP} (USA)
Compact Disc; - EMI CDH 7 61006-2 {1CD}; EMI CDH 7 63030-2 {1CD} ; Naxos «Historical» 8.111264 (+Flagstad recital) {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell are surveyed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide May 1959 Vol.25 No.9 p.670; Opera on Record 2 p.11; CELLETTI p.664; Opera on CD (1) p.3 (2) p.4 (3) p.4; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.18 p.76; Classic CD Jan 1994 p.28; MET p.459; PENGUIN p.326; Fanfare November/ December 1994 p.336; Gramophone March 1995 p.28; Opéra International mai 1995 p.26; Opera Quarterly Vol.13 No.1 Autumn 1996 p.55
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1953 p.204 [AR]; September 1969 p.448 [AR]; Awards Special Issue 2007 p.125 [JBS]
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Opera - May 1953 p.302 [H]
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American Record Guide - September 1952 Vol.19 No.1 p.29: July/August 1981 Vol.44 No.9 p.47 [RVL]: January/February 2008 Vol.71 No.1 pp.222-223 [JWB]: July/August 2008 Vol.71 No.4 p.256 [CHP]
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ARSC Journal - 1980 Vol.XII No.1-2 p.107 [PLM]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2008 pp.95-96 [JFW]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.91 [JV]
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Comments:- Recorded at «Abbey Road» on 15, 27, 28 March 1952. According to «Philharmonia Orchestra: Complete Discography» compiled by Stephen Pettit and edited by John Hunt p.218 The Philharmonia Orchestra participated in this recording as «The Mermaid Orchestra».
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1952(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Tristan - Ludwig Suthaus
Isolde - Kirsten Flagstad
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Josef Greindl
Kurwenal - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Melot - Edgar Evans
Hirt - Rudolf Schock
Steuerman - Rhoderick (Rhydderch) Davies
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Rudolf Schock
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Black Disc; - *HMV ALP 1030-1035 {6LPS} (1953)ª; HMV «Everyman Opera Series» HQM 1001-1005 {5LPS} (1965)ª; EMI EX 290684-3 {5LPS} (1986)ª; RCA Victor LM 6700 {5LPS}; La Voix de son Maître FALP 221-226 {6LPS} (1954)ª; HMV RLS 684 {5LPS}; Angel 3588 E/L {5LPS}; Melodiya D 22869 {5LPS}
Compact Cassette; - EMI EX 29064-9 (1986)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CDS 7 47322-8 {4CDS} (1986)ª; EMI CDS 5 56254-2 {4CDS}; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» CMS 5 67621-2;; {4CDS} (2001)ª; Angel CDC-47321 {4CDS} EMI TOCE 8448/51 {4CDS} (Japan); EMI TOCE 9548-61 {4CDS} (Japan) (1997)ª; Regis Records RRC 4004 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110321-24 {4CDS} (2004)ª; EMI Classics «Historical» 585 8732 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 221921 {4CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 223061 {4CDS} (2006)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 - March 1953 pp.245-246 [AR]; April 1953 p.477 [DST]; January 1966 p.334 [DST]; May 1986 p.1462 [RO]; August 2004 p.77 [AB]
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Opera - June 1953 pp.361-363 [ES]: February 1966 p.128 [ET]; February 2004 p.152 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.25 No.3 January/February 2002 p.243 [WY]; Vol.28 No.1 September/ October 2004 pp.216-217 [HF]
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Diapason - No.485 octobre 2001 p.152 (mention) [TS]
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American Record Guide - November 1953 Vol.20 No.3 p.76 [CJL]: March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 pp.234-235 [JPM]: September/October 2004 Vol.67 No.5 p.270 [JPM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 pp.83-84 [JH]
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Gramophone Record Review - October 1957 p.1009 [MO]
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International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.56
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Audio & Record Review - October 1965 p.20 [WSM]: November 1965 p.64 (letter)
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Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 pp.19-22 [PBD]
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International Record Review - December 2004 p.42 [MT]
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - No.65 mai-juin 1954 p.307 [CR]
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The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.590
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Classica Répertoire - No.63 juin 2004 p.118 [PF]: No.64 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.125 [AT]
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Comments:- Recorded in the Kingsway Hall, London (10-22 June 1952). See «The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books» Saturday December 20 1997 p.A11
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Conductor Olvin Fjeldstad - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Oslo Opera
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Egil Nordsjo
Alberich - Per Gronnenberg
Gunther - Waldemar Johnsen
Gutrune - Ingrid Bjoner
Waltraute - Eva Gustavson
Woglinde - Unni Bugge-Hanssen
Wellgunde - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Floßhilde - Beate Asserson
First Norn - Eva Gustavson
Second Norn - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Third Norn - Ingrid Bjoner
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5205-5210 {6LPS} (1956)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 579-580 (highlghts) {2LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 48 {6LPS} (1957)ª
Compact Disc; - Urania URN 22283 (+Flagstad recital) {4CDS} (2005)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0178 (+Tristan und Isolde - Act 1 - Rankl) {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1956 pp.93-94 [AR]; October 1956 pp.154-155 [DST]; May 1957 p.444 [HCS]; March 1970 p.1492 (highlights) [AR]; July 1970 p.148 [DST]
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Opera - September 1956 p.571
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Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1956 p.11
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Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.716 [WM]
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American Record Guide - April 1957 Vol.23 No.7 p.112: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.250 [JPM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - April 1957 Vol.7 No.4 p.76 [JH]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.85 [MCP]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
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Comments:- Most of this recording is from a broadcast, but the Norn scene and the scene between Hagen and Alberich were recorded later (See «Ring Resounding» by John Culshaw pp.56-61; HIGH FIDELITY June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 pp.45-46)
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Conductor Geraint Jones - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Geraint Jones Orchestra
Chorus - Geraint Jones Singers
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admeto - Raoul Jobin
Evandro - Alexander Young
Ismene - Marion Lowe
Sommo Pontifice - Thomas Hemsley
Apollo - Thomas Hemsley
Infernal Spirit - Thomas Hemsley
Eumelo - Joan Clark
Aspasia - Rosemary Thayer
Herald - James Atkins
Oracle - James Atkins
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5273-5276 {4LPS} (1957)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 574-576 {3LPS} (1969)ª; London XLLA 49 {4LPS} (1957)ª; London OSA 1403 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Decca 436 234-2 {3CDS} (1993)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p.275; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.338; March 1957 p.366; April 1957 p.402; October 1969 p.632; November 1993 p.150
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Opera - May 1957 p.311
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Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.55
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.70
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Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.276
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American Record Guide - October 1957 Vol.24 No.2 p.50 [JB2]
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High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.86 [CMS]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.54 [DJ]
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BBC Music Magazine - July 1993 p.62
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Comments:- Flagstad was suffering from a cold during this recording (See «Ring Resounding» by John Culshaw pp.61-63; HIGH FIDELITY June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 p.46)
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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 Johann Hye-Knudsen - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Danish National Radio Choir
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admète - Arne Engeboll
Grand Prêtre d'Apollon - Niels Mollner
Evandre - Reiner Christianson
Un Héraut - Henry Skjaer
Hercule - Johanes Arstrop
Apollon - Eskil Rask Nielsen
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Compact Disc - *Eklipse EKRCD 24 (+Wesendonck Lieder +Liebestod) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Alceste [Paris] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p. 275 ; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p. 16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442
Comments:- Recording of a performance on 14 April 1957
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1957(SE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Marianne Schech
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Otto Edelmann
Gerhilde - Oda Balsborg
Ortlinde - Ilona Steingruber(-Wildgans)
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Schwertleite - Margarethe Bence
Helmwige - Claire Watson
Siegrune - Anny Delorie
Grimgerde - Frieda Roesler
Roßweiße - Hetty Plümacher
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 5389-5390 {2LPS} (1958)ª; Decca SXL 2031-2032 {2LPS} (1958)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 577-578 {2LPS} (1969)ª; London A 4225 {2LPS} (1958)ª;; London OSA 1203 {2LPS} (1958)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 425 986-2 {1CD} (1991)ª; Decca 448 575-2 {1CD}; Decca «Legends» 467 124-2 {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 - January 1958 p.330; December 1958 p.318; September 1969 p.453 [EG]; September 1991 p.136 [AB]
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Opera - February 1958 p.121; December 1958 p.802
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Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.123; No.475 novembre 2000 p.100 [TS]
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American Record Guide - March 1958 Vol.24 No.7 p.318 [PLM]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1958 Vol.8 No.3 p.62 [CMS]
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International Classical Record Collector - Winter edition 1996 No.7 p.104
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - December 1957 p.25
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Gramophone Record Review - December 1957 p.160: December 1958 p.130
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International Record Review - February 2001 p.111 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.77: No.140 novembre 2000 p.82 [ET]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X - N.98 - Giugno 1996 p.73
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Comments:- A recording of Act III and Act II - Todesverkündigung (13-17 May 1957). The latter is not on the CDs Decca 425 986-2, Decca 448 575-2 and Decca 467 124-2, but is included on Decca 440 495-2
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Wotan - George London
Fricka - Kirsten Flagstad
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Paul Kuen
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Freia - Claire Watson
Froh - Waldemar Kmentt
Donner - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Walter Kreppel
Fafner - Kurt Böhme
Woglinde - Oda Balsborg
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Ira Malaniuk
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 5495-5497 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca SXL 2101-2103 {3LPS} (1959)ª; Decca MET 382-384 {3LPS}; Decca SET 382-384 {3LPS}; Decca Ring 1-22 (Cycle); Decca D100D19 {19LPS} (Cycle); Decca 410 234-1 {14LPS} (Cycle) (1983)ª; Decca 414 101-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª; London A 4340 {3LPS} (1959)ª;; London OSA-1309 {3LPS} (1959)ª; London OS 2507/80 {3LPS}; Melodiya SN 01955-60 {3LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Decca K2W 29; Decca 414 101-4 (1984)ª; Decca 414 100-4 (Cycle)
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 101-2 {3CDS} (1984)ª; Decca(London) 414 100-2 (Cycle) {15CDS}; Decca 455 555-2 (cycle) {14CDS}; Decca 455 556-2 {2CDS} Decca 470 600-2 (The Solti Wagner Collection) {21CDS} (2002)ª; Decca «Originals» 478 0382 {2CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOR 90006 (7½ips; 4-track) (1960)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 - March 1959 pp.472-473 [AP]; July 1959 pp.50-51 [DST], p.52 [HCS]; September 1968 p.378, p.383 [AR]; December 1968 p.883-884 [AP]; September 1976 p.494 [AB]; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; January 1984 p.852 [JB]; March 1989 p.1498 [AW]; August 1998 p.92 [AB]
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Opera - May 1959 p.325; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.27 [RP]
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Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [ST]
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Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.119 [MSH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.279; Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.145-149 [WH]
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Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
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Records and Recordings - March 1959 p.16 [TH]: April 1959 p.15 [TH]
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American Record Guide - August 1959 Vol.25 No.12 p.863 [PLM]: August 1960 Vol.26 No.12 p.1018 (open reel tape) [PCP]
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Gramophone Record Review - April 1959 p.465 [NC,BJ]
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International Classical Record Collector - Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.36 [TP], p.42 [MY]
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Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
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Stereophile - January 1998 (Vol.21 No.1) p.101 [RL2]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.1 Spring 1998 p.144 [GAG]
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High Fidelity Magazine - August 1959 Vol.9 No.8 p.42 [RDD]: September 1960 Vol.10 No.9 pp.100-101 (open reel tape) [RDD]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 98 p.130
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Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.67 (mention)
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.61 [JPS]
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Comments:- See THE GRAMOPHONE, March 1959 p.441
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