(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1941(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
2 1942(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
3 1943(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
4 1944(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Paul Breisach*
5 1945(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Erich Leinsdorf*
6 1946(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Paul Breisach*
7 1947(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Erich Kleiber*
8 1947(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
9 1948(LI) - Aida by Giuseppe Verdi - Guido Picco*
10 1948(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
11 1948(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Guido Picco*
12 1949(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
13 1950(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Reiner*
14 1950(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
15 1950(LI) - Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi - Fritz Stiedry*
16 1951(Act 3:LE) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
17 1951(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
18 1951(LI) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Vittorio Gui*
19 1951(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Herbert von Karajan*
20 1951(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
21 1952(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Fritz Reiner*
22 1952(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
23 1952(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
24 1952(LI) - trovatore (Il) by Giuseppe Verdi - Walter Herbert*
25 1952(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
26 1953(LC) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
27 1953(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
28 1953(LI) - Rosenkavalier (Der) by Richard Strauss - Fritz Reiner*
29 1953(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
30 1953(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Eugen Jochum*
31 1953(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Clemens Krauss*
32 1953(RA) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Richard Kraus*
33 1953(RA) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Hermann Weigert*
34 1954(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Eugen Jochum*
35 1954(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
36 1954(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - George Szell*
37 1954(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
38 1954(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Fritz Stiedry*
39 1954(RA) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
40 1954(RA) - Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi - Richard Kraus*
41 1955(Act 3;LE) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Dimitri Mitropoulos*
42 1955(LC) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
43 1955(LC) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
44 1955(LC) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
45 1955(LC) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
46 1955(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
47 1955(LI) - Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
48 1955(LI) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
49 1955(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
50 1956(LI) - fliegende Holländer (Der) by Richard Wagner - Joseph Keilberth*
51 1956(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
52 1956(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
53 1956(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
54 1956(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
55 1957(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
56 1957(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
57 1957(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
58 1957/59(SE) - Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner - Ferdinand Leitner*
59 1958(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
60 1958(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - André Cluytens*
61 1958(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
62 1958(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Hans Knappertsbusch*
63 1958(STU) - Lord Byron's Love Letter by Raffaelo de Banfield - Nicola Rescigno**
64 1959(LI) - Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner - Franz Konwitschny*
65 1959(LI) - Siegfried by Richard Wagner - Franz Konwitschny*
66 1959(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Franz Konwitschny***
67 1960(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Lorin Maazel*
68 1960(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
69 1961(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Rudolf Kempe*
70 1962(LC) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
71 1963(LI) - Walküre (Die) by Richard Wagner - Arnold Quennet*
72 1964(LE;Varnay) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Arnold Quennet*
73 1964(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Herbert von Karajan*
74 1964(LI) - Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert - Arnold Quennet*
75 1965(LI) - Lohengrin by Richard Wagner - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
76 1965(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Zdenek Kosler*
77 1966(LI) - Parsifal by Richard Wagner - Pierre Boulez*
78 1966(ST) - Oedipus der Tyrann by Carl Orff - Rafael Kubelik*
79 1968(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Rafael Kubelik*
80 1970(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - Rafael Kubelik*
81 1971(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Ferdinand Leitner*
82 1972(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
83 1972(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - János Kulka*
84 1974(FI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
85 1974(LI) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Alberto Erede*
86 1974(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Lorin Maazel*
87 1974(LI) - Jenufa by Leos Janácek - John Nelson*
88 1974(LI) - Salome by Richard Strauss - Otmar Suitner*
89 1976(LI) - Frau ohne Schatten (Die) by Richard Strauss - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
90 1977(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
91 1978(LI) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Nello Santi*
92 1979(LI) - Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny by Kurt Weill - James Levine*
93 1979(STU) - Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni - Riccardo Muti*
94 1980(LI) - Faust by Charles Gounod - Georges Prêtre*
95 1981(FI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm*
96 1982/1984(STU) - Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano - Riccardo Chailly*
97 1983(LI) - Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini - Wolfgang Sawallisch*
98 1983(STU) - Rake's Progress (The) by Igor Stravinsky - Riccardo Chailly*
99 1984(LI) - Elektra by Richard Strauss - Uwe Mund*
*AUDIO **VIDEO ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1941(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Alexander Kipnis
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr
Fricka - Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Maxine Stellman
Waltraute - Doris Doe
Schwertleite - Anna Kaskas
Helmwige - Marian van Delden
Siegrune - Helen Olheim
Grimgerde - Mary Ann Kirk
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 CD 913 41 {3CDS} (1991)ª; Myto «Historical» 982 H012 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110058-60 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2037 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.501106 (cycle made up of performances in 1936, 1937, 1941) {11CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.40 [RC]; May 2001 p.98 [AB]
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Orpheus - April 2001 S.59 [GH]; Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81-S.82 [LS]
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Opéra International - No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 p.74 [FL-2]
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Wagner News - No.105 October 1994 p.13: No.145 June 2001 p.18 [ARB]
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Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.5 [MT]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.78-79 [MVA]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - abril 2001 No.142 pp.44-45 [JS]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVI N.159 marzo 2002 p.109 [MG]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (6 Dec 1941)
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1942(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Astrid Varnay
Ortrud - Kerstin Thorborg
Friedrich von Telramund - Herbert Janssen
König Heinrich - Norman Cordon
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Leonard Warren
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 605
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
Comments:- «Nearly complete» recording of a performance at the MET (17 January 1942). 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 Erich Leinsdorf - 1943(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Astrid Varnay
Ortrud - Kerstin Thorborg
Friedrich von Telramund - Alexander Svéd
König Heinrich - Norman Cordon
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Mack Harrell
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 179 {3LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 923.66 (+Macbeth - highlights) (3CDS} (1992)ª; Myto 3MCD 981.H002 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Arkadia «The Golden Age» GA 2036 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110235-37 (+excerpts - Melchior - Bettendorf) {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.58-59 [US]
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.77
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Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.190
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.143
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Wagner News - No.105 October 1994 p.13
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Classical Express - Issue 100 July 1998 p.4 (mention) [MT]
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International Record Review - May 2001 p.80 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.59 juin 1993 p.90
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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 (2 January 1943). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.269-271.
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Conductor Paul Breisach - 1944(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Lauritz Melchior
Elisabeth - Astrid Varnay
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Julius Huehn
Venus - Marjorie Lawrence
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Alexander Kipnis
Walther von der Vogelweide - John Garris
Biterolf - Mack Harrell
Heinrich der Schreiber - Emery Darcy
Reinmar von Zweter - John Gurney
Hirt - Maxine Stellman
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 168 {3LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 00346 {3CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.59; HARRIS p.268; Opera on Record p.346; CELLETTI p.1143; Opera on CD (1) p.62 (2) p.69 (3) p.78; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.63-64 p.186, mise à jour mars 2004; MET p.677; MET(VID) p.420; PENGUIN p.547; Stereophile July 1990 p.160; Wagner News Issue No.97 p.18; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March/April 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1068 (2) p.1717; Orpheus August + September 2002 S.81
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Répertoire - No.166 mars 2003 pp.102-103 [TP]
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Comments:- According to «More EJS» pp.81-82 the LPs issued on the UORC label carry a mixture of a recording of the performance on 5 February 1944 conducted by Breisach (cast as given above) with that of a performance on 19 December 1942 conducted by Szell (a recording of this performance is listed separately). So onthe UORC LPs some of Wolfram's music is sung by Janssen. More details are given in «More EJS». The recording is said to be of the Paris Version with cuts. See also «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.276-277
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Conductor Erich Leinsdorf - 1945(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Astrid Varnay
Ortrud - Kerstin Thorborg
Friedrich von Telramund - Alexander Svéd
König Heinrich - Norman Cordon
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Mack Harrell
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 665
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (24 February 1945). See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» pp.269-271. 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». «Excellent Act 1. fair to good Acts 2,3 (some noisy sides)»
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Conductor Paul Breisach - 1946(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Emanuel List
Brünhilde - Helen Traubel
Wotan - Joel Berglund
Fricka - Kerstin Thorborg
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Margaret Harshaw
Helmwige - Beal Hober
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0069/3 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1222
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:-
International Record Review - December 2002/January 2003 pp.83-84 [MT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.65 noviembre 2003 p.85 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (30 March 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».
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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 Fritz Stiedry - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior
Sieglinde - Rose Bampton
Hunding - Nicola Moscona
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Herbert Janssen
Fricka - Margaret Harshaw
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Margaret Harshaw
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 626
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Met (8 March 1947). 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 Guido Picco - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Union Filarmónica de Mejico
Chorus - Ópera Nacional de Mejico
Aida - Astrid Varnay
Radamès - Kurt Baum
Amneris - Winifred Heidt
Amonasro - Giuseppe Valdengo
Ramphis - Roberto Silva
Il Re di Egitto - Ignacio Ruffino
Una Sacerdotessa - Ana María Feuss
Un Messaggero - José Mendieta
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Black Disc - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 369 {2LPS}
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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 in the Palacio de las Bella Artes, Mexico City (June 1948)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Lauritz Melchior
Elisabeth - Helen Traubel
Wolfram von Eschenbach - Herbert Janssen
Venus - Astrid Varnay
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Mihály Székely
Walther von der Vogelweide - John Garris
Biterolf - Osie Hawkins
Heinrich der Schreiber - Emery Darcy
Reinmar von Zweter - Philip Kinsman
Hirt - Maxine Stellman
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3MCD 935.90 {3CDS} (1993)ª; Myto «Historical» 3CD 991 H022 {3CDS} (1999)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:-
Opéra International - No.178 mars 1994 p.84
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Diapason - No.403 avril 1994 p.160
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Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.83
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET
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Conductor Guido Picco - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Orquesta de la Union Filarmónica de Mejico
Chorus - Opera Nacional de Mejico
Manrico - Kurt Baum
Azucena - Winifred Heidt
Leonora - Astrid Varnay
Conte di Luna - Leonard Warren
Ferrando - Roberto Silva
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 683 {2CDRS} (2003)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1917-2 {2CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City (25 May 1948; see «Leonard Warren - American Baritone» by Mary Jane Phillips-Matz pp.167-168, p.456). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» and those issued by Premiere are listed in «New Releases on CD, Fall 2005» Dated Nov.16 2005. In both these sources the name of the conductor is given as «Morel». See also «Hab's mir gelobt» by Astrid Varnay pp.181-182.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1949(LI)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Irene Jessner
Clytemnestra - Elena Nikolaidi
Aegisth - Frederick Jagel
Orest - Herbert Janssen
Der Pfleger des Orest - Michael Rhodes
1. Magd - Miriam Stockton
2. Magd - Edith Evans
3. Magd - Elinor Warren
4. Magd - Beverly Dame
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Black Disc - Off the Air Record Club OTA 4; Robin Hood Records RHR 510 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 20/22 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2213/4 (+Varnay recital) {2CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2002 p.84 [MEO]
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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.59; Oktober 2002 S.52 (mention) [SS]
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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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International Record Review - July 2002 p.84 [JTH]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.74
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Opernwelt - August 8/1992 S.54: Januar 1/1997 S.60
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance (25 December 1949; according to «Priest of Music» by William R Trotter there were three performances on 22, 23, and 25 December 1949; see also OPERA, February 1950 p.40). There are some cuts
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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
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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 Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Lohengrin - Lauritz Melchior
Elsa - Helen Traubel
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Herbert Janssen
König Heinrich - Dezsö Ernster
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Frank Guarrera
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Black Disc - Danacord DACO 111-113 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Danacord DACOCD 222-224 {3CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0127 {3CDS} (2003)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0146 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November (published September) 2003 p.114 [AB]
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Opéra International - mars 1984 No.68 pp.53-54 [SS]
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Classica Répertoire - No.79 février 2006 p.104 [AT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.86 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (7 January 1950; see «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» by Paul Jackson pp.482-484). The Danacord LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE December 1983 p.739
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Simon Boccanegra - Leonard Warren
Jacopo Fiesco - Mihály Székely
Amelia Grimaldi - Astrid Varnay
Gabriele Adorno - Richard Tucker
Paolo Albiani - Giuseppe Valdengo
Pietro - Lorenzo Alvary
Un'ancella - Maxine Stellman
Un capitano dei balestrieri - Paul Franke
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Black Disc - *Historical Operatic Treasures ERR 105-3 {3LPS}; Robin Hood Records RHR 506 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 945.113 {2CDS} (1994)ª; Preiser Records 90520 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Simon Boccanegra by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.95; HARRIS p.262; Opera on Record p.250; CELLETTI p.1014; Opera on CD (1) p.53 (2) p.59 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.19 p.110; MET p.620; MET(VID) p.385; PENGUIN p.500; Opera on Video p.90; GIUDICI p.956 (2) p.1542; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1999 pp.70-74, No.269juin 2002 p.18; Gramophone May 2004 p.36
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2003 pp.80-81 [AB]
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Orpheus - Februar 1995 S.60; Heft 1+2 Januar 2003 S.75
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.79
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 January 1950)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1951(Act 3:LE)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Sieglinde - Leonie Rysanek
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Sigurd Björling
Gerhilde - Brünnhilde Friedland
Ortlinde - Eleanor Lausch (Dietrich)
Waltraute - Elfriede Wild
Schwertleite - Ruth Siewert
Helmwige - Lieselotte Thomamüller
Siegrune - Herta Töpper
Grimgerde - Ira Malaniuk
Roßweiße - Hanna Ludwig
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Black Disc; - Columbia LX 1447-54 {8x78s} (UK) (1951)ª; Columbia LX 8835-42 {8x78s;AC} (UK) (1951)ª; Columbia 33CX 1005-6 {2LPS} (1952)ª; *EMI 1C 181-03 035/36 {2LPS}; Columbia 33QCX 111-112 {2LPS} (Italy)
Compact Disc; - EMI CDH 7 64704-2 {1CD} (1993)ª; EMI «Great Recordings of the Century» 3 80024 2 {1CD} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1951 pp.134-135 [AR]; November 1952 pp.144-145; October 1993 p.132, p.145 [AB]
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Orpheus - 7+8 Juli-August 2007 S.57 [SS]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - November 1951 p.12: October 1952 p.9
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Comments:- Recorded at the Bayreuth Festival (12 August 1951)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Heinrich Pflanzl
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 6175 {6LPS} (1999)ª
Compact Disc; - Wing WCD 53 (highlights) {1CD}; *Testament SBT 4175 {4CDS} (1999)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0067 {4CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1999 p.123 [AB]
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Opera - October 1999 p.1243 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.224-225 [WY]
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Orpheus - November 1999 S.89 [SS]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58-S.59 [SS]
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Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.71 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - March 2000 p.142 [DC]
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Stereophile - January 2000 (Vol.23 No.1) p.177
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The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
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Wagner News - Issue No.138 April 2000 p.16 [PDB]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.31 No.1 Spring 2000 pp.150-152 [GAG]
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Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.100 [PF]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.56 [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.88 [JPS]
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Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.75 (mention) [FL-2]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (4 August 1951). See GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.20, IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.36-42. The Wing CD contains a recording of part of Act 3. Michael Tanner states that tapes from thedress rehearsal were used in the preparation of the Testament CDs (CLASSIC CD December 1999 p.14)
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Macbeth - Ivan Petroff
Lady Macbeth - Astrid Varnay
Banco - Italo Tajo
Macduff - Gino Penno
Malcolm - Gino Sarri
Dama - Luciana Veroni
Medico - Camello Righini
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 433 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 924 66 (highlights + Lohengrin) {3CDs} (1992)ª; Preiser Records 90482 {2CDS} (2001)ª; Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 66313 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juni 2002 S.56 [SS]
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Opéra International - novembre 1984 No.75 pp.51-52 [SS]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno XVIII N.185 luglio-agosto 2004 p.112 (mention) [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (May 1951). See OPERA August 1951 p.448 and «Hab mir's gelobt» by Astrid Varnay pp.201-205
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Sigurd Björling
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Heinrich Pflanzl
Erda - Ruth Siewert
Fafner - Frederick (Friedrich) Dalberg
Waldvogel - Wilma Lipp
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Black Disc; - Foyer FO 1004 {4LPS} (1980)ª;; Melodram MEL 518 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 46106 {4CDS}; Hunt CDKAR 219 {4CDS} ; Myto «Historical» 3 CD 011 H 055 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Walhall «Eternity Seriea» WLCD 0096 {3CDS} (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:-
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XV N.154 luglio-agosto 2001 pp.115-116 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (13 August 1951)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Lubomir Vichegonov
Brünhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Wotan - Ferdinand Frantz
Fricka - Blanche Thebom
Gerhilde - Thelma Votipka
Ortlinde - Irene Jessner
Waltraute - Jeanne Palmer
Schwertleite - Jean Madeira
Helmwige - Regina Resnik
Siegrune - Hertha Glaz
Grimgerde - Martha Lipton
Roßweiße - Lucielle Browning
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (Also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
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Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
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International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (3 February 1951). See «Signing-Off for the Old Met» pp.37-40.
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Conductor 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
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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 Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Ruth Siewert
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 55-58 {4CDS};; Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
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Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.2 p.270
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.21 [ARB]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Fafner - Kurt Böhme
Waldvogel - Rita Streich
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 528(4)
Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 47-49 {3CDS} (1995)ª; Mike Richter CD Rom AE 203 (Opera from Bayreuth); Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)ª
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.284
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Opéra International - avril 1995 N0 190 p.82
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Diapason - No.471 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Walter Herbert - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - New Orleans Opera
Chorus - New Orleans Opera
Manrico - Kurt Baum
Azucena - Fedora Barbieri
Leonora - Astrid Varnay
Conte di Luna - Robert Weede
Ferrando - Désiré Ligeti
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 6.0014 {2CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity January 1960 Vol.10 No.1 p.49, October 1963 Vol.13 No.10 p.42; HARRIS p.296; Opera on Record p.225; CELLETTI p.1050; MARINELLI p.162; Opera on CD (1) p.50 (2) p.56 (3) p.62; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.60 p.100, Mise à jour Octobre 2003; MET p.596; MET(VID) p.371; PENGUIN p.507; GIUDICI p.920 (2) p.1487; Opéra International No.252 décembre 2000 p.16; Orpheus Juni 2001 S.53; CD Compact No.161 enero 2003 p.20
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.65-S.66 [IW]
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Günther Treptow
Sieglinde - Inge Borkh
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Gerhilde - Irmgard Meinig
Ortlinde - Paula Brivkalne
Waltraute - Hanna Ludwig
Schwertleite - Ruth Siewert
Helmwige - Lieselotte Thomamüller
Siegrune - Herta Töpper
Grimgerde - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Roßweiße - Trude Roesler
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 527 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Paragon PCD 84017-20 {4CDS}; Arlecchino ARL 43-45 {3CDS} Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 pp.287-288 [WY]
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Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
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Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270
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International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
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Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elsa - Eleanor Steber
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Josef Greindl
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Hans Braun
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 2880-2884 {5LPS} (1954)ª; Decca D12D5 {5LPS} (1976)ª; Decca 411 780-1 {5LPS} (France) (1984)ª; London LLA 16 {5LPS} (1954)ª
Compact Disc; - Teldec 4509 93674-2 {4CDS} (1994)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.110308/10 {3CDS} (2005)ª; Membran 223056 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1954 p.347 [MM]; April 1954 p.420 [DST]; August 1976 p.334 [AB]; January 1977 p.1131 [JBS]; April 1985 p.1270 [AB]; October 1994 p.223 [AB]
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Opera - March 1954 pp.173-174 [AP]
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Opera Now - July 1994 p.55
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HiFi News & Record Review - August 1994 p.83
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Opera News - September 1994 p.60
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Fanfare - Vol.29 No.2 November/December 2005 pp.289-29O [WY]
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Diapason - No.408 octobre 1994 p.196
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.161 p.143
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American Record Guide - April 1954 Vol.20 No.8 p.255 [PHR]: September/October 1994 Vol.57 No.5 p.271: September/October 2005 Vol.68 No.5 p.214 [CHP]
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High Fidelity Magazine - July 1954 Vol.4 No.5 p.51 [JH]: April 1955 Vol.5 No.2 p.79 [JH]
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BBC Music Magazine - July 1994 p.77
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Classic CD - August 1994 p.65
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Disques (Nouvelle Série) - mars/avril 1954 No.63-64 p.221 [JB]
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Répertoire - No.70 juin 1994 p.75
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 pp.88-89 [JC]
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Comments:- Recorded at the dress rehearsal and the first performance at the Bayreuth Festi-val 1953. (See John Culshaw in «Putting the Record Straight» pp.117-118 and OPERA, September 1953 p.535). See also The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books April 231994 p.17)
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1011 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4005 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32506-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 15-CF2011 (Cycle);; Gala GL 100.654 {4CDS}; Gala GL 999.791 (Cycle) {14CDS} ;; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
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Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Marschallin - Astrid Varnay
Octavian - Risë Stevens
Sophie - Nadine Conner
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Endré Koréh
Faninal - John Brownlee
Valzacchi - Alessio De Paolis
Annina - Hertha Glaz
Ein Sänger - Thomas Hayward
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Thelma Votipka
Polizeikommissar - Osie Hawkins
Der Wirt - Paul Franke
Ein Notar - Gerhard Pechner
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Emery Darcy
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Paul Franke
Tierhändler - Gabor Carelli
Modistin - Genevieve Warner
Die drei Waisen - Laura Castellano
- Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
- Margaret Roggero
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 441 {4LPS}
Compact Disc - Gala GL 100 512 (Highlights + Elektra)
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Recordings of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; HARRIS p.248; Opera on Record p.567; CELLETTI p.788; Opera on CD (1) p.119 (2) p.131 (3) p.146; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.69-70 p.208 (and Supplément 1997); MET p.525; MET(VID) p.311; PENGUIN p.417;American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.201; GIUDICI p.819 (2) p.1340; Répertoire No.105 septembre 1997 p.15; International Opera Collector Spring 1999 No.11 p.16; Opéra International décembre 1999 No.241 p.57; Gramophone May 2000 pp.36-39; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
ARSC Journal - Vol.20 No.2 Fall 1989 p.209
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Opernwelt - Juli 7/1992 S.56
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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.76 (Highlights)
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (28 February 1953). The «Highlights» are included as a filler in the CDs of the performance of Elektra conducted by Richard Kraus (1953)
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Rita Streich
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Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4004 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32506.9-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 15-CF2011(Cycle); Gala GL 100.653 {4CDS}; Gala GL-999.791 (cycle) {14CDS} ;; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of 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 - June 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Astrid Varnay
Brangaene - Ira Malaniuk
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Gustav Neidlinger
Melot - Hasso Eschert
Hirt - Gerhard Stolze
Steuerman - Theo Adam
Stimme eines jungen Seemans - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
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Black Disc - Documents OR 301 {4LPS}; Melodram MEL 535 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34030 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 10030 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0170/3 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1525-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª; Encore CD 130-3 {3CDRS} (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:-
Opera - March 2001 p.328 [AB]
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Orpheus - November 1999 S.91-92 [SS]
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Opéra International - No.59 mai 1983 pp.54-55 [SS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.124 septiembre 1999 p.59 [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 juLio-agosto 2004 p.88 [PN]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA October 1953 p.608). The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Regina Resnik
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ira Malaniuk
Gerhilde - Brünnhilde Friedland
Ortlinde - Bruni Falcon
Waltraute - Lise Sorrell
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Lieselotte Thomamüller
Siegrune - Gisela Litz
Grimgerde - Sibylla Plate
Roßweiße - Erika Schubert
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Black Disc; - foyer FO 1009 {4LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette - Legends XLNC 101
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4003 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32503-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 16-CF2011 (Cycle);; Arkadia HP 6 10.3; Gala GL 100.652 {3CDS}; Gala GL 999.797 (cycle) {14CDS} ; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of 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 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
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Opera News - September 1996 p.56
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Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.337
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
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Opéra International - mai 1995 No.191 S.71
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Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
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International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Répertoire - Vol.79 avril 1995 p.81
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Comments:- According to the review in «Répertoire de Disques» it is sometimes claimed that Martha Mödl sings Brünhilde on this recording, but this is not correct
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Conductor Richard Kraus - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Westdeutschen Rundfunks
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Res Fischer
Aegisth - Helmut Melchert
Orest - Hans Hotter
Ein alter Diener - Arno Reinhardt
Ein junger Diener - Hasso Eschert
Die Schleppträgerin - Helen Petrich
Die Vertraute - Gertie Chorlent
Der Pfleger des Orest - Heiner Horn
Die Aufseherin - Kaethe Tatzmann
1. Magd - Ilse Ihme-Säbich
2. Magd - Trude Roesler
3. Magd - Marianne Schröder
4. Magd - Marlies Siemeling
5. Magd - Käthe Möller-Siepermann
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 112 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.512 (+highlights - Der Rosenkavalier - Reiner - 1953) {2CDS}; Koch Schwann 3 1643-2 {2CDS} (2000)ª; Encore CD 101-2 {2CDRS} (2005)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 - April 2001 p.97 [AB]
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Opera - December 1994 p.1385
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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.3 January/February 2001 p.273 [HF]
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Orpheus - April 1996 S.59; Februar 2001 S.59 [SS]
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Diapason - No.481 maI 2001 p.115 [AT]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.122
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International Record Review - September 2000 p.124 [JTH]
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Classic CD - November 2000 p.67 [ST]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2000 p.94 [DN]
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American Record Guide - January/February 2001 Vol.64 No.1 p.267 [RVL]
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Classical Express - June 2001 p.7 [AJ]
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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.76: No.148 juillet/aoüt 2001 p.81
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Musica (Milano) - N.122 dicembre 2000 - gennaio 2001 p.102 [AZ]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - febrero 2001 No.140 p.52 [SV]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 pp.95-96 [VJ]
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Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (August 1953). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.12. The CDRs issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the year of the performance recorded is given incorrectly as 1959.
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Conductor Hermann Weigert - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Salome - Astrid Varnay
Jochanaan - Hans Braun
Herodes - Julius Patzak
Herodias - Margarete Klose
Narraboth - Hans Hopf
Ein Page - Herta Töpper
Erster Nazarener - Carl Hoppe
Zweiter Nazarener - Max Proebstl
Erster Soldat - Adolf Keil
Zweiter Soldat - Benno Kusche
Ein Cappadocier - Hans Hermann Nissen
Ein Sklave - Hildegard Limmer
Erster Jude - Karl Ostertag
Zweiter Jude - Peter Kaussen
Dritter Jude - Emil Graf
Vierter Jude - Walter Carnuth
Fünfter Jude - Georg Wieter
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Black Disc - Rococco Records 1009 {2LPS}; *I Grandi Interpreti IGI-289 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107 210 {2CDS} (1996)ª; Orfeo C 5030021 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - October (published August) 2000 p.105 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.24 No.2 November/December 2000 pp.365-366 [BR]
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Orpheus - Oktober 1996 S.58; Juli 2000 S.62 [SS]
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Opéra International - octobre 2000 No.250 pp.72-73 [SS]
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American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.290: November/ December 2000 Vol.63 No.6 p.311 [KM]
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International Record Review - August 2000 p.107 [HC]
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Classic CD - November 2000 p.67 [ST]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 2000 p.94 [DN]
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Classical Express - Issue No.77 July 1996 p.4
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Opernwelt - 1/Januar 1997 S.60
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Comments:- The LP (I Grandi Interpreti IGI 289) gives Patzak as singing Nabarroth and Hopf as singing Herod, which is incorrect (See «Hab mir's gelobt» by Astrid Varnay p.238)
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elsa - Birgit Nilsson
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Hermann Uhde
König Heinrich - Theo Adam
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
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Black Disc; - *Cetra «Opera Live» LO 77 {4LPS} (1979)ª;; Melodram MEL 541 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 44035; Melodram MEL 36104 {3CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 10031 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1149 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0281 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Great Opera Performance G.O.P. 66336 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2005 p.101 [AB]
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 pp.99-100 [RG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.88 [MC]: No.86 diciembre 2005 pp.89-90 [PN]
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Comments:- The «Opera d'Oro» CDs are advertized in OPERA NEWS March 14 1998 p.19
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Conductor 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 George Szell - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Margaret Harshaw
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Astrid Varnay
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Brian Sullivan
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Roberta Peters
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1039 (& 614)
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET of the Dresden version (9 January 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.84-87; OPERA May 1954 p.278). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Max Lorenz
Sieglinde - Martha Mödl
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Hertha Wilfert
Ortlinde - Birgit Nilsson
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Gisela Litz
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Hetty Plümacher
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Black Disc; - *Melodram MEL 547 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Melodram 36102 {3CDS}; Archipel ARPCD 0282 {3CDS} (2004)ª; Golden Melodram GM 10065 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - September 1995 p.56
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Opéra International - No.298 février 2005 p.81 (mention) [AT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2005 Vol.68 No.4 pp.271-272 [JPM]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.101-102 [RG]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.89 [PN]
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Comments:- The Melodram LPs were advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1982 p.12
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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 Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - Synphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Santuzza - Astrid Varnay
Turiddu - Hans Hopf
Alfio - James Pease
Lola - Hanne Münch
Lucia - Hanna Scholl
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 412 (+Pagliacci - excerpt) {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Myto 1 MCD 042 HO86 {1CD} (2004)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0079 {1CD} (2004)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1859-1 {1CDR} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - October 2004 pp.77-78 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.28 No.4 March/April 2005 pp.155-156 [GJ]
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Orpheus - 11+12 November+Dezember 2004 S.65 [IW]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.21 No.1 Winter 2005 pp.205-207 [RB]
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Comments:- The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1984 p.872
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Conductor Richard Kraus - 1954(RA)
Orchestra - Westdeutsche Rundfunk
Chorus - Westdeutsche Rundfunk
Macbeth - Josef Metternich
Lady Macbeth - Astrid Varnay
Banco - Ludwig Weber
Macduff - Walter Geisler
Malcolm - Hasso Eschert
Dama - Trude Rösler
Medico - Heinz Borst
Domestico - Werner Engelhardt
Sicaro - Ray Reinhardt
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 952.128 {2CDS} (1995)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0078 (+highlights cond. Gui) {2CDS} (2004)ª
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Recordings of Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.162; Opera on Record p.201; CELLETTI p.936; Opera on CD (1) p.47 (2) p.53 (3) p.66; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.40 p.106, mise à jour septembre 2000; MET p.573; MET(VID) p.359; PENGUIN p.487; GIUDICI p.881 (2) p.1431; Opéra International No.72 septembre 1994 p.112; Répertoire No.108 décembre 1997 p.8; International Opera Collector Winter 1998 No.10 p.32; Opéra Interational février 1999 No.232 p.68, No.266 mars 2002 p.18
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2005 p.115 [AB]
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Orpheus - Juli 1995 S.58
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International Record Review - February 2005 pp.31-32 [MT]
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Répertoire - No.84 octobre 1995 p.79
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Ramón Vinay
Hagen - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gunther - Clifford Harvuot
Gutrune - Lucine Amara
Woglinde - Hertha Glaz
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Shakeh Vartenissian
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Compact Disc; - AS DISC AS 549 {1CD}; Urania RM 11.924 {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 publication:-
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
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Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 3 (30 October 1955). It appears that the AS CD is difficult to obtain (see IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 p.8)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - Hermann Uhde
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Ludwig Weber
Erik - Rudolf Lustig
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Josef Traxel
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5150-5152 {3LPS} (mono) (1956)ª; *Decca «Eclipse» ECS 665-667 {3LPS} (stereo) (1973)ª; Decca D97D3 {3LPS} (stereo) (1978)ª; London XLLA 42 {3LPS} (mono) (1957)ª; Testament SBTLP 31384 {3LPS} (stereo) (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - *Voce Della Luna VL-2012-2 {2CDS} (mono) (1996)ª; Teldec 4509 974 912 {2CDS} (mono) (1997)ª; Testament SBT 21384 {2CDS} (stereo) (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1956 p.409 [DST]; May 1956 p.471 [PHW]; January 1973 p.1366 [AB] July 1978 p.249 [AB]; January 1979 p.1258 [JBS]; September 1997 p.118 [AB]; October 2006 pp.101-102 [AB]
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Opera - April 1956 p.250; December 2006 pp.1514-1516 [RM]
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Opera News - November 2006 p.70 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.20 No.3 January/February 1997 p.299; Vol.30 No.4 March/April 2007 pp.249-250 [ED]
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Orpheus - August-September 1997 S.77; 11+12 Nov-Dez 2006 S.53-S.54
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Opéra International - novembre 1997 No.218 p.60 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.441 octobre 1997 p.130 [AT]; No 540 S octobre 2006 p.122 [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.180 p.124 [PF]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1957 Vol.7 No.3 p.73 [JH]
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E.M.G. Monthly Letter - April 1956 p.12
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Gramophone Record Review - May 1956 p.430
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American Record Guide - March 1957 Vol.23 No.6 p.88 [PLM]: January/February 2007 Vol.70 No.1 pp.185-186 [JPM]
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Classical Express - Issue No.80 November 1996 p.7: Issue No.89 August 1997 p.2
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BBC Music Magazine - September 1997 p.97
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Classic CD - September 1997 p.66
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Classic Record Collector - Autunmn 2007 pp.95-96 [TP] [RG]
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Wagner News - No.36 July 1958 p.7
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Répertoire - No.106 octobre 1997 p.73 [PDS]
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.213 septembre 1997 p.120 [FL]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.104 noviembre 1997 p.65 [LT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.94 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded at performances at the Bayreuth Festival. For a review of a performance at which Windgassen sang Erik see OPERA October 1955 p.637. The CDs issued by VOCE DELLA LUNA appear to be of the recording made by Decca, although this is not certain (see WAGNER NEWS Issue No.118 December 1996 p.16; Issue No.126 April 1998 p.13). The Teldec CDs are in «mono». Decca owns the rights to issue the stereo recording and Teldec to issue the mono (see ICRC Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.5)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schärtel
Floßhilde - Maria Graf
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic
Third Norn - Mina Bolotine
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 61393 {6LPS} (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1393 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2007 p.91 [AB]
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Opera - July 2007 p.874, p.876 [RM]
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Opera News - May 2007 p.85 [MB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.244-245 [ED]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Diapason - No.544 février 2007 p.102 [ED]
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International Record Review - January 2007 pp.83-84 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
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The Absolute Sound - June/July 2007 Issue 172 p.150 [DD]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
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American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.210-211 [JPM]
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Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.70 [FL-2]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]
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Comments:- Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals. (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51.
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 51392 {5LPS} (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1392 {4CDS} (2006)ª
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 2006 p.79 [AB]
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Opera - May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera News - April 2006 pp.74-75 [MB]
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Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.289-291 [ED]
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Orpheus - Mai+Juni 2006 S.52-S.53 [SS]
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Diapason - No 539 S septembre 2006 p.97 [ED]
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International Record Review - March 2006 pp.81-82 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.102-103 [RG]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.214-215 [JPM]
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The Absolute Sound - Issue 162 June/July 2006 p.160 [DD]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.92 julio-agosto 2006 p.87 [VM]
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Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.70 [FL-2]
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Comments:- Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51.
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Hertha Wilfert
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Jean Watson
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Maria Graf
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 51391 {5LPS} (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1391 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2006 p.101 [AB]
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Opera - December 2006 pp.1514-1516 [RM]
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Opera News - August 2006 pp.80-81 [MB]
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Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.289-291 [ED]
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Orpheus - September+Oktober 2006 S.56 [SS]
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Diapason - No 539 S septembre 2006 p.97 [ED]
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International Record Review - May 2006 pp.81-82 [MT]
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American Record Guide - September/October 2006 Vol.69 No.5 p.293 [JPM]
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Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
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Opéra Magazine - No.10 septembre 2006 p.75 [FL-2]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2006 pp.101-102 [RG]
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Comments:- Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51. Since Sieglinde was sung by Mödl and Varnay in the performances at Bayreuth in 1955, the parts of this recording in which Sieglinde appears must have been recorded at rehearsals. This was possibly to avoid contractual problems as Mödl was an «EMI artist».
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - Hermann Uhde
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Ludwig Weber
Erik - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Josef Traxel
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Black Disc; - *Cetra «Opera Live» LO 51 {3LPS} (1978)ª; Discocorp 319 {3LPS}; Melodram 550(3)
Compact Disc; - *Music and Arts CD-319(3); Music and Arts CD-876(2) Golden Melodram GM 10028 {2CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.58; HARRIS p.123; Opera on Record p.338; CELLETTI p.1080; Opera on CD (1) p.61 (2) p.68 (3) p.76; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.30 p.114, mise à jour pp.2-15; MET p.670; MET(VID) p.417; PENGUIN p.519American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 March-April 1994 p.58, Vol.65 No.4 July/ August 2002 p.57; Wagner News Issue No.108 April 1995 p.16; GIUDICI p.1060; Ópera Actual (Barcelona) junio-agosto 1998 No.28 p.26; Opéra International juin 2000 No.247 pp.14-17; Gramophone March 2002 pp.30-33
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1978 p.1166, p.1171 [AB]
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Opera - June 1997 p.662
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Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.417
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Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.271: Vol.1 No.4 p.150
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.178 [CM]
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ARSC Journal - 1983 Vol.XV No.2-3 p.117 [PLM]
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Classical Express - September 1995 p.4
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American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.270
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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L'opera (Milano) - Anno X N.93 Gennaio 1996 p.81
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (22 July 1955)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Tannhäuser - Ramón Vinay
Elisabeth - Astrid Varnay
Wolfram von Eschenbach - George London
Venus - Blanche Thebom
Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen - Jerome Hines
Walther von der Vogelweide - Giulio Gari
Biterolf - Clifford Harvuot
Heinrich der Schreiber - Paul Franke
Reinmar von Zweter - Norman Scott
Hirt - Heidi Krall
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Black Disc - Raritas OPR 409; Melodram MEL 038 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 3CD 55002 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0095 {3CDS} (2005)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:-
Classical Express - Issue No.118 January 2000 p.5 [MT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.145 June 2001 pp.21-23 [PDB]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.82 julio-agosto 2005 p.90 [JR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (29 January 1955). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1983 p.849
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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 Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Martha Mödl
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Hertha Wilfert
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Jean Watson
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Maria Graf
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 557 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0177 {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 - September+Oktober 2006 S.57 [SS]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.95 noviembre 2006 p.87 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (11 August 1955; see OPERA October 1955 pp.639-641). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November1982 p.529
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Holländer - George London
Senta - Astrid Varnay
Daland - Arnold Van Mill
Erik - Josef Traxel
Mary - Elisabeth Schärtel
Steuermann - Jean Cox
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 560
Compact Disc; - *Myto 2 MCD 931.75 {2CDS} (1993)ª; Golden Melodram GM 10057 {2CDS} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 190 {2CDS} (2007)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:-
Opera News - April 2 1994 p.33
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Fanfare - July-August 1993 p.267
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Orpheus - November 2002 S.91-S.92 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.77
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Diapason - No.499 javier 2003 p.117 [ED]; No.500 février 2003 p.120 [ED]
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American Record Guide - Vol.56 No.5 September-October 1993 p.263
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Répertoire - No.59 juin 1993 p.91
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.53 septiembre 2002 pp.85-86 [JV]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.45 [SV]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Lore Wißmann
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Third Norn - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc - Melodram 569(5)
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9016 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16: Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Lore Wißmann
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Third Norn - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc - Melodram 569(5)
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9016 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16: Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Jean Madeira
Fafner - Arnold Van Mill
Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9015 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1956)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Luisecharlotte Kamps
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Jean Madeira
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 567 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music & Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9024 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
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Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
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Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
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Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
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Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
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Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
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Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
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Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
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Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
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American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
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BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
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ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
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International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.79-80 [MT]
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Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
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Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1956). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Elisabeth Schärtel
First Norn - Birgit Nilsson
Second Norn - Elisabeth Schärtel
Third Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 61/5 {5LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 034 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 256 (4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0219 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (18 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Mime - Paul Kuen
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Ilse Hollweg
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 60/5 {5LPS}; *Estro Armonico EA 033
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 255(4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0218 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (16 August 1957)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Birgit Nilsson
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Gerhilde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Ortlinde - Gerda Lammers
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Hilde Scheppan
Siegrune - Helena Bader
Grimgerde - Georgine von Milinkovic
Roßweiße - Hetty Plümacher
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 59/5 {5LPS}; Melodram MEL 577(4)
Compact Disc; - *Music & Arts CD 254 (4) {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS}; Urania 22.316 {3CDS} (2007)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0217 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.246-247 [ED]
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Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.273; Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13
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International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
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Comments:- A recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (15 August 1957)
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1957/59(SE)
Orchestra - Bamberger Symphoniker
Tristan - Wolfgang Windgassen
Isolde - Astrid Varnay
Brangaene - Herta Töpper
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Black Disc - D.G.G. LPEM 19193 {1LP}; D.G.G. SLPEM 136030 {1LP}
Compact Disc - *DG 423 955-2 (+Wesendonck Lieder) {1CD}
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Recordings of Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Tristan und Isolde on Record by Jonathan Brown; Opera on Record p.363; CELLETTI p.1148; Opera on CD (1) p.64 (2) p.72 (3) p.81; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.34-45 p.196; MET p.692; MET(VID) p.428; PENGUIN p.548; Répertoire mars 1994 p.9; American Record Guide Mar/Apr 1994 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Classic CD February 1995 p.32; BBC Music Magazine Oct 1995 p.49; Gramophone October 1995 p.40; GIUDICI p.1086 (2) p.1742; Opéra International février 1998 No.221 p.20; Wagner News Issue No.125 February 1998 pp.10-11 (list of recordings); The Gramophone September 2006 p.56
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1960 p.371; January 1989 p.[AW]
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Records and Recordings - January 1960 p.17 [TH]
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Comments:- The LP contains the love duet (rec.1959) and the Liebestod (rec.1957). In addition the CD contains Isolde's narration recorded with Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Hermann Weigert (rec.1954)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Gunther - Otto Wiener
Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Ursula Böse
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Ursula Böse
Third Norn - Rita Gorr
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 589 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34044 {4CDS}; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.103 [KM]: May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Stereophile - June 1990 Vol.13 No.6 p.207
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Sándor Kónya
Elsa - Leonie Rysanek
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Ernest Blanc
König Heinrich - Keith Engen
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
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Black Disc; - Replica RPL 2489-2492 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Replica RPL 42489 {4LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 890.02 {3CDS} (1989)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0076 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - November 1982 S.883 [GH]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 p.214 [JPM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.84 [MC]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA, October 1958 p. 631). The Replica LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE June 1984 p.91
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Gerhard Stolze
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Erda - Maria von Ilosvay
Fafner - Josef Greindl
Waldvogel - Dorothea Siebert
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 588 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34043; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle); Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Siegfried by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1136; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scene Opéra No.14 p.132; MET p.721; MET(VID) p.441; PENGUIN p.542; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207
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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Jon Vickers
Sieglinde - Leonie Rysanek
Hunding - Josef Greindl
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Rita Gorr
Gerhilde - Marlies Siemeling
Ortlinde - Elisabeth Schärtel
Waltraute - Hilde Scheppan
Schwertleite - Maria von Ilosvay
Helmwige - Lotte Rysanek
Siegrune - Grace Hoffman
Grimgerde - Rita Gorr
Roßweiße - Ursula Böse
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 587 (4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 3 CDLSMH 34042; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) ; Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
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:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 p.235 [WY]
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Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
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Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
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Stereophile - June 1990 (Vol.13 No.6) p.207
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American Record Guide - May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
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Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance the Bayreuth Festival. See «A Hero's Life - Jon Vickers» by Jeannie Williams p.84
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Conductor Nicola Rescigno - 1958(STU)
Orchestra - Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome
Old Woman - Astrid Varnay
Spinster - Gertrude Ribla
Matron - Nicoletta Carruba
Husband - Mario Carlin
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor LM 2258 {1LP} (1959)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lord Byron's Love Letter by Raffaelo de Banfield are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.175
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1959 p.348
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Records and Recordings - January 1959 p.41 [RB]
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High Fidelity Magazine - March 1959 Vol.25 No.7 p.58 [JH]
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Comments:- See «Hab mir's gelobt» by Astrid Varnay pp.258-259
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Conductor Franz Konwitschny - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Amy Shuard
Waltraute - Ursula Böse
Woglinde - Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde - Josephine Veasey
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Marjorie Thomas
Second Norn - Monica Sinclair
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01848
Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {4CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (2 October 1959). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 27 - October 3 1959 p.47).
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Conductor Franz Konwitschny - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Peter Klein
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Erda - Marga Höffgen
Fafner - Michael Langdon
Waldvogel - Jeannette Sinclair
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01250
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 889
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2717
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (28 September 1959). This was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 25 1959 p.31). 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 Franz Konwitschny - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Siegmund - Ramón Vinay
Sieglinde - Amy Shuard
Hunding - Kurt Böhme
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Fricka - Ursula Böse
Gerhilde - Joyce Barker
Ortlinde - Una Hale
Waltraute - Margreta Elkins
Schwertleite - Jean Watson
Helmwige - Judith Pierce
Siegrune - Noreen Berry
Grimgerde - Heather Begg
Roßweiße - Josephine Veasey
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02582
Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 887
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2716
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (23 September 1959). This was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issued dated September 18 1959 p.43). 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 Lorin Maazel - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Wolfgang Windgassen
Elsa - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Gustav Neidlinger
König Heinrich - Theo Adam
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 601 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10072 {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.250-251 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (August 1960).
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
Hunding - Gottlob Frick
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Jerome Hines
Fricka - Herta Töpper
Gerhilde - Gertrud Hopf
Ortlinde - Frances Martin
Waltraute - Claudia Hellmann
Schwertleite - Ruth Siewert
Helmwige - Ingrid Bjoner
Siegrune - Grace Hoffman
Grimgerde - Margit Kobeck(-Peters)
Roßweiße - Dorothea von Stein
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 607 {4LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS} (1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 pp.233-236 [WY];Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.362-364 [HF]
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Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.54-55 [SS] ; Januar 2000 S.58 [GH]
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American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.281 [SDC]
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Classical Express - December 1998 Issue 105 p.4 [MT]: Issue 115 October 1999 p.8 [MT]
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Classic CD - March 2000 p.82 [MSR]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1960 pp.34-39)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Siegmund - Fritz Uhl
Sieglinde - Régine Crespin
Hunding - Gottlob Frick
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Jerome Hines
Fricka - Regina Resnik
Gerhilde - Gertrud Hopf
Ortlinde - Wilma Schmidt
Waltraute - Elisabeth Schärtel
Schwertleite - Lilo Brockhaus
Helmwige - Ingeborg Felderer
Siegrune - Grace Hoffman
Grimgerde - Elisabeth Steiner
Roßweiße - Ruth Hesse
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Compact Disc - MYTO 3MCD 974.164 {3CDS}
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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 1998 S.60 [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue 92 November 1997 p.4 [MT]
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American Record Guide - January/February 1998 Vol.61 No.1 p.195 [KM]
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Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1961 p.56)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1962(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Lohengrin - Jess Thomas
Elsa - Anja Silja
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Ramón Vinay
König Heinrich - Franz Crass
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Tom Krause
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Black Disc - *Philips 6747 241 {4LPS}; Philips 6747 241 {14LPS} (collection)
Compact Disc; - Philips 446 337-2 {3CDS}; Decca 470 592-2 {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1976 p.217 [AB]; January 1977 p.1132 (mention) [JBS]; December 1995 p.164 [AB]
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Opera - November 1995 p.1318
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Opera Now - November 1995 p.64
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Orpheus - Oktober 1995 S.58
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Opéra International - novembre 1995 No.196 p.67
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Diapason - No.418 septembre 1995 p.150
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.167 p.124
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Wagner News - Issue No.106 December 1994 p.20
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Classic CD - October 1995 p.83
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International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
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Répertoire - No.83 septembre 1995 p.81
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Le Monde de la Musique - No.191 septembre 1995 p.118
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.68
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Opernwelt - 9/September 1995 S.22
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Conductor Arnold Quennet - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Duisburger Philharmoniker
Siegmund - Kolbjörn Höiseth
Sieglinde - Hilde Zadek
Hunding - Elfego Esparza
Brünhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wotan - Edmund Hurshell
Fricka - Margareta Kenney
Gerhilde - Sigrid Schmidt
Ortlinde - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
Waltraute - Inka Segall
Schwertleite - Martha Deisen
Helmwige - Anne Green
Siegrune - Hanna Borisch
Grimgerde - Ellen Kunz
Roßweiße - Erika Wien
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10303 {3CDRS} (2008)ª
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Recordings of Die Walküre by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.132; HARRIS p.233; Opera September 1970 p.826 October 1970 p.922; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1158; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.12/13 p.148, No.228 p.122; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.438; PENGUIN p.551; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.4; Opera October 1995 p.1166 (video); Lyrica N.28 Anno III Aprile 1996 p.56; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Duisburg (2 February 1963). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Arnold Quennet - 1964(LE;Varnay)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Hilde Zadek
Clytemnestra - Jean Madeira
Orest - Randolph Symonette
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Compact Disc; - Orfeo C 661 041 (+excerpts with van der Lugt) {1CD} (2005)ª
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli+August 2005 S.59 [SS]
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International Record Review - June 2005 pp.74-75 [IJ]
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American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 p.294 [KM]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 p.88 [JC]
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Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf (February 1964). The CD issued by Orfeo is reviewed on the internet .
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Astrid Varnay
Chrysothemis - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Clytemnestra - Martha Mödl
Aegisth - James King
Orest - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Ein junger Diener - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Die Schleppträgerin - Anja Van Vrooman
Die Vertraute - Hildegard Rütgers
Der Pfleger des Orest - Tugomir Franc
Die Aufseherin - Judith Hellwig
1. Magd - Helen Watts
2. Magd - Margarethe Sjöstedt
3. Magd - Cvetka Ahlin
4. Magd - Lisa Otto
5. Magd - Lucia Popp
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 044 {2LPS}; Melodram MEL 718 {2LPS}
Compact Disc - Hunt CDKAR 213 (highlights + Der Rosenkavalier) {3CDS}; ORFEO C 298 922 {2CDS}
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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:-
Opera - June 1993 p.743
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Orpheus - 1992 Heft 12-13 S.150
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Opéra International - No.170 June 1993 p.82
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American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.22-26 (highlights) [LM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Festival (11 August 1964; see OPERA November 1964 p.718). See also «Hab mir's gelobt - 55 Jahre in fünf Akten» by Astrid Varnay pp.294-304
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Conductor Arnold Quennet - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Chorus - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Sebastino - Randolph Symonette
Marta - Astrid Varnay
Pepa - Anne Green
Antonia - Louise Pearl
Rosalia - Henny Elström
Pedro - Hans Hopf
Tommaso - Dezsö Ernster
Moruccio - Lothar Ostenburg
Nuri - Lily Sauter
Nando - Hans Rietjens
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 059 {2LPS}
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Recordings of Tiefland by Eugen d' Albert are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.172; PENGUIN p.1
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Düsseldorf (June 1964)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Lohengrin - Jess Thomas
Elsa - Ingrid Bjoner
Ortrud - Astrid Varnay
Friedrich von Telramund - Gustav Neidlinger
König Heinrich - Franz Crass
Der Heerrufer des Königs - Tom Krause
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Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 37067 {3CDS}; Living Stage LS 4035151 {3CDS} (2002)ª
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Recordings of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.60; HARRIS p.141; Opera on Record p.354; CELLETTI p.1099; Opera on CD (1) p.63 (2) p.71 (3) p.79 L'Avant Scène Opéra No.143-144 p.190; MET p.684; MET(VID) p.424; PENGUIN p.526; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 p.59, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; Opera on Video p.116; GIUDICI p.1077 (2) p.1728; Répertoire No.94 septembre 1996 p.12
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - October 2003, online edition [SFV]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (March 1965). See OPERA June 1965 p.440
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Conductor Zdenek Kosler - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Salome - Anja Silja
Jochanaan - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Herodes - Gerhard Stolze
Herodias - Astrid Varnay
Narraboth - Fritz Wunderlich
Ein Page - Margarita Lilowa
Erster Nazarener - Gerd Nienstedt
Zweiter Nazarener - Robert Kerns
Erster Soldat - Tugomir Franc
Zweiter Soldat - Ljubomir Pantscheff
Ein Cappadocier - Hans Christian
Ein Sklave - Laurence Dutoit
Erster Jude - Murray Dickie
Zweiter Jude - Heinz Zednik
Dritter Jude - Kurt Equiluz
Vierter Jude - Karl Terkal
Fünfter Jude - Herbert Lackner
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2MCD 001 212 (+Final scene - Varnay - Borkh - Welitsch) {2CDS} (2000)ª; Omega Opera Archive 1581 {2CDRS}; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1499-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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:-
Opera - May 2001 pp.556-562 [AB]
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Classical Express - May 2000 p.5 [MT]
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American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.195 [RVL]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (25 November 1965). See OPERA February 1966 pp.141-142 . 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 by Omega as «Nov.25 1966», by which time Fritz Wunderlich was dead. The conductor is stated to be «Boehm», but he did not conduct Salome at the Vienna State Opera in 1965 or 1966.
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Kurt Böhme
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 3 - Lily Sauter
Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 5 - Helga Dernesch
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10037 {4CDS} (2000)ª
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Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2000 S.63 [SS]
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Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.6 [MT]
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American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [KM]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1966 p.85)
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1966(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Oedipus - Gerhard Stolze
Jocasta - Astrid Varnay
Tiresias - James Harper
Messenger - Carlos Alexander
Creon - Keith Engen
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Black Disc; - D.G.G. SLPM 139.251-53 (1968)ª;; DG 2740 227 {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - DG 437 029-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª
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Recordings of Oedipus der Tyrann by Carl Orff are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.558
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1968 p.704; August 1980 p.266 [WSM]
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Diapason - novembre 1992
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Grandmother Buryjovka - Elizabeth Bainbridge
Laca - Richard Cassilly
Steva - John Lanigan
Kostelnicka - Astrid Varnay
Jenufa - Marie Collier
Mill Foreman - Otakar Kraus
Mayor - David Kelly
Mayor's Wife - Janet Coster
Karolka - Patricia Reakes
Herdswoman - Maureen Morelle
Barena - Maria Pellegrini
Jano - Shepherd - Vivien Townley
The aunt - Elizabeth Shelley
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02426
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
Comments:- Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, given in an English translation by Edward Downes and Otakar Kraus (24 February 1968). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times issue dated February 24 - March 1 1968 p.9).
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Grandmother Buryjovka - Lilian Benningsen
Laca - William Cochrane
Steva - Jean Cox
Kostelnicka - Astrid Varnay
Jenufa - Hildegard Hillebrecht
Mill Foreman - Raimund Grumbach
Mayor - Max Proebstl
Mayor's Wife - Marianne Schech
Karolka - Ingeborg Schneider
Barena - Anneliese Waas
Jano - Shepherd - Gertrud Freedman
The aunt - Daphne Evangelatos
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Compact Disc; - Myto 2 MCD 904 22 {2CDS} (1990)ª
DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 8642; Encore DVD 3062 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
Comments:- Audio and video recordings of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (17 March 1970). A recording was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 5-11 September 1970 p.38.
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Salome - Leonie Rysanek
Jochanaan - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Herodes - Gerhard Stolze
Herodias - Astrid Varnay
Narraboth - Wieslaw Ochman
Ein Page - Marga Schiml
Erster Nazarener - Kurt Böhme
Zweiter Nazarener - Carl Hoppe
Erster Soldat - Heinz Imdahl
Zweiter Soldat - Albrecht Peter
Ein Cappadocier - Artur Horn
Ein Sklave - Ingeborg Schneider
Erster Jude - Friedrich Lenz
Zweiter Jude - Amanda Thane
Dritter Jude - Franz Klarwein
Vierter Jude - Lorenz Fehenberger
Fünfter Jude - Max Proebstl
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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 204-2 {2LPS}
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01235
Compact Disc - Melodram CDM 27098
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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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the National Theater, Munich (26 July 1971; see OPERA Festival Issue 1971 p.60). A recording of this performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 15 January 1972. See Radio Times Issue dated 15-21 January 1972 p.17.
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Danica Mastilovic
Chrysothemis - Claire Watson
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Franz Crass
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Georg Paskuda
Die Schleppträgerin - Antonia Fahberg
Die Vertraute - Gertrud Freedman
Der Pfleger des Orest - Max Proebstl
Die Aufseherin - Margarethe Bence
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Irmhilt Schwartz
3. Magd - Daphne Evangelatos
4. Magd - Anneliese Waas
5. Magd - Hildegard Heichele
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (29 December 1972; see OPERA April 1973 p.347). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 17 June 1973. See Radio Times Issue dated 16-22 June 1973 p.27.
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Conductor János Kulka - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Grandmother Buryjovka - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Laca - William Cochrane
Steva - Jean Cox
Kostelnicka - Astrid Varnay
Jenufa - Sena Jurinac
Mill Foreman - Reid Bunger
Mayor - Frederick Guthrie
Mayor's Wife - Hilde Konetzni
Karolka - Hilde de Groote
Herdswoman - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Barena - Ruthilde Boesch
Jano - Shepherd - Edita Gruberova
The aunt - Milkana Nikolova
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Black Disc - Estro Armonico EA 106 {2LPS}
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (16 October 1972). The LPs issued by Estro Armonico are advertized in GRAMOPHONE February 1979 p.1450
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1974(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Salome - Teresa Stratas
Jochanaan - Bernd Weikl
Herodes - Hans Beirer
Herodias - Astrid Varnay
Narraboth - Wieslaw Ochman
Ein Page - Hanna Schwarz
Erster Nazarener - Heinz Klaus Ecker
Zweiter Nazarener - Norbert Heidigen
Erster Soldat - Reinhold Möser
Zweiter Soldat - Wolfgang Probst
Ein Cappadocier - Nikolaus Hillebrand
Erster Jude - Friedrich Lenz
Zweiter Jude - Ewald Aichberger
Dritter Jude - Kurt Equiluz
Vierter Jude - Karl Terkal
Fünfter Jude - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Laser Disc - DG 072 209 839.95 (NTSC); *DG W80Z 24022 (Japanese NTSC) DG 072 109-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1010 (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 4339 (2007)ª; DG 000907209 (USA) (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette - DG 072 209 827.99 (NTSC); DG 072 109-1 (PAL)
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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:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1989 [MEO]; October 2007 p.115 (DVD) [MA]
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Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.322-323 [AL2]
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Diapason - No.548 juin 2007 p.124 [RL]
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American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.283-284 [JPM]
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International Record Review - October 2007 pp.75-76 [CC]
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Classica Répertoire - No.93 juin 2007 pp.109-110 [AT]
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Opéra Magazine - No.22 octobre 2007 p.82 [TG]
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Conductor Alberto Erede - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Chorus - Deutsche Oper am Rhein
Andrea Chénier - Angelo Mori
Carlo Gérard - Guillermo Sarabia
Madeleine di Coigny - Stella Axarlis
La mulatta Bersi - Faith Puleston
La Contessa di Coigny - Astrid Varnay
Madelon - Martha Mödl
Roucher - Zenon Kosnowski
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Peter Brunsmeier
Un Incredible - Helmut Pampuch
Pietro Fléville - Toshi Kimura
L'abate - Karl Diekmann
Dumas - Helmut Fehn
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 206-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Düsseldorf (22 February 1974). The performance on 26 February 1974 is reviewed in OPERA June 1974 p.532.
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra
Elektra - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Chrysothemis - Roberta Knie
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Kenneth Riegel
Orest - José van Dam
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Compact Disc - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 310-2 {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Elektra by Richard Strauss are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity March 1962 Vol.12 No.3 p.120; Orpheus 15 März - 15 April 1976 S.271; Opera on Record p.557; CELLETTI p.783; MARINELLI p.462; Opera on CD (1) p.118 (2) p.129 (3) p.145; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.92 p.112, mise à jour juillet 2000; MET p.519; PENGUIN p.411; BBC Music Magazine June 1993 p.47; American Record Guide September/October 1995 Vol.58 No.5 p.88; Opera on Video p.199; GIUDICI p.808 (2) p.1325; The Opera Quarterly Vol.15 No.3 Summer 1999 pp.479-502; American Record Guide May/June 2005 Vol.68 No.3 pp.62-63
Comments:- This recording appears to be of a concert performance in the Carnegie Hall, New York (4 February 1973; see OPERA July 1974 p.598). It is possible that a concert performance with the same cast was given in Cleveland and that the recording is of this performance. The recording is attributed to Cincinnati 1973 in Premiere's catalogue.
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Conductor John Nelson - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Grandmother Buryjovka - Jean Kraft
Laca - Jon Vickers
Steva - William Lewis
Kostelnicka - Astrid Varnay
Jenufa - Teresa Kubiak
Mill Foreman - John Reardon
Mayor - Richard T. Gill
Mayor's Wife - Carlotta Ordassy
Karolka - Alma Jean Smith
Barena - Loretta Di Franco
Jano - Shepherd - Betsy Norden
The aunt - Lorraine Keane
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1736; Bensar OL 122174 (BRO 124202) {2CDRS}
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Recordings of Jenufa by Leos Janácek are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.327; CELLETTI p.344; Opera on CD (1) p.103 (2) p.114 (3) p.127; L'Avant Scène No.102 p.102, mise à jour mars 2003; MET p.192; PENGUIN p.167
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (21 December 1974). 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 Otmar Suitner - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Salome - Leonie Rysanek
Jochanaan - Siegmund Nimsgern
Herodes - Hans Hopf
Herodias - Astrid Varnay
Narraboth - William Neill
Ein Page - Edna Garabedian (-George)
Erster Nazarener - Philip Booth
Zweiter Nazarener - Lawrence Cooper
Erster Soldat - Terrence Hawkins
Zweiter Soldat - James Courtney
Ein Cappadocier - John Miller
Ein Sklave - Janice Felty
Erster Jude - Gary Burgess
Zweiter Jude - William Harness
Dritter Jude - Raymond Manton
Vierter Jude - Joseph Frank
Fünfter Jude - Richard Magary
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Compact Disc; - *John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02; (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (4 October 1974)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Kaiser - James King
Kaiserin - Ingrid Bjoner
Amme - Astrid Varnay
Barak - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Färberin - Birgit Nilsson
Geisterbote - Karl Christian Kohn
Erscheinung eines Jünglings - Norbert Orth
Stimme des Falken - Antonia Fahberg
Stimme von Oben - Gudrun Wewezow
Einäugige - Hermann Sapell
Einarmige - Karl Helm
Bucklige - Lorenz Fehenberger
Ein Hüter der Schwelle des Tempels - Ruth Falcon
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Black Disc - Legendary Recordings LR 202-S {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Legendary Recordings LRCD 1029; Golden Melodram GM 3 0033 {3CDS} (1998)ª; House of Opera CDBB 570 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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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 publications:-
Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH] ; Juli 2000 S.66 [GH]
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Classical Express - Issue No.107 February 1999 p.4 [MT]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.32 marzo-abril 1999 p.97 [LB]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (September 1976). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22» where the date of the performance on their recording is given as 3 October 1976.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Chrysothemis - Leonie Rysanek
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Hans Hopf
Orest - Theo Adam
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Georg Paskuda
Die Schleppträgerin - Karl Christian Kohn
Die Vertraute - Antonia Fahberg
Der Pfleger des Orest - Gertrud Freedman
Die Aufseherin - Charlotte Berthold
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Helena Jungwirth
3. Magd - Lilian Benningsen
4. Magd - Leonore Kirschstein
5. Magd - Lotte Schädle
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Compact Disc; - Bella Voce BLV 107.245 (+Die Frau ohne Schatten - highlights) {2CDS} (2001)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:-
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.70 [GH]
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Opéra International - No.263 décembre 2001 pp.72-73 [SS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (17 July 1977)
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Conductor Nello Santi - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Santuzza - Leonie Rysanek
Turiddu - Plácido Domingo
Alfio - Benito di Bella
Lola - Ruth Falcon
Lucia - Astrid Varnay
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Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 202-1 {1CD} (1996)ª; Live Opera Heaven Ltd. C 691 {1CD} (2003)ª; House of Opera CDBB 310 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1997 S.58
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Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 pp.64-66 [SS]
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American Record Guide - July/August 1996 Vol.59 No.4 p.150
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.89 junio 1996 pp.54-55
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.20 junio-agosto p.63 [JS]
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Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (25 December 1978; see OPERA May 1979 p.448). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed as new issues in their online catalogue dated «03/12/22» where the recording is attributed to a performance at Bayreuth!
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Conductor James Levine - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Jenny - Teresa Stratas
Leokadja Begbick - Astrid Varnay
Dreieinigkeitsmoses - Cornell MacNeil
Sparbüchsen Bill - Vern Shinall
Jake - Arturo Sergi
Tobby Higgins - Michael Best
Alaska-Wolf-Joe - Paul Plishka
Fatty - Ragnar Ulfung
Jimmy Mahoney - Richard Cassilly
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1154
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Recordings of Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny by Kurt Weill are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 3 p.333; Opera May 1995 p.526
Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance at the MET on 27 November 1979 which was broadcast and televised. An English translation by David Drew and Michael Geliot was used. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape». Here the year of the performance is given incorrectly as 1959.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra
Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus + Southend Boys Choir
Santuzza - Montserrat Caballé
Turiddu - José Carreras
Alfio - Matteo Manuguerra
Lola - Júlia Hamari
Lucia - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc; - HMV SLS 5187 (ASD 3829-3831) (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1980)ª; Angel SZCX 3895 (+Pagliacci) {3LPS} (1980)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5187 (1980)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63650-2 (+Pagliacci) {2CDS} (1991)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1962 p.53; HARRIS p.64; Opera on Record p.542; CELLETTI p.380; MARINELLI p.435; Opera on CD(1) p.114 (2) p.126 (3) p.141; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.50 p.130; MET p.220; MET(VID) p.124; PENGUIN p.195; GIUDICI p.140; Opéra International mai 1999 No.235 p.66; Répertoire No.130 décembre 1999 p.86; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1980 p.1589 [EG] June 1980 p.78 [SIR]; October 1980 p.471 [JBS]; March 1991 p. [JBS]
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Opera Now - June 1993 p.55
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Fanfare - Vol.4 No.1 September/October 1980 pp.144-145 [JY]
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Diapason - No.454 décembre 1998 p.72 (mention) [MP]
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BBC Music Magazine - December 1998 p.82 [CO]
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Répertoire - No.118 novembre 1998 p.54 [LC]
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CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.115 noviembre 1998 p.46 (mention) [PL]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.31 enero-febrero 1999 p.81 [JV]
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Faust - Giacomo (Jaime) Aragall
Méphistophélès - Ruggero Raimondi
Marguerite - Mirella Freni
Valentin - Wolfgang Brendel
Siébel - Daphne Evangelatos
Marthe - Astrid Varnay
Wagner - Gerhard Auer
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Compact Disc; - Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Celestial Audio CA 316 {3CDRS} (Australia); live-rare-opera unnumbered (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM) {3CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Faust by Charles Gounod are surveyed in the following publications:-
HARRIS p.108; Opera on Record p.452; CELLETTI p.292; Opera on CD (1) p.75 (2) p.83 (3) p.93; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.2 (1976) mise à jour juin 1999; MET p.165; MET(VID) p.92; PENGUIN p.113; Opéra International No.168 April 1993 p.22; GIUDICI p.267 (2) p.454; American Record Guide May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.3 p.65; BBC Music Magazine June 2005 p.50; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.231 p.114
Comments:- Recording of a performance (or of two performances) in the Nationaltheater, Munich. The performance on Mike Richter's CD-ROM and that on the CDs issued by live-rare-opera is stated to be that of 15 November 1980 and Faust is given as Giacomo Aragall wheras Faust was stated to be Luis Lima in Celestial Audio's online catalogue, so probably this recording is of a different performance. The performance on 30 October 1980 in which Luis Lima sang Faust is reviewed in ORPHEUS Dezember 1980 S.799-S.801.
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1981(FI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Elektra - Leonie Rysanek
Chrysothemis - Catarina Ligenzda
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Hans Beirer
Orest - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Ein alter Diener - Kurt Böhme
Ein junger Diener - Christopher Doig
Die Schleppträgerin - Olga Varia
Die Vertraute - Carmen Reppel
Der Pfleger des Orest - Josef Greindl
Die Aufseherin - Colette Lorand
1. Magd - Kaja Borris
2. Magd - Axelle Gall
3. Magd - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
4. Magd - Milkana Nikolova
5. Magd - Majorie Vance
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Laser Disc - *London 071 500-1 (NTSC); Decca 071 400-1 (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Decca POBL 1004 (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 4095 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - London 071 500 827.99 (NTSC); Decca 071 400-3 (PAL)
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 - December 2005 p.129 [MA]
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Diapason - No.530 novembre 2005 p.143 [RL]
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L'Avant Scène Opéra - Dezember 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
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The Classical Video Guide - p.98
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Classica Répertoire - No.77 novembre 2005 p.118 [PF]
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Ópera Actual (Barcelona) - No.90 mayo 2006 pp.78-79 [PMH]
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1982/1984(STU)
Orchestra - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Welsh National Opera
Andrea Chénier - Luciano Pavarotti
Carlo Gérard - Leo Nucci
Madeleine di Coigny - Montserrat Caballé
La mulatta Bersi - Kathleen Kuhlmann
La Contessa di Coigny - Astrid Varnay
Madelon - Christa Ludwig
Roucher - Tom Krause
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Giorgio Tadeo
Fouquier Tinville - Neil Howlett
Un Incredible - Piero De Palma
Pietro Fléville - Hugues Cuénod
L'abate - Florindo Andreolli
Dumas - Ralph Hamer
Schmidt - Giuseppe Morresi
Il maestro di casa - Neil Howlett
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Black Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-1 {3LPS} (1984)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca 410 117-4 (1984)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 410 117-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera September 1959 p.565; HARRIS p.25; Orpheus No.12 1975 S.281; Opera on Record 3 p.230; CELLETTI p.264; Opera on CD(3) p.155; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.121p.104; MET p.148; MET(VID) p.85; PENGUIN p.100; Opera on Video p.215; GIUDICI p.239; Opéra International juillet-aoüt 1998 No.226 p.18; American Record Guide September/October 2000 Vol.63 No.5 pp.73-83
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1984 [AB]; February 1985 p. [AB]; September 1989 [MEO]
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Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.4 Winter 1985/86 pp.108-109 [RP]
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American Record Guide - March/April 1985 Vol.48 No.3 p.19 [DA]
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Gianni Schicchi - Rolando Panerai
Lauretta - Lucia Popp
Zita - Astrid Varnay
Rinuccio - Péter Kelen
Gherardo - Friedrich Lenz
Nella - Marianne Seibel
Gherardino - Eric Grotz
Betto di Signa - Gerhard Auer
Simone - Keith Engen
Marco - John Janssen
Ciesca - Gudrun Wewezow
Spinelloccio - Hans Wilbrink
Pinellino - Hermann Sapell
Guccio - Nikolaus Hillebrand
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 204 - Opera From Munich Vol.1 (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; House of Opera CDBB 373 {2CDRS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity December 1958 Vol.8 No.12 p.112; Opera on Record 2 p.321; CELLETTIp.603; Opera on CD (1) p.110 (2) p.121 (3) p.136; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.190 p.132; MET p.451; MET(VID) p.249; PENGUIN p.303; GIUDICI p.649; l'opera (Milano) Anno XVI N.157 gennaio 2002 p.116
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (13 January 1983). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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Conductor Riccardo Chailly - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - London Sinfonietta
Chorus - London Sinfonietta Chorus
Anne Trulove - Catheryn Pope
Baba - Sarah Walker
Tom Rakewell - Philip Langridge
Nick Shadow - Samuel Ramey
Trulove - Stafford Dean
Sellem - John Dobson
Keeper - Matthew Best
Mother Goose - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc; - Decca 411 644-1 {3LPS} (1985)ª
Compact Cassette; - Decca 411 644-3 (1985)ª
Compact Disc; - Decca 411 644-2 {2CDS} (1985)ª; Decca 475 7005 {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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Recordings of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.349; CELLETTI p.803; Opera on CD (1) p.131 (2) p.143 (3) p.162; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.145 p.124; MET p.548; PENGUIN p.426; GIUDICI p.853(2) p.1386; Gramophone January 2000 p.32; American Record Guide May/June 2001 Vol.64 No.3 p.67
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1985 p.1012 [AW, MEO]
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Comments:- See «Hab mir's gelobt» by Astrid Varnay p.381
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Conductor Uwe Mund - 1984(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Elektra - Ingrid Bjoner
Chrysothemis - Sabine Hass
Clytemnestra - Astrid Varnay
Aegisth - Fritz Uhl
Orest - Hans Sotin
Ein alter Diener - Gerhard Auer
Ein junger Diener - Friedrich Lenz
Die Schleppträgerin - Mary Morgan
Die Vertraute - Georgine von Benza
Der Pfleger des Orest - Karl Christian Kohn
Die Aufseherin - Cornelia Wulkopf
1. Magd - Gudrun Wewezow
2. Magd - Helena Jungwirth
3. Magd - Christel Borchers
4. Magd - Marianne Seibel
5. Magd - Carmen Anhorn
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 004 - The Operas of Richard Strauss (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; House of Opera CDBB 566 {2CDRS} (2003)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
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (11 September 1984). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22»
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