(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1939(Act 1;LE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Leo Blech*
2 1939(Act 1;LE) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Nils Grevillius*
3 1941(LCE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Vittorio Gui*
4 1941(LE) - Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss - Rudolf Moralt*
5 1941(LE) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
6 1942(LE) - Iphigénie en Aulide by Christophe Willibald Gluck - Leopold Ludwig*
7 1942(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Karl Elmendorff*
8 1946(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Cesare Sodero*
9 1946(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Busch*
10 1947(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Erich Kleiber*
11 1947(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Erich Kleiber*
12 1947(RE) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - Gaetano Merola*
13 1948(LE) - Otello by Giuseppe Verdi - William Steinberg*
14 1948(LI) - Daphne by Richard Strauss - Erich Kleiber*
15 1948(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Erich Kleiber*
16 1950(Act 1;LE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Karl Rankl*
17 1950(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
18 1950(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler*
19 1951(LI) - Fidelio by Ludwig Van Beethoven - Bruno Walter*
20 1951(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry**
21 1951(LI) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
22 1951(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
23 1952(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Fritz Reiner*
24 1952(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
25 1952(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Fritz Reiner***
26 1953(Act 1;RE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Schmidt-Issers..*
27 1953(LI) - Frau ohne Schatten (Die) by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
28 1953(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Artur Rodzinsky*
29 1953(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
30 1954(LE) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
31 1954(LE) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
32 1954(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
33 1954(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
34 1954?(LI) - Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Die) by Richard Wagner - Karl Böhm*
35 1955(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
36 1955(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
37 1955-56(LC) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Sixten Ehrling*
38 1956(LE) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Sixten Ehrling*
39 1956(LE) - Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens - Herbert Sandberg**
40 1956(LI] - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
41 1956(RA) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Olvin Fjeldstad*
42 1957(Act 1:SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch***
43 1957(SE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
44 1958(LE) - Troyens (Les) by Hector Berlioz - Herbert Sandberg*
45 1958(STU) - Rheingold (Das) by Richard Wagner - Georg Solti*
46 1959(LE) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Sixten Ehrling*
47 1960(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Sixten Ehrling*
48 1960(LI) - Carmen by Georges Bizet - Sixten Ehrling*
49 1960(LI) - Rienzi by Richard Wagner - Josef Krips*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Leo Blech - 1939(Act 1;LE)
Orchestra - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)
Chorus - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)
Aida - Inez Kohler
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Gertrud Wettergren
Ramphis - Leon Björker
Il Re di Egitto - Folke Jonsson
Un Messaggero - Georg Sedenbrandt
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 347 (+Meistersinger + Fanal - excerpts) {1LP} (1965)ª
Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90322 (+Die Meistersinger + Götterdämmmerung -excerpts) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.82 [GH]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 1 in Swedish from a performance in The Royal Opera House, Stockholm (5 January 1939)
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Conductor Nils Grevillius - 1939(Act 1;LE)
Orchestra - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)
Chorus - Royal Opera House (Stockholm)
Hans Sachs - Joel Berglund
Veit Pogner - Leon Björker
Sixtus Beckmesser - Josef Herou
Fritz Kothner - Conny Molin
Walther von Stolzing - Set Svanholm
David - Simon Edwardsen
Eva - Helga Görlin
Magdalena - Brita Ewert
Kunz Vogelgesang - Olle Strandberg
Konrad Nachtigall - Sven Herdenberg
Ulrich Eisslinger - Folke Cembracus
Balthasar Zorn - Oscar Ralf
Augustin Moser - Gösta Kjellertz
Hermann Ortel - Göta Lindberg
Hans Schwarz - Simon d' Ailly
Hans Foltz - Sigurd Björling
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90332 (+Die Meistersinger +Götterdämmerung -excerpts) {2CDS}
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.82 [GH]
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Comments:- Recording of Act 1 of a perfomance in The Royal Opera House, Stockholm. Svanholmsings in German and the rest of the cast in Swedish
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1941(LCE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Aida - Daniza Ilitsch
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Elena Nikolaidi
Amonasro - Hans Hotter
Ramphis - Josef von Manowarda
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1458-2 (Wiener Staatsoper-Live Vol.8)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1995 p.143
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Opera News - March 18 1995 p.34
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.3 January/February 1995 p.337
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Orpheus - August/September 1995 p.85
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Comments:- Recording of parts of performances at the Vienna State Opera (5 & 10 June 1941)
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1941(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Ariadne - Anny Konetzni
Komponist - Else Schulz
Zerbinetta - Adele Kern
Bacchus - Set Svanholm
Musiklehrer - Alfred Jerger
Harlekin - Alfred Poell
Truffaldin - Alfred Vogel
Brighella - Richard Sallaba
Scaramuchio - William Wernigk
Najade - Dora Komarek
Dryade - Elena Nikolaidi
Echo - Elisabeth Rutgers
Haushofmeister - Alfred Muzzarelli
Ein Offizier - Friedrich Jelinek
Ein Perückenmacher - Hermann Baier
Ein Tanzmeister - Alexander Pichler
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Compact Disc; - Koch-Schwann 3-1456-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.15) (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.121; HARRIS p.29; Opera on Record 3 p.264; CELLETTI p.777; Opera on CD (1) p.121 (2) p.132 (3) p.148; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.77 p.120, mise à jour 2003; MET p.534; MET(VID) p.316; PENGUIN p.407; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.89; Opéra International No.242 janvier 2000 pp.62-63; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.63-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1995 pp.164-165 [AB]
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Opera News - March 2 1996 p.40
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Comments:- Recording of part (43 minutes) of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (16 October 1941)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1941(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Wanderer - Paul Schöffler
Erda - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Waldvogel - Adele Kern
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
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Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 2 and 3 of a performance at the Vienna State Opera(21 June 1941)
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Conductor Leopold Ludwig - 1942(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Iphigenie - Hilde Konetzni
Agamemnon - Paul Schöffler
Clytemnestra - Helena Braun
Achille - Set Svanholm
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Compact Disc - Koch Schwann 3-1469-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.19)
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Recordings of Iphigénie en Aulide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.67; CELLETTI p.277; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.17 (3) p.18; PENGUIN p.107; GIUDICI p.262 (2) p.444; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11; Opéra Magazine No.28 avril 2008 p.32
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1996 p.111
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Opera News - March 30 1996 p.37
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.6 July/August 1995 p.394
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance of Wagner's 1847 version given at the Vienna State Opera (29 October 1942)
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Conductor Karl Elmendorff - 1942(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Marta Fuchs
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Frederick (Friedrich) Dalberg
Alberich - Robert Burg
Gunther - Egmont Koch
Gutrune - Else Fischer
Waltraute - Camilla Kallab
Woglinde - Hilde Scheppan
Wellgunde - Irmgar Langhammer(-Klein)
Floßhilde - Margery Booth
First Norn - Camilla Kallab
Second Norn - Hildegard Jachnow
Third Norn - Charlotte Siewert
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90164 {4CDS}; Preiser Records 90332 (Highlights +Aida + Die Meistersinger - excerpts) {2CDS}; Music & Arts CD 1058 {4CDS}
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.109
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Opera News - June 1995 p.47; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.291-292 [WY]
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Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63
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Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.190
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Wagner News - No.97 June 1993 p.14
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International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.82 (highlights) [GH]
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International Record Review - July 2000 pp.114-115 [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.265 [JPM]
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Classic CD - September 2000 p.67 [ST]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.32 No.1 pp.132-135 [GAG]
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Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.82
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Comments:- A recording from the 1942 Bayreuth Festival, although according to the review inOPERA NEWS (June 1995 p.47) «Different sound sources have been spliced together»
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Conductor Cesare Sodero - 1946(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Aida - Stella Roman
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Blanche Thebom
Amonasro - Leonard Warren
Ramphis - Nicola Moscona
Il Re di Egitto - Philip Kinsman
Una Sacerdotessa - Thelma Votipka
Un Messaggero - Lodovico Oliviero
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 289; Bensar OL 122846 (BRO 124186) {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 December 1946). 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». 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 Fritz Busch - 1946(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Margaret Harshaw
Marke - Dezsö Ernster
Kurwenal - Joel Berglund
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - John Garris
Steuerman - Gerhard Pechner
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - John Garris
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 951.121 {3CDS} (1995)ª;; Myto 3MCD 983 H019 {3CDS} (1998)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:-
Orpheus - Mai 1995 S.61
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Opéra International - septembre 1995 No.194 p.73
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Diapason - No.419 octobre 1995 p.154
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.168 p.123
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Wagner News - Issue No.110 July 1995 p.18
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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.80
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Classical Express - Issue 106 January 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance (abridged) at the MET (30 November 1946) (See Wagner News April 1995 p.13)
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Emanuel List
Alberich - Fred Destal
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Rose Bampton
Waltraute - Lydia Kinderman
Woglinde - Mafalda Rinaldi
Wellgunde - Maria De Benedictis
Floßhilde - Zaira Negroni
First Norn - Lydia Kinderman
Second Norn - Zaira Negroni
Third Norn - Rose Bampton
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0046-3 {3CDS} (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 - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.145-148 [RB]
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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (September 1947)
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Wotan - Herbert Janssen
Fricka - Elsa Cavelti
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Roberto Maggiolo
Alberich - Fred Destal
Freia - Nilda Hofmann
Froh - Umberto di Toto
Donner - Angelo Mattiello
Erda - Lydia Kinderman
Fasolt - Jorge Dantón
Fafner - Emanuel List
Woglinde - Mafalda Rinaldi
Wellgunde - Olga Chelavine
Floßhilde - Zaira Negroni
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0036 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.132; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1126; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.6/7 p.146, No.227 p.116; MET p.706; MET(VID) p.433; PENGUIN p.535; Diapason No.145 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2002 p.110 (mention) [AB]
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Classical Express - July 2002 p.7 [MT]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2002 Vol.65 No.6 p.261 [JPM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.59 avril 2003 p.86 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1947). The date given in the review in ARG is «July 8 1947», but according to the archive that was in the website of Teatro Colón (click link below) Das Rheingold was not performed in July 1947, but only on 5, 7, 20 August 1947.
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Conductor Gaetano Merola - 1947(RE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Otello - Set Svanholm
Desdemona - Licia Albanese
Iago - Leonard Warren
Cassio - Leslie Chabay
Emilia - Claramae Turner
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 321 (+La Gioconda -; excerpts) {1LP} (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- Recording of some of the excerpts broadcast on 26 October 1947
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Conductor William Steinberg - 1948(LE)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Otello - Set Svanholm
Desdemona - Licia Albanese
Iago - Leonard Warren
Cassio - Alessio De Paolis
Rodrigo - Leslie Chabay
Lodovico - Désiré Ligeti
Montano - George Cehanovsky
Emilia - Claramae Turner
Un Araldo - Robin Nelson
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 580
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Recordings of Otello by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.101: December 1963 Vol.13 No.12 p.90; HARRIS p.205; Opera on Record p.319; CELLETTI p.963; Opera on CD (1) p.59 (2) p.66 (3) p.73; L'Avant Scène Opéra No 3 p.117, No.218 p.92; The Opera Quarterly Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 p.49; MET p.654; MET(VID) p.406; PENGUIN p.493; BBC Music Magazine April 1994 p.56; Stereophile December 1994 p.206; Répertoire No.86 décembre 1995 p.9; GIUDICI p.1027 (2) p.1660; Opéra International No.263 décembre 2001 p.16; l'opera (Milano) Anno XV N.156 dicembre 2001 p.124
Comments:- This appears to be a recording of part of a performance given in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 16 October 1948 (see «Leonard Warren - American Baritone» p.456). The cast listed above is that given in «The San Francisco Opera» by Arthur Bloomfield p.480, but I do not know if all the singers listed appear in these excerpts. 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». The year of the performance recorded is given here as 1947.
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Daphne - Rose Bampton
Apollo - Set Svanholm
Gaea - Lydia Kinderman
Peneios - Ludwig Weber
Leukippos - Anton Dermota
Erster Schäfer - Angelo Mattiello
Zweiter Schäfer - Rosario Totaro
Dritter Schäfer - Tulio Gagliardo
Vierter Schäfer - Héctor Barbieri
Erste Magd - Mafalda Rinaldi
Zweite Magd - Norma Palmieri
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Black Disc - I Grandi Interpreti IGI 204
Compact Disc; - VAI VAIA 1129; Voce Della Luna VL 2015/2-2; Preiser Records 90371 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Daphne by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.782; GIUDICI p.849 (2) p.1381
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1999 p.116 (In brief) [AB]
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American Record Guide - April 1964 Vol.30 No.8 p.658 [RS] March/April 2000 Vol.63 No.2 p.270 [KM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.99 mayo 1997 p.76
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Comments:- Recording of performance at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (17 September 1948)
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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
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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
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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 Fritz Reiner - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Holländer - Hans Hotter
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Sven Nilsson
Erik - Set Svanholm
Mary - Hertha Glaz
Steuermann - Thomas Hayward
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 149 {2LPS} (1973)ª; Raritas OPR 5
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARLA 35-36 {2CDS} (1996)ª; *Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2041 {2CDS} (2001)ª; *Naxos «Historical» 8.110189-90 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Cantus Classics 500 321 {2CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2003 p.88 [AB]
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Orpheus - November 1996 S.39
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Opéra International - juillet/aoüt 1996 No.204 p.65
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Diapason - No.506 septembre 2003 p.130 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.173 p.170
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Classical Express - Issue No.77 July 1996 p.8
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Wagner News - Issue No.117 September 1996 p.11
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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249, p.254 (mention) [PH]
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International Record Review - January 2002 p.79 [MVA]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 p.84 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 December 1950). The recording on the Arlecchino CDs is not quite complete
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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 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
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Martha Lipton
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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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 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 - 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 (17 February 1951).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Margaret Harshaw
Loge - Set Svanholm
Mime - Leslie Chabay
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Freia - Jarmila Novotná
Froh - Brian Sullivan
Donner - Osie Hawkins
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fasolt - Jerome Hines
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records UORC 276 {2LPS} (1976)ª
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 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 - 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 (27 January 1950). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.35-36.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Mime - Peter Klein
Wanderer - Ferdinand Frantz
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Erda - Karin Branzell
Fafner - Dezsö Ernster
Waldvogel - Erna Berger
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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 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 - 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 (10 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.40-43.
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Walburga Wegener
Clytemnestra - Elisabeth Höngen
Aegisth - Set Svanholm
Orest - Paul Schöffler
Ein alter Diener - Lubomir Vichegonov
Ein junger Diener - Paul Franke
Die Schleppträgerin - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Die Vertraute - Jean Madeira
Der Pfleger des Orest - Alois Pernerstorfer
Die Aufseherin - Thelma Votipka
1. Magd - Martha Lipton
2. Magd - Hertha Glaz
3. Magd - Lucine Amara
4. Magd - Mildred Miller
5. Magd - Genevieve Warner
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Black Disc - Rococo RR 1011 {2LPS}; Metropolitan Opera Guild (+Salome) {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20-22 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0149 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2285/86 {2CDS} (2004)ª; Bensar OL 22352 (BRO 125572) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers ELE 195201 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 2004 p.99 [AB]
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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59
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Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.80
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.125
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.67 [GSF]
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Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.74
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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.66 diciembre 2003 p.86 [JV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (23 February 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Paul Schöffler
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 306
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (5 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Salome - Ljuba Welitsch
Jochanaan - Hans Hotter
Herodes - Set Svanholm
Herodias - Elisabeth Höngen
Narraboth - Brian Sullivan
Ein Page - Hertha Glaz
Erster Nazarener - Alois Pernerstorfer
Zweiter Nazarener - Emery Darcy
Erster Soldat - Norman Scott
Zweiter Soldat - Luben Vichey
Ein Cappadocier - Osie Hawkins
Ein Sklave - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Erster Jude - Gabor Carelli
Zweiter Jude - Thomas Hayward
Dritter Jude - Alessio De Paolis
Vierter Jude - Paul Franke
Fünfter Jude - Gerhard Pechner
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Black Disc - Metropolitan Opera Guild MET 9 (+Elektra) {4LPS}; Discocorp SID 724
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 952 125 (+Aida - excerpts) {2CDS} (1995)ª; Myto 2 MCD 031 H073 {2CDS} (2003)ª; Bensar OL 11952 (BRO 125574) {2CDRS} (2005)ª; The Opera Lovers SAL 195201 {2CDRS} (2006)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0201 {2CDS} (2007)ª
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Recordings of Salome by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera July 1957 p.420; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.795; Opera on CD (1) p.117 (2) p.128 (3) p.143; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.47-48 p.184, mise à jour novembre 2001; No.240 p.92; MET p.514; MET(VID) p.304; PENGUIN p.421; Répertoire No.73 octobre 1994 p.13; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.195; GIUDICI p.796; International Opera Collector Summer 1997 No.4 p.16; Opéra International novembre 1999 No.240 pp.60-61; The Gramophone February 2005 p.36; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.62; Gramophone May 2008 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58 (Wrong year given)
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Diapason - No.418 septembre 1995 p.142
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.67 [GSF]: February 1983 Vol.46 No.3 p.96 (letter)
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ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.249, p.252 (mention) [PH]
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Répertoire - No.82 juillet/aoüt 1995 p.70
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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.55
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Musica (Milano) - N.148 luglio-agosto 2003 pp.87-88 [GR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 January 1952). The CDRs issued on the Bensar label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) and those issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - 1953(Act 1;RE)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Nordwestdeutschen Rundfunks
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Birgit Nilsson
Hunding - Josef Greindl
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Black Disc - Historical Recording Enterprise HRE 347 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 010 {1CD} (1997)ª; Tahra TAH 9907-9909 (collection) {3CDS}; Andromeda ANDRCD 9002 {1CD} (2006)ª; Preiser Records 93447 (+Hagens Ruf - Greindl) {1CD} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 11 1998 p.47 [BZ]
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Fanfare - Vol.5 No.3 January/February 1982 p.211 [CGP]
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Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.15; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.58 [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue No.86 May 1997 p.4
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2006 pp.100-101 [RG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance made for the Radio in Hamburg
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Kaiser - Set Svanholm
Kaiserin - Eleanor Steber
Amme - Elisabeth Höngen
Barak - Karl Kamann
Färberin - Christel Goltz
Stimme des Falken - Ilona Steingruber(-Wildgans)
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 60006 {2CDS} (2000)ª
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Recordings of Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.786; Opera on CD (1) p.122 (2) p.133 (3) p.149; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.147 p.128; MET p.539; PENGUIN p.413; Diapason No.402 mars 1994 p.14; Opera on Video p.207; GIUDICI p.837 (2) p.1359; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110; Opéra International No.242 janvier 2000 pp.62-63; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.64
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Februar 2001 S.59 (mention) [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Konzerthaus, Vienna (June 1953; see OPERA August 1953 p.496
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Conductor Artur Rodzinsky - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Chorus - Teatro Comunale di Firenze
Tannhäuser - Set Svanholm
Elisabeth - Hertha Wilfert
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Heinz Imdahl
Venus - Margareta Kenney
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Arnold Van Mill
Walther von der Vogelweide - Hans Blessin
Biterolf - Richard Bitterauf
Heinrich der Schreiber - Karl Albrecht
Reinmar von Zweter - Heinrich Nillius
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 423 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 1787 (& 1552); Golden Melodram GM 10078 {3CDS} (2006)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:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 p.289 [JM]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2006 Vol.69 No.6 p.271 [JPM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.94 octubre 2006 p.88 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at Florence (28 November 1953). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Helen Traubel
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Hans Hotter
Kurwenal - Paul Schöffler
Melot - Emery Darcy
Hirt - Dieter Franke
Steuerman - Algerd Brazis
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Thomas Hayward
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 323 (& 815)
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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 a performance at the MET (21 March 1953). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.72-74. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elfriede Wasserthal
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Rosina Raisbeck
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEM 0232 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
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International Record Review - October 2005 p.90 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (29 June 1954). Otakar Kraus, although listed by Pearl, does not appear in these excerpts.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Ferdinand Frantz
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Waldvogel - Joan Sutherland
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEMS 230 {2CDS} (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 publication:-
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.296 [JPM]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Lawrence Davidson
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Fenn
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 5 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - James McCracken
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 442 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 54001 (+Die Walküre - Act 1) {4CDS} (1999)ª; Omega Opera Archive 315 (& 690); Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 41754 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.81-84. The Adonis CDs are advertized in CLASSICAL EXPRESS No.114 september 1999 p.9. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Heidi Krall
Waltraute - Mariquita Moll
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Lucine Amara
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Sandra Warfield
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1055 (& 760) Adonis 54001 (Act 1 +Parsifal - Stiedry 1954) {4CDS}
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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:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of of a performance at the MET (13 February 1954; see «Sign-Off for the Old MET» p.80). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1954?(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Hans Sachs - Paul Schöffler
Veit Pogner - Gottlob Frick
Sixtus Beckmesser - Erich Kunz
Walther von Stolzing - Set Svanholm
Eva - Irmgard Seefried
Magdalena - Elisabeth Höngen
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 392
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Recordings of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.184; Opera February 1957 p.82; Opera on Record p.376; CELLETTI p.1110; Opera on CD (1) p.66 (2) p.73 (3) p.82; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.116-117 p.214; MET p.700; MET(VID) p.430; PENGUIN p.528; American Record Guide Vol 57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD August 1994 p.36; Opera on Video p.120; GIUDICI p.1103 (2) p.1760; Gramophone January 1999 p.26; International Record Review April 2001 p.14
Comments:- 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». The date of the performance recorded is given here as June 1961. If the partial cast that they list is correct then this date is almost certainly incorrect as according to the «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995» (p.635) Svanholm only sang Walther von Stolzing at the Vienna Staatsoper twice after World War II, on 27 September 1952 and 4 October 1954. As Karl Böhm conducted «Die Meistersinger» for the first time in Vienna (after World War II) on 24 February 1953 (ibid. p.303) the most likely date for the recording issued by Omega seems to be 4 October 1954. The performance took place in the Theater an der Wien.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Marko Rothmüller
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Glenice Halliday
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1849
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3512
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (17 June 1955). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 13-18 1955 p.17).
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tristan - Set Svanholm
Isolde - Astrid Varnay
Brangaene - Blanche Thebom
Marke - Jerome Hines
Kurwenal - Josef Metternich
Melot - James McCracken
Hirt - Paul Franke
Steuerman - Calvin Marsh
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Albert Da Costa
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Compact Disc; - Omega Opera Archive 700 (& 4626 & 465) ;; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0135 {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:-
Orpheus - Nov.+Dez. 2005 S.55-S.56 [SS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.77 novembre 2005 p.105 [AT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (19 March 1955). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1955-56(LC)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Siegmund - Set Svanholm
Sieglinde - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Hunding - Sven Nilsson
Brünhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Wotan - Sigurd Björling
Fricka - Kersten Meyer
Gerhilde - Anna-Greta Söderholm
Ortlinde - Elisabeth Söderström
Waltraute - Ingeborg Kjellgren
Schwertleite - Margit Sehlmark
Helmwige - Kjerstin Dellert
Siegrune - Bette Wermine-Björling
Grimgerde - Margarita Bergström
Roßweiße - Kersten Meyer
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 21765 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März+April 2006 S.58 [SS]
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International Record Review - February 2006 p.83 [MT]
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American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 p.232 [JPM]
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The Record Collector - Vol.51 No.3 September 2006 p.228 [MS]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances at the Royal Swedish Opera (14 April, 9 June 1955 and 18 November 1956). According to Michael Tanner, writing in IRR, «It (the recording) was largely made in-house, on a recorder placed in a box on the first-tier. Evidently the microphone was near to someone with a severe cold, who coughs noisily and often, and sometimes blows her nose vigorously.»
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1956(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Aida - Birgit Nilsson
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Brita Hertzberg
Amonasro - Sigurd Björling
Ramphis - Sven Nilsson
Il Re di Egitto - Leon Björker
Una Sacerdotessa - Elisabeth Söderström
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22055 (+Lohengrin +Parsifal - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.61 [DN]
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International Record Review - January 2005 p.79 [MT]
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The Record Collector - Vol.50 No,1 March 2005 pp.47-49 [MS]
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Comments:- Recording of most of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (12 February 1956). The first scene is omitted.
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Conductor Herbert Sandberg - 1956(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Samson - Set Svanholm
Dalila - Blanche Thebom
Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon - Sigurd Björling
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22054 (+Les Troyens - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saens are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.208; CELLETTI p.755; Opera on CD (1) p.85 (2) p.94 (3) p.105; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.15 p.92; MET p.495; MET(VID) p.299; PENGUIN p.376; Opera on Video p.145; GIUDICI p.758 (2) p.1248; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.67; International Opera Collector Spring 1998 No.7 p.30; Opéra Magazine No.29 mai 2008 p.28
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.57 [GH]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.102 [JTH]
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The Record Collector - Vol.50 No,1 March 2005 pp.47-49 [MS]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (September 1956).
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI]
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Paul Schöffler
Titurel - Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz - Otto Edelmann
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner
Kundry - Margaret Harshaw
Alto Stimme - Sandra Warfield
Knappe 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Knappe 2 - Rosalind Elias
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Blumenmädchen 2 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 5 - Emilia Cundari
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Albert Da Costa
Ritter 2 - Clifford Harvuot
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 702
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 March 1956). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor 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 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 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 Herbert Sandberg - 1958(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Enée - Set Svanholm
Chorèbe - Anders Näslund
Panthée - Erik Sundquist
Narbal - Erik Saedén
Ascagne - Busk Margit Jonsson
Cassandre - Kjerstin Dellert
Didon - Kersten Meyer
Anna - Barbro Ericson
Priam - Arne Tyrén
Iopas - Arne Hendriksen
Helenus - Kolbjörn Höiseth
L'Ombre d'Hector - Georg Svedenbrandt
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22054 (+Samson et Dalila - excerpts) {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Les Troyens by Hector Berlioz are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.302; Opera on Record p.158; CELLETTI p.90; Opera on CD (1) p.41 (2) p.47 (3) p.52; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.128-129 p.160; MET p.41; MET(VID) p.14; PENGUIN p.21; GIUDICI p.55 (2) p.95; Opéra International No.276 février 2003 p.18; Orpheus Heft 3+4 März+April 2003 S.66; The Opera Quarterly Vol.19 No.3 Summer 2003 pp.446-485; American Record Guide Vol.70 No.3 pp.64-65
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2004 S.57 [GH]
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Classic Record Collector - Spring 2005 p.102 [JTH]
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The Record Collector - Vol.50 No.1 March 2005 pp.47-49 [MS]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance of a shortened version at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (March 1958; see OPERA June 1958 pp.392-393.)
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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
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1959(LE)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Tannhäuser - Set Svanholm
Elisabeth - Anna-Greta Söderholm
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Sigurd Björling
Venus - Margarita Bergström
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Leon Björker
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Compact Disc; - Caprice CAP 22062 (+short excerpts - Parsifal - Siegfried) {2CDS} (2007)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 publication:-
International Record Review - February 2008 pp.82-83 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Stockholm (November 1959).
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Aida - Anita Välkki
Radamès - Set Svanholm
Amneris - Barbro Ericson
Amonasro - Sigurd Björling
Ramphis - Erik Saedén
Il Re di Egitto - Arne Tyrén
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1636-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Aida by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.98, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.146; HARRIS p.17; Opera on Record p.304; CELLETTI p.815; MARINELLI p.190; Opera on CD(1) p.57 (2) p.64 (3) p.72; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.4 p.114; MET p.643; MET(VID) p.400; PENGUIN p.461; Opera Quarterly Vol.2 No.4 p.68; GIUDICI p.1012 (2) p.1636; Opéra International No.258 juin 2001 p.22
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera. Anita Välkki sings in Finnish and the rest of the cast in Swedish. See OPERA August 1960 pp.565-566.
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Conductor Sixten Ehrling - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Carmen - Kersten Meyer
Don José - Set Svanholm
Micaëla - Eva Prytz
Escamillo - Sigurd Björling
Frasquita - Ingeborg Kjellgren
Mercédès - Barbro Ericson
Le Dancaïre - Erik Sundquist
Moralès - Carl Axel Hallgren
Zuninga - Anders Näslund
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Recordings of Carmen by Georges Bizet are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera April 1957 p.221; HARRIS p.56; Opera on Record p.461; CELLETTI p.93; MARINELLI p.258; The Opera Quarterly Vol.6 No.1 Autumn 1988 p.29; Opera on CD (1) p.87 (2) p.96 (3) p.106; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.26 p.122-deuxième édition p.106, mise à jour 1998; MET p.48; MET(VID) p.17; PENGUIN p.25; Répertoire No.77 février 1995 p.15; GIUDICI p.67 (2) p.108; Classic CD October 1996 p.56; International Opera Collector Winter 1996 No.2 p.16; BBC Music Magazine July 1998 p.51; Diapason No.455 janvier 1999 p.42: No.547 S mai 2007 p.122; Orpheus Heft 5-6 Mai-Juni 2003 S.70
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera in Swedish with spoken dialogue
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Conductor Josef Krips - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Rundfunk
Rienzi - Set Svanholm
Irene - Anne Lund Christiansen
Steffano Colonna - Paul Schöffler
Adriano Colonna - Christa Ludwig
Peace Herald - Teresa Stich-Randall
Paolo Orsini - Walter Berry
Raimondo - Heinz Holecek
Baroncelli - Karl Terkal
Cecco del Vecchio - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 225 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 2.4016; Golden Melodram GM 10039 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.73 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.264
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Stereophile - August 1989 (Vol.12 No.8) p.185
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.41 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 pp.98-99 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance
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