(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1928(LE) - Blech Leo - Berliner Staatsoper*
2 1929(SE) - Hoesslin Franz von - Orchestre Walter Staram*
3 1933(LE) - Heger Robert - Wiener Staatsoper*
4 1933(LE) - Krauss Clemens - Wiener Philharmoniker*
5 1936(LE) - Beecham Thomas - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
6 1936(LI) - Bodanzky Artur - Metropolitan Opera*
7 1937(LCE) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Wiener Staatsoper*
8 1937(LE) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
9 1937(LE) - Reiner Fritz - Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York*
10 1942(LI) - Elmendorff Karl - Bayreuth Festival*
11 1944(RCE) - Heger Robert - Berliner Staatskapelle*
12 1947(LI) - Kleiber Erich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
13 1948(LE} - Kleiber Erich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
14 1949(RA) - Moralt Rudolf - Wiener Symphoniker*
15 1950(LI) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - Teatro alla Scala*
16 1951(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
17 1951(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
18 1952(Act 3;RE) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - RAI Roma*
19 1952(LI) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
20 1952(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
21 1953(LI) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
22 1953(LI) - Krauss Clemens - Bayreuth Festival*
23 1953(RA) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - RAI Roma*
24 1954(LE) - Stiedry Fritz - Covent Garden*
25 1955(Act 3;LE) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
26 1955(LC;Varnay) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
27 1955(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
28 1955(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayerische Rundfunk*
29 1955(LI;Mödl) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
30 1956(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
31 1956(RA) - Fjeldstad Olvin - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra*
32 1957(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
33 1957(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
34 1957(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
35 1958(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
36 1959(LI) - Konwitschny Franz - Covent Garden*
37 1960(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Bayreuth Festival*
38 1962(LI) - Wallberg Heinz - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
39 1963(Act 3;LE) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
40 1963(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*
41 1963(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
42 1964(STU) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker*
43 1965(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
44 1967(LC) - Böhm Karl - Bayreuth Festival*
45 1967(LI) - Leitner Ferdinand - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
46 1968(RA) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - RAI Roma*
47 1968(STU) - Swarowsky Hans - Großes Symphonieorchester*
48 1969(LI) - Maazel Lorin - Bayreuth Festival*
49 1969(LI) - Suitner Otmar - San Francisco Opera*
50 1969-70(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*
51 1970(LE) - Bernstein Leonard - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
52 1970(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*
53 1970(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
54 1971(LI) - Goodall Reginald - Sadler's Wells Opera*
55 1971(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
56 1971(SE) - Mackerras Charles - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
57 1973(Act 3;LE) - Solti Georg - Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
58 1973(SE) - Goodall Reginald - Sadler's Wells Opera*
59 1974(LI) - Kubelik Rafael - Metropolitan Opera*
60 1974(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
61 1975(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Royal Swedish Opera*
62 1975(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Sweden Royal Opera*
63 1975(LI) - Köhler Siegfried - L'Opera de Nice*
64 1975(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
65 1976(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
66 1976(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
67 1977(LC) - Goodall Reginald - English National Opera*
68 1978(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*
69 1979(STU) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival***
70 1980(LI) - Holt Henry - Seattle Opera*
71 1983(LI) - Solti Georg - Bayreuth Festival*
72 1983(STU) - Janowski Marek - Dresdner Staatskapelle*
73 1985(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Dallas Civic Opera*
74 1985(LI) - Waart Edo De - San Francisco Opera**
75 1987(LI) - Asahina Takashi - New Japan Philharmonic*
76 1989(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper***
77 1989(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
78 1990(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
79 1991(LC) - Barenboim Daniel - Bayreuth Festival***
80 1991(STU) - Haitink Bernard - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
81 1994(ACT 3;LE) - Haitink Bernard - Boston Symphony Orchestra*
82 1994(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
83 1995(LI) - Neuhold Günter - Badische Staatskapelle*
84 1996(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden*
85 1996(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
86 1997(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival**
87 1998(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala**
88 1999(LC) - Paternostro Roberto - Staatstheater Kassel*
89 1999(LI) - Haenchen Hartmut - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra**
90 2000(LC) - Kuhn Gustav - Orchester des Tyroler Festspiele*
91 2000(LI) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Bayreuth Festival*
92 2002(LI) - Fischer Adám - Bayreuth Festival*
93 2002-2003(LC) - Zagrosek Lothar - Württembergisches Staatsorchester, Stuttgart***
94 2004(LC) - Fisch Asher - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra*
95 2004(LI) - Billy Bertrand De - Gran Teatro del Liceo***
96 2004(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
97 2005(LI) - Fiore John - Prague National Theatre*
98 2005(LI) - Haenchen Hartmut - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest*
99 2006(LI) - Schønwandt Michael - Royal Danish Orchestra**
100 2008(LI) - Fiore John - Den Norske Operas Orkester*
101 2008(LI) - Fischer Adám - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra*
102 2008(LI) - Thielemann Christian - Bayreuth Festival*
103 2009(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino*
104 2009(LI) - Rattle Simon - Berliner Philharmoniker**
105 2009(LI) - Thielemann Christian - Bayreuth Festival*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Leo Blech - 1928(LE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Nanny Larsen-Todsen
Siegfried - Erik Enderlein
Hagen - Ivar Andresen
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
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Black Disc - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS GAO 450 (+Die Walküre Act 3) {2LPS}
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 part of a performance at the Staatsoper, Berlin (19 March 1928). The recording was made over a landline by HMV but never issued by them (See the EJS Discography by Shaman, Collins, and Goodwin p.439)
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Conductor Franz von Hoesslin - 1929(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre Walter Staram
Chorus - Choeur
Brünnhilde - Henriette Gottlieb
Siegfried - Walter Kirchhoff
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Woglinde - Olga Schramm-Tschörner
Wellgunde - Anny Konetzni
Floßhilde - Emmy Neiendorff
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Black Disc; - Pathé X 7209 - X 7215 (7x78s} (1929)ª
Compact Cassette; - Mike Richter - Audio Encyclopedia 301 (From Which We Came - CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0016-3 (+excerpts from other Ring Operas +Tristan und Isolde - duet - Kirchhof & Bäumer +Der fliegende Holländer -excerpts - Reiner) {3CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - May 2000 p.122 [AB]
Opera - September 2000 pp.1133-1134 [RG]
Opera News - September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.289-291 [WY]
International Record Review - April 2000 pp.102-103 [MT]
Classical Express - Issue No.120 March 2000 p.3 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.266 [KM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.86 [TF]
Comments:- This recording is reported to have been made at the time of a Wagner Festival inParis. According to L'Avant Scène Opera No.16/17 p.188 this took place in 1929 and Götterdämmerung was performed in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 24 June 1929. Other sources give the year as 1928 or 1930
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Conductor Robert Heger - 1933(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Kappel
Siegfried - Josef Kalenberg
Hagen - Josef von Manowarda
Gunther - Emil Schipper
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
Waltraute - Rosette Anday
First Norn - Gertrud Rünger
Second Norn - Bella Paalen
Third Norn - Enid Szánthó
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Compact Disc - Koch Schwann 3-1459-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.9)
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:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1997 p.136 [AB]
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (15 June 1997)
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1933(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Kappel
Hagen - Josef von Manowarda
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
Waltraute - Gertrud Rünger
First Norn - Gertrud Rünger
Second Norn - Bella Paalen
Third Norn - Enid Szánthó
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 460 (+Parsifal - excerpts) {1LP} (1969)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 part of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (15 June 1933)
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1936(LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Frida Leider
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Emanuel List
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Maria Nezádal
Waltraute - Kerstin Thorborg
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 167 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 234 {2LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - *Preiser Records 90266 {1CD} (1996)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2311/12 (+Wagner scenes with Leider) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.97 [ST]
Opera News - January 11 1997 p.42
Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.123
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.292
Wagner News - Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [MT]
The Record Collector - Vol.50 No.4 December 2005 pp.275-276 [MS]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2005 p.101 [MA]: Summer 2008 pp.95-06 [SH]
Répertoire - No.90 avril 1996 p.68
CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.5 No.2 Issue 16 p.52 (mention)
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (14 May 1936)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1936(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Marjorie Lawrence
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Alberich - Eduard Habich
Gunther - Friedrich Schorr
Gutrune - Dorothee Manski
Waltraute - Kathryn Meisle
Woglinde - Edita Fleischer
Wellgunde - Irra Petina
Floßhilde - Doris Doe
First Norn - Doris Doe
Second Norn - Irra Petina
Third Norn - Inge Manski
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 489 (+Der fliegende; Holländer - excerpts) {4LPS} (1969)ª
Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 24 {3CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110041-43 {3CDS} (1999)ª; *Naxos «Historical» 8.110228-30 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.501106 (cycle made up of performances in 1936, 1937, 1941) {11CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1999 p.102 [AB]
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95; July/August 1999 p.96 [ST]
Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.77 [DN]; Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81-S.82 [LS]; Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 [DN]
Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.69 [FL-2]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.223
International Record Review - February 2001 p.109 [MVA]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
Correo Musical Argentino - No.174 marzo 1996 p.2
Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.133 [SH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 pp.84-85 [VM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 January 1936)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LCE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Anny Konetzni
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Fred Destal
Gunther - Jaro Prohaska
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 taken from two performances at the Vienna State Opera (24 January & 19 June 1937). Alexander Kipnis is heard briefly as Hagen in excerpts from the June performance
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Maria Nezádal
Waltraute - Kerstin Thorborg
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 431 {2LPS} (1968)ª; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 429 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR 62 (1997)ª; Music & Arts CD 1025 (+Die Walküre Act 3) {2CDS} (1998)ª; Dante LYS 219-221 {3CDS} (+excerpts - Vienna - London); Gebhardt JGCD 0003 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.358 [WY]
Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4: Issue No.115 October 1999 p.4 (mention) [MT]
Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.99
ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.60 [GAG]
American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.242 [RVL]
Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.82 [PF]
Musica (Milano) - N.111 Anno 23 aprile-maggio 1999 p.108 [LG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (1 June 1937). An excerpt from Act 2 of the performance on 7 June 1938 with Frida Leider as Brünnhilde, Lauritz Melchior as Siegfried, Wilhelm Schirp as Hagen, Herbert Janssen as Gunther, and Anny von Stosch as Gutrune is included as a «filler» on the EKLIPSEand Dante LYS CDs. The Music & Arts has recordings of the finales of each of thethree acts. The Gebhardt CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.162
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Brünnhilde - Florence Easton
Siegfried - Paul Althouse
Waltraute - Kathryn Meisle
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Black Disc; - A.N.N.A. Record Company ANNA 1008 {1LP} (1978)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 extracts of Act 1 of an abridged concert performance of Götterdämmerung; all are taken from Act 1 (see «More EJS» pp.358-359)
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Conductor Karl Elmendorff - 1942(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Marta Fuchs
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Frederick (Friedrich) Dalberg
Alberich - Robert Burg
Gunther - Egmont Koch
Gutrune - Else Fischer
Waltraute - Camilla Kallab
Woglinde - Hilde Scheppan
Wellgunde - Irmgar Langhammer(-Klein)
Floßhilde - Margery Booth
First Norn - Camilla Kallab
Second Norn - Hildegard Jachnow
Third Norn - Charlotte Siewert
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90164 {4CDS}; Preiser Records 90332 (Highlights +Aida + Die Meistersinger - excerpts) {2CDS}; Music & Arts CD 1058 {4CDS}
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.109
Opera News - June 1995 p.47; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.291-292 [WY]
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63
Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.190
Wagner News - No.97 June 1993 p.14
International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.82 (highlights) [GH]
International Record Review - July 2000 pp.114-115 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.265 [JPM]
Classic CD - September 2000 p.67 [ST]
ARSC Journal - Vol.32 No.1 pp.132-135 [GAG]
Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.82
Comments:- A recording from the 1942 Bayreuth Festival, although according to the review inOPERA NEWS (June 1995 p.47) «Different sound sources have been spliced together»
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Conductor Robert Heger - 1944(RCE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - NOT KNOWN
Brünnhilde - Marta Fuchs
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Gunther - Jaro Prohaska
Woglinde - Hilde Scheppan
Wellgunde - Irmgar Langhammer(-Klein)
Floßhilde - Margarete Klose
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90245
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 - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63
Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.81
Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.15
Comments:- A recording of part of Act 3. From the beginning to the end of the funeral march is conducted by Robert Heger with the Berliner Staatskapelle (7-11-1944) The immolation scene is conducted by Carl Leonhart (Orch. Reichsenders Stuttgart20-2-1937)
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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)
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]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.145-148 [RB]
International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (September 1947)
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1948(LE}
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Waltraute - Lydia Kinderman
Woglinde - Mafalda Rinaldi
Wellgunde - María Cherry
Floßhilde - Zaira Negroni
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10382-1 {1CD} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 part of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (3 September 1949). The CD issued by «Opera Depot» is listed on their website:
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1949(RA)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Siegfried - Günther Treptow
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Adolf Vogel
Gunther - Karl Kamann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Rosette Anday
Woglinde - Elisabeth Rutgers
Wellgunde - Martha Rohs
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Rosette Anday
Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic
Third Norn - Hilde Konetzni
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Compact Disc; - Myto 4 MCD 973.159 {4CDS} (1997)ª; *Gebhardt JGCD 0040-12 (cycle) (+Set Svanholm in Götterdämmerung) {12CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.96 [ST]
Opera News - December 20 1997 p.40 [BZ]
Orpheus - Oktober 1997 S.57 [GH]
Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.84 [AT]
Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.4
International Record Review - April 2002 pp.83-84 [MVA]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.89 [MC]
Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.114 [TP]
Comments:- In Act 3 the role of Gutrune is sung by Judith Hellwig
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Magda Gabory
Wellgunde - Margareta Kenney
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Margret Weth-Falke
Second Norn - Margareta Kenney
Third Norn - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 538 {4LPS} (1971)ª; Discocorp Reference Recordings RR 420; *Murray Hill 940477 {11LPS} (cycle) ; Everest Opera Series S-476-3; Cetra CFE 101 (FE 40)
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 28; Music & Arts CD-914(cycle); Gebhardt JGCD 0018 (cycle) {12CDS} (2000)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN; 22.154 {4CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1976 p.654 [AB]; December 1996 p.151; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]
Opera - June 1997 p.748
Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.111
Opera News - October 1996 p.44
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.374; Vol.20 No.2 November/December 1996 p.416
Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.276
Diapason - No.479 mars 2001 p.113 [AT]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154
International Record Review - June 2000 pp.112-114 [MA]
Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
BBC Music Magazine - December 1996 p.77*EXP May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
Classical Express - May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 pp.239-241
ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.245 [GAG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.86 [MC]
Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.114-115 [TP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 4 1950). Arkadia has published a set of 4 CDs(WFE 364.4 or 362 014) which is said to be of a performance on April2 1950. (See ORPHEUS, March 1995 p.61, Wagner News, No.110 July 1995 p.17, Répertoire No.82 p.87). The review in the ARSC Journal describes a very careful comparison of this recording with the others and the reviewer [GAG] concludes that it is indeed of a different performance
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Conductor 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)
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]
Opera - October 1999 p.1243 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.224-225 [WY]
Orpheus - November 1999 S.89 [SS]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58-S.59 [SS]
Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.71 [FL-2]
International Record Review - March 2000 p.142 [DC]
Stereophile - January 2000 (Vol.23 No.1) p.177
The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
Wagner News - Issue No.138 April 2000 p.16 [PDB]
ARSC Journal - Vol.31 No.1 Spring 2000 pp.150-152 [GAG]
Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.100 [PF]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.56 [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.88 [JPS]
Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.75 (mention) [FL-2]
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 Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Martha Lipton
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 February 1951).
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1952(Act 3;RE)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 20 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1995)ª; Music & Arts CD 4866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO62 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2002 p.85, p.87 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.422
Classical Express - September 1995 p.6
American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.288
Comments:- Recorded on 31 May 1952. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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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; Myto MCD 00206 {4CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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]
Opera News - September 1995 p.56
Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.2 p.270
International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.21 [ARB]
Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Paul Schöffler
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 306
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - Allegro 3125-3143 (cycle); Melodram MEL 539 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 539 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.00014 (cycle) ;; Andromeda ANDRCD 5000 (cycle) {12CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]
American Record Guide - May 1954 Vol.20 No.9 p.279 (Allegro LPs) [PHR]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.100-101 [RG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (29 July 1953; see OPERA October 1953 p.605). The cast given on the Allegro LPs is fictitious
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1011 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4005 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32506-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 15-CF2011 (Cycle);; Gala GL 100.654 {4CDS}; Gala GL 999.791 (Cycle) {14CDS} ;; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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]
Opera News - September 1995 p.56
Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Alfred Poell
Gutrune - Sena Jurinac
Waltraute - Margarete Klose
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
First Norn - Margarete Klose
Second Norn - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Third Norn - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 34 {5LPS} *EMI RLS 702 (Cycle) (1972)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 {18LPS} (cycle) (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª; Melodiya D 35017/26 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67123 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953; See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording. See also«So war mein Weg» by Martha Mödl pp.109-110
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elfriede Wasserthal
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Rosina Raisbeck
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEM 0232 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
International Record Review - October 2005 p.90 [MT]
American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (29 June 1954). Otakar Kraus, although listed by Pearl, does not appear in these excerpts.
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Conductor 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; Archipel Records ARPCD 0468 {1CD} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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]
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;Varnay)
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; Testament SBT 141412 (cycle) {14CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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]
Opera - July 2007 p.874, p.876 [RM]
Opera News - May 2007 p.85 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.244-245 [ED]; August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 pp.306-307 [AQ]; Vol.32 No.2 November/December 2008 pp.473-474 [LRB]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Diapason - No.544 février 2007 p.102 [ED]
International Record Review - January 2007 pp.83-84 [MT]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
The Absolute Sound - June/July 2007 Issue 172 p.150 [DD]
ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.210-211 [JPM]
Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.70 [FL-2]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]
Comments:- *Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals. (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Marko Rothmüller
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Glenice Halliday
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1849
Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10385-4 {4CDS} (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3512
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (17 June 1955). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 13-18 1955 p.17). The CDs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website. The date given here (17 July 1955) is incorrect:
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Rundfunk
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Leonie Rysanek
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Gerda Sommerschuh
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Lindermeier
Floßhilde - Ruth Michaelis
First Norn - Irmgard Barth
Second Norn - Herta Töpper
Third Norn - Marianne Schech
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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 425 {5LPS}
Compact Disc - Orfeo C 356944 {4CDS}
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1387
Opera Now - January 1995 p.55
Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.332
Orpheus - November 1994 S.64
Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.81
Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.133
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154
Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.108
Wagner News - No.108 April 1995 p.20
Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.79
American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.274
Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.185
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Prinzregententheater-Munich (1 September 1955)See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books December 31st 1994 p.17
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LI;Mödl)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hans Hotter
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 - Astrid Varnay
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Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1433 {4CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 5+6 Mai - Juni 2009 S.56 [SS]
International Record Review - January 2009 p.93 [MT]
Opéra Magazine - No.39 avril 2009 p.79 [FL-2]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (14 August 1955). See OPERA October 1955 pp.639-641 where Peter Heyworth wrote «I cannot say that I admire Martha Mödl's Brünhilde. Admittedly her upper register sounded at the end of the Ring less exhausted and threadbare than I have heard it in the past. But there is still a ruinous sense of effort about her singing, as though the voice was being laboriously pumped out of her lungs without the aid of head resonace. Nor has she the range of colour and emotion needed for a part of this length.»
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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)
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]
Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272
Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
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]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Conductor Olvin Fjeldstad - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Oslo Opera
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Egil Nordsjo
Alberich - Per Gronnenberg
Gunther - Waldemar Johnsen
Gutrune - Ingrid Bjoner
Waltraute - Eva Gustavson
Woglinde - Unni Bugge-Hanssen
Wellgunde - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Floßhilde - Beate Asserson
First Norn - Eva Gustavson
Second Norn - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Third Norn - Ingrid Bjoner
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5205-5210 {6LPS} (1956)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 579-580 (highlghts) {2LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 48 {6LPS} (1957)ª
Compact Disc; - Urania URN 22283 (+Flagstad recital) {4CDS} (2005)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0178 (+Tristan und Isolde - Act 1 - Rankl) {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1956 pp.93-94 [AR]; October 1956 pp.154-155 [DST]; May 1957 p.444 [HCS]; March 1970 p.1492 (highlights) [AR]; July 1970 p.148 [DST]
Opera - September 1956 p.571
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1956 p.11
Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.716 [WM]
American Record Guide - April 1957 Vol.23 No.7 p.112: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.250 [JPM]
High Fidelity Magazine - April 1957 Vol.7 No.4 p.76 [JH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.85 [MCP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
Comments:- Most of this recording is from a broadcast, but the Norn scene and the scene between Hagen and Alberich were recorded later (See «Ring Resounding» by John Culshaw pp.56-61; HIGH FIDELITY June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 pp.45-46)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elisabeth Lindermeier
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0230 {4CDS} (2008)ª; Testament SBT 13 1426 (cycle) {13CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2008 p.87 [AW]
Opera - October 2008 pp.1232-1234 [RM]
Opera News - November 2008 pp.65-68 [DJB]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Wagner News - Issue No.186 June 2008 pp.18-20 [PDB]
International Record Review - July/August 2008 pp.89-92 [RP]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2008 pp.96-97 [JBS]
American Record Guide - November/December 2008 Vol.71 No.6 pp.188-189 [SDC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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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)
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]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (18 August 1957)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Marianne Schech
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
First Norn - Belen Amparan
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Gloria Lind
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 913
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.214-216. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor 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)
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]
Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.103 [KM]: May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
Stereophile - June 1990 Vol.13 No.6 p.207
Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
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 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)
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 Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Ingrid Bjoner
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Sona Cervená
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 609 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS} (1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª; Opera Depot OD 10436-4 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 pp.233-236 [WY];Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.362-364 [HF]
Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.54-55 [SS] ; Januar 2000 S.58 [GH]
American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.281 [SDC]
Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]: Issue 115 October 1999 p.8 [MT]
Classic CD - March 2000 p.82 [MSR]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 2008 pp.95-96 [MC]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1960 pp.34-39). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on the website http://www.operadepot.com (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Arnold Van Mill
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Angel Mattiello
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Ursula Böse
Woglinde - Myrtha Garbarini
Wellgunde - Olga Chelavine
Floßhilde - Noemi Souza
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Isabel Casey
Third Norn - Gré Brouwenstijn
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 102 (El Anillo) {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (26 October 1962)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Marie Collier
Woglinde - Jeannette Sinclair
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01842
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CV 017 {Audio DVD} (compilation) (Australia) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:- *This appears to be a recording of a concert performance of Act 3 given at a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall, London (6 September 1963). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Home Service (see Radio Times Issue dated August 29 1963 p.48). The Audio DVD issued by Celestial Audio is (was?) listed as a new issue in their website dated October 2005 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Ernst Wiemann
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Norman Mittelman
Gutrune - Maria Curtis Verna
Waltraute - Mignon Dunn
Woglinde - Mary Ellen Pracht
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Gladys Kriese
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Mignon Dunn
Third Norn - Maria Curtis Verna
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers GOTT 196301 {4CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1963). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Marie Collier
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Barbara Holt
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Monica Sinclair
Second Norn - Margreta Elkins
Third Norn - Rita Hunter
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01853
Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) (unnumbered) {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (14 September 1963). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 14-20 1963 p.13). The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gutrune - Claire Watson
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Lucia Popp
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Anita Välkki
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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 292-297 {6LPS} (1965)ª; Decca SET 292-297 {6LPS} (1965)ª; Decca RING 1-22(Cycle); Decca D100-D19 {19LPS} (cycle); Decca 410 234-1 {14LPS} (Cycle) (1983)ª; Decca 414 115-1 {5LPS} (1984)ª; London A 4604 {6LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1604 {6LPS} (1965)ª; London OS 25930/35
Compact Cassette; - Decca K4W 32; Decca 414 115-4 (1984)ª; Decca 414 100-4 (Cycle)
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 115-2 {5CDS} (1984)ª; Decca(London) 414 100-2 (Cycle) {15CDS}; Decca(London) 455 555-2 (Cycle) {14CDS}Decca 455 569-2 {4CDS} Decca 470 600-2 (The Solti Wagner Collection) {21CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOU 90098 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - May 1965 p.541; July 1965 p.49; December 1968 p.883; September 1976 p.494 [AB]; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; January 1984 p.852 [JB] May 1985 p. [AB]; March 1989 p. [AW]; August 1998 p.92 [AB]
Opera - July 1965 pp.521-522 [HDR]; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.27 [RP]
Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [ST]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.119 [MSH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.280; Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.145-149 [WH]
Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
American Record Guide - June 1965 Vol.31 No.10 pp.952-955 [CJL]: August 1965 Vol.31 No.12 pp.1186-1187 (open reel tape) [JM]
High Fidelity Magazine - July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 pp.57-58 [CLO]: October 1965 Vol.15 No.10 p.132 (open reel tape) [RDD]
International Classical Record Collector - Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.36 [TP], p.42 [WY]
Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
Stereophile - January 1998 (Vol.21 No.1) p.101 [RL2]
ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.1 Spring 1998 p.144 [GAL]
Fono Forum - Juli 1965 S.311-S.314 [IH]
The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.145: Issue 98 p.130
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.589
Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.67 (mention)
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.61 [JPS]
Comments:- See John Culshaw in THE GRAMOPHONE, May 1965 p.517 (& July 1965 p.90)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Amy Shuard
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - John Shaw
Gutrune - Heather Harper
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde - Elizabeth Robson
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Maureen Guy
Third Norn - Gwyneth Jones
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01852
Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10463-4 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (16 October 1965). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times dated October 14 1965 p.10).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1967(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Waltraute - Martha Mödl
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Helga Dernesch
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Annelies Burmeister
Third Norn - Anja Silja
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Black Disc; - *Philips 6747 037 {16LPS} (cycle) (1973)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 412 488-2 {4CDS} (1985)ª; Philips 420 325-2 (cycle) {14CDS}; Philips 446 057-2 (cycle) (1994)ª; Decca 478 0279 (10 Operas from the Bayreuth Festival) {33CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1973 p.535 [JW]; July 1976 p.211 [AB]; May 1985 p. [AB]; October 1994 p.204 [AB]
Opera Now - November 1994 p.55
Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.82
Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Heinz Hagenau
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Susanna Gione
Gutrune - Gwyneth Jones
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Woglinde - Olga Chelavine
Wellgunde - Myrtha Garbarini
Floßhilde - Isabel Casey
First Norn - Erika Wien
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Gwyneth Jones
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1201
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 in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1967). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). 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 - 1968(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Nadézda Kniplová
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Gerd Nienstedt
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Tipton
Gutrune - Leonore Kirschstein
Waltraute - Irene Dalis
Woglinde - Christa (Christel) Lehnert
Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki
Floßhilde - Brigitte Fassbaender
First Norn - Ruza Baldani
Second Norn - Helga Dernesch
Third Norn - Elisabeth Schwarzenberg
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 03 (Wagner CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Myto 4 MCD 055 319 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 p.288 [JM]
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.215-216 [JPM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.84, p.86 [JV]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 16 May 1968
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Conductor Hans Swarowsky - 1968(STU)
Orchestra - Großes Symphonieorchester
Chorus - Opernhaus Nürnberg
Brünnhilde - Nadézda Kniplová
Siegfried - Gerald McKee
Hagen - Otto von Rohr
Alberich - Rolf Kühne
Gunther - Rudolf Knoll
Gutrune - Ditha Sommer
Waltraute - Ruth Hesse
Woglinde - Bella Jasper
Wellgunde - Liselotte Becker-Egner
Floßhilde - Erika Schubert
First Norn - Ingrid Goeritz
Second Norn - Margit Kobeck(-Peters)
Third Norn - Siw Ericsdotter
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Black Disc - Fabri Editori GOL 76/80; Westminster WGSO 8178-6 {6LPS}
Compact Disc - CALIG 703 769 (Cycle)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July/August 1997 p.91
Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.520
Orpheus - Juni 1996 S.58; August/September 1996 S.83
Classical Express - Issue No.74 April 1996 p.7
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.231
Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.16
Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
BBC Music Magazine - May 1996 p.78
Opernwelt - Mai 5/1996 S.57
Répertoire - No.98 janvier 1997 p.59
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Conductor Lorin Maazel - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gladys Kuchta
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Helga Dernesch
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schwarzenberg
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Janis Martin
Third Norn - Berit Lindholm
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera (Italy) unnumbered {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (3 August 1969). The CDRS issued by Premiere (Italy) are (were?) advertised on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Brünnhilde - Amy Shuard
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Peter Lagger
Alberich - Elfego Esparza
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Janis Martin
Waltraute - Margarita Lilowa
Woglinde - Sheila Marks
Wellgunde - Sylvia Anderson
Floßhilde - Sheila Nadler
First Norn - Sona Cervená
Second Norn - Sheila Nadler
Third Norn - Sylvia Anderson
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (17 October 1969). The performance on 10 October 1969 was reviewed in OPERA December 1969 p.1043
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1969-70(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Brünnhilde - Helga Dernesch
Siegfried - Helge Brilioth
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Gundula Janowitz
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Liselotte Rebmann
Wellgunde - Edda Moser
Floßhilde - Anna Reynolds
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Christa Ludwig
Third Norn - Catarina Ligenzda
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Black Disc; - *D.G.G. 2720 019 {6LPS} (1970)ª; D.G.G. 2561 205-10 {6LPS}; D.G.G. 2716-001 {6LPS}; DG 2740 148 {6LPS}; D.G.G. 2720 051 (cycle) {19LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Cassette - DG 3378 048 (+Das Rheingold)
Compact Disc; - DG 415 155-2 {4CDS} (1985)ª; DG 435 211-2 (cycle) {15CDS}; DG «The Originals» 457 780-2 (cycle) {14CDS} ; DG «The Originals» 457 795-2 {4CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - November 1970 p.842; April 1971 p.1595; February 1979 p.1472 [AB]; July 1985 p.173 [AB]; April 1992 p.161
Opera Now - November/December 1998 p.102 [ST]
Orpheus - März 1973 S.47 [GA]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.285
Diapason - No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.106 [AT]
American Record Guide - September 1970 Vol.37 No.1 p.4 [CJL]
Répertoire - No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.69 [LB]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.44 (mention) [JPS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.100 [LB]
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1970(LE)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Brünnhilde - Eileen Farrell
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
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Black Disc - Penzance Records #2
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.613 (Bernstein conducts Wagner) {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1997 S.37 (mentioned in letter)
Comments:- Recorded at a concert performance. See «Kein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater» by Jess Thomas p.264, p.292 and «Leonard Bernstein» by Humphrey Burton p.393
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Helga Dernesch
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Gundula Janowitz
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Liselotte Rebmann
Wellgunde - Edda Moser
Floßhilde - Anna Reynolds
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Christa Ludwig
Third Norn - Catarina Ligenzda
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Compact Disc; - *Memories HR 4118-21 {4CDS}; Hunt 12CDKAR 223 (Cycle) {14CDS}; The Opera Lovers GOTT 197001 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.23-26 (mention) [LM]
Stereophile - Vol.14 No.5 (May 1991) p.176
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Siegfried - Karl-Josef Hering
Hagen - Martti Talvela
Alberich - John Modenos
Gunther - John Shaw
Gutrune - Heather Harper
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Elizabeth Robson
Wellgunde - Anne Howells
Floßhilde - Elizabeth Bainbridge
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Maureen Guy
Third Norn - Margaret Kingsley
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01851
Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10402-4 {4CDS} (2009)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3508
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 (26 September 1970). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 26 September - 2 October 1970 p.19). The CDs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website. Here the date of the performance recorded is given as 6 September 1970.
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Sadler's Wells Opera
Chorus - Sadler's Wells Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
Hagen - Clifford Grant
Alberich - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Gunther - Norman Bailey
Gutrune - Catherine Wilson
Waltraute - Katherine Pring
Woglinde - Barbara Walker
Wellgunde - Anne Evans
Floßhilde - Georgetta Psaros
First Norn - Gillian Knight
Second Norn - Anne Collins
Third Norn - Janice Chapman
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01861
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 given by the Sadler's Wells Opera at the London Coliseum (6 March 1971). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 6-12 March 1971 p.19).
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Catarina Ligenzda
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Janis Martin
Waltraute - Anna Reynolds
Woglinde - Elizabeth Volkman
Wellgunde - Inger Paustian
Floßhilde - Sylvia Anderson
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Anna Reynolds
Third Norn - Wendy Fine
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10231-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (31 July 1971). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1971(SE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
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Black Disc; - *EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CfP 40008 {1LP} (1972)ª; EMI «Classics for Pleasure» CfP 4403 {1LP} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure» TC-CfP 4403 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI «Classics for Pleasure»; 5 74950-2 (+Siegfried Idyll) {1CD} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1972 p.374 [EG]; May 1983 p.1296 [AB]
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1973(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Chicago Symphony Chorus
Brünnhilde - Helga Dernesch
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Martti Talvela
Gunther - Donald Gramm
Gutrune - Karen Altman
Woglinde - Barbara Pearson
Wellgunde - Gwendolyn Jones
Floßhilde - Sandra Walker
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 1351a
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 concert performance in Carnegie Hall, New York (2 May 1973; see OPERA September 1973 p.799).
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1973(SE)
Orchestra - Sadler's Wells Opera
Chorus - Sadler's Wells Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
Hagen - Clifford Grant
Gunther - Norman Bailey
Gutrune - Margaret Curphey
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Black Disc; - Unicorn UNS 245-6 {2LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Cassette; - Unicorn ZCUND 245 (1973)ª; Unicorn Y8UND245 (8-track cartridge) (1973)ª; Chandos ABTD 1244 (1988)ª
Compact Disc; - Chandos CHAN 8534 {1CD} (1988)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
(The) Gramophone - July 1973 p.228 [JW]; January 1974 p.1430 [WAC]; January 1988 p. [AW]
Comments:- A recording of Act 3 Scene 2 and 3. The tapes are advertised in THE GRAMOPHONE October 1973 p.747
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Conductor Rafael Kubelik - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Helge Brilioth
Hagen - Bengt Rundgren
Alberich - Marius Rintzler
Gunther - William Dooley
Gutrune - Nell Rankin
Waltraute - Mignon Dunn
Woglinde - Mary Ellen Pracht
Wellgunde - Marcia Baldwin
Floßhilde - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
First Norn - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Second Norn - Mignon Dunn
Third Norn - Nell Rankin
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Compact Disc; - JDT Productions RHSC 108 {4CDS} (1998)ª; Bensar OL 32374 {4CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (23 March 1974). 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 Horst Stein - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gwyneth Jones
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Klaus Hirte
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Eva Randová
Waltraute - Anna Reynolds
Woglinde - Yoko Kawaahara
Wellgunde - Ursula Rhein
Floßhilde - Ilse Köhler
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Anna Reynolds
Third Norn - Marita Napier
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 06771
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The cassettes issued by Charles Handelman are listed in his catalogue dated November 2000 p.32.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Swedish Opera
Chorus - Royal Swedish Opera
Brünnhilde - Berit Lindholm
Siegfried - Helge Brilioth
Hagen - Bengt Rundgren
Alberich - Björn Asker
Gunther - Erik Saedén
Gutrune - Laila Andersson
Waltraute - Barbro Ericson
Woglinde - Hilevi Blylods
Wellgunde - Solweig Lindström
Floßhilde - Margot Rödin
First Norn - Ileana Peterson
Second Norn - Edith Thallaug
Third Norn - Siv Wennberg
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Compact Disc; - Premiere (Italy) unnumbered {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm (October 1975; see OPERA January 1976 pp.67-69). The CDRs issued by Premiere Opera (Italy) are (were?) listed on the website http://stores.ebay.com/premiereopera (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Sweden Royal Opera
Chorus - Sweden Royal Opera
Brünnhilde - Berit Lindholm
Siegfried - Helge Brilioth
Hagen - Peter Meven
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Black Disc - Melodiya C10 30749 002
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:-
Wagner News - Issue No.86 August/September 1991 p.15
Comments:- Recording of a performance given in the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
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Conductor Siegfried Köhler - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opera de Nice
Chorus - L'Opéra de Nice
Brünnhilde - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Peter Lagger
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Ursula Rhein
Waltraute - Anna Reynolds
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10358-4 {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Nice Opera (17 January 1975). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gwyneth Jones
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Eva Randová
Waltraute - Anna Reynolds
Woglinde - Yoko Kawaahara
Wellgunde - Trudeliese Schmidt
Floßhilde - Hanna Schwarz
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Anna Reynolds
Third Norn - Marita Napier
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 06868
Compact Disc; - ~Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik FKM 5051/54 {4CDRS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (2 August 1975; see OPERA Festival Issue 1975 pp.100-103). The discs issued on the Fachmann Fur Klassischer Musik (sic) label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in April2001. They were made in the USA (distributed by Parnassus?).
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Roberta Knie
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Bengt Rundgren
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Jerker Arvidson
Gutrune - Irja Auroora
Waltraute - Yvonne Minton
Woglinde - Yoko Kawaahara
Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki
Floßhilde - Adelheid Krauss
First Norn - Ortrun Wenkel
Second Norn - Dagmar Trabert
Third Norn - Hannelore Bode
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 203 - Opera from Bayreuth (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (9 August 1976)
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gwyneth Jones
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Jerker Arvidson
Gutrune - Irja Auroora
Waltraute - Yvonne Minton
Woglinde - Yoko Kawaahara
Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki
Floßhilde - Adelheid Krauss
First Norn - Ortrun Wenkel
Second Norn - Dagmar Trabert
Third Norn - Hannelore Bode
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encyclopedia AE 203 - Opera from Bayreuth (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (29 July 1976)
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1977(LC)
Orchestra - English National Opera
Chorus - English National Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
Hagen - Aage Haugland
Alberich - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Gunther - Norman Welsby
Gutrune - Margaret Curphey
Waltraute - Katherine Pring
Woglinde - Valerie Masterson
Wellgunde - Shelagh Squires
Floßhilde - Helen Attfield
First Norn - Anne Collins
Second Norn - Gillian Knight
Third Norn - Anne Evans
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Black Disc; - *EMI SLS 5118 {6LPS} (1978)ª;; EMI SLS 5145 (cycle) {20LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Cassette; - HMV TC-SLS 5118; EMI TC-SLS 5145 (cycle) (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 64244-2 {5CDS} (1992)ª; Chandos CHAN 3060 {5CDS} (2001)ª; Chandos CHAN 3065 (cycle) {16CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 1978 p.376 [AB]: October 1978 p.645 [JBS]: December 1978 p.1181 [IM]: November 1992 p.195; August 2001 p.90, p.93 [AB]
Opera Now - November 1992 p.59
Opera News - December 2001 pp.78-79 [JAC]
Fanfare - Vol.25 No.2 November/December 2001 pp.72-73 [HF]
Orpheus - May 1993 p.61; März 2002 S.53-S.54 [CK]
International Record Review - October 2001 pp.85-86 [MT]
American Record Guide - November/December 2001 Vol.64 No.6 pp.208-209 [SDC]
Wagner News - Issue No.95 January 1993 p.16
Comments:- Recorded at performances in the London Coliseum (August 1977)
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Conductor Colin Davis - 1978(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Gwyneth Jones
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Bengt Rundgren
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Jerker Arvidson
Gutrune - Helena Döse
Waltraute - Ortrun Wenkel
Woglinde - Teresa Cahill
Wellgunde - Eiddwen Harrhy
Floßhilde - Gillian Knight
First Norn - Patricia Payne
Second Norn - Linda Finnie
Third Norn - Pauline Tinsley
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Compact Disc; - Fiori FI 1056 (Downloadable MP3 file - 320 KBps) (2008)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3979
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (14 October 1978). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 14-20 October 1978 pp.36-37. The mp3 file issued on the «Fiori» label may be downloaded from the website http://opera-club.net (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1979(STU)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gwyneth Jones
Siegfried - Manfred Jung
Hagen - Fritz Hübner
Alberich - Hermann Becht
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Jeannine Altmeyer
Waltraute - Gwendolyn Killebrew
Woglinde - Norma Sharp
Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki
Floßhilde - Tobias Schmeisser
First Norn - Ortrun Wenkel
Second Norn - Gabriele Schnaut
Third Norn - Katie Clarke
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Black Disc; - Philips 6769 074 (cycle) {16LPS} (1981)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips «Richard Wagner Edition» 434 424-2 {4CDS} (1992)ª; Philips «Richard Wagner Edition» 434-420-2 (collection) {32CDS}; Philips 475 7960 (cycle) {12CDS} (2006)ª
Laser Disc - Philips 070 404-1 (PAL); Philips 070 407-1 (cycle) (PAL)
DVD (Video) - Philips 070 407-9 (cycle) (2001)ª; Philips 070 404-9 (2001)ª; DG 073 4057 (cycle) (2005)ª; DG 073 4065 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Philips 070 404-3 (PAL); Philips 070 407-3 (cycle) (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - November 1981 p.757 (audio) [AB] May 1992 p.118; October 1992 p.184 [AB]; Awards Issue 2001 p.129 (DVD) [MSR]
Opera - January 2002 pp.115-121 (video) [AB]; January 2006 pp.97-98, p.100 (DVD) [BM2]
HiFi News & Record Review - February 1993 p.85
Opera News - March 2002 p.92 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2002 pp.211-213 (DVD) [CW]
Orpheus - März 2002 S.64 (DVD) [SS]
Opéra International - No.276 février 2003 pp.84-85 [SS]
Diapason - November 1992 p.184
Répertoire - October 1992 p.102: No.152 décembre 2001 p.22 (DVD) [PB]
International Record Review - January 2002 pp.81-82 (DVD) [MVA]: September 2005 pp.82-85 (DVD) [RP]
American Record Guide - March/April 2002 Vol.65 No.2 pp.247-249 (DVD) [JAVS]: January/February 2006 Vol.69 No.1 pp.291-294 (DVD) [SDC]
Stereophile - May 1993 p.159
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 95 (audio) [JV]
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Conductor Henry Holt - 1980(LI)
Orchestra - Seattle Opera
Chorus - Seattle Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
Hagen - Noel Mangin
Alberich - Malcolm Rivers
Gunther - Archie Drake
Gutrune - Jean Cook
Waltraute - Marilyn Hall
Woglinde - Karol Oakley
Wellgunde - Shirley Harned
Floßhilde - Carolyn Mara
First Norn - Geraldine Decker
Second Norn - Marilyn Hall
Third Norn - Linda Kelm
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Compact Disc - JDT Productions RHSC 122 {4CDS}
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 in the Seattle Opera House (2 August 1980). I thank Neville Sumpter for providing me with information which enabled me to correct an earlier version of this entry.
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Aage Haugland
Alberich - Hermann Becht
Gunther - Bent Norup
Gutrune - Josephine Barstow
Waltraute - Brigitte Fassbaender
Woglinde - Agnes Habereder
Wellgunde - Diana Montague
Floßhilde - Birgitta Svendén
First Norn - Anne Gjevang
Second Norn - Anne Wilkens
Third Norn - Anne Evans
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Compact Disc; - Refined Opera Performances ROP CD 4 G {4CDRS} ; Celestial Audio CA 351 {4CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (30 July 1983; see OPERA Festival issue 1983 pp.22-29). The CDRs issued by Refined Opera Performances arelisted in Parnassus records' online catalogue S&G 13 and those issued by Celestial Audio are listed in their online catalogue as new issues on 1 November 2004.
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Conductor Marek Janowski - 1983(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Brünnhilde - Jeannine Altmeyer
Siegfried - René Kollo
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Siegmund Nimsgern
Gunther - Hans Günter Nöcker
Gutrune - Norma Sharp
Waltraute - Ortrun Wenkel
Woglinde - Lucia Popp
Wellgunde - Uta Priew
Floßhilde - Hanna Schwarz
First Norn - Anne Gjevang
Second Norn - Daphne Evangelatos
Third Norn - Ruth Falcon
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Black Disc; - Eurodisc 301 817 {6LPS} (1983)ª;; Eurodisc 302 262 (cycle) {19LPS} (1984)ª; Eterna 827595 {6LPS}
Compact Cassette; - Eurodisc 501 817 (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - Eurodisc 610 081 {5CDS} (1984)ª; BMG-RCA 74321 45421-2 {4CDS}; BMG-RCA 74321 45417 (cycle) {14CDS} (1997)ª; RCA 82876-55709-2 (cycle) {14CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - May 1984 p.1316 [AB]; October 1984 p.552 [AB]; December 1997 p.140 [AB]
Opéra International - No.287 février 2004 p.78 (mention) [FL-2]
Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.114 [AT]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.100 [CM]
Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
Répertoire - No.105 septembre 1997 p.58 [LB]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.89 [FSR]
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Conductor Berislav Klobucar - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - Dallas Civic Opera
Chorus - Dallas Civic Opera
Brünnhilde - Johanna Meier
Siegfried - Wolfgang Neumann
Hagen - William Wilderman
Alberich - Marius Rintzler
Gunther - Victor Braun
Gutrune - Susan Dunn
Waltraute - Waltraud Meier
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2484-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Dallas Opera (December 1985; see OPERA March 1986 p.286). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases dated 2 February 2007. Here the recording is described as «in-House».
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Conductor Edo De Waart - 1985(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Brünnhilde - Éva Marton
Siegfried - René Kollo
Hagen - John Tomlinson
Alberich - Walter Berry
Gunther - Michael Devlin
Gutrune - Kathryn Bouleyn
Waltraute - Helga Dernesch
Woglinde - Deborah Sasson
Wellgunde - Jean Herzberg
Floßhilde - Alexandra Hughes
First Norn - Mariana Paunova
Second Norn - Helga Dernesch
Third Norn - Kathryn Bouleyn
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Laser Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5727 (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 2793L (NTSC) (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (June 1985; see OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL octobre 1985 No.85 pp.46-47). The VHS issued by Premiere is listed in «New Fall 2003 Video Cassette Releases» where the year of the performance recorded is given as 1988. The DVD issued by them is listed in «New Releases from Premiere Opera - Tue. 16 May 2006».
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Conductor Takashi Asahina - 1987(LI)
Orchestra - New Japan Philharmonic
Chorus - Chor der Shin-yukai
Brünnhilde - Yuko Tsuji
Siegfried - Tetsuya Ohno
Hagen - Michio Tatara
Alberich - Masaro Makino
Gunther - Futoru Katsube
Gutrune - Misako Watanabe
Waltraute - Kyoko Akiba
Woglinde - Kimiko Fukunari
Wellgunde - Rikuko Kohzumi
Floßhilde - Satomi Kano
First Norn - Tomo Okumoto
Second Norn - Yoko Kuwada
Third Norn - Takako Kikuchi
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Compact Disc - *Silberton YMCD 5001/15 (cycle) {15CDS}
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 (concert?) performance in the Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo (3 October 1987)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1989(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Staatsoper
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Siegfried - René Kollo
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Hans Günter Nöcker
Gutrune - Lisbeth Balslev
Waltraute - Waltraud Meier
Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann
Wellgunde - Angela Maria Blasi
Floßhilde - Birgit Calm
First Norn - Marjana Lipovsek
Second Norn - Ingrid Karrasch
Third Norn - Penelope Thorn
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Compact Disc - EMI 5 72731-2 (cycle) {14CDS}
Laser Disc - EMI LDF 991287-1 (PAL/SECAM); EMI LDX 991275-1 (cycle) {11LDS} (PAL/SECAM)
VHS Video Cassette - EMI MVB 991287-3(PAL)
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 - May 1992 p.118 (video); August 1998 p.92 (audio) [AB]
Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.101 (audio) [ST]
Opéra International - mai 1998 No.224 p.63 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.448 mai 1998 p.97 (audio) [AT]
BBC Music Magazine - June 1998 p.69 (audio) (mention) [AB]
American Record Guide - November/December 1998 Vol.61 No.6 p.239 (audio) [JPM]
Répertoire - No.113 mai 1998 p.65 (audio) [PF]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.221 mai 1998 p.92 (audio) [FL]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.45 (audio) (mention) [IO]
Das Opernglas - Dezember 1999 S.69 (audio) (mention)
Comments:- Recorded in the National Theater, Munich (November 1989). The review in OPERA NOW states incorrectly that Hagen is sung by Kurt Moll
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Conductor James Levine - 1989(STU)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Siegfried - Reiner Goldberg
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Bernd Weikl
Gutrune - Cheryl Studer
Waltraute - Hanna Schwarz
Woglinde - Hei-Kyung Hong
Wellgunde - Diane Kesling
Floßhilde - Meredith Parsons
First Norn - Helga Dernesch
Second Norn - Tatiana Troyanos
Third Norn - Andrea Gruber
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Compact Disc; - DG 429 385-2 {4CDS} (1991)ª; DG 445 354-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (1994)ª; DG 471 678-2 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 1991 p.86 [AB]; October 1994 p.204 [AB]
Diapason - No.498 décembre 2002 p.111 [ED]
Stereophile - February 1992 (Vol.15 No.2) p.197
International Record Review - March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]
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Conductor James Levine - 1990(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Hildegard Behrens
Siegfried - Siegfried Jerusalem
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Anthony Raffell
Gutrune - Hanna Lisowska
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Kaaren Erickson
Wellgunde - Diane Kesling
Floßhilde - Meredith Parsons
First Norn - Gweneth Bean
Second Norn - Joyce Castle
Third Norn - Andrea Gruber
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Laser Disc - DG 072 421-1
DVD (Video) - DG POBG 1001/7 (cycle) (Japan) (1999)ª; DG 073 043-9GH7 (cycle) (2002)ª; DG 073 040-9GH2 (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 - May 1992 p.118; January 2003 p.87 [MSR]
Opéra International - November 1992 p.68; No.276 février 2003 pp.84-85 [SS]
Diapason - No.501 mars 2003 p.113 (mention) [MP]
International Record Review - March 2003 pp.57-58 [MVA]: September 2005 pp.82-85 (DVD) [RP]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2003 No.161 p.66 (DVD) [JPS]
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Conductor Daniel Barenboim - 1991(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Anne Evans
Siegfried - Siegfried Jerusalem
Hagen - Philip Kang
Alberich - Günter von Kannen
Gunther - Bodo Brinkmann
Gutrune - Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Waltraute - Waltraud Meier
Woglinde - Hilde Leidland
Wellgunde - Annette Kuttenbaum
Floßhilde - Jane Turner
First Norn - Birgitta Svendén
Second Norn - Linda Finnie
Third Norn - Uta Priew
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Compact Disc; - Teldec 4509 94194-2 {4CDS} (1991)ª; Teldec 0630 10010-2 (cycle); Warner Classics 2564 620912 (cycle) {14CDS+1DVD) (2005)ª
Laser Disc - Teldec 4509 94194-6 (NTSC & PAL)
DVD (Video) - Warner Classics 2564 62321-2 (2007)ª
VHS Video Cassette - Teldec 4509 91123-3 (PAL)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 1994 p.204 [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 (audio) [MA]; January 2007 p.101 (DVD) [MA]
Opera Now - March 1995 p.43; March/April 1997 p.59 (video)
HiFi News & Record Review - July 1995 p.73
Opera News - June 1995 p.59
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.2 November/December 1994 p.422; Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.309-311 (DVD) [AQ]
Orpheus - Dezember 1994 S.63
Opéra International - février 1995 No.188 p.56
Diapason - No.413 mars 1995 p.72
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.163 p.136
BBC Music Magazine - October 1994 p.73
American Record Guide - January/February 1995 Vol.58 No.1.p.202: November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.303: May/June 2007 Vol.70 No.3 pp.241-242 (DVD) [SDC]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.184 janvier 1995 p.110
International Record Review - February 2007 p.24 (DVD) [RP]
Répertoire - No.72 septembre 1994 p.78: No.77 février 1995 p.99
Stereophile - December 1994 p.214
Wagner News - Issue No.113 February 1996 p.19
The Absolute Sound - Vol.20 No.105 p.150
Correo Musical Argentino - No.167 abril 1995 p.2
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.102 julio-agosto 2007 pp.85-86 (DVD) [VM]
Comments:- See The Times Weekend Saturday January 21 1995 p.7
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1991(STU)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Brünnhilde - Éva Marton
Siegfried - Siegfried Jerusalem
Hagen - John Tomlinson
Alberich - Theo Adam
Gunther - Thomas Hampson
Gutrune - Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Waltraute - Marjana Lipovsek
Woglinde - Julie Kaufmann
Wellgunde - Sylvia Herman
Floßhilde - Christine Hagen
First Norn - Jard van Nes
Second Norn - Anne Sofie von Otter
Third Norn - Jane Eaglen
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Compact Disc; - *EMI CDS 7 54485-2 {4CDS} (1992)ª; EMI 358724-2 {4CDS} (2006)ª; EMI 5194792 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1992 p.163; January 1993 p.33
Opera News - January 2 1993 p.35
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.3 January/February 2007 pp.255-256 [ED]; Vol.32 No.1 September/October 2008 pp.309-311 [CC]
Stereophile - November 1992 (Vol.15 No.11) p.227
American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 pp.195-197 [SDC]
Wagner News - Issue no.96 April 1993 p.15
Opernwelt - Oktober 10/1992 S.55
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1994(ACT 3;LE)
Orchestra - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - NOT KNOWN
Brünnhilde - Jane Eaglen
Siegfried - Gary Lakes
Hagen - Philip Kang
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Compact Cassette - LYRIC ALD 3556
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 concert performance (19 August 1994)
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Conductor James Levine - 1994(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Deborah Polaski
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - Eric Halfvarson
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Falk Struckmann
Gutrune - Anna Linden
Waltraute - Hanna Schwarz
Woglinde - Joyce Guyer
Wellgunde - Sarah Fryer
Floßhilde - Jane Turner
First Norn - Birgitta Svendén
Second Norn - Violeta Urmana
Third Norn - Frances Ginzer
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 765 {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (July 1994).
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Conductor Günter Neuhold - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Badische Staatskapelle
Chorus - Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Brünnhilde - Carla Pohl
Siegfried - Edward Cook
Hagen - Markku Tervo
Alberich - Oleg Bryjak
Gunther - Bodo Brinkmann
Gutrune - Gabriele Maria Ronge
Waltraute - Zlatomira Nikolova
Woglinde - Doris Brüggemann
Wellgunde - Ruxandra Voda
Floßhilde - Wilja Ernst-Mosuraitis
First Norn - Ortrun Wenkel
Second Norn - Zlatomira Nikolova
Third Norn - Gabriele Maria Ronge
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Compact Disc; - Bella Musica BM SCH 00 3090 (Cycle) {14CDS} (1996)ª; Brilliant Classics 99801 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2001)ª; TIM Bella Musica 205 200 (cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª; Membran 205200 (cycle) {14CDS} (2004)ª; Membran 223060 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juni 1996 S.62
Opéra International - avril 1997 No.212 p.59
BBC Music Magazine - May 1996 p.78
Classical Express - Issue 78 September 1996 p.8
Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 pp.18-19 [ARB]
American Record Guide - Movember/December 2005 Vol.68 No.6 pp.219-221 [KM]
Opernwelt - Mai 5/1996 S.57
Répertoire - No.99 février 1997 p.88 (mention)
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 (mention) [SG]
Comments:- Recorded in Karlsruhe
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Conductor Bernard Haitink - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Anne Evans
Siegfried - Wolfgang Fassler
Hagen - Kurt Rydl
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Alan Held
Gutrune - Vivian Tierney
Waltraute - Ann Murray
Woglinde - Rosemary Joshua
Wellgunde - Gillian Webster
Floßhilde - Leah-Marian Jones
First Norn - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Second Norn - Jane Irwin
Third Norn - Rita Cullis
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 526 L (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (2 November 1996). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times issue dated 2-8 November 1996 p.120). The CDs issued by House of Opera are listed in their list of «New Releases Summer 2000»
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Conductor James Levine - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Deborah Polaski
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - Eric Halfvarson
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Falk Struckmann
Gutrune - Anne Schwanewilms
Waltraute - Hanna Schwarz
Woglinde - Joyce Guyer
Wellgunde - Sarah Fryer
Floßhilde - Jane Turner
First Norn - Birgitta Svendén
Second Norn - Ulla Sippola
Third Norn - Frances Ginzer
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4958-L (+Anne Sophie von Otter - recital) (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL octobre 1996 No.206 pp.23-24; ORPHEUS November 1996 S.71). The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in «Operatic Audio Cassettes - New Listings - May 1998».
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Conductor James Levine - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Deborah Polaski
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - Eric Halfvarson
Alberich - Ekkehard Wlaschina
Gunther - Falk Struckmann
Gutrune - Anne Schwanewilms
Waltraute - Hanna Schwarz
Woglinde - Joyce Guyer
Wellgunde - Sarah Fryer
Floßhilde - Jane Turner
First Norn - Birgitta Svendén
Second Norn - Yvonne Naef
Third Norn - Frances Ginzer
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 6253 (2007)ª; DG 073 4340 (2007)ª; DG 000958109 (USA) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 2008 p.470, p.472 [GL]
Opera News - February 2008 pp.67-68 [JM]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.327-328 [AQ]
Diapason - No.551 S octobre 2007 p.146 [ED]
BBC Music Magazine - November 2007 p.89 [MSR]
International Record Review - October 2007 p.80 [MT]
American Record Guide - September/October 2008 Vol.71 No.5 pp.266-267 [SDC]
Classica Répertoire - No.95 septembre 2007 pp.111-112 [AT]
Opéra Magazine - No.22 octobre 2007 p.84 [FL-2]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.107 enero-febrero 2008 p.89 [XC]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The DVD issued by Premiere is listed in «Premiere Opera- New Release» dated 11 July 2007.
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1998(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Brünnhilde - Jane Eaglen
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - Kurt Rydl
Alberich - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Gunther - Eike Wilm Schulte
Gutrune - Emily Magee
Waltraute - Waltraud Meier
Woglinde - Victoria Loukianetz
Wellgunde - Sarah Fryer
Floßhilde - Jane Turner
First Norn - Mette Eising
Second Norn - Cornelia Wulkopf
Third Norn - Gertrud Ottenthal
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 5252 (2005)ª; Encore DVD 2152 (2005)ª
VHS Video Cassette; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 09357 (NTSC) (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:- *Video recording of a performance at La Scala. The VHS issued by Charles Handelman is listed in «Live Opera Video/Audio Supplement March 2002», the DVD-Rs issued by Premiere are included in their list of «2005 Winter/Spring New Releases» and those issued on the Encore label are (were?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). All these sources give the year of the performance recorded incorrectly as 1996. Götterdämmerung was performed with the partial cast they give (corresponding to the cast given above) on 10, 13, 19 December 1998 (see «Opera '99 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.159). See also OPERA April 1999 p.449 according to which Gutrune was sung by Elizabeth Whitehouse.
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Conductor Roberto Paternostro - 1999(LC)
Orchestra - Staatstheater Kassel
Chorus - Staatstheater Kassel
Brünnhilde - Susan Owen
Siegfried - Christian Franz
Hagen - Manfred Volz
Alberich - Klaus Wallprecht
Gunther - Bodo Brinkmann
Gutrune - Gertrud Ottenthal
Waltraute - Renée Morloc
Woglinde - Marisca Mulder
Wellgunde - Petra Schmidt
Floßhilde - Gundula Schneider
First Norn - Joke Kramer
Second Norn - Nidia Palacios
Third Norn - Gertrud Ottenthal
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Compact Disc; - Ars Produktion FCD 368 381-4 {4CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 11+F November 2001 S.88 [SS]
Wagner News - Issue No.155 April 2003 p.16 [ARB]
Comments:- Recorded at the Staatstheater Kassel (3, 10, 12, 15, 23, 29 May; 13 June; 3 July1999). The CDs issued by Ars Produktion are reviewed by Thomas Tillmann in the Online Musik Magazin: http://www.omm.de
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Conductor Hartmut Haenchen - 1999(LI)
Orchestra - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Nederlands Operakoor
Brünnhilde - Jeannine Altmeyer
Siegfried - Heinz Kruse
Hagen - Kurt Rydl
Alberich - Henk Smit
Gunther - Wolfgang Schöne
Gutrune - Eva-Maria Bundschuh
Waltraute - Anne Gjevang
Woglinde - Gabriele Fontana
Wellgunde - Hanna Schaer
Floßhilde - Catherine Keen
First Norn - Hebe Dijkstra
Second Norn - Irmgard Vilsmaier
Third Norn - Kirsi Tiihonen
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DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 0949D (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 2006 p.107 [MA]
Fanfare - Vol.30 No.5 May/June 2007 pp.308-309 [AQ]
Diapason - No 540 S octobre 2006 p.135 [ED]
International Record Review - July/August 2006 pp.84-85 [NS]
American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.286-287 [SDC]
Comments:- *Video recording of a performance at the Netherlands Opera (June 1999).
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Conductor Gustav Kuhn - 2000(LC)
Orchestra - Orchester des Tyroler Festspiele
Chorus - Chor des Tyroler Festspiele
Brünnhilde - Eva Silberbauer
Siegfried - Alan Woodrow
Hagen - Duccio Dal Monte
Alberich - Andrea Martin
Gunther - Herbert Adami
Gutrune - Gertrud Ottenthal
Waltraute - Ewa Wolak
Woglinde - Hiroko Kouda
Wellgunde - Junko Saito
Floßhilde - Susan Hinshaw
First Norn - Julia Oesch
Second Norn - Sabine Willeit
Third Norn - Eva Maria Tersson
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Compact Disc; - Arte Nova 74321 80775-2 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Arte Nova 74321 87075-2 (cycle) {13CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2002 p.96 [AW]
International Record Review - October 2001 pp.84-85 [MT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2002 No.155 p.44 [SV]
Comments:- Recorded at the Tyrol Festival (15, 22 July 2000)
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Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli - 2000(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Gabriele Schnaut
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - John Tomlinson
Alberich - Günter von Kannen
Gunther - Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Gutrune - Ricarda Merberth
Waltraute - Violeta Urmana
Woglinde - Dorothee Jansen
Wellgunde - Natascha Petrinsky
Floßhilde - Laura Nykänen
First Norn - Mette Ejsing
Second Norn - Irmgard Vilsmaier
Third Norn - Judith Németh
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CD 671 L (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (31 July 2000). See DAS OPERNGLAS Oktober 2000 S.7; OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.250 octobre 2000 p.20. The CDRs issued by House of Opera are listed in «New Releases March 2001»
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Conductor Adám Fischer - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Evelyn Herlitzius
Siegfried - Wolfgang Schmidt
Hagen - John Tomlinson
Alberich - Hartmut Welker
Gunther - Olaf Bär
Gutrune - Yvonne Wiedstruck
Waltraute - Lioba Braun
Woglinde - Caroline Stein
Wellgunde - Natascha Petrinsky
Floßhilde - Elena Zhidkova
First Norn - Simone Schröder
Second Norn - Irmgard Vilsmaier
Third Norn - Judith Németh
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 6264 {4CDRS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (1 August 2002). This performance was part of the first cycle. The third cycle is reviewed briefly in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.272 octobre 2002 p.22.
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Conductor Lothar Zagrosek - 2002-2003(LC)
Orchestra - Württembergisches Staatsorchester, Stuttgart
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart
Brünnhilde - Luana De Vol
Siegfried - Albert Bonnema
Hagen - Roland Bracht
Alberich - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Gunther - Herman Iturralde
Gutrune - Eva-Maria Westbroek
Waltraute - Tichina Vaughn
Woglinde - Helga Ros Indridadottir
Wellgunde - Sarah Castle
Floßhilde - Janet Collins
First Norn - Janet Collins
Second Norn - Lani Poulson
Third Norn - Sue Patchell
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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.660179/82 {4CDS} (2007)ª
DVD (Video) - TDK «Mediactive DV-OPRDNG (2004)ª; TDK «Mediactive» DV-RINGBOX (cycle) (2004)ª; Euroarts 2052098 (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2004 p.78 (DVD) [MSR]; August 2007 p.85 (audio) [MA]
Opera News - September 2004 pp.98-99 (DVD) [SW]
Fanfare - Vol.28 No.5 May/June 2005 pp.297-300 (DVD) [AQ]; Vol.31 No.1 September/ October 2007 p.244 (audio) [AQ]
Orpheus - Juli+August 2004 S.76-S.77 (DVD) [SS]
Opéra International - No.289 avril 2004 p.89 (DVD) [AT]
Diapason - No.516 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.119 (DVD) [MP]
BBC Music Magazine - August 2004 p.86 (DVD) [MR]
American Record Guide - September/October 2007 Vol.70 No.5 pp.181-182 (audio) [JPM]
Classica Répertoire - No.62 mai 2004 p.122 (DVD) [PF]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.72 julio-agosto 2004 p.92 (DVD) [PMH]: No.106 diciembre 2007 p.87 (DVD) [XC]
International Record Review - September 2004 p.85 [MT]
Opéra Magazine - No.24 décembre 2007 p.78 (audio) [FL-2]
Comments:- *Video recording made at performances at the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart and an audio recording of its sound-track (3 October 2002, 12 January 2003).
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Conductor Asher Fisch - 2004(LC)
Orchestra - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - State Opera of South Australia
Brünnhilde - Linda Gasteen
Siegfried - Timothy Mussard
Hagen - Duccio Dal Monte
Alberich - John Wegner
Gunther - Jonathan Summers
Gutrune - Joanna Cole
Waltraute - Elizabeth Campbell
Woglinde - Natalie Jones
Wellgunde - Donna-Maree Dunlop
Floßhilde - Zan McKendree-Wright
First Norn - Liane Keegan
Second Norn - Gaye MacFarlane
Third Norn - Kate Ladner
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Compact Disc - Melba MR 30109-102 {4SACD-CD hybrid discs}
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 2008 pp.91-92 [AW]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.279-280 [AQ]
Diapason - No.561 S septembre 2008 pp.116-117 [ED]
International Record Review - February 2008 p.83 [NS]
American Record Guide - March/April 2008 Vol.71 No.2 p.209 [CHP
Comments:- *Recording made at performances in November and December 2004.
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Conductor Bertrand De Billy - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Brünnhilde - Deborah Polaski
Siegfried - John Treleaven
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Günter von Kannen
Gunther - Falk Struckmann
Gutrune - Elizabete Matos
Waltraute - Julia Juon
Woglinde - Cristina Obregón
Wellgunde - Francisca Beaumont
Floßhilde - María Rodríguez
First Norn - Julia Juon
Second Norn - Leandra Overmann
Third Norn - Elizabete Matos
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1553-4 {4CDRS} (2004)ª
DVD (Video) - Opus Arte OA 0913 D (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - December 2005 pp.82-83 [WRB]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.291-292 (DVD) [AQ]
International Record Review - November 2005 p.91 (DVD) [MT]
American Record Guide - January/February 2006 Vol.69 No.1 pp.291-294 (DVD) [SDC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.83 septiembre 2005 p.85 (DVD) [MC]
Comments:- *Audio and video recordings of a performance (or of performances) in the Gran Teatro del Liceo (May or June 2004). The performance on 23 May 2003 is reviewed in OPERA ACTUAL No.72 julio/agosto 2004 p.46. The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases August 2004 Part II»
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Conductor James Levine - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Jane Eaglen
Siegfried - John Frederick West
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Richard Paul Fink
Gunther - Alan Held
Gutrune - Margaret Jane Wray
Waltraute - Yvonne Naef
Woglinde - Lyubov Petrova
Wellgunde - Maria Zifchak
Floßhilde - Jane Bunnell
First Norn - Elena Zaremba
Second Norn - Yvonne Naef
Third Norn - Christine Goerke
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 410 {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 April 2004). The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) listed as new issues in their website in July 2008 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor John Fiore - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Prague National Theatre
Chorus - Prague National Theatre
Brünnhilde - Linda Watson
Siegfried - Alfons Eberz
Hagen - Hans-Peter König
Alberich - Oleg Bryjak
Gunther - Stefan Heidemann
Gutrune - Anna Gabler
Waltraute - Renée Morloc
Woglinde - Ekaterina Morosova
Wellgunde - Roswitha Müller
Floßhilde - Anette Seiltgen
First Norn - Laura Nykänen
Second Norn - Anette Seiltgen
Third Norn - Morenike Fadayomi
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Compact Disc; - Národiní divadio (National Theatre) OC 234 prit 3 {4CDS} (2007)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3808-2 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Prague National Theatre (22 May 2005). The cast listed above is as given on the online version of «balet opera cinora» (the magazine of the Prague National Opera). However, according to the online catalogue of the Prague National Theatre Label, Siegfried was sung by Wolfgang Schmidt, the 3rd Norn by Heike Gierhardt-Erdelmann and Wellgunde by Monique Simon. (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The CDRS issued by Premiere are included in their list of new CD releases - July 2009 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hartmut Haenchen - 2005(LI)
Orchestra - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest
Chorus - De Nederlandse Opera
Brünnhilde - Linda Watson
Siegfried - Stig (Fogh) Andersen
Hagen - Kurt Rydl
Alberich - Günter von Kannen
Gunther - Robert Bork
Gutrune - Robin Schlotz
Waltraute - Michaela Schuster
Woglinde - Vinicio Cocchieri
Wellgunde - Natascha Petrinsky
Floßhilde - Elena Zhidkova
First Norn - Birgitta Svendén
Second Norn - Michaela Schuster
Third Norn - Irmgard Vilsmaier
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Compact Disc; - Et'cetera KTC 5503 {4SACD-CD hybrid discs} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:-
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.3 January/February 2008 pp.281-282 [AQ]
American Record Guide - November/December 2007 Vol.70 No.6 pp.211-213 [SDC]
Opéra Magazine - No.18 mai 2007 pp.75-76 [FL-2]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.106 diciembre 2007 pp.94-95 [VM]
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Conductor Michael Schønwandt - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Royal Danish Orchestra
Chorus - Royal Danish Opera
Brünnhilde - Irène Theorin
Siegfried - Stig (Fogh) Andersen
Hagen - Peter Klaveness
Alberich - Sten Byriel
Gunther - Guido Paëvatalu
Gutrune - Ylva Kihlberg
Waltraute - Anette Bod
Woglinde - Djina Mai-Mai
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Meyer-Topsoe
Floßhilde - Ulla Kudsk-Jensen
First Norn - Susanne Resmark
Second Norn - Hanne Fischer
Third Norn - Anne Margrethe Dahl
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DVD (Video) - Decca 0741264 (cycle) (2008)ª; Decca 074 3272 (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 2009 p.105 [MA]
Opera - November 2008 pp.1373-1374 [GH]
Diapason - No.564 décembre 2008 p.129 [JCH2]
International Record Review - October 2008 pp.83-84 [MT]: July/August 2009 pp.77-78 [NS]
Opéra Magazine - No.37 février 2009 p.81 [FL-2]
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Conductor John Fiore - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Den Norske Operas Orkester
Chorus - Den Norske Operas Kor
Brünnhilde - Jane Eaglen
Siegfried - Stephen Gould
Hagen - Magne Fremmerlid
Alberich - Marcus Jupither
Gunther - Trond Halstein Moe
Gutrune - Edith Haller
Waltraute - Hege Hoisaeter
Woglinde - Toril Carlsen
Wellgunde - Ingebjørg Kosmo
Floßhilde - Anna Einarsson
First Norn - Elsa Susanna Dalsgaard
Second Norn - Ingebjørg Kosmo
Third Norn - Itziar Martínez Galdos
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3393-4 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 concert performance in Oslo (23 February 2008). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» dated April 2009.
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Conductor Adám Fischer - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Chor
Brünnhilde - Susan Bullock
Siegfried - Stig (Fogh) Andersen
Hagen - Matti Salminen
Alberich - Hartmut Welker
Gunther - Martin Gantner
Gutrune - Eszter Wierdl
Waltraute - Cornelia Kallisch
Woglinde - Anna Korondi
Wellgunde - Katalin Gémes
Floßhilde - Atala Schöck
First Norn - Annamária Kovács
Second Norn - Judith Németh
Third Norn - Mária Temesi
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2971-4 {4CDRS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Bartók National Concert Hall, Palace of Arts, Budapest (June 2008). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New Releases» Fall/Winter 2008-2009.
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Conductor Christian Thielemann - 2008(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Linda Watson
Siegfried - Stephen Gould
Hagen - Hans-Peter König
Alberich - Andrew Shore
Gunther - Ralf Lukas
Gutrune - Edith Haller
Waltraute - Christa Mayer
Woglinde - Fionnuala McCarthy
Wellgunde - Ulrike Helzel
Floßhilde - Simone Schröder
First Norn - Simone Schröder
Second Norn - Martina Dike
Third Norn - Edith Haller
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Compact Disc; - Opus Arte OACD 9000 BD (cycle) {14CDS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:- *Recorded at the Bayreuth Festival 2008.
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Brünnhilde - Jennifer Wilson
Siegfried - Lance Ryan
Hagen - Hans-Peter König
Alberich - Franz-Josef Kapellmann
Gunther - Stefan Stoll
Gutrune - Bernadette Flaitz
Waltraute - Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Woglinde - Pilar Vázquez
Wellgunde - Ann-Katrin Naidu
Floßhilde - Marina Prudenskaya
First Norn - Daniela Denschlag
Second Norn - Pilar Vázquez
Third Norn - Eugenia (Maria) Bethencourt
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3951-4 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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 in the Teatro Comunale di Firenze (29 April 2009). The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» October 2009.
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Conductor Simon Rattle - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Rundfunkchor Berlin
Brünnhilde - Katarina Dalayman
Siegfried - Ben Heppner
Hagen - Mikhail Petrenko
Alberich - Dale Duesing
Gunther - Gerd Grochowski
Gutrune - Emma Vetter
Waltraute - Anne Sofie von Otter
Woglinde - Anna Simiinska
Wellgunde - Eva Vogel
Floßhilde - Maria Radner
First Norn - Maria Radner
Second Norn - Lilli Paasikivi
Third Norn - Miranda Keys
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DVD (Video) - Premiere Opera Ltd. DVD 7105 (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:- *Video recording of a performance in thr Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix en Provence (July 2009). The DVD-R issued by Premiere is included in their list of new DVD releases - September 2009 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Christian Thielemann - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Linda Watson
Siegfried - Christian Franz
Hagen - Hans-Peter König
Alberich - Andrew Shore
Gunther - Ralf Lukas
Gutrune - Edith Haller
Waltraute - Christa Mayer
Woglinde - Christiane Kohl
Wellgunde - Ulrike Helzel
Floßhilde - Simone Schröder
First Norn - Simone Schröder
Second Norn - Martina Dike
Third Norn - Edith Haller
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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net {4CDRS} (2009)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 3905-4 {4CDRS} (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
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:- *The CDRs issued by premiereopera.net are (were?) listed on their website and those issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases» October 2009. (hyperlinks in CLORLINK.HTM).
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