Catalogue of Audio Recordings

 

And

 

Videos

 

July 2010

 

 

 

Last updated 8^th August 2010.  A R Burton

 

Die Feen

Arindal - (Ar)   Ada - (Ad)   Lora - (L)   Gunther - (Gu)   Gernot - (Ge)   Drolla - (D)   Zemina - (Z)

Farzana - (F)   Herald - (H)   Morald - (M)

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra 1976 c Edward Downes.

3 TCs

John Mitchinson (A), April Cantelo (Ad), Lorna Haywood (L), Richard Greager (Gu), Paul Hudson (Ge), Teresa Cahill (D), Elisabeth Gale (Z), Della Jones (F) Don Garrard (H), Tom McDonnell (M)

 

Bavarian State Opera 1983 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 CDs (Orfeo, edited from several performances) or 2 TCs (Broadcast of one performance)

John Alexander (Ar), Linda Esther-Gray (Ad), June Anderson (L), Northbert Orth (Gu), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Ge), Cheryl Syuder (D), Krisztina Laki (Z), Kari Lovacs (F), Karl Held (H), Roland Hermann (M)

 

Das Liebesverbot

Friedrich - (F)   Luzio - (L)   Claudio - (C)   Antonio - (A)   Bringhella - (B) Isabella - (I)   Marianne - (M)

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

Bavarian State Opera 1983 c Wolfgand Sawallisch

2 TCs

Hermann Prey (F), Wolfgang Fassler (L), Robert Schunk (C), Frierich Lenz (A), Alfred Kuhn (B), Sabine Hass (I), Pamela Coburn (M)

 

 

Rienzi

Rienzi - (R)   Irene - (R)   Colonna - (C)   Adriano - (A)   Orsini - (O)   Raimondi - (Ra)   Baroncelli - (B)   Cecco del Vecchio - (Cv)  Friedensbote - (F)   Herald - (H)

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

Hess Radio Symphony Orchestra 1950 c Winfried Zillig

2 TCs

Gunther Treptow (R), Trude Eipperle (I), Helmut Fehn (C), Erna Schluter (A), Rudolf Gonszar (O),

Heinz Prybit (Ra), Willy Hofmann (B), Josef Lindlar (Cv), Berta Preiskar Gale (F)

 

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra 1975 c Edward Downes

4 TCs (BBC studio recording)

John Mitchinson (R), Lois McDonall (I), Michael Langdon (C), Lorna Haywood (A), Raimund Herincx (O), David Ward (Ra), Adrian de Peyer (B), Paul Hudson (Cv), Elizabeth Gale (F), Brian Cookson (H)

 

Staatskapelle Dresden 1976 c Heinrich Hollreiser

3 CDs (EMI)

René Kollo (R), Siv Wennberg (I), Nikolaus Hillebrand (C), Janis Martin (A), Theo Adam (O),

Siegfried Vogel (Ra), Peter Schreier (B), Gunther Lieb (Cv), Ingeborg Springer (F)

 

Vienna Symphony Orchestra 23^rd May 1980 c Kurt Woss

2TCs

Gerd Brenneis (R), Hannelore Bode (I), Hans Tschammer (C), Janis Martin (A), Manfred Schenk (O),

Ivo Ingram (Ra), Claes Ahnsjo (B), Hans Helm (Cv), Rohangiz Yachmi (F)

 

Vienna State Opera 13^th December 1997 c Zubin Mehta

2 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (R), Nancy Gustavson (I), Violeta Urmana (A), Peter Weber (O), Roland Schubert (Ra), Torsten Kerl (B), Wolfgang Bankl (Cv), Anat Efraty (F)

 

 

 

Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra 24^th November 2007 c Alex Kohler

1 DVD-Audio 

Stefan Vinke (R), Marika Schonberg (I), Elena Zhidkova (A), Jurgen Kurth (O), Christopher Robertson (Ra), Martin Petzold (B)

 

 

2)       Excerpts

 

Berlin 1941/44 conducted by Robert Heger

1 TC

 

Der Fliegende Holländer

 

Holländer - (H)      Daland - (D)      Senta - (S)      Mary - (M)       Erik - (E)      Steersman - (St)

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

Bayreuth Festival 18^th July 1942 cRichard Kraus

2 CDs or 2TCs

Joel Berglund (H), Ludwig Hoffman (D), Maria Muller (S), Lilo Asmus (M), Franz Volker (E),

Erich Zimmermann (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1955 c Hans Knappertsbusch

2 CDs (Hunt)

Herman Uhde (H), Ludwig Weber (D), Astrid Varnay (S), Elisabeth Schärtel (M), Wolfgang Windgassen  (E), Josef Traxel (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1956 c Joseph Keilberth

2 CDs

George London (H), Arnold van Mill (D), Astrid Varnay (S), Elisabeth Schärtel (M), Josef Traxel (E),

Jean Cox (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1959 c Wolfgang Sawallisch (possibly 23^rd July)

2 CDs

George London (H), Josef Greindl (D), Leonie Rysanek (S), Res Fischer (M), Fritz Uhl (E),

Georg Paskuda (St)

 

Deutsche Oper Berlin c Lorin Maazel, Tokyo 16^th October 1966

2 CDs

Josef Greindl (H), Peter Lagger (D), Nadezda Kniplova (S), Sieglinde Wagner (M), Hans Beirer (E),

Donald Grobe (St)

 

Covent Garden Orchestra c Antal Dorati

2 TCs

George London (H), Giorgio Tozzi (D), Leonie Rysanek (S), Rosalind Elias (M), Karl Liebl (E),

Richard Lewis (St)

 

New Philharmonia Orchestra, RFH London 19^th March 1968 c Otto Klemperer

2 TCs

Theo Adam (H), Martti Talvela (D), Anja Silja (S), Anneliese Burmeister (M), James King (E),

Kenneth McDonald (St)

 

New Philharmonia Orchestra 1968 c Otto Klemperer

2CDs, EMIs

Theo Adam (H), Anja Silja (S), Martti Talvela (D), Annelies Burmeister (M), Ernst Kozub (E),

Gerhard Unger (St)

 

Rome Radio Orchestra 15^th Febnruary 1969 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

2 TCs

Franz Crass (H), Karl Ridderbusch (D), Ingrid Bjoner (S), Regina Fonseca (M), Sven Olof Eliasson (E),

Thomas Liliberger (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1969 c Silvio Varviso (possibly 25^th July)

2 CDs

Donald McIntyre (H), Martti Talvela (D), Leonie Rysanek (S), Unni Rugtvedt (M), Jean Cox (E),

René Kollo (St)

 

 

 

 

Teatro Colon 29^th November 1972 c Franz Paul Decker

2 TCs

Wicus Slabbert (H), John Macurdy (D), Mary Jay Johnson (S), Lucila Romas Mae (M), John Treleaven (E),

Ricardo Cassinelli (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 7^th April 1979 c James Levine

2 TCs

Donald McIntyre (H), Paul Plishka (D), Carol Neblett (S), Isola Jones (M), William Lewis (E),

William Lewis (St)

 

English National Opera 13^th February 1982 c Mark Elder

2CDs or 2 TCs – in English

Norman Bailey (H), Dennis Wicks (D), Josephine Barstow (S), Katherine Pring (M), John Treleaven (E), Adrian Martin (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 1982 c Peter Schneider

2 TCs

Simon Estes (H), Matti Salminen (D), Lisbeth Balsev (S), Anny Schlemm (M), Robert Schunk (E),

David Kuebler (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1985 c Woldemar Nelson

2 CDs (Philips)

Simon Estes (H), Matti Salminen (D), Lisbeth Balsev (S), Anny Schlemm (M), Robert Schunk (E),

Graham Clark (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1990 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

2 TCs

Bernd Weikl (H), Hans Sotin (D), Elisabeth Connell (S), Barbara Bornemann (M), Reiner Goldberg (E),

Clemens Bieber (St)

 

Vienna Philharmonic 1991 c Christoph von Dohnanyi

2 TCs

Robert Hale (H), Kurt Rydl (D), Hildegard Behrens (S), Iris Vermillion (M), Josef Protschka (E),

Uwe Heilmann (St)

 

Grand Theatre Geneva 1991 c Christian Thielemann

2 TCs

Jose van Dam (H), Hans Tschammer (D), Linda Pleach (S), Uta Palzier (M), Ben Heppner (E),

Ferdinand Seiler (St)

 

Covent Garden 1^st July 1992 c Christoph von Dohnanyi

2 TCs

James Morris (H), Gwynne Howell (D), Julia Varady (S), Anne Wilkens (M), Thomas Sunnegardh (E),

Neill Archer (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 9^th April 1994 c Hermann Michael

2 TCs

James Morris (H), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (D), Hildegard Behrens (S), Sondra Kelly (M), Klaus Koenig (E),

Uwe Heilmann (St)

 

Vienna State Opera 4^th April 1997 c Hans Wallat

2 TCs

Franz Grundheber (H), Walter Fink (D), Elizabeth Connell (S), Nelly Boschkowa (M), Ben Heppner (E),

Herwig Pecoraro (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1998 c Peter Schneider

2 TCs

Alan Titus (H), Hans Sotin (D), Cheryl Studer (S), Marga Schiml, (M), Roland Wagenführer (E),

Torsten Kerl (St)

 

Houston Grand Opera 1998 c Dietfried Bernet

2 TCs

Franz Grundheber (H), Gabor Andrasy (D), Sue Patchell (S), Judith Christin (M), Patrick Denniston (E),

Raymond Very (St)

 

Chicago Lyric Opera 2^nd October 2001 c Sir Andrew Davis

2 CDs

James Morris (H), Franz Hawltata (D), Catherine Malfitano (S), Susan Gorton (M), Kim Begley (E),

Endrik Wottrich (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 2003 c Marc Albrecht

2 CDs

John Tomlinson (H), Jaakko Ryhänen (D), Adrienne Dugger (S), Uta Priew (M), Endrik Wottrich (E), Tomislav Muzek (St)

 

Covent Garden 4^th March 2009 c Marc Albrecht

2CDs

Bryn Terfel (H), Anja Kampe (S), Hans-Peter König (D), Claire Shearer (M), Torsten Kerl (E),

John Tessier (St)

 

2)       Excerpts

 

 Bayreuth Festival 24^th August 1956 c Joseph Keilberth

1 CD – different cast from complete recording

Paul Schöffler (H), Ludwig Weber (D), Astrid Varnay (S), Elisabeth Schärtel (M), Josef Traxel (E),

Jean Cox (St)

 

Act II:  Mecklenburg Staatskapelle 31^st August 1997 c Ivan Torsz

1 TC

Wolfgang Brendel (H), Simon Yang (D), Cheryl Studer (S), Manuela Breß (M), Edwaqrd Cook (E), 

Tannhäuser

 

Tannhäuser - (T)     Elisabeth - (E)     Landgraf - (L)     Wolfram - (Wo)

Venus - (V)     Walther (Wa)       Biterolf - (B)     Reimar - (R)     Shepherd - (S)  

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 18^th January 1936 c Artur Bodanzky

3 TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (E), Emanuel List (L), Lawrence Tibbett (Wo), Margaret Halstead (V), Hans Clemens (Wa), Arnold Gabor (B), J Wolfe (R), E Fleischer (S)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 4^th January 1941 c Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (E), Emanuel List  (L), Herbert Janssen  (Wo), Kerstin Thorborg (V), John Dudley (Wa), Mack Harrell (B), John Gurney (R), Maxine Stellman (S)

 

Bavarian State Orchestra 1951 c Robert Heger

3TCs

Wolfgang Windgasssen (T), Victoria de los Angeles (E), Josef Greindl (L), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wo), Grace Bumbry (V), Gerhard Stolze (Wa), Franz Crass (B), Theo Adam (R),

 

Bayreuth Festival 1954 c Joseph Keilberth (possibly 22^nd July)

3 CDs (Hunt)

Ramon Vinay (T), Gre Brouwenstijn (E), Josef Greindl (L), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wo), Herta Wilfert (V), Josef Traxel (Wa), Toni Blankenheim (B), Theo Adam (R), Gerhard Stolze (S)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 29^th January 1955 c Rudolf Kempe

3TCs

Ramon Vinay (T), Astrid Varnay (E), Jerome Hines (L), George London (Wo), Blanche Thebom (V),

Giulio Gari (Wa), Clifford Harvuot (B), Norman Scott (R), Paul Franke (H), Heidi Krall (S)

 

Rome Radio Orchestra 14-16^th November 1957 c Artur Rodzinski

3TCs

Karl Liebl (T), Gre Brouwenstijn (E), Deszo Ernster (L), Ebehard Waechter (Wo), Herta Wilfert (V),

Murray Dickie (Wa), Alois Pernestorfer (B), Peter Harrower (R), Walter Brunelli (H), Rosl Schweiger (S)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1961 c Wolfgang Sawallisch (possibly 23^rd July)

2TCs

Wolfgang Windgasssen (T), Victoria de los Angeles (E), Josef Greindl (L), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wo), Grace Bumbry (V), Gerhard Stolze (Wa), Franz Crass (B), Theo Adam (R),

 

Berlin State Opera 17-21^st October 1961 c Franz Konwitschny

2TCs

Hans Hopf (T), Elisabeth Grummer (E), Gottlob Frick (L), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wo),

 Marianne Schech (V), Fritz Wunderlich (Wa), Rudolf Gonszar (B), Reiner Suss (R),

 

Deutsche Oper Berlin 1969 c Otto Gerdes

2TCs (Deutsche Grammophon)

Wolfgang Windgassen (T), Birgit Nilsson (E+V), Theo Adam (L), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Wo),

Horst Laubenthal (Wa), Klaus Hirte (B), Hans Sotin (R), Caterina Alda (S)

 

Vienna Philharmonic 1970 c Georg Solti

3 TCs (Decca)

Rene Kollo (T), Helga Dernesch (E), Hans Sotin (L), Victor Braun (Wo), Christa Ludwig (V),

Werner Hollweg (Wa), Norman Bailey (B), Kurt Equiluz (R), Manfred Jungwirth (R)

 

 

 

Covent Garden 1973 c Sir Colin Davis

3 CDs

Wolfgang Kassel (T), Jessye Norman (E), Josephine Veasey (V), Norman Bailey (Wo), Karl Ridderbusch (L), Derek Blackwell (Wa), Robert Lloyd (B), Gwynne Howell (R), Joseph Law (S)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1985 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

3 TCs

Richard Versalle (T), Cheryl Studer (E), Gabriele Schnaut (V), Wolfgang Brendel (Wo), Hans Sotin (L), Robert Schunk (Wa), Siegfried Vogel (B), Andras Molnar (H), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (R), Brigitte Lindner (S)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 1986 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

3 TCs

Richard Versalle (T), Cheryl Studer (E), Gabriele Schnaut (V), Wolfgang Brendel (Wo), Hans Sotin (L), Robert Schunk (Wa), Siegfried Vogel (B), Kurt Schreibmayerr (H), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (R), Brigitte Lindner (S)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1987 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

3 TCs

Richard Versalle (T), Cheryl Studer (E), Sophia Larson (V), Wolfgang Brendel (Wo), Hans Sotin (L), Kurt Schreibmayer (Wa), Siegfried Vogel (B), Clemens Bieber (H), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (R), Brigitte Lindner (S)

 

Philharmonia Orchestra 1989 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

3TCs  (DG studio)

Placido Domingo (T), Cheryl Studer (E), Matti Salminen (L), Andreas Schmidt (Wo), Aagnes Baltsa (V), William Pell (Wa), Kurt Rydl (B), Oskar Hillebrandt (R),

 

Vienna State Opera 1988 c Giuseppe Sinopoli

3 TCs

Richard Versalle (T), Sharon Sweet (E), Waltraud Meier (V), Andreas Schmidt (Wo), Kurt Rydl (L), Richard Burke (Wa), John Antonio (B), Peter Jelosits (H), Goran Simic (R)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1992 c Donald Runnicles

3CDs:  also two copies on 3TCs, one of which includes interval interview with Donald Runnicles and readings from 'Mein Leben' about the premiere of Tannhäuser  -  mono sound one channel only

Wolfgang Schmidt (T), Tina Kiberg (E), Manfred Schenk (L), Eike Wilm Schulte (Wo), Uta Priew (V), Richard Brunner (Wa), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (B), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (R), Christiane Hossfeld (S)

 

Berlin Staatskapelle 2002 c Daniel Barenboim

3CDs, Teldec

Jane Eaglen (E), Waltraud Meier (V), Peter Seiffet (T), René Pape (L), Thomas Hampson (Wo), Gunnar Gudbjornsson (Wa), Hanno Muller-Brachmann (B), Stephan Rugamer (H), Alfred Reiter (R), Dorothea Röschmann (Sh)

 

Opera North 10^th May 1997 c Paul Daniel

2TCs

Rita Cullis (E), Anne-Marie Owens (V), Jeffrey Lawton (T), Norman Bailey (L), Keith Latham (Wo),

Jeffrey Stewart (Wa), Clive Bayley (B), Richard Berkeley-Steele (H), Michael John Pearson (R)

 

Western Australia Symphony Orchestra, Perth Festival 1999 c Heribert Esser

2TCs

Heikki Siukola (E), Elizabeth Whitehouse (E), Fiona Campbell (V), Ulrich Dunnebach (L),

Alan Cemore (Wo), Michael Pastor (Wa), Jiri Sulzenko (B), Petr Frybert (H), Damir Basyyrov (R), Monika Brychtova (Sh)

 

French National Orchestra, Salle Pleyel Paris 5^th June 1997 c Jeffrey Tate

3TCs

Francoise Pollet (E), Jane Henschel (V), Wolfgang Schmidt (T), Guy Fletcher (L), Andreas Schmidt (Wo),

Benedikt Kobel (Wa), Vincent le Texier (B), Alfred Muff (H), Fernard Bernardi (R)

 

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 2004 c Christian Thielemann

3CDs

Stephen Gould (T), Ricarda Merbeth (E), Kwangchul Youn (L), Roman Trekel (Wo), Judit Nemeth (V), Clemens Bieber (Wa), John Wegner (B), Alexander Marco-Buhrmester (R), Robin Johanssen (S)

 

 

2)       Excerpts

 

Grosses Odeon-Orchester 1909 c Eduard Kunnecke

1 CD

Fritz Vogelstrom (L), Annie Krull (E), Leon Rains (L) Hermann Weill (Wo), Walter Kirchhoff (Wa), Karl Armster (B), Josef Schoeffel (H), Arhur Neudham (R)

 

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 1943 c Artur Rother

1 TC  

Max Lorenz (T), Maria Reining (E), Margarete Baumer (V), Ludwig Hofmann (L) Karl Schmitt-Walter (Wo), Walther Ludwig (Wa), Walter Grossmann (B), Alfred Frey (H), Wilhelm Ulbricht (R)

 

 

Lohengrin

 

Lohengrin  - (L)     Elisabeth - (E)     Telramund - (T)     Ortrud - (O)     König Heinrich - (H)

Herald - (Hd)

 

1)       Complete Recordings

 

Berlin Staatsoper 1942 c Robert Heger

3 CDs

Franz Völker (L), Maria Müller (E), Jaro Prohaska (T), Margaete Klose (O), Ludwig Hoffman (H),

Walther Grossman (Hd)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 7^th January 1950 c Fritz Stiedry

3TCs

Lauritz Melchior (L), Helen Traubel (E), Herbert Janssen (T), Astrid Varnay (O), Deszo Ernster (H),

Frank Guarrera (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 4^th August 1954 c Eugen Jochum

3 CDs (Hunt)

Wolfgang Wingassen (L), Birgit Nilsson (E), Herman Uhde (T),  Astrid Varnay (O), Theo Adam (H),

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 23^rd July 1958 c Andre Cluytens

3 TCs 

Sándor Kónya (L), Leonie Rysanek (E), Ernesr Blanc (T),  Astrid Varnay (O), Keith Engen (H), Eberhard Waechter (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1959 c Lovro von Matacic (30^th July or 4/9 th August)

3 TCs 

Sándor Kónya (L), Elisabeth Grümmer (E), Ernesr Blanc (T),  Rita Gorr (O), Franz Crass (H),

Eberhard Waechter (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1962 c Wolfgang Sawallisch (3^rd/8^th August)

2 TCs

Jess Thomas (L), Anja Silja (E), Ramon Vinay (T),  Astrid Varnay (O), Franz Crass (H),

Tom Krause (Hd)

 

Welsh National Opera 9^th October 1964 c Charles Groves

3CDs

Robert Thomas (L), Pauline Tinsley (E), Ronald Lewis (T), Patricia Bartlett (O), John Holmes (H),

Richard Rees (Hd)

 

Vienna State Opera Live 1965 c Karl Bohm

3 TCs

Jess Thomas (L), Claire Watson (E), Walter Berry (T), Christa Ludwig (O), Martti Talvela (H),

Ebehard Waechter (Hd)

 

La Scala Milan 18^th March 1965 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

4 TCs

Jess Thomas (L), Ingrid Bjoner (E), Gustav Neidling (T), Astrid Varnay (O), Franz Crass (H),

Tom Krause (Hd)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 21^st January 1967 c Karl Bohm

3 TCs

Sandor Konya (L), Ingrid Bjoner (E), Walter Berry (T), Christa Ludwig (O), John Macurdy (H),

Sherrill Milnes (Hd)

 

 

 

Sadlers` Wells Opera 25^th September 1971 c Nicholas Braithwaite

4CDs

Alberto Remedios (L), Margaret Curphy (E), Raimund Herincx (T), Judith Turner (O), Clifford Grant (H), Terence Sharpe (Hd)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra c Herbert von Karajan

3 TCs (EMI)  -  single CD of highlights also available

René Kollo (L), Anna Timowa-Sintow (E), Siegmund Nimsgern (T), Dunja Vezjovic (O), Karl Ridderbusch (H), Robert Kerns (Hd)

 

Teatro Colon Buenos Aires 25^th September 1979 c Peter Maag

3 TCs

Jess Thomas (L), Eva Marton (E), Leif Roar (T), Ute Vinzing (O), Victor de Narke (H), Raul Neumann (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1981 c Woldemar Nelsson

2 TCs

Peter Hofmann (L), Karan Armstrong (E), Leif Roar (T), Elizabeth Connell (O), Siegfried Vogel (H), Bernd Weikl (Hd)

 

Salzburg Festival 14^th April 1984 c Herbert von Karajan

3 TCs

Peter Hofmann (L), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (E), Siegmund Nimsgern (T), Dunja Vezjovic (O), Kurt Moll (H), Franz Grundheber (Hd)

 

Bavarian State Opera 25^th November 1984 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 CDs (in-house recording)

James King (L), Sabine Hass (E), Hans Gunter Nocker (T), Ingrid Bjoner (O), Jan Hendrik Rootering (H), Bodo Brinkmann (Hd)

 

Vienna State Opera 4^th January 1985 c Peter Schneider

3TC

Placido Domingo (L), Caterina Ligendza (E), Hermann Becht (T), Leonie Rysanek (O), Peter Wimberger (H), Hans Helm (Hd)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1987 c Sir Georg Solti

4 CDs (Decca)

Placido Domingo (L), Jessye Norman (E), Siegmund Nimsgern (T), Eva Randova (O), Hans Sotin (H), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 1988 c Peter Schneider

3 TCs

Paul Frey (L), Cheryl Studer (E), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (T), Gabriele Schnaut (O), Manfred Schenk (H), Eike Wilm Schulte (Hd)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra c Claudio Abbado

3TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (L), Cheryl Studer (E), Hartmut Welker (T), Waltraud Meier (O), Kurt Moll (H),

Andreas Schmidt (Hd)

 

Seattle Opera 30^th January 1994 c Hermann Michael

3TCs

Ben Heppner (L), Andrea Gruber (E), Grier Grimsley (T), Carol Yahr (O), Gabor Andrasi (H),

Gordon Hawkins (Hd)

 

Paris Opera 1996 c James Conlon

3TCs

Gosta Winbergh (L), Karita Mattila (E), Hartmut Welker (T), Gwynneth Jones (O), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (H), Michael Volle (Hd)

 

Vienna State Opera 20^th Apri 1997 c Peter Schneider

3TCs

Ben Heppner (L), Cheryl Studer (E), Tom Fox (T), Elizabeth Connell (O), Kurt Rydl (KH),

Peter Weber (Hd)

 

Royal Opera 1997 c Valery Gergiev

3TCs

Gosta Winbergh (L), Karita Mattila (E), Sergei Leiferkus (T), Gwynneth Jones (O), René Pape (KH),

Anothny Michaels-Moore (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1999 c Antonio Pappano

3 TCs or 4 CDs

Roland Wagenfuhrer (L), Melanie Diener (E), Jean-Phillipe Lafont  (T),  Gabriele Schnaut (O), John Tomlinson (H), Roman Trekel (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 2002 c Andrew Davis

3 CDs (also available on 3TCs)

Peter Seiffert (L), Petra-Maria Schnitzer (E), Jean-Philippe Lafont (T),  Linda Watson (O), Stephen West (H), Roman Trekel (Hd)

 

Opera National de Paris 5^th June 2007 c Valery Gergiev

1DVD-audio

Peter Seiffert (L), Mireille Delunsch (E), Jean-Philippe Lafont (T), Waltraud Meier (O), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (H), Evgeny Nikitin (Hd)

 

Covent Garden May 2009 c Semyon Bychkov

DVD-audio

Johan Botha (L), Edith Haller (E), Falk Struckmann (T), Petra Lang (O), Kwangchul Youn (H),

Boaz Daniel (Hd)

 

Bavarian State Opera Munich 5^th July 2009 c Philippe Jourdan

DVD-audio

Jonas Kaufmann (L), Anja Harteros (E), Wolfgang Koch (T), Michaela Schuster (O), Christof Fischesser (H),

Evgeny Nikitin (Hd)

 

CBSO Birmingham 12^th June 2010 c Andris Nelsons

3CDs (in-house recording)

Lance Ryan (L), Hillevi Martinpelto (E), Eike Wilm Schulte (T), Lioba Braun (O), Gidon Saks (H),

Kostas Smoriginas (Hd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 2010 c Andris Nelsons

4CD (from Bavarian Radio webcast)

Jonas Kaufmann (L), Annette Dasch (E), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (T), Evelyn Herlitzius (O),

Georg Zeppenfeld (H), Samuel Youn (Hd)

 

2)            Excerpts

Staatsoper Berlin 1942 c Robert Heger

1 TC  

Franz Völker (L), Maria Müller (E), Jaro Prohaska (T), Margaete Klose (O), Ludwig Hoffman (H),

Walther Grossman (Hd)

 

London Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival 1983 c Claudio Abbado

1 CD

Siegfried Jerusalem (L), Rosalind Plowright (E), Hartmut Welker (T), Eva Hardabova (O), Robert Lloyd (H), Siegfried Lorenz (Hd)

Tristan und Isolde

 

Tristan - (T)     Isolde - (I)     Brangäne - (B)     Kurwenal - (K)     König Marke - (M)     Melot - (Mt)     Shepherd - (Sh)     Sailor - (Sa)     Steersman - (St)

 

1)            Complete Recordings

 

New York Met 9^th March 1935 c Artur Bodanzky

3TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Karin Branzell (B), Friedrich Schorr (K), Ludwig Hofmann(M), Arnold Gabor (Mt), James Wolfe (Sh), Hans Clemens (Sa/St)

 

Covent Garden 11^th June 1936 c Fritz Reiner

3 CDs or 3TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Sabine Kalter (B), Herbert Janssen (K), Emanuel List (M),

Frank Sale (Mt), Octave Dua (Sh), Roy Devereux (Sa), Leslie Horsemann (St)

 

Covent Garden 1936/7 c Sir Thomas Beecham/Fritz Reiner

3 CDs (EMI)

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Margareta Klöse(B), Herbert Janssen (K), Sven Nilsson (M),

Booth Hitchin (Mt), Octave Dua (Sh), Parry Jones (Sa), Leslie Horsemann (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera Live 2^nd January 1937 c Artur Bodanzky

3TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Kerstin Thorborg (B), Julius Huehn (K), Ludwig Hofmann (M), Arnold Gabor (Mt), Hans Clemens (Sh), Karl Laufkotter (Sa)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 23^rd March 1940 c Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Lauritz Melchior (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Kerstin Thorborg (B), Julius Huehn (K), Emanuel List (M),

George Cehanousky (Mt), Anthony Marlowe (Sa), Douglas Beattie (St)

 

Bavarian State Opera Live 23^rd July 1950 c Hans Knappertsbusch

3TCs

Gunther Treptow (T), Helena Braun (I), Margarete Klose (B), Paul Schoffler (K), Ferdinand Frantz (M), Albrecht Peter (Mt), Paul Kuen (Sh/ Sa), Fritz Bender (St)

 

La Scala Milan 25^th March 1951 c Victor de Sabata

3TCs

Max Lorenz (T), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (I), Elsa Cavelti (B), Sigurd Bjorling (K), Sven Nilsson (M),

Vicenzo M Demetz (Mt), Vucian della Pergola (Sh), Gino del Signore (Sa), Paolo Montarsalo (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 23^rd July 1952 c Herbert von Karajan

3 TCs

Ramon Vinay (T), Martha Mödl (I), Ira Malaniuk (B), Hans Hotter(K), Ludwig Weber (M),

Hermann Uhde (Mt), Gerhard Stolze (Sh), Gerhard Unger (Sa), Werner Faulhaber (St)

 

Philharmonia Orchestra 1952 c Wilhelm Furtwängler

4 CDs (EMI)

Ludwig Suthaus (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Blanche Thebom (B), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau(K),

Josef Greindl (M), Edgar Evans (Mt), Rudolf Schock (Sh), Rudolf Schock (Sa), Rhoderick Davies (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1953 conductor Eugen Jochum

3 CDs (Hunt) – 2 copies

Ramon Vinay (T), Astrid Varnay (I), Ira Malaniuk (B), Gustav Neidlinger (K), Ludwig Weber (M),

Hasso Eschert (Mt), Gerhard Stolze (Sh), Eugen Tobin (Sa), Theo Adam (St)

 

 

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 3^rd March 1955 conductor Rudolf Kempe

3 TCs

Set Svanholm (T), Astrid varnay (I), Blanche Thebom (B), Josef Metternich (K), Jerome Hines (M),

James McCracken (Mt), Paul Franke (Sh), Alberta Costa (Sa), Calvin Marsh (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 21^st August 1957 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

3TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Grace Hoffmann (B), Hans Hotter (K),

Arnold van Mill (M), Fritz Uhl (Mt), Hermann Winkler (Sh), Walter Geisler (Sa), Egmont Koch (St)

 

Maggio Musicale Florence 1957 conductor Artur Rodzinski

3TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Grace Hoffmann (B), Gustav Neidlinger (K), Otto von Rohr (M), Robert Lanhefer (Mt), Rolf Bottcher (Sh/Sa), Edo Feretti (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 23^rd October 1963 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3TCs (Last half-hour or so of Act 3 missing)

Karl Liebl (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Irene Dalis (B), Walter Cassel (K), Jerome Hines (M), Calvin Marsh (Mt), George Shirley (Sa), Shepherd (Sh), Louis Sgarro (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1966 conductor Karl Böhm

3 CDs or 3TCs (Deutsche Grammophon, in box with booklet)

Wolfgang Wingassen (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Christa Ludwig (B), Eberhard Waechter (K), Martti Talvela (M), Claude Heater (Mt), Erwin Wohlfart (Sh), Peter Schreier (Sa), Gerd Nienstedt (St)

 

Vienna State Opera 24^th June 1970 conductor Horst Stein

4TCs

Hans Beirer (T), Ingrid Bjoner (I), Ruth Hesse (B), Otto Wiener (K), Walter Kreppel (M), Hans Braun (Mt), Ewald Aichberger (Sh), Peter Klein (Sa), Harald Proglhof (St)

 

Covent Garden 3^rd July 1971 conductor Sir George Solti

3 CDs

Jess Thomas (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Josephine Veasey (B), Donald McIntyre (K), David Ward (M),

John Dobson (Mt), John Lanigan, Ermanno Mauro (Sa), Gwynne Howell (St)

 

Teatro Colon Buenos Aires 1971 conductor Horst Stein

3CDs

Jon Vickers (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Grace Hofmann (B), Norman Mittelmann (K), Franz Crass (M),

Rocardo Yost (Mt), Renato Sassola (Sa), Tulio Gagliardo (St)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1972 conductor conductor Herbert von Karajan

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (T), Helga Dernesch (I), Christa Ludwig (B), Walter Berry (K), Karl Ridderbusch (M),

Bernd Weikl (Mt), Peter Schreier (Sa/Sh),  Martin Vantin (St)

 

Salzburg Festival 1972 conductor Herbert von Karajan

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (T), Helga Dernesch (I), Christa Ludwig (B), Walter Berry (K), Karl Ridderbusch (M),

Bernd Weikl (Mt), Peter Schreier (Sa/St), Gerhard Unger (Sh)

 

Orchestre de ORTF, Orange Festival 7^th July 1973, conductor Karl Bohm

3 TCs (2 copies) DVD also available

Jon Vickers (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Ruth Hesse (B), Walther Berry (K), Bengt Rundgren (M),

Stan Unruh (Mt), Horst Laubenthal (Sa/S)

 

Vienna State Opera 7^th October 1973 conductor Carlos Kleiber

3 TCs - 

Helge Brilioth (T), Caterina Ligendza (I), Ruza Baldani (B), Gustav Neidlinger (K), Hans Sotin (M),

Hans Helm (Mt), Anton Dermota (Sa), Georg Tichy (St), Horst Nitsche (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1974 conductor Carlos Kleiber

3 TCs

Helga Brilioth (T), Caterina Ligendza (I), Yvonne Minton (B), Donald McIntyre (K), Kurt Moll (M), Heribert Steinbach (Mt), Heinz Zedniik (Sa/St), Heinz Feldhoff (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 26^th January 1974 conductor Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (T), Birgit Nilsson (I), Michelle Velma (B), William Doolley (K), Paul Plishka (M),

William Lewis (Mt), Raymond Gibbs (Sa), Nico Castel (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1976 conductor Carlos Kleiber

3 TCs - 

Spas Wenkoff (T), Caterina Ligendza (I), Yvonne Minton (B), Donald McIntyre (K), Karl Ridderbusch (M), Heribert Steinbach (Mt), Heinz Zedniik (Sa/St), Heinz Feldhoff (St)

 

Covent Garden 29^th May 1978 conductor Sir Colin Davis

3 CDs

Jon Vickers (T), Roberta Knie (I), Josephine Veasey (B), Donald McIntyre (K), Gwynne Howell (M),

Thomas Alan (Mt), Paul Crook (Sh), David Rendall (Sa), Malcolm King (St)

 

Chicago Lyric Opera 1980 conductor Franz Paul Decker

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (T), Roberta Knie (I), Mignon Dunn (B), Siegmund Nimsgern (K), Hans Sotin (M),

 

French New Philharmonia, Paris 5^th February 1983 conductor Matthias Kuntzsche

3TCs

Arley Reece (T), Linda Esther Gray (I), Vessa Hanssen (B), Knut Skram (K), Franz Mazura (M),

William Oberholzer (Mt),

 

Chicago Lyric Opera 1983 conductor Ferdinand Leitner

3TCs

Jon Vickers (T), Janis Martin (I), Nadine Denize (B), Siegmund Nimsgern (K), Hans Sotin (M),

 

English National Opera at London Coliseum 1981 conductor Reginald Goodall

3 TCs - in English (2 copies)

Alberto Remedios (T), Linda Esther-Gray (I), Felicity Palmer (B), Norman Bailey (K), John Tomlinson (M)

 

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, 1981

3 TCs

Peter Hofmann (T), Hildegard Behrens (I), Yvonne Minton (B), Bernd Weikl (K), Hans Sotin (M), Heribert Steinbach (Mt) Raimund Grumbach (Sh), Thomas Moser (Sa), Heinz Zednik (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 1982 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs – from Bavarian Radio ollo (T), Johanna Meier (I), Hanna Schwarz (B), Hermann Becht (K), Matti Salminen (M), Robert Schunk (Sa/Mt), Helmut Pampuch (S), Martin Egel (St)

 

Welsh National Opera 1982 conductor Reginald Goodall

3 TCs  (Decca, in box with booklet)

John Mitchinson (T), Linda Esther Gray (I), Anne Wilkins (B), Phillip Joll (K), Gwynne Howell (M), Nicholas Folwell (Mt), Arthur Davies (S), John Harris (Sa), Geoffrey Moses (St)

 

Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Carlos Kleiber, 1982

5 TCs (Deutsche Grammophon, in box with booklet)

Rene Kollo (T), Margaret Price (I), Brigitte Fassbaender (B), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (K), Kurt Moll (M), Werner Goltz (Mt), Anton Dermota (Sh), Wolfgang Hellmich (St), Ebehard Buchner (Sa)

 

Oslo Philharmonic conductor Heinz Fricke, 15^th January 1982

3 TCs

Wolfgang Neumann (T), Ingrid Bjoner (I), Vessa Hanssen (B), Knut Skram (K), Oddbjorn Tennfjord (M), Tor Faberland (Mt), Caj Ehrstedt (Sh), Steina Thorsen (St), Tor Gilje (Sa)

Bavarian State Opera 12^th January 1985, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

3TCs

Spas Wenkoff (T), Ingrid Bjoner (I), Cornelia Wuhlkopf (B), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (K), Theo Adam (M),

Hans Gunter Nocker (Mt), Friedrich Lenz (Sh), Herman Sappell (St), Ulrich Repp (Sa)

 

Welsh National Opera, Cardiff 6^th March 1993, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras

3TCs

Jeffrey Lawton (T), Anne Evans (I), Della Jones (B), Richard Paul Fink (K), Peter Rose (M),

John Harris (Mt), Peter Hoare (Sh), Philip Lloyd-Evans (Sa/St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1993 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (T), Waltraud Meier (I), Uta Priew (B), Falk Struckmann (K), John Tomlinson (M),

Poul Elming (Mt), Peter Maus (Sh), Poul Elming (Sa), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (St)

 

Scottish Opera Glasgow 1993 conductor Richard Armstrong,

3TCs

Jeffrey Lawton (T), Anne Evans (I), Kathryn Harries (B), James Johnson (K), John Harris (Mt), Kenneth Cox (M) Iain Paton (Sh), Jonathan Hawkins (St), Richard Coxon (Sa)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 1996 conductor Daniel Barenoim

3TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (T), Waltraud Meier (I), Uta Priew (B), Falk Struckmann (K), Matthias Holle (KM),

Poul Elming (M), Peter Maus (Sh), Poul Elming (Sa), Sandor Solyom-Nagy (St)

 

Berlin Philharmonic, Salzburg Festival 5^th April 1999 codnuctor Claudio Abbado

3TCs

Ben Heppner (T), Deborah Polaski (I), Marjana Lipovsek (B), Falk Struckmann (K), Matti Salminen (KM),

Ralf Lukas (M), Charles Workman (Sh), Rainer Trost (Sa), Gudjun Oskarsson (St)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 2006 conductor Peter Schneider

DVD-audio – from Bavarian Radio broadcast

Robert Dean Smith (T), Nina Stemme (I), Petra Lang (B), Hartmut Welker (K), Kwangchul Youn (KM), Ralf Lukas (M) Arnold Bezuyen (Sh), Clemens Bieber (Sa)  Martin Snell (St)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 22^nd March 2008 conductor James Levine

DVD-audio – from BBC Radio broadcast

Jon Frederic West (T), Deborah Voight (I), Michelle de Young (B), Eike Wilm Schulte (K), Matti Salminen (KM), Stephen Gaertner (M) Mark Schowalter (Sh), Tony Stevenson (Sa), James Courtney (St)

 

Bayreuth 25^th July 2009 conductor Peter Schneider

DVD-audio – from Bavarian Radio broadcast

Robert Dean Smith (T), Irene Theorin (I), Michelle Breedt (B), Jukka Rasilainen (K), Robert Holl (KM), Ralf Lukas (M) Arnold Bezuyen (Sh), Clemens Bieber (Sa), Martin Snell (St)

 

Covent Garden Sept/Oct 2009 conductor Antonio Pappano

3CDs– from BBC Radio broadcast

Ben Heppner (T), Nina Stemme (I), Sophie Koch (B), Michael Volle (K), Matti Salminen (KM),

Richard Berkeley-Steele (M), Ryland Davies (Sh), Ji-Min Parke (Sa), Dawid Kimber (St)

 

Vienna State Opera 14 + 18^th December 2009 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

DVD-Audio – from Austrian Radio broadcast

Robert Dean Smith (T), Violeta Urman (I), Yvonne Naef (B), Bo Skovhus (K), Franz-Josef Selig (KM),

Clemens Unterrheiner (M), Jergei Nemergi (Sh), Peter Jelosits (Sa), Wolfgang Bankel (St)

 

Teatro Liceu Barcelona, January 2010, conductor Sebastian Weigle

DVD-Audio – from Spanish Radio webcast

Peter Seiffer (T), Deborah Voigt (I), Michaela Schuster (B), Bo Skovhus (K), Kwangchul Youn (KM),

Norbert Ernst (M), Francesco Vas (Sh/Sa), Manel Esteve Madrid (St)

 

2)            Excerpts

 

Tristan und Isolde – Historic Excerpts from 1926-1929

London Symphony or Berlin Staatsoper Orchestras, conductors Leo Blech, Lawrance Collingwood, Albert Coates,

 TC (Claremont)

Lauritz Melchior + Walter Widdop (T), Frida Leider + Gota Ljungberg (I), Genia Guszalewicz (B),

Howard Fry (K), Ivar Andresen (M), E Noe (Mt),

 

Staatsoper Berlin 1942 conductor Robert Heger

2 TCs

Max Lorenz (T), Paula Buchner (I), Maragarete Klose (B), Jaro Prohaska (K), Ludwig Hoffman (M), Eugen Fuchs (Mt), Erich Zimmerman (S), Benno Arnold (Sa)

 

Acts 2+ 3 Excerpts Royal Opera House Covent Garden 1982 conductor Zubin Mehta

1 TC

Jon Vickers (T), Berit Lindholm (I), Yvonne Minton (B), Donald McIntyre (K),

 

Act II:  New York Philharmonic Live Concert 1939 conductor John Barbirolli

1 TC (Ist US performance of uncut Act II)

Eyvind Laholm (T), Kirsten Flagstad (I), Edith Szantho (B), John Garris (K), Daniel Harris (M)

 

Excerpts:  Vienna State Opera c Wilhelm Furtwängler, 2^nd January 1943

2 TCs)

Max Lorenz (T), Anny Konetzni (I), Margarete Klose (B), Paul Schoffler (K), Herbert Alsen (M),

Georg Monthy (Mt), Karl Ettl (St), Willy Franter (Sa), Hermann Gallos (Sh)

 

Act II: Lucerne Festival Orchestra conductor Claudio Abbado, Lucerne 13^th August 2004

2 CDs

John Treleaven (T), Violeta Urmana (I), Mihoko Fujimura (B), Peter Brechtbuhler (K), Ralf Lukas (Mt) René Pape (M)

 

Act II: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment c Sir Simon Rattle, Proms 1^st August 2010

CD

Ben Heppner (T), Violeta Urmana (I), Sarah Connolly (B), Henk Neven (K), Timothy Robinson (Mt),

Franz-Josef Selig (M)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1972 conductor Herbert von Karajan

1 TC (EMI)

Jon Vickers (T), Helga Dernesch (I), Christa Ludwig (B),

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

 

Sachs - (S)     Walther - (W)     Eva - (E)     Beckmesser - (B)     Pogner - (P)      Kothner - (K)   David - (D)     Magdalene - (M)     Nightwatchman - (N)    Vogelgesang – (V)

 

1_           Complete Recordings

 

Bayreuth Festival 1943 conductor Wilhelm Fürtwängler

3 TCs – (NB original recording misses 2 sections incl Act 3 Quintet)

Jaro Prohaska (S), Max Lorenz (W), Maria Müller (E), Eugen Fuchs (B), Josef Greindl (P), Erich Zimmermann (D), Camilla Kallab (M), Erich Pina (N)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1944 conductor Karl Böhm

3 TCs

Paul Schöffler (S), August Seider (W), Irmgard Seefried (E), Erich Kunz (B), Herbert Alsen (P),

Peter Klein (D), Else Schürhoff (M), Viktor Madin (N), Anton Dermota (V)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1950-1 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4CDs (Naxos)

Paul Schöffler (S), Gunther Treptorw (W), Hilde Gueden (E), Karl Donch (B), Otto Edelmann (P),

Else Schürhoff (M)

 

Covent Garden 1951 conductor Sir Thomas Beecham

2 CDs (NB Acts 1+2 only – Act 3 not broadcast)

Hans Hotter (S), Peter Anders (W), Elisabeth Grummer (E), Benno Kusche (B), Murray Dickie (D), Constance Schacklock (M)

 

Munich Prinzregententheater 1949 conductor Eugen Jochum

4 TCs

Gunther Treptow (W), Hans Hotter (S), Anneliese Kupper (E), Benno Kusche (B), Ruth Michaelis (M),

Max Proebstl (P)

 

Bayreuth Fesival 1951 conductor Herbert von Karajan

4 TCs (EMI - in box with booklet)

Otto Edelmann (S), Hans Hopf (W), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (E), Erich Kunz (B), Gerhard Unger (D),

Ira Malanuik (M), Werner Faulhaber (N)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1952 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs  (Hunt)

Otto Edelmann (S), Hans Hopf (W), Lisa Della Casa (E), Heinrich Pflanzl (B), Gerhard Unger (D),

Kurt Böhme (P), Ira Malanuik (M), Gustav Neidlinger (N)

Set also includes Act III monologue & duet, Hotter/Windgassen, Bayreuth 1957 cond. Cluytens

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 22^nd March 1952 conductor Fritz Reiner

4TCs

Paul Schöffler (S), Hans Hopf (W), Walburga Wegner (E), Alois Pernestorfer (P), Gerhard Bechner (B),

Richard Holm (D), Herta Glaz (M),

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 10^th January 1953 conductor Fritz Reiner

4 CDs

Paul Schöffler (S), Hans Hopf (W), Victoria de los Angeles (E), Josef Greindl (P), Mack Harrell (B),

Richard Holm  (D), Herta Glaz (M), Clifford Harrof (N)

 

Vienna State Opera 14^th November 1955 conductor Fritz Reiner

3TCs

Paul Schöffler (S), Hans Beirer (W), Irmgard Seefried (E), Gottlob Frick (P), Erich Kunz (B),

Murray Dickie (D), Rosette Anday (M),

 

 

Bayreuth Festival 24^th July 1956 conductor Andre Cluytens

3 TCs or 4CDs

Hans Hotter (S), Wolfgang Wingassen (W), Gre Brouewenstijn (E), Karl Schmitt-Walter (B),

Gerhard Unger (D), Josef Greindl (P), Georgine von Milinkovic (M), Alfons Herwig (N)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1957 conductor Rudolf Kempe

4 CDs (EMI)

Ferdinand Frantz (S), Rudolf Schock (W), Elisabeth Grümmer (E), Benno Kusche (B), Gottlob Frick (P), Gerhard Unger (D), Marga Höffgen (M), Hermann Prey (N)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 3^rd July 1959 conductor Karl Bohm

3TCs

Otto Edelmann (S), Sebastian Feiersinger (W), Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (E), Karl Doench (B),

Giorgio Tozzi (P), Paul Franke (D), Regina Resnik (M)

 

Turin Radio Orchestra 9^th February 1962 conductor Lovro von Matacic

3TCs – Sung in Italian

Giuseppe Taddei (S), Luigi Infantino (W), Bruna Rizzoli (E), Renato Capecchi (B), Boris Christoff (P),

Carlo Franzini (D), Fernanda Cadoni (M)

 

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1967 conductor Rafael Kubelik

4 CDs (Myto)

Thomas Stewart (S), Sandor Konya (W), Gundula Janowitz (E), Thomas Hemsley (B), Gerhard Unger(D), Franz Crass (P), Brigitte Fassbaender (M), Werner Faulhaber (N)

 

Sadlers Wells Opera Live 1968 conductor Reginald Goodall

4 TCs - in English (2 copies)

Norman Bailey (S), Alberto Remedios (W), Margaret Curphy (E), Derek Hammond Stroud (B),

Noel Mangin (P), Gregory Dempsey (D), Ann Robson (M), Stafford Dean (N)

 

Dresden Staatskapelle 1970s conductor Hebert von Karajani

3TCs

Theo Adam (S), René Kollo (W), Helen Donath (E), Geraint Evans (B), Karl Ridderbusch (P),

Peter Schreier (D), Ruth Hesse (M), Kurt Moll (N)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1975 conductor Sir Georg Solti

4 CDs- (Decca, in box with booklet)

Norman Bailey (S), René Kollo (W), Hannelore Bode (E), Bernd Weikl (B), Kurt Moll (P),

Adolf Dallapozza (D), Julia Hamari (M), Werner Klumlikboldt (N)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 18^th December 1976 conductor Sixten Ehrling

3TCs

Karl Ridderbusch (S), Gerd Brenneis (W), Ellen Schade (E), Dieter Weller (B), John Macurdy (P),

Kenneth Riegel (D), Shirley Love (M)

 

Deutsche Oper Berlin 1976 conductor Eugen Jochum

3 TCs

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (S), Placido Domingo (W), Caterina Ligendza (E), Roland Hermann (B), Peter Lagger (P), Horst Laubenthal (D), Christa Ludwig (M), 

 

Bavarian State Opera July 1979 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

3CDs (extensive excerpts)

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (S), Rene Kollo (W), Julia Varady (E), Hans Gunther Nocker (B), Kurt Moll (P), Peter Schreier (D), Cornelia Wulhkopf (M)

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 1981 conductor Mark Elder

4CDs

Bernd Weikl (S), Siegfried Jerusalem (W), Mari Anne Häggander (E), Hermann Prey (B),

Manfred Schenk (P), Graham Clark (D)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1982 conductor Horst Stein

3 TCs 

Bernd Weikl (S), Siegfried Jerusalem (W), Mari Anne Häggander (E), Hermann Prey (B),

Manfred Schenk (P), Graham Clark (D), Marga Schiml (M), Matthias Hölle (N)

 

Bayreuth Festival 24^th July 1983 conductor Horst Stein

3 TCs 

Bernd Weikl (S), Siegfried Jerusalem (W), Mari Anne Häggander (E), Hermann Prey (B),

Manfred Schenk (P), Graham Clark (D), Marga Schiml (M)

 

Bayreuth Festival 29^th July 1987 conductor Michael Schonwandt

3 TCs 

Bernd Weikl (S), Reiner Goldberg (W), Lucy Peacock (E), Ala Opie (B), Manfred Schenk (P),

Graham Clark (D), Marga Schiml (M)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 23^rd January 1993 conductor James Levine

3 TCs 

Donald McIntyre (S), Francisco Araiza (W), Karita Mattila (E), Hermann Prey (B),

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (P), Lars Magnusson (D), Birgitta Svenden (M)

 

Covent Garden 16^th April 1990 conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

3TCs

Ben Heppner (W), Felicity Lott (E), Bernd Weikl (S), Robert Gambill (D), Gwynne Howell (P),

Gillian Knight (M), Hermann Prey (B)

 

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1990s conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

3TCs

Ben Heppner (W), Cheryl Studer (E), Bernd Weikl (S), Deon van der Walt (D), Kurt Moll (P),

Cornelia Kallisch (M), Siegfried Lorenz (B)

 

Covent Garden 16^th October 1993 conductor Bernard Haitink

3TCs

Gosta Winbergh (W), Nancy Gustafson (E), John Tomlinson (S), Deon van der Wald (D), Gwynne Howell (P), Anne Howells (M), Thomas Allen (B)

 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1995 conductor Sir Georg Solti

4 CDs  (Decca)

Josef van Dam (S), Ben Heppner (W), Karita Mattila (E), Alan Opie (B), René Pape (P), Herbert Lippert (D), Iris Vermillion (M), Kelly Anderson (N)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 16^th December 1995 conductor James Levine

3TCs

Bernd Weikl (S), Ben Heppner (W), Karita Mattila (E), Hermann Prey (B), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (P), Lars Magnusson (D), Birgtta Svenden (M)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1996 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (2 copies)

Robert Holl (S), Peter Seiffert (W), Renee Fleming (E), Andreas Schmidt (B), Eric Halfvarson (P),

Endrik Wottrich (D), Birgitta Svenden (M)

 

Vienna Volksoper 13^th December 1998 conductor Asher Fisch

3TCs

Falk Struckmann (S), Johan Botha (W), Fionnula McCarthy (E), Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (P), Mathias Zachariasson (D), Chariklia Mavropoulou (M)

 

Bayreuth Festival 29^th July 1999 conductor Daniel Barenboim

4 CDs

Robert Holl (S), Robert Dean Smith (W), Emily Magee (E), Andreas Schmidt (B), Matthias Hölle (P), Endrik Wottrich (D), Birgitta Svenden (M)

 

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival 2^nd Sept 2006 conductor David Robertson

4 CDs

Robert Holl (S), Jonas Kaufmann (W), Hillevi Martinpelto (E),         

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 2007 conductor Sebastian Weigle

2 DVD-audio

Franz Hawlata (S), Klaus Florian Vogt (W), Amanda Mace (E), Michael Volle (B), Artur Korn (P), Norbert Ernst (D), Carola Gruber (M)

 

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Amsterdam 7^th February 2009 conductor Jaap van Zweden

DVD-audio

Robert Holl (S), Burkhardt Fritz Vogt (W), Barbara Havemann (E), Eike Wilm Schulte (B), Ain Anger (P), Rainer Trost (D), Elisabeth Bishop (M)

 

Gran Teatro Liceu Barcelona, 17^th or 23^rd March 2009, conductor Sebastian Weigle

DVD-audio

Albert Dohmen (S), Robert Dean Smith Vogt (W), Veronique Gens (E), Bo Skovhus (B), Reinhard Hagen (P), Norbert Ernst (D), Stella Grigorian (M)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 2009 conductor Sebastian Weigle

2 DVD-audio

Alan Titus (S), Klaus Florian Vogt (W), Michaela Kaune (E), Adrian Eröd (B), Artur Korn (P), Norbert Ernst (D), Carola Gruber (M)

 

 

Der Ring des Nibelungen

 

The following are available for loan as complete sets, except the BPO/Karajan DG Ring which is in two sets.

 

Bayreuth Live 1953 conductor Joseph Keilberth

12 CDs in box with no librettos (Andromeda Label)

Das Rheingold: Hans Hotter (W), Ira Malaniuk (Fr), Bruni Falcon (Fe), Hermann Uhde (D), Gerhard Stolze (Fo), Erich Witte (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Ludwig Weber (Fs), Josef Greindl (Ff), Erika Zimmermann (Wo), Hetty Plumacher (We), Gisela Litz (Fl), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

Die Walküre: Ramon Vinay (Sm), Regina Resnik (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Martha Mödl (B), Ira Malaniuk (Fr)

Siegfried: Wolfgang Wingassen (S), Martha Mödl (B), Hans Hotter (W), Paul Kuen (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Josef Greindl (Ff) Rita Streich (Wd), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

Götterdämmerung: Wolfgang Wingassen (S), Martha Mödl (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A),

Hermann Uhde (Gn), Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl (Gt), Ira Manaliuk (Wa), Maria von Ilosvay (N1), Ira Malaniuk (N2), Regina Resnik (N3), Erika Zimmermann (Wo), Hetty Plumacher (We), Gisela Linz (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Live 1966/7 conductor Karl Böhm

14 CDs in box with no librettos (Philips Label)

Das Rheingold: Theo Adam (W), Anneliese Burmeister (Fr), Anja Silja (Fe), Gerd Nienstedt (D), Hermin Esser (Fo), Wolfgand Windgassen (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Erwin Wohlfart (M), Martti Talvela (Fs). Kurt Böhme (Ff), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Helga Dernesch (We), Ruth Hesse (Fl),Vera Soukupova (E)

Die Walküre: James King (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Gerd Nienstedt (H), Theo Adam (W), Birgit Nilsson (B), Anneliese Burmeister (Fr)

Siegfried: Wolfgang Wingassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Theo Adam (W), Erwin Wohlfarht (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Kurt Böhme (Ff) Erika Köth (Wd), Vera Soukupova (E)

Götterdämmerung: Wolfgang Wingassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Thomas Stewart (Gn), Ludmila Dvorakova (Gt), Martha Mödl (Wa), Marga Höffgen (N1), Anneliese Burmeister (N2), Anja Silja (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Helga Dernesch (We), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl)

 

Complete Studio Recording conductor Herbert von Karajan

12 Casettes in two volumes with booklets (DG).  Volume 1 - Das Rheingold & Götterdämmerung (First Rheingold + last Gotterdammerung tapes missing)

Volume 2 - Die Walküre & Siegfried

Das Rheingold: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Simone Mangelsdorff (Fe), Robert Kerns (D), Donald Grobe (Fo), Gerhard Stolze (L), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Erwin Wohlfart (M), Martti Talvela (Fs). Karl Riderbusch (Ff), Helen Donath (Wo), Edda Moser (We), Anna Reynolds (Fl),

Oralia Dominquez (E)

Die Walküre: Jon Vickers (Sm), Gundula Janowitz (Sl), Martti Talvela (H), Thomas Stewart (W),

Regine Crespin (B), Josephine Veasey (Fr)

Siegfried: Jess Thomas (S), Helga Dernesch (B), Thomas Stewart (W), Gerhard Stolze (M),

Zoltan Kelemen (A), Karl Ridderbusch (Ff) Catherine Gayer (Wd), Oralia Dominquez (E)

Götterdämmerung: Helge Brilioth (S), Helga Dernesch (B), Karl Ridderbusch (H), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Thomas Stewart (Gn), Gundula Janowitz (Gt), Christa Ludwig (Wa), Lill Chookasian (N1), Christa Ludwig (N2), Catarina Ligendza (N3), Liselotte Rebmann (Wo), Edda Moser (We), Anne Reynolds (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th, 28^th, 30^th July, 1^st August 2007 conductor Christian Thielemann

4 DVD-Audio

 

Das Rheingold: Albert Dohmen (W), Michelle Breedt (Fr), Edith Haller (Fe), Ralf Lukas (D), Clemens Bieber (Fo), Arnold Bezuyen (L), Andrew Shore (A), Gerhard Siegel (M), Kwangchul Youn (Fs), Hans-Peter Konig (Ff), Fionnuala McCarthy (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Marina Prudenskaja (Fl), Mihoko Fujimura (E)

Die Walküre: Endrik Wottrich (Sm), Adrienne Pieczonka (Sl), Kwangchul Youn (H), Albert Dohmen (W), Linda Watson (B), Michelle Breedt (Fr)

Siegfried: Stephen Gould (S), Linda Watson (B), Albert Dohmen (W), Gerhard Siegel (M),

Andrew Shore (A), Hans-Peter Konig (Ff) Robin Johansson (Wd), Mihoko Fujimura (E)

Götterdämmerung: Stephen Gould (S), Linda Watson (B), Hans-Peter Konig (H), Andrew Shore (A),

Ralf Lukas (Gn), Edith Haller (Gt), Mihoko Fujimura (Wa), Simone Schroder (N1), Martina Dike (N2), Edith Haller (N3), Fionnuala McCarthy (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Marina Prudenskaja (Fl)

Bayreuth Festival 27^th, 28^th, 30^th July, 1^st August 2010 conductor Christian Thielemann

4 DVD-Audio

 

Das Rheingold: Albert Dohmen (W), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr), Edith Haller (Fe), Ralf Lukas (D), Clemens Bieber (Fo), Arnold Bezuyen (L), Andrew Shore (A), Wolfgang Schmidt (M), Kwangchul Youn (Fs), Diogenes Randes (Ff), Christiane Kohl (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Simone Schroder (Fl), Christa Mayer (E)

 

Die Walküre: Johan Botha (Sm), Edith Haller (Sl), Kwangchul Youn (H), Albert Dohmen (W),

Linda Watson (B), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr)

 

Siegfried:  Lance Ryan (S), Linda Watson (B), Albert Dohmen (W), Wolfgang Schmidt (M),

Andrew Shore (A), Hans-Peter Konig (Ff) Robin Johansson (Wd), Mihoko Fujimura (E)

 

Götterdämmerung: Lance Ryan (S), Linda Watson (B), Hans-Peter Konig (H), Andrew Shore (A),

Ralf Lukas (Gn), Edith Haller (Gt), Mihoko Fujimura (Wa), Simone Schroder (N1), Martina Dike (N2),

Edith Haller (N3), Fionnuala McCarthy (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Marina Prudenskaja (Fl)

The following are complete cycles but are available for loan as their individual component operas. 

 

La Scala Milan 1950 conductor Wilhelm Furtwãngler

RAI Rome Radio Orchestra 1953 conductor Wilhelm Furtwãngler

Bayreuth Festival 1953 conductor Joseph Keilberth

Bayreuth Festival 1957 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

Bayreuth Festival 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

Bayreuth Festival 1960 conductor Rudolf Kempe

New York Metropolitan Opera 1961-2 conductor Erich Leinsdorf

Bayreuth Festival 1965 conductor Karl Bohm

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra c Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg Festival 1967-70

Czech Philharmonic & Prague Theatre Orchestra 1968 conductor Hans Swarowsky

Bayreuth Festival 1^st August 1969 conductor Lorin Maazel

English National Opera conductor Reginald Goodall

Covent Garden 1978 conductor Sir Colin Davis

Bayreuth Festival 1983 conductor Sir Georg Solti – premier of Peter Hall production

Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Marek Janowski

San Francisco Opera 1985 conductor Edo de Waart

Bayreuth Festival 1986 conductor Peter Schneider

Bavarian State Opera 1987 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch (NOT EMI set) – Lehnhoff production premier

Bayreuth Festival 1988 conductor Daniel Barenboim – premier of Harry Kupfer production

Bayreuth Festival 1989 conductor Daniel Barenboim – Anne Evans Bayreuth debut

Covent Garden 1996 conductor Bernard Haitink

Berlin State Opera 1996 conductor Daniel Barenboim

Netherlands Opera Amsterdam 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen

Bayreuth Festival 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

The Proms Ring, various artists, 2004-7

Covent Garden conductor Antonio Pappano, 2005-7

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2006-9 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

New York Metropolitan Opera 2009 conductor James Levine

Budapest June 2009 conductor Adam Fischer

Bayreuth Festival 2009 conductor Christian Thielemann

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Das Rheingold

 

Wotan - (W)     Fricka - (Fr)     Freia - (Fe)     Donner - (D)     Froh - (Fo)     Loge - (L)     Alberich - (A)     Mime - (M)     Fasolt - (Fs)     Fafner - (Ff)     Woglinde - (Wo)     Wellgunde - (We)     Flosshilde - (Fl)     Erda - (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 3^rd April 1937 conductor Artur Bodanzky (on tour in Boston)

2 TCs

Friedrich Schorr (W), Karin Branzell (Fr), Karen Manzell (Fe), Julius Huehn (D), Hans Clemens (Fo),

Rene Maison (L), Eduard Habich (A), Norman Condon (Fs), Emanuel List (Ff),

 

Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires 1947 conductor Erich Kleiber

2 CDs

Herbert Janssen (W), Elsa Cavelti (Fr), Nilda Hofmann (Fe), Angel Mattiello (D), Humberto di Toto (Fo),

Set Svanholm (L), Fred Destal (A), Roberto Maggiolo (M), Jorge Danton (Fs), Emanuel List (Ff),

Amanda Cetera (Wo), Clara Oyuela (We), Norma Palmieri (Fl), Lydia Kindermann (E)

 

La Scala Milan 1950 conductor Wilhelm Furtwãngler

2 CDs  (Virtuoso) (rest of this Ring also available)

Ferdinand Frantz (W), Elisabeth Höngen (Fr), Walburga Wegener (Fe), Angelo Mattiello (D),

Gunther Treptow (Fo), Joachim Sattler (L), Alois Pernerstorfer  (A), Emil Markwort (M), Ludwig Weber (Fs), Albert Emmerich (Ff), Magda Gabory  (Wo), Margherita Kenney (We), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl),

Margret Weth-Falke (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 27^th January 1951 conductor Fritz Stiedry

2 CDs

Hans Hotter (W), Margaret Harshaw (Fr), Jarmila Novotna (Fe), Osie Hawkins (D), Brian Sullivan (Fo),

Set Svanholm (L), Lawrence Davidson  (A), Leslie Chabay (M), Jerome Hines (Fs), Deszo Ernster (Ff),

Erna Berger (Wo), Lucine Amara (We), Herta Glaz (Fl), Karin Branzell (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 11^th August 1951 conductor Herbert von Karajan

2 TCs

Sigurd Bjorling (W), Hanna Ludwig (Fr), Paula Brivkalne (Fe), Werner Faulhaber (D), Robert Bernauer (Fo), Walter Fritz (L), Heinrich Pflanzl (A), Ludwig Weber (Fs), Friedrich Dalberg (Ff), Paul Kuen (M),

Ruth Siewert (E), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Wo), Lore Wissman (We), Herta Topper (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1952 conductor Joseph Keilberth (possibly 24^th July)

2TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Herman Uhde (W), Ira Malaniuk (Fr), Inge Borkh (Fe), Werner Faulhaber (D), Wolfgang Windgassen (Fo), Erich Witte (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Ludwig Weber (Fs), Josef Greindl (Ff),

Erika Zimmermann (Wo), Hanna Ludwig (We), Hertha Töpper (Fl), Melanie Bugarinovic (E)

 

RAI Rome Radio Orchestra 1953 conductor Wilhelm Furtwãngler

2 CDs – (EMI) (rest of this Ring also available)

Ferdinand Frantz (W), Ira Malaniuk  (Fr), Elisabeth Grümmer (Fe), Alfred Poell (D), Lorenz Fehenberger (Fo), Wolfgang Windgassen  (L), Gustav Neidlinger  (A), Julius Patzak (M), Josef Greindl (Fs),

Gottlob Frick (Ff), Sena Jurinac  (Wo), Magda Gabory (We), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (Fl), Ruth Siewert (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1953 conductor Joseph Keilberth

2 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Hans Hotter (W), Ira Malaniuk (Fr), Bruni Falcon (Fe), Hermann Uhde (D), Gerhard Stolze (Fo),

Erich Witte (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Ludwig Weber (Fs), Josef Greindl (Ff),

Erika Zimmermann (Wo), Hetty Plumacher (We), Gisela Litz), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bayreuth Live 24^th July 1955 conductor Joseph Keilberth

2 CDs, (Testament)

Hans Hotter (W), Georgina von Milinkovic (Fr), Hertha Wilfert (Fe), Toni Blankenheim (D),

Josef Traxel (Fo), Rudolf Lustif (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Ludwig Weber (Fs),

Josef Greindl (Ff), Jutta Vulpius (Wo), Elisabeth Schartel (We), Maria Gra (Fl), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 13^th August 1956 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

2 TCs

Hans Hotter (W), Georgina von Milinkovic (Fr), Gre Brouwenstijn (Fe), Alfons Herrweg (D),

Josef Traxel (Fo), Ludwig Suthaus (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Josef Greindl (Fs),

Arnold van Mill (Ff), Lore Wissmann (Wo), Paula Lechner (We), Maria von Ilosvay (Fl)), Jean Madeira (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1957 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

3 CDs (Music & Arts) or 2 TCs (from Cetra LPs) (rest of this Ring also available)

Hans Hotter (W), Georgina von Milinkovi (Fr), Elisabeth Grümmer (Fe), Toni Blankenhein (D),

Josef Traxel (Fo), Ludwig Suthaus (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Arnold van Mill (Fs),

 Josef Greindl (Ff), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Paula Lechner (We), Elisabeth Schartel (Fl),

Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

2 CDs (Hunt Label) (rest of this Ring also available)

Hans Hotter (W), Rita Gorr (Fr), Elisabeth Grümmer (Fe), Toni Erik Saeden (D), Sandor Konya (Fo),

Fritz Ühl (L), Frans Andersson (A), Gerhard Stolze (M), Theo Adam (Fs), Josef Greindl (Ff),

Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Claudia Hellmann (We), Ursula Boese (Fl), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 1958 conductor Georg Solti

3 CDs with separate booklet (Decca) Also available on 3 TCs in box with libretto (Decca)

George London (W), Eberhard Wächter (D), Waldemar Kmentt (Fo), Set Svanholm (L), Kirsten Flagstad (Fr), Claire Watson (Fe), Jean Madiera (E), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M), Walter Kreppel (Fs),

Kurt Böhme (Ff), Elsa Balsborg (Wo), Hetty Plumacher (We), Ira Malaniuk (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1960 conductor Rudolf Kempe (possibly 26^th July)

2 CDs or 2TCs

Hermann Uhde (W), Hertha Töpper (Fr), Ingrid Bjöner (Fe), Thomas Stewart (D), Georg Paskuda (Fo), Gerhard Stolze (L), Otakar Kraus (A), Herold Kraus (M), Arnold van Mill (Fs), Peter Roth-Ehrang (Ff), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Claudia Hellman (We), Sonia Cervena (Fl), Marga Höffgen (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 16^th December 1961 c Erich Leinsdorf

2 TCs – (sound on one channel only)

George Longon (W), Irene Dalis (Fr), Heidi Krall (Fe), Norman Mittelmann (D), Robert Nagy (Fo),

Karl Liebl (L), Walter Herbert (A), Paul Kuen (M), Jerome Hines (Fs), Ernst Wiemann (Ff),

Martina Arroyo (Wo), Mignon Dunn (We), Rosalind Elias (Fl), Jean Madeira (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1965 c Karl Böhm

2 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Theo Adam (W), Ursula Boese (Fr), Anja Silja (Fe), Gerd Nienstedt (D), William Olvis (Fo),

Wolfgang Windgassen (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Erwin Wohlfahrt (M), Martti Talvela (Fs),

Kurt Boehme (Ff), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Helga Dernesch (We), Kerstin Meyer (Fl), Lili Chookasian (E)

 

Covent Garden 1965 c Sir Georg Solti

2CD

David Ward (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Joan Carlyle (Fe), Victor Godfrey (D), John Dobson (Fo),

Gerhard Stolze (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), John Lanigan (M), Forbes Robinson (Fs), Michael Langdon (Ff),

 

Czech Philharmonic & Prague Theatre Orchestra 1968 conductor Hans Swarowsky

2 TCs  (rest of this Ring also available)

Rolf Polke (W), Ruth Hesse (Fr), Heidemaria Ferch (Fe), Rudolf Knoll (D), Herbert Doussant (Fo), Fritz Uhl (L), Rolf Kuhne (A), Herold Kraus (M), Otto von Rohr (Fs), Takao Okamura (Ff), Liselotte Becker-Egner (Wo), Hilde Rosner (Fl), Ursula Boese (E)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra c Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg Festival 1968

2 TCs 

Thomas Stewart  (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Simone Mangelsdorff (Fe), Robert Kerns (D),

Donald Grobe (Fo), Gerhard Stolze (L), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Erwin Wohlfahrt (M), Martti Talvela (Fs),

Karl Ridderbusch (Ff), Liselotte Rebmann (Wo), Edda Moser (We), Anna Reynolds (Fl),

Oralia Dominguez (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1^st August 1969 conductor Lorin Maazel

2TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Thomas Stewart (W), Janis Martin (Fr), Helga Dernesch (Fe), Gerd Nienstedt (D), Wolfgang Windgassen (L), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Gerhard Stolze (M), Karl Ridderbusch (Fs), Josef Greindl (Ff),

Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (Fl), Marga Höffgen (E)

 

English National Opera conductor Reginald Goodall

4 TCs – in English (EMI, in box with booklet)

Norman Bailey (W), Katherine Pring (Fr), Lois McDonall (Fe), Norman Welsby (D), Robert Ferguson (Fo), Emile Belcourt (L), Derek Hammond-Stroud (A), Gregory Dempsey (M), Robert Lloyd (Fs),

Clifford Grant (Ff), Valerie Masterson (Wo), Shelagh Squires (Fl), Anne Collins (E)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Salzburg Festival 1974 conductor Herbert von Karajan

2 CDs, soundtrack of DG Laserdisc issue of film of opera made in 1978 as studio production.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Simone Mangelsdorff (Fe), Robert Kerns (D),

Donald Grobe (Fo), Gerhard Stolze (L), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Erwin Wohlfart (M), Martti Talvela (Fs).

Karl Ridderbusch (Ff), Helen Donath (Wo), Edda Moser (We), Anna Reynolds (Fl), Oralia Dominquez (E)

 

Covent Garden 9^th October 1978 c Sir Colin Davis

2 CDs  rest of this Ring also available

Donald MacIntyre (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Rachael Yakar (Fe), Hermann Becht (D), Robert Tear (Fo), George Shirley (L), Zoltan Kelemen (A), John Dobson (M), Robert Lloyd (Fs), Matti Salminen (Ff),

Teresa Cahill (Wo), Eiddwen Harrhy (We), Gillian Knight (Fl), Elizabeth Bainbridge (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 25^th July 1983 conductor Sir Georg Solti

2 TCs  (rest of this Ring also available)

Siegmund Nimsgern (W), Doris Soffel (Fr), Anita Soldh (Fe), heinz-Jurgen Demitz (D),

Maldwyn Davies (Fo), Manfred Jung (L), Hermann Becht (A), Peter Haage (M), Manfred Schenk (Fs),

Dieter Schweikart (Ff), Anne Gjevang (E)

 

Studio Recording Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Marek Janowski

2CDs (RCA, or 3 TCs in box with booklet - complete (Eurodisc)

Theo Adam (W), Karl-Heinz Stryczek (D), Eberhard Büchner (Fo), Peter Scrier (L), Yvonne Minton (Fr), Marita Napier (Fe), Ortrun Wenkel (E), Siegmund Nimsgern (A), Christian Vogel (M), Roland Bracht (Fs), Matti Salminen (Ff), Lucia Popp (Wo), Uta Priew (We), Hanna Schwartz (Fl)

 

San Francisco Opera June 1985 conductor Edo de Waart

2TCs

James Morris (W), John del Carlo (D), Walter MacNeil (Fo), William Lewis (L), Hanna Schwarz (Fr),

Nancy Gustafson (Fe), Mariana Paunova (E), Walter Berr (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Roland Bracht (Fs), James Patterson (Ff), Deborah Sasson (Wo), Jean Herzberg (We), Alexandra Hughes (Fl)

 

Bayreuth 27^th July 1986 conductor Peter Schneider

2TCs

Siegmund Nimsgern (W), Johann-Werner Prein (D), Kurt Schreibmayer (Fo), Manfred Jung  (L),

Hanna Schwarz (Fr), Lucy Peacock (Fe), Anne Gjevang (E), Hermann Becht (A), Peter Haage (M),

Hans Tschammer (Fs), Dieter Schweikart (Ff), Agnes Harbereder (Wo), Sylvia Hermann (We),

Birgitta Svenden (Fl)

 

 

 

 

 

Bavarian State Opera March 1987 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

2TCs (premier of Nikolaus Lehnhoff production – cast differs from EMI CD set)

James Morris (W), Lorian Verny (D), Josef Hoppermeiser (Fo), Robert Tear (L),  Marjana Lipovsek (Fr), Nadine Secunde (Fe), Hanna Schwarz (E), Ekkehar d Wlaschiha (A), Helmut Pampuch (M),

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fs), Kurt Moll (Ff), Julie Kaufmann (Wo), Anne-Marie Blasi (We), Birgit Calm (Fl)

 

Bayreuth 27^th July 1988 conductor Daniel Barenboim

2 TCs (premier of Harry Kupfer production;  John Tomlinson`s first Bayreuth Wotan)

John Tomlinson (W), Linda Finnie (Fr), Eva Johansson (Fe), Bodo Brinkmann (D), Karl Schreibmayer (Fo), Graham Clark (L), Gunter von Kannen (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Matthias Hölle (Fs), Philip Kang (Ff), Anne Gjevang (E), Hilde Leidland (Wo), Annette Küttenbaum (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

 

 Covent Garden 1988 conductor Bernard Haitink

2 TCs

James Morris (W), Helga Dernesch (Fr), Nancy Gustafson (Fe), Philip Joll (D), Kim Begley (Fo),

Kenneth Riegel (L), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), John Dobson (M), Roderick Kennedy (Fs), Willard White (Ff), Jadwiga Rappé (E), Judith Howart (Wo), Anne Mason (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 1989 conductor Daniel Barenboim

2TCs

John Tomlinson (W), Linda Finnie (Fr), Eva Johansson (Fe), Bodo Brinkmann (D), Karl Schreibmayer (Fo), Graham Clark (L), Gunther von Kannen (A), Helmut Pampuch (M), Siegfried Vogel (Fs), Philip Kang (Ff), Anne Gjevang (E), Hilde Leidland (Wo), Annette Kuttenbaum (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal Glasgow 1989 conductor John Mauceri

2 TCs

Willard White (W), Felicity Palmer (Fr), Anne Williams King (Fe), Gerard Quinn (D), Justin Lavender (Fo), Bonaventura Bottone (L), Nicholas Folwell (A), Paul Harrhy (M), Curtis Wilson (Fs), Penelope Walker (E),

Oddbjorn Tennfjord (Ff), Elizabeth Ritchie (Wo), Claire Shearer (We), Fiona Kimm (Fl)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera March 1989 conductor James Levine

2 TCs

Hans Sotin (W), Christa Ludwig (Fr), Ellen Schade (Fe), James Courtney (D), Mark Baker (Fo),

Siegfried Jerusalem (L), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Horst Hiestermann (M), Matti Salminen (Fs),

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Ff), Birgitta Svenden (E), Karen Ericsson (Wo), Diane Kesling (We),

Meredith Parsons (Fl)

 

Chicago Lyric Opera 1993 conductor Zubin Mehta

2 TCs

James Morris (W), Tatiana Troyanos (Fr), Hillevi Martinpelto (Fe), Bryn Terfel (D), Mark Baker (Fo),

Baryy McCauley (L), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A), Dennis Petersen (M), Matthias Hölle (Fs),

Jaakko Ryhänen (Ff), Nancy Maultsby (E), Joan Gibbons (Wo), Emily Manhart (We), Robynne Redmon (Fl), Catherine Wyne-Rogers (E)

 

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1995 conductor Ed de Waart

2 TCs

Monte Pedersen (W), Bernadette Cullen (Fr), Suzanne Prain (Fe), Michael Lewis (D), Richard Greager (Fo),

David Kuebler (L), Peter Sidholm (A), Geoffrey Harris (M), Donald Shanks (Fs), Conal Coad (Ff),

Nancy Maultsby (E/Fl), Gillian Sullivan (Wo), Kirsi Harms (We)

 

Covent Garden 24^th October 1996 conductor Bernard Haitink

2 TCs

John Tomlinson (W), Jane Henschel (Fr), Rita Cullis (Fe), Peter Sidhom (D), Peter Evans (Fo),

Philip Langridge (L), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A), Robin Leggate (M), Peter Rose (Fs), Matthias Hölle (Ff), Rosemary Joshua (Wo), Gillian Webster (We), Leah-Marian Jones (Fl), Catherine Wyne-Rogers (E)

 

 

 

 

 

Berlin State Opera 1996 c Daniel Barenboim

2 TCs

John Tomlinson (W), Uta Priew (Fr), Gertrude Ottenthal (Fe), Annti Suhonen (D), Endrich Wottrick (Fo),

Peter Schreier (L), Gunter von Kannen (A), Peter Menzel (M), Rene Pape (Fs), Siegfried Vogel (Ff),

Carola Hohn (Wo), Katharina Kammerloher (We), Andrea Bonig (Fl), Mette Ejsing (E)

 

Amsterdam 9^th June 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen

2 TCs

John Brocheler (W), Reinhold Runkel (Fr), Carola Hohn (Fe), Jurgen Freier (D), Albert Bonemma (Fo),

Chris Merritt (L), Henk Smit (A), Graham Clark (M), Peter Mikulas (Fs), Carsten Stabell (Ff),

Gabriele Fontana (Wo), Hanna Schaer (We), Catherine Keen (Fl), Anne Gjevang (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 27^th July 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

2 CDs

Alan Titus (W), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr), Anja Kampe (Fe), Olaf Bär (D), Endrik Wottrich (Fo),

Graham Clark (L), Hartmut Welker (A), Michael Howard (M), Johann Tilli (Fs), Philip Kang (Ff),

Simone Schröder (E)

 

Stuttgart Opera Live 2002 conductor Lothar Zagrosek

2 CDs

Wolfgang Probst (W), Michaela Schuster (Fr), Helga Ros Indridadottir (Fe), Motti Kaston (D),

Bernhard Schneider (Fo), Robert Künzli (L), Esa Ruuttunen (A), Ebehard Francesco Lorenz (M),

Roland Bracht (Fs), Philip Entz (Ff), Catriona Smith (Wo), Maria Theresa Ulrich (We),

Margarete Joswig (Fl), Mette Ejsing (E)

 

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Proms 19^th August 2004, conductor Sir Simon Rattle

2 CDs

Willard White (W), Yvonne Naef (Fr), Geraldine McGreevy (Fe), Jamse Rutherford (D),

Timothy Robinson (Fo), Kim Begley (L), Oleg Bryjak (A), Robin Leggate (M), Peter Rose (Fs),

Robert Lloyd (Ff), Kate Royal (Wo), Karen England (We), Christine Rice (Fl), Anna Larsson (E)

 

Covent Garden 7^th January 2005 conductor Antonio Pappano

2CDs

Bryn Terfel (W), Rosalind Plowright (Fr), Günter von Kannen (A), Philip Langridge (L),

Gerhard Siegel (M), Philip Es (Ff), Franz-Josef Selig (Fs), Emily Magee (Fe), James Rutherford (D)

Will Hartmann (Fo), Jane Henschel (E), Sarah Fox (Wo), Heather Shipp (We), Liora Grodnikaite (Fl)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Aix Festival 6^th July 2006 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

2CDs or DVD-Audio

Willard White (W), Lili Paasikivi (Fr), Dale Duesing (A), Robert Gambill (L), Alfred Reiter (Ff),

Evgeny Nikitin (Fs), Mireille Delunsch (Fe), Detlev Roth (D), Josef Kaiser (Fo), Sarah Fox (Wo),

Victoria Simmonds (We), Caterina Gubanova (Fl)

 

Hamburg State Opera 16^th March 2008 conductor Simone Young

1 DVD-audio

Falk Struckmann (W), Katja Pieweck (Fr), Wolfgang Koch (A), Peter Galliard (L), Jurgen Sacher (M),

Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Ff), Tigran Martirossian (Fs), Hellen Kwon (Fe), Jan Buchwald (D)

Ladislav Elgr (Fo), Deborah Humble (E), Ha Young Lee (Wo), Gabriele Rossmanith (We),

Ann-Beth Solvang (Fl)

 

Bayreuth 28^th July 2008 c Christian Thielemann

1 DVD-audio

Albert Dohmen (W), Michelle Breedt (Fr), Andrew Shore (A), Arnold Bezuyen (L), Gerhard Siegel (M),

Hans Peter Koenig (Ff), Kwangchul Youn (Fs), Edith Haller (Fe), Ralf Lukas (D), Clemens Bieber (Fo), Christa Mayer (E), Fionnuala McCarthy (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Simone Schroder (Fl)

 

 

 

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 28^th March 2009 conductor James Levine

1 DVD-audio

James Morris (W), Yvonne Naef (Fr), Richard Paul Fink (A), Kim Begley (L), Gerhard Siegel (M),

John Tomlinson (Ff), Franz-Josef Selig (Fs), Wendy Bryn Haemer (Fe), Charles Taylor (D)

Garrett Sorenson (Fo), Jill Grove (E), Lisalette Oropesa (Wo), Kate Lindsey (We), Tamara Mumford (Fl)

 

Vienna State Opera 2^nd May 2009 conductor Franz Welser-Möst

1 DVD-audio

Juha Uusitalo (W), Janina Baechle (Fr), Tomasz Konieczny (A), Adrian Eröd (L), Herwig Pecoraro (M),

Ain Anger (Ff), Sorin Koliban (Fs), Ricarda Merbeth (Fe), Markus Eicher (D) Gergerin Nemerti (Fo),

Anna Larsson (E), Iliane Tronke (Wo), Michaela Selinger (We), Elisabet Kuhlmann (Fl)

 

Budapest 11^th June 2009 conductor Franz Welser-Möst

2 cd

Johan Reuter (W), Judit Nemeth (Fr), Hartmut Welkler (A), Christian Franz (L), Michael Roider (M),

Ain Anger (Ff), Thomas Jesatko (Fs), Anna Herczenik (Fe), Oskar Hillebrandt (D) Attila Fekete (Fo),

Annamaria Kovacs (E), Anna Korondi (Wo), Gabriella Fodor (We), Atala Schock (Fl)

 

Los Angeles Opera March 2009 conductor James Conlon

1 DVD-audio

Vitalilj Kowaljow (W), Michelle de Young (Fr), Gordon Hawkins (A), Arnold Bezuyen (L),

Graham Clark (M), Eric Halfvarson (Ff), Morris Robinson (Fs), Ellie Dehn (Fe), Wayne Tigges (D),

Beau Gibson (Fo), Jill Grove (E), Stacey Teppan (Wo), Lauren McNeese (We), Beth Clayton (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 2009 conductor Christian Thielemann

1 DVD-audio

Albert Dohmen (W), Michelle de Young (Fr), Edith Haller (Fe), Andrew Shore (A), Arnold Bezuyen (L),

Wolfgang Schmidt (M), Ain Anger (Ff), Kwangchul Youn (Fs), Ellie Dehn (Fe), Ralf Lukas (D),

Clemens Bieber (Fo), Mihoko Fujimura (E), Christiane Kohl (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Simone Schroder (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 2010 conductor Christian Thielemann

1 DVD-audio

Albert Dohmen (W), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr), Edith Haller (Fe), Andrew Shore (A), Arnold Bezuyen (L),

Wolfgang Schmidt (M), Diogenes Randes (Ff), Kwangchul Youn (Fs), Ellie Dehn (Fe), Ralf Lukas (D),

Clemens Bieber (Fo), Christa Meyer (E), Christiane Kohl (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Simone Schroder (Fl)

 

 

 

Excerpts

 

Covent Garden 7^th October 1975 conductor Reginald Goodall

2CDs (ends just after Alberich`s cursing the Ring and before Fasolt & Fafner return)

Dvid Ward (W), Josephine Veasey (Fr), Jeannine Altmeyer (Fe), Raimund Herincx (D), Robert Tear (Fo), George Shirley (L), Zoltan Kelemen (A), John Dobson (M), Robert Lloyd (Fs), Matti Salminen (Ff),

Valerie Masterson (Wo), Eiddhwen Harrhy (Fl), Gillian Knight (E)

Die Walküre

 

Siegmund - (Sm)     Sieglinde - (Sl)     Hunding - (H)     Wotan - (W)     Brünnhilde - (B)     Fricka - (F)

 

1_           Complete Recordings

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 30^th March 1940 conductor Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Lauritz Melchior (Sm), Lotte Lehmann (Sl), Emanuel List (H), Friedrich Schorr (W), Marjorie Lawrence (B), Kerstin Thorborg  (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 1941 conductor Erich Leinsdorf

3 CDs -  (The 40s label))

Lauritz Melchior (Sm), Astrid Varnay (Sl), Alexander Kipnis (H), Friedrich Schorr (W), Helen Traubel (B), Kirstin Thorborg  (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 2^nd December 1944 conductor George Szell

3 TCs)

Lauritz Melchior (Sm), Rose Bampton (Sl), Alexander Kipnis (H), Herbert Janssen (W), Helen Traubel (B), Kerstin Thorborg  (Fr)

 

La Scala Milan 9^th September 1950 conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

4 CDs – (Virtuoso)  Also on 3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Gunther Treptow (Sm), Hilde Konetzni (Sl), Ludwig Weber (H), Ferdinand Frantz (W), Kirsten Flagstad (B), Elisabeth Hoengen (Fr)

 

Berlin Städtische Opera 10^th June 1951 conductor Ferenc Fricsay

3TCs

Ludwig Suthaus (Sm), Maria Müller (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Josef Herrmann (W), Paula Büchner (B), Margarete Klose (Fr)

 

RAI Rome Radio Orchestra 1953 conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

4 CDs  - (EMIl) (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Wingassen (Sm), Hilde Konetzni (Sl), Gottlob Frick (H), Ferdinand Frantz (W), Martha Mödl (B), Elsa Cavelti (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1953 conductor Joseph Keilberth (prossibly 25^th July)

3TCs

Ramon Vinay (Sm), Regina Resnik (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Martha Mödl (B),

Ira Malaniuk (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 11^th August 1955 conductor Joseph Keilberth

4 CDs

Ramon Vinay (Sm), Astrid Varnay (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Martha Mödl (B), Georgina von Milinkovic (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 15^th August 1957 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Music & Arts) (rest of this Ring also available)

Ramon Vinay (Sm), Birgit Nilsson (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Astrid Varnay (B), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 27^th September 1957 conductor Rudolf Kempe

3CDs

Ramon Vinay (Sm), Sylvia Fisher (Sl), Friedrich Dalberg (H), Hans Hotter (W), Birgit Nilsson (B), Georgine von Milinkovic (Fr)

 

 

 

 

Bayreuth Festival 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch (possibly 28^th July)

4 CDs (Hunt Label) Also on 3TCs ( rest of this Ring also available)

Jon Vickers (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Astrid Varnay (B), Rita Gorr (Fr)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Georg Solti

4 CDs with separate booklet (Decca) Also on 4 cassettes in box with booklet (Decca)

James King (Sm), Regine Crespin (Sl), Gottlob Frick (H), Hans Hotter (W), Birgit Nilsson (B), Christa Ludwig (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 20^th February 1960 c Karl Bohm

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (Sm), Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (Sl), Deszo Ernster (H), Jerome Hines (W), Birgit Nilsson (B), Irene Dalis (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 1960 c Rudolf Kempe

4 CDs ( rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (Sm), Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (Sl), Gottlob Frick (H), Jerome Hines (W),

 Astrid Varnay (B), Herta Töpper (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 23^rd December 1961 c Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (Sm), Gladys Kuchta (Sl), Ernst Weimann (H), Birgit Nilsson (B), Otto Edelmann (W), Irene Dalis (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 1961 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3CDs

Jon Vickers (Sm), Claire Watson (Sl), Michael Langdon (H), Hans Hotter (W), Anita Välkki (B), Rita Gorr

(Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 6^th March 1965 conductor William Steinberg

3TCs

Jon Vickers (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), David Ward (H), George London (W), Birgit Nilsson (B),

Irene Dalis (Fr)

 

Bayreuth 26^th July 1965 conductor Karl Bohm

2TCs – NB Act 1 and opening part of Act 2 missing ( rest of this Ring also available)

James King (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Martti Talvela (H), Theo Adam (W), Birgit Nilsson (B),

Ursula Boese (Fr)

 

Wurttemberg State Opera 1966 c Ferdinand Leitner

3TCs

Mario del Monaco (Sm), Hildegard Hillebrecht (Sl), Otto von Rohr (H), Carlos Alexander (W), Anja Silja (B), Ruth Hesse (Fr)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra c Herbert von Karajan, Salzburg Festival 19^th March 1967

3TCs

Jon Vickers (Sm), Gundula Janowitz (Sl), Martti Talvela (H), Thomas Stewart (W), Regine Crespin (B),

Christa Ludwig (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 3^rd October 1967 conductor Edward Downes

4CDs or 3TCs

Ernst Kozub (Sm), Ingrid Bjoner (Sl), Kurt Boehme (H), Herbert Fliether (W), Ludmila Dvorakova (B), Josephine Veasey (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra c Thomas Schippers, Osaka Festival 1967

3 TCs

Jess Thomas (Sm), Helga Dernesch (Sl), Gerd Nienstedt (H), Theo Adam (W), Anja Silja (B),

Grace Hoffmann (Fr)

 

 

Czech Philharmonic & Prague Theatre Orchestras 1968 conductor Hans Swarowsky

3TCss

Gerald McGee (Sm), Ditha Somner (Sl), Otto von Rohr (H), Rolf Polke (W), Nadesda Kniplova (B), Ruth Hesse (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 24^th February 1968 conductor Berislav Klobucar

3TCss

Jon Vickers (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Karl Ridderbusch (H), Thomas Stewart (W), Birgit Nilsson (B),

Christa Ludwig (Fr)

 

RAI Rome Orchestra c Wolfgang Sawallisch, 1968

3TCss

Ebehard Katz (Sm), Hildegard Hillebrecht (Sl), Gerd Nienstedt (H), Theo Adam (W), Nadezda Kniplova (B),

Janis Martin (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 1^st March 1969 conductor Herbert von Karajan

3TCss

Jon Vickers (Sm), Regine Crespin (Sl), Martti Talvela (H), Theo Adam (W), Birgit Nilsson Veasey (B),

Josephine Veasey (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1969 conductor Lorin Maazel

3TCs  ( rest of this Ring also available)

James King (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Thomas Stewart (W), Berit Lindholm (B), Janis Martin (Fr)

 

English National Opera 1975 conductor Reginald Goodall

4 CDs  - in English – (Chandos)

Alberto Remedios (Sm), Margaret Curphey  (Sl), Clifford Grant (H), Norman Bailey (W), Rita Hunter (B), Ann Howard (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 10^th October 1978 conductor Sir Colin Davis

3 CDs

Peter Hofmann (Sm), Helga Dernesch (Sl), Aage Haugland (H), Donald MacIntyre (W),

Gwynneth Jones (B), Josephine Veasey (Fr)

 

San Franciso Opera 1982 c Otmar Suitner

3TCs

James King (Sm), Leonie Rysanek (Sl), Kurt Rydl (H), Manfred Schenk (W), Birgit Nilsson (B),

Nadine Denize (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 26^th July 1983 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), Matthias Holle (H), Siegmund Nimsgern (W), Hildegard Behrens (B), Doris Soffel (Fr)

 

Studio Recording Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Marek Janowski

4CDs (RCA, or 5 TCs in box with booklet - complete (Eurodisc)

Siegfried Jerusalem (Sm), Jessye Norman (Sl), Kurt Moll (H), Theo Adam (W), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Yvonne Minton (Fr)

 

WNO at Cardiff 18^th February 1984 conductor Reginald Goodall

4CDs:   New 2009 remastering from a stereo source tape recorded by Dwyryd Wyn Jones and kindly made available by Professor Tegid Wyn Jones.

Warren Ellsworth (Sm), Kathryn Harries (Sl), Roderick Earle (H), Philip Joll (W), Anne Evans (B),

Patricia Payne (Fr)

 

San Francisco Opera June 1985 c Edo de Waart

3 TCs

Peter Hofmann (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), John Tomlinson (H), James Morris (W), Gwynneth Jones (B),

Helga Dernesch (Fr)

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1986 c Peter Schneider

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (Sm), Gabriele Schnaut (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), Siegmund Nimsgern (W), Hildegard Behrens (B), Hanna Schwarz (Fr)

 

WNO at Covent Garden 27^th September 1986 conductor Richard Armstrong

4CDs or 3 TCs

Warren Ellsworth (Sm), Kathryn Harries (Sl), John Tranter (H), Philip Joll (W), Anne Evans (B),

Penelope Walker (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 7^th March 1987 conductor James Levine

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (Sm), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sl), Aage Haugland (H), Donald McIntyre (W), Hildgard Behrens (B), Brigitte Fassbaender (Fr)

 

Bavarian State Opera March 1987 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 TCs (premier of Nikolaus Lehnhoff production – cast differs from EMI CD set)

Robert Schunk (Sm), Cheryl Studer (Sl), Kurt Moll (H), James Morris (W), Hildgard Behrens (B),

Marjana Lipovsek (Fr)

 

Bayreuth 28^th July 1988 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (premier of Harry Kupfer production) (Last few seconds of Act 2 missing)

Peter Hofmann (Sm), Nadine Secunde (Sl), Mattias Hölle (H), John Tomlinson (W), Helga Dernesch (B),

Deborah Polaski (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1989 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (Anne Evans` first Bayreuth Brunnhilde.  First few seconds of Act 2 missing)

Peter Hofmann (Sm), Nadine Secunde (Sl), Philip Kang (H), John Tomlinson (W), Anne Evans (B),

Linda Finnie (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 14^th October 1989 conductor Bernard Haitink

3 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

René Kollo (Sm), Gabriele Schnaut (Sl), John Tomlinson (H), James Morris (W), Gwynneth Jones (B),

Helga Dernesch (Fr)

 

Rome Opera 1989 conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

3 TCs

William Pell (Sm), Elizabeth Connell (Sl), Kurt Rydl (H), Hans Sotin (W), Janis Martin (B),

Hanna Schwarz (Fr)

 

Cleveland Orchestra conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

3TCs

Poul Elming (Sm), Alessandra Marc (Sl), Alfred Muff (H), Robert Hale (W), Gabriele Schnaut (B),

Anja Silja (Fr)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 3^rd April 1993 conductor James Levine

3TCs Christa Ludwig`s farewell performance

Gary Lakes (Sm), Mechthilde Gessendorf (Sl), Matti Salminen (H), James Morris (W), Gwynneth Jones (B),

Christa Ludwig (Fr)

 

La Scala Milan 1994 conductor Riccardo Muti

3TCs or 1 Region 2 DVD, PAL format, occasional Italian subtitled paraphrases

Placido Domingo (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), Monte Pederson (W),

Gabriele Schnaut (B), Marjana Lipovsek (Fr)

 

Lyric Opera Chicago 1994 c Zubin Mehta

3TC

Siegfried Jerusalem (Sm), Tina Kiberg (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), James Morris (W), Eva Marton (B),  Marjana Lipovsek (Fr)

 

Covent Garden 25^th October 1996 conductor Bernard Haitink

3 TCs

Poul Elming (Sm), Ulla Gustafsson (Sl), Matthias Hölle (H), John Tomlinson (W), Anne Evans / Penelope Chalmers (B), Jane Henschel (Fr)

 

Berlin State Opera 1996 c Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs

Poul Elming (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Rene Pape (H), John Tomlinson (W), Deborah Polaski (B),

Uta Priew (Fr)

 

Berlin State Opera 12^th May 1996 c Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (house recording)

Placido Domingo (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Rene Pape (H), John Tomlinson (W), Deborah Polaski (B),

Rosemarie Lang (Fr)

 

Amsterdam 10^th June 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen

3 TCs

John Keyes (Sm), Jaennine Altmeyer (Sl), Kurt Rydl (H), John Brocheler (W), Nadine Secunde (B), Reinhild Runkel (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 2001 conductor Adam Fischer

4 CDs 

Robert Dean Smith (Sm), Violeta Urmana (Sl), Philip Kang (H), Alan Titus (W),

Luana de Vol (B), Birgit Remmert (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

4 CDs 

Robert Dean Smith (Sm), Violeta Urmana (Sl), Philip Kang (H), Alan Titus (W), Evelyn Herlitzius (B), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr)

 

Los Angeles Opera 4^th April 2009 c James Conlon

1DVD-Audio 

Placido Domingo (Sm), Michelle de Young (Sl), Eric Halfvarson (H), Vitalij Kowaljow (W),

Linda Watson (B), Ekaterina Semenchuk (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 27^th July 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

4 CDs 

Robert Dean Smith (Sm), Violeta Urmana (Sl), Philip Kang (H), Alan Titus (W), Evelyn Herlitzius (B), Mihoko Fujimura (Fr)

 

Berlin Philharmonic, Aix-en-Provence Festival 2007 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

4cds

Robert Gambill (Sm), Eva-Marie Westbroek (Sl), Mikhail Petrenko (H), Willard White (W),

Eva Johansson (B), Lili Paasikivi (Fr)

 

Hamburg State Opera 19^th October 2008 conductor Simone Young

1 DVD-Audio

Stuart Skelton (Sm), Yvonne Naef (Sl), Mikhail Petrenko (H), Thomas Jott Mayer (W), Deborah Polaski (B), Jeanne Piland (Fr)

 

Budapest 12^th June 2009 c Adam Fischer

4CDs 

Christian Franz (Sm), Christina Even (Sl), Walter Fink (H), Tomasz Konieczny (W),

Linda Watson (B), Judith Nemeth (Fr)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 2009 conductor Christian Thielemann

DVD-Audio 

Endrik Wottrich (Sm), Eva-Marie Westbroek (Sl), Kwangchul Youn (H), Albert Dohmen (W),

Linda Watson (B), Michelle Breedt (Fr)

Excerpts

 

Highlights  - London Symphony Orchestra 1962 conductor Erich Leinsdorf

1 CD  (Decca)

Jon Vickers (Sm), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sl), George London (W), Birgit Nilsson (B), Rita Gorr (Fr)

 

Act 1.  London Philharmonic c Klaus Tennstedt, Royal Festival Hall 25^th October 1981

1 CD

Robert Schunk (Sm), Jessye Norman (Sl), Marius Rintzler (H)

 

Act 1.  Boston Symphony c Seiji Ozawa, date unknown, early 1980s?

1 CD

Jon Vickers (Sm), Jessye Norman (Sl), Gwynne Howell (H)

 

Act 1; Vienna State Opera 1990 conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

1TC

Placido Domingo (Sm), Waltraud Meier (Sl), Kurt Rydl (H)

 

Act 1; Budapest Festival 12^th March 1999 conductor Ivan Fischer

1TC

Poul Elming (Sm), Cheryl Studer (Sl), Hans Sotin (H)

 

Act 1; NDR Symphony Orchestra conductor Donald Runnicles, Hamburg 9^th March 2000

1CD

Wolfgang Schmidt (Sm), Katarina Dalayman (Sl), Eric Halfvarson (H)

 

Act III 1957 Studio Recording Vienna Philharmonic conductor Georg Solti

1 CD  (Decca)

Otto Edelmann (W), Kirsten Flagstad (B), Marianne Schech (Sl)

 

Close Act II, Act III Metropolitan Opera New York Live 1996 conductor James Levine

1 TC

Placido Domingo (Sm), Deborah Voigt (Sl), John Macurdy (H), Robert Hale (W), Gabriele Schnaut (B)

 

Act 2 Scene 2, Act 3 complete.  Konigsberg Reichssenders Orchestra conductor Wolfgang Bruckner, rec 17^th February 1938

2 CDs

Wilhelm Rode (W), Gertrud Runger (B), Elisabeth Friedrich (Sl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1952 c Joseph Keilberth, Acts 2+3

2TCs

Günther Treptow (Sm), Inge Borkh (Sl), Josef Greindl (H), Hans Hotter (W), Astrid Varnay (B)

Ira Malaniuk (Fr)

 

 

Siegfried

 

Siegfried - (S)     Brünnhilde - (B)     Wanderer - (W)     Mime - (M)     Alberich - (A)     Fafner - (F)     Woodbird - (Wd)     Erda - (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 30^th January 1937 conductor Artur Bodanzky

3TCs

Lauritz Melchior (S), Kirsten Flagstad (B), Friedrich Schorr (W), Karl Laufkotter (M), Eduard Habich (A), Emanuel List  (Ff), Stella Andreva (Wd), Kerstin Thorborg (E)

 

La Scala Live 1950 conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

4 CDs  - (Virtuoso Label) (rest of this Ring also available)

Set Svanholm (S), Kirsten Flagstad (B), Josef Herrmann (W), Peter Markwort (M), Alois Pernerstorfer (A), Ludwig Weber (Ff), Julia Moor (Wd), Elisabeth Höngen (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 10^th February 1951 conductor Fritz Stiedry

3 CDs

Set Svanholm (S), Helen Traubel (B), Ferdinand Frantz (W), Peter Klein (M), Gerhard Pechner (A), Deszo Ernster (Ff), Erna Berger (Wd), Karin Branzell (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1952 c Joseph Keilberth

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Bernd Aldenhoff (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Hans Hotter (W), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Paul Kuen (M)

Melanie Bugarinovic (E), Rita Streich (Wd)

 

RAI Rome Radio Orchestra 1953 conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

4 CDs -(EMI) (rest of this Ring also available)

Ludwig Suthaus (S), Martha Mödl (B), Ferdinand Frantz (W), Julius Patzak (M), Alois Pernerstorfer (A), Josef Greindl (Ff), Rita Streich (Wd), Margarete Klöse (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 12^th August 1955 conductor Joseph Keilberth

4CDs or 3 TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Martha Mödl (B), Hans Hotter (W), Paul Kuen (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A),

Maria von Ilosvay (E), Ilse Hollweg (Wd)

 

Bayreuth Festival 15^th August 1956 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

3TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Hans Hotter (W), Paul Kuen (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Arnold van Mill (Ff), Ilse Hollweg (Wd), Jean Madeira (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 16^th August 1957 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Music & Arts) or 3TCs  (rest of this Ring also available)

Bernd Aldenhoff (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Hans Hotter (W), Paul Kuen (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Josef Greindl (Ff), Lise Hollweg (Wd), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Hunt Label) (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Hans Hotter (W), Gerhard Stolze (M), Frans Andersson(A), Josef Greindl (Ff), Dorothea Siebert (Wd), Maria von Ilosvay (E)

 

Covent Garden 28^th September 1959 conductor Franz Konwitschny

4CDs  

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Hans Hotter (W), Peter Klein (M), Otakar Kraus (A),

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1960 c Rudolf Kempe

4CDs – rest of this Ring also available

 Hans Hopf  (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Hermann Uhde (W), Herold Kraus (M), Otakar Kraus (A),

Peter Roth-Ehrang (F), Marga Höffgen (E), Dorothea Siebert (Wd)

Studio Recording Vienna Philharmonic conductor Georg Solti

4 CDs with separate booklet (Decca) Also on 4 cassettes in box with booklet - complete (Decca)

Wolgang Wingassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Hans Hotter (W), Gerhard Stolze (M), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Kurt Böhme (Ff), Joan sutherland (Wd), Marga Höffgen (E)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 27^th January 1962 c Erich Leinsdorf

3 TCs

Hans Hopf (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), George London (W), Paul Kuen (M), Ralph Herbert (A), Gottlob Frick (Ff) Martina Arroyo (Wd), Jean Madeira (E)

 

Covent Garden 17^th September 1962 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3 TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), David Ward (W), Gerhard Stolze (M), Otakar Kraus (A), Joseph Rouleau (Ff), Barbara Holt (Wd), Ruth Siewert (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 28^th July 1965 conductor Karl Bohm

3 TCs – rest of this Ring also available

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Josef Greindl (W), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Kurt Boehme  (Ff), Erika Koth (Wd), Lili Chookasian (E)

 

Czech Philharmonic & Prague Theatre Orchestras 1968 c Hans Swarowsky

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Gerald McGee (S), Nadesda Kniplova (B), Rolf Polke (W), Herold Kraus (M), Rolf Kuhne (A), Takao Okamura (Ff), Bella Jasper (Wd), Ursula Boese (E)

 

RAI Rome c Wolfgang Sawallisch, 1968

3TCs

Jean Cox (S), Hildegard Hillebrecht (B), Theo Adam (W), Erwin Wohlfahrt (M), Zoltan Kelemen (A),

Karl Ridderbusch (Ff), Oralia Dominguez (E), Ingrid Paller (E)

 

Bayreuth 1^st August 1969 conductor Lorin Maazel

3 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), David Ward (W), Gerhard Stolze (M), Otakar Kraus (A), Joseph Rouleau (Ff), Barbara Holt (Wd), Ruth Siewert (E)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Salzburg Easter Festival 1969, conductor Herbert von Karajan

3CDs (Memories)

Jess Thomas (S), Helga Dernesch (B), Thomas Stewart (W), Gerhard Stolze (M), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Karl Ridderbusch (Ff) Reri Grist (Wd), Oralia Dominquez (E)

 

Bavarian State Opera 14^th July 1976 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 TCs

Jean Cox (S), Ingrid Bjoner (B), Leif Roar (W), Gerhard Unger (M), Karl Christian Kohn (F),

Otrun Wenkel (E)

 

Covent Garden 12^th October 1978 c Sir Colin Davis

3 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Jean Cox (S), Gwynneth Jones (B), Donald MacIntyre (W), John Dobson (M), Matti Salminen (F),

Patricia Payne (E), Yvonne Kenny (Wd)

 

Bayreuth 28^th July 1983 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Manfred Jung (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), Bent Norup (W), Peter Haage (M), Hermann Becht (A), Dieter Schweikart (Ff), Sylvia Greenberg (Wd), Anne Gjevang (E)

 

Studio Recording Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Marek Janowski

4CDs (RCA, or 5 TCs in box with booklet - complete (Eurodisc)

Rene Kollo (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Theo Adam (W), Peter Schreier (M), Siegmund Nimsgern (A), Matti Salminen (Ff), Norma Sharp (Wd), Ortrun Wenkel(E)

 

San Francisco Opera June 1985 c Edo de Waart

3 TCs – Part of Act 1 missing

René Kollo (S), Eva Marton (B), Thomas Stewart (W), Helmut Pampuch (M), Walter Berry (A),

James Patterson (Ff), Cheryl Parrish (Wd), Hanna Schwarz (E)

 

Bavarian State Opera 1987 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 TCs (premier of Nikolaus Lehnhoff production – cast differs from EMI CD set)

Rene Kollo (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), James Morris (W), Helmut Pampuch (M), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A), Kurt Moll (Ff), Julie Kaufmann (Wd), Hanna Schwarz (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1988 c Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (premier of Harry Kupfer production – cast differs from Teldec CD set)

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Deborah Polaski (B), Franz Mazura (W), Graham Clark (M),

Gunter von Kannen (A), Philip Kang (Ff), Hilde Leidland (Wd), Anne Gevang (E)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1989 c Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs (premier of Harry Kupfer production – Anne Evans` first Bayreuth Brunnhilde)

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Anne Evans (B), Franz Mazura (W), Graham Clark (M),

Gunter von Kannen (A), Philip Kang (Ff), Hilde Leidland (Wd), Anne Gevang (E)

 

Covent Garden 28^th October 1996 conductor Bernard Haitink

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Carla Pohl (B), John Tomlinson (W), Graham Clark (M), Ekkerhard Wlaschiha (A), Matthias Hölle (Ff), Rosemary Joshua (Wd), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (E)

 

Berlin State Opera 1996 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Deborah Polaski (B), John Tomlinson (W), Graham Clark (M), Gunter von Kannen (A), Siegfried Vogel (Ff), Laura Aikin (Wd), Mette Ejsing (E)

 

Netherlands Opera 20^th June 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen

3 TCs

Heinz Kruse (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), John Bröcheler (W), Graham Clark (M), Henk Smit (A),

Carsten Stabell (Ff), Anne Gjevang (E)

 

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1999 conductor Edo de Waart

3 TCs

Jyrki Niskanen (S), Elizabeth Connell (B), Robert Hale (W), Martin Finke (M), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Daniel Sumegi (Ff), Shu-Cheen Yu (Wd), Mette Ejsing (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 29^th July 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

4 CDs 

Christian Franz (S), Evelyn Herlitzius (B), Alan Titus (W), Graham Clark (M), Hartmut Welker (A), Philip Kang (Ff), Evgenia Grekova (Wd), Simone Schröder (E)

 

Orchestre de Paris, Proms 16^th July 2006 conductor Christoph Eschenbach

4 CDs 

Jon Frederic West  (S), Olga Sergeeva (B), Evgeny Nikitin (W), Volker Vogel (M), Sergei Leiferkus (A), Mikhail Petrenko (Ff), Natalie Karl (Wd), Qiu Lin Zhang (E)

 

Berlin Philharmonic, Aix en Provence Festival 4^th July 2008 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

4 CDs 

Ben Heppner (S), Katarina Dalayman (B), Willard White (W), Burkhard Ulrich (M), Dalue Duesing (A), Alfred Reiter (Ff), Mojca Erdmann (Wd), Anna Larsson (E)

 

Bayreuth Live 31^st July 2009 conductor Christian Thielemann

1 DVD-Audio 

Christian Franz (S), Linda Watson (B), Albert Dohmen (W), Wolfgang Schmidt (M), Andrew Shore (A),

Ain Anger (Ff), Christiane Kohl (Wd), Christa Mayer (E)

 

Budapest 13^th June 2009 c Adam Fischer

3CDs 

John Treleaven (S), Irene Theorin (B), Johan Reuter (W), Michael Roider (M), Hartmut Welker (A),

Ain Anger (Ff), Gabriella Gal (Wd), Annamaria Kovacs (E)

 

2              Excerpts

 

Act 1:  Wiltshire Youth Symphony Orchestra c Lionel Friend, Symphony Hall Birmingham 1996

2 CDs, also includes “A Faust Overture”

Stephen O`Mara (S), John Harris (M), Donald McIntyre (W)

 

 

 

 

 

Götterdämmerung

 

Siegfried - (S)     Brünnhilde - (B)     Hagen - (H)     Alberich - (A)     Gunther - (Gn)     Gutrune - (Gt)     Waltraute - (W)     Norns 1-3 - (N1-N3)     Woglinde - (Wo)     Wellgunde - (We)     Flosshilde - (Fl)

 

1              Complete Recordings

 

Bayreuth Festival 21st July 1942 conductor Karl Elmendorff

3 TCs

Set Svanholm (S), Marta Fuchs (B), Friedrich Dalberg (H), Robert Burg (A), Egmont Koch (Gn), Else Fischer (Gt), Camilla Kallab (W/N1), Hildegard Jachnov (N2), Charlotte Siewert (N3), Hilde Scheppan (Wo), Irmgard Langhammer (We), Margery Booth (Fl)

 

Teatro Colon Buenos Aires 1947 conductor Erich Kleiber

4 CDs

Set Svanholm (S), Astrid Varnay  (B), Emanuel List (H), Fred Destal (A), Herbert Janssen (Gn), Rose Brampton  (Gt), L Kindermann (W/N1), Z Negroni (N2), Rose Brampton (N3), M Rinaldi (Wo), M de Benedictis (We), Z Negroni (Fl)

 

Vienna Symphony Orchestra 1949 conductor Rudolf Moralt

3TCs

Gunther Treptow (S), Gertrude Grob-Prandl (B), Ludwig Weber (H), Adolf Vogel (A), Karl Kamann (Gn), Hilde Konetzni (Gt Acts 1+3), Judith Hellweg (Gt Act 2), Rosette Anday (W/N1), Georgine von Milinkovic  (N2), Hilde Konetzni (N3),

 

La Scala Milan Live 1950 conductor Wilhelm Fürtwängler

4 CDs (2 copies, Fonit Cetra label and Virtuoso Label) (rest of this Ring also available)

Max Lorenz (S), Kirsten Flagstad (B), Ludwig Webwe (H), Alois Pernerstorfer (A), Josef Hermann (Gn), Hilda Konetzni (Gt/N3), Elisabeth Höngen (W), Margret Weth-Falke (N1), Margherita Kenney (N2/We)), Magda Gabory (Wo), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl)

 

New York Met 17^th October 1951 conductor Fritz Stiedry

4 CDs (rest of this Ring also available)

Set Svanholm (S), Helen Traubel (B), Deszo Ernster (H), Gerhard Pechner (A), Herbert Janssen (Gn),

Regina Resnik (Gt/N3), Margaret Harshaw (W), Jean Madeira (N1), Martha Lipton (N2),

Margaret Harshaw  (N3), Erna Berger (Wo), Lucine Amara (We), Herta Glaz (Fl)

 

RAI Rome Radio Orchestra 1953 conductor Wilhelm Fürtwängler

4 CDs -(EMI) (rest of this Ring also available)

Ludwig Suthaus (S), Martha Mödl (B), Josef Greindl (H), Alois Pernerstorfer (A), Alfred Poell (Gn),

Sena Jurinac (Gt/N3/Wo), Margarere Klöse (W/N1), Hilde Rössl-Majdan (N2/Fl), Sena Jurinac (Wo),

Magda Gabory (We)

 

Bayreuth Festival 29^th July 1953 conductor Joseph Keilberth

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Martha Mödl (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Hermann Uhde (Gn), Natalie Hinsch-Grondahl (Gt), Ira Malaniuk (W+N2), Maria von Ilosvay (N1), Regina Resnik (N3), Erika Zimermann (Wo), Hetty Plumacher (We), Gisela Litz (Fl)

 

Covent Garden conductor Rudolf Kempe, 27^th May or 10^th June 1955

3TCs

Set Svanholm (S), Margaret Harshaw (B), Ludwig Hofmann (H), Otakar Kraus (A), Marko Rothmuller (Gn), Hilde Konetzni (Gt), Maria von Ilosvay (W), Maria von Ilosvay (N1), Constance Shacklock (N2), Amu Shuard (N3), Joan Sutherland (Wo), Una Hale (We), D Halliday (Fl)

 

 

 

 

Munich Bayerische Staatsoper 1955 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Orfeo label)

Bernd Aldenhoff (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Gottlob Frick (H), Otokar Kraus (A), Hermann Uhde (Gn), Leonie Rysanek (Gt), Ira Malaniuk (W), Irmgarth Barth (N1), Hertha Töpper (N2), Marianne Schech (N3), Gerda Sommerschuh (Wo), Gerda Lindermeier (We), Ruth Michaelis (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 14^th August 1955 conductor Joseph Keilberth

4 CDs

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Martha Mödl (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Hans Hotter (Gn), Gre Brouwenstijn (Gt), Elisabeth Schärtel (W), Maria von Ilosvay (N1), Georgine von Milinkovic (N2), Astrid Varnay (N3), Jutta Vulpius (Wo), Elisabeth Schártel (We), Maria Graf (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 17^th August 1956 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

3TCs

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Hermann Uhde (Gn), Jean Madiera (W + N1), Maria von Ilosvay (N2/Fl), Astrid Varnay (N3), Lore Wissman (Wo),

Paula Lechner (We)

 

Bayreuth Live 1957 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Music & Arts) (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Hermann Uhde (Gn), Elisabeth Grümmer (Gt), Maria von Ilosvay (W/N1), Elisabeth Schartel (N2/Fl),

Birgit Nilsson (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Paula Lenchner (We),

 

Bayreuth Festival 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs (Hunt Label) (also on 3TCs) (rest of this Ring also available)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Astrid Varnay (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Otto Wiener (Gn), Elisabeth Grümmer (Gt), Jean Madiera (W), Madiera (N1), Ursula Roese (N2/Fl), Rita Gorr (N3),

Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Claudia Hellman (We)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1960 conductor Rudolf Kempe

3TCs

Hans Hopf  (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Gottlob Frick (H), Otakar Kraus (A), Thomas Stewart (Gn), Ingrid Bjoner (Gt), Grace Hoffman (W), Ruth Siewert (N1), Grace Hoffman (N2), Aase Nordmo-Lovberg (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Claudia Hellmann (We), Sona Cervena (Fl)

 

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Georg Solti

4 CDs with separate booklet (Decca) Also on 4 cassettes in box with booklet - complete (Decca)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Gottlob Frick (H), Gustav Neidlinger  (A), Dietrich Fischer-Diskau (Gn), Claire Watson (Gt), Christa Ludwig (W), Helen Watts (N1), Grace Hoffman (N2), Anita Välkki (N3), Lucia Popp (Wo), Gwyneth Jones (We), Maureen Guy (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 30^th July 1965 c Karl Bohm

3 TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

This performance features the notorious cut made by Wieland Wagner of Gutrune`s solo scene in Act 3.

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger  (A),

Thomas Stewart (Gn), Ludmila Dvorakova (Gt), Kerstin Meyer (W/Fl), Lili Chookasian (N1),

Ursula Boese (N2), Anja Silja (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Helga Dernesch (We)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1967 conductor Karl Böhm

4 CDs  (Philips – no booklet)

Wolfgang Windgassen (S), Birgit Nilsson (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A), Thomas Stewart (Gn), Ludmilla Dvorakova (Gt), Martha Mödl (W), Marga Höffgen (N1), Annelies Burmeister (N2), Anja Silja (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Helga Dernesch (We), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1968 conductor Lorin Maazel (possibly 3^rd August)

4 CDs

Ticho Parly (S), Gladys Kuchta (B), Josef Greindl (H), Gustav Neidlinger (A),

Thomas Stewart (Gn), Helga Dernesch (Gt), Grace Hoffmann (W), Marga Höffgen (N1), Janis Martin (N2), Berit Lindholm (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (We), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl)

Czech Philharmonic & Prague Theatre Orchestras 1968 conductor Hans Swarowsky

4TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Gerald McGee (S), Nadesda Kniplova (B), Otto von Rohr (H), Rolf Kuhne (A), Rudolf Knoll (Gn), Ditha Somner (Gt), Ruth Hesse (W), Ingrid Goritz (N1), Margit Kobeck (N2), Siw Ericsdottir (N3), Bella Jasper (Wo), Liselotte Becker-Egner (We), Erica Schubert (Fl)

 

RAI Rome c Wolfgang Sawallisch, 1968

3TCs

Jean Cox (S), Nadesda Kniplova (B), Gerd Nienstedt (H), Zoltan Kelemen (A), Thomas Tipton (Gn), Leonore Kirschstein (Gt), Irene Dalis (W), Ruza Pospoinov (N1), Helga Dernesch (N2), Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (N3), Christa Lehnert (Wo), Ingrit Liljeberg (We), Ilse Gramatzki (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 3^rd August 1969 conductor Lorin Maazel

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Jess Thomas (S), Gladys Kuchta (B), Thomas Stewart (Gn), Helga Dernesch (Gt), Gottlob Frick (A),

Josef Greindl (H), Marga Hoffgen (N1), Janis Martin (N2), Berit Lindholm (N3), Dorothea Siebert (Wo), Elisabeth Schwarzenberg (We), Sieglinde Wagner (Fl)

 

Covent Garden 26^th September 1970 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3TCs

Hans Josef Hering (S), Ludmila Dvorakova (B), Martti Talvela (H), Jose Modenos (A), John Shaw (Gn), Heather Harper (Gt), Elizabeth Robson (W), Helen Watts (N1), Maureen Guy (N2), Margaret Kingsley (N3), Elizabeth Robson (Wo), Anne Howells (We), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Fl)

           

English National Opera 1971 conductor Reginald Goodall

4 CDs - in English 

Alberto Remedios (S), Rita Hunter (B), Clifford Grant (H), Derek Hammond-Stroud (A),

Norman Bailey (Gn), Catherine Watson  (Gt), Katherine Pring  (W), Gillian Knight (N1),

Anne Collins (N2), Janice Chapman (N3), Barbara Walker  (Wo), Anne Evans (We), Georgetta Psaros (Fl)

 

Bavarian State Opera 30^th June 1976 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3 TCs

Jean Cox (S), Ingrid Bjoner (B), Karl Ridderbusch (H), Roland Hermann (Gn), Leonore Kirchstein (Gt),

Klaus Hirte (A), Astrid Varnay (N1), Hildegard Hillebrecht (N2), Brigitte Henn-Prassek (N3),

Carole Malone (Wo), Doris Linser (We), Lilliana Netschewa (Fl)

 

Covent Garden 1978 c Sir Colin Davis

4CDs (rest of this Ring also available)

Jean Cox (S), Gwynneth Jones (B), Bengt Rundgren (H), Jerker Arvidson (Gn), Helene Doese (Gt),

Zoltan Kelemen (A), Patricia Payne (N1), Linda Finnie (N2), Pauline Tinsley (N3), Teresa Cahill (Wo),

Eiddwen Harrhy (We), Gillian Knight (Fl)

 

Bayreuth 1^st August 1983 conductor Sir Georg Solti

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Reiner Goldberg (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), Aage Haugland (H), Hermann Becht (A), Bent Norup (Gn), Maria Ewing  (Gt), Brigitte Fassbaender  (W), Anne Gjevang (N1), Anne Wilkens (N2), Anne Evans (N3), Agnes Harbereder (Wo), Diana Montague (We), Birgitta Svenden (Fl)

 

San Francisco Opera June 1985 conductor Edo de Waart

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

René Kollo (S), Eva Marton (B), John Tomlinson (H), Walter Berry (A), Michael Devlin (Gn),

Kathryn Bouleyn (Gt/N3), Helga Dernesch (W/N2), Mariana Paunova (N1), Deborah Sasson (Wo),

Jean Herzberg (We), Alexandra Hughes (Fl)

 

Studio Recording Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Marek Janowski

4CDs (RCA, or 5 TCs in box with booklet - complete (Eurodisc)

Rene Kollo (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Matti Salminen (H), Siegmund Nimsgern (A),

Hans Gunter Nocker (Gn), Norma Sharp (Gt), Otrun Wenkel (W), Anne Gjevang (N1),

Daphne Evangelatos (N2), Ruth Falcon (N3), Luvia Popp (Wo), Uta Priew (We), Hanna Schwarz (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1^st August 1986 c Peter Schneider

3TCs (rest of this Ring also available)

Manfred Jung (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), Aage Haugland (H), Hermann Becht (A), Franz Mazura (Gn),

Lisbeth Balslev (Gt), Hanna Schwarz (W), Anne Gjevang (N1), Gabriele Schnaut (N3),

Agnes Harbereder (Wo), Sylvia Herman (We), Birgitta Svenden (Fl)

 

Bavarian State Opera 1987 c Wolfgang Sawallisch

3TCs (premier of Nikolaus Lehnhoff production – cast differs from EMI CD set)

Rene Kollo (S), Hildegard Behrens (B), Matti Salminen (H), Hermann Becht (A), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Bodo Brinkmann (Gn), Sophia Larson (Gt), Brigitte Fassbaender (W), Marjana Lipovsek (N1),

 Ingrid Karrasch (N2), Gabriela Maria Ronge (N3), Julie Kaufmann (Wo),  Anne Marie Blasi (We),

Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Live 1^st August 1988 conductor Daniel Barenboim

4 TCs

Reiner Goldberg (S), Deborah Polaski (B), PhilipKlang (H), Gunther von Kannen (A), Bodo Brinkmann (Gn), Eva-Marie Bundschuh (Gt), Waltraud Meier (W), Anne Gjevang (N1), Linda Finnie (N2), Lia Frey-Rabine (N3), Hilde Leidland (Wo), Gwendolen Killebrew (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1^st August 1989 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Anne Evans (B), PhilipKlang (H), Gunther von Kannen (A), Bodo Brinkmann (Gn), Eva-Marie Bundschuh (Gt), Waltraud Meier (W), Anne Gjevang (N1), Linda Finnie (N2), Uta Priew (N3), Hilde Leidland (Wo), Annette Kuttenbaum (We),  Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Covent Garden 2^nd November 1996 conductor Bernard Haitink

3 TCs; (rest of this Ring also available)

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Anne Evans (B), Kurt Rydl (H), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Alan Held (Gn), Vivian Tierney (Gt), Anne Murray (W), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (N1), Jane Irwin (N2), Rita Cullis (N3), Rosemary Joshua (Wo), Gillian Webster (We), Leah-Marian Jones (Fl)

 

Berlin State Opera 1996 conductor Daniel Barenboim

3 TCs; (1^st 20 mins of Act 2 missing;  rest of this Ring also available)

Siegfried Jerusalem (S), Deborah Polaski (B), John Tomlinson (H), Gunter von Kannen (A),

Eike Wilm Schulte (Gn), Ulla Gustafsson (Gt), Waltraud Meier (W), Mette Ejsing (N1), Rosemary Lang (N2), Uta Priew (N3), Carola Hohn (Wo), Katharina Kammerloher (We), Andrea Bonig (Fl)

 

La Scala Milan 7^th December 1998 conductor Riccardo Muti

4 TCs

Wolfgang Schmidt (S), Jane Eaglen (B), Kurt Rydl (H), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (A), Eike Wilm Schulte (Gn), Elisabeth Whitehouse (Gt), Waltraud Meier (W), Mette Ejsing (N1), Cornelia Wuhlkopf (N2), Gertrud Rotenthal (N3), Victoria Lukianetz (Wo), Sarah Fryer (We), Jane Turner (Fl)

 

Sydney Symphony Orchestra 1999 conductor Edo de Waart

4 TCs

Albert Bonemma (S), Elizabeth Connell (B), Kurt Rydl (H), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A),

Peter Coleman-Wright (Gn), Christine Goerke (Gt), Elizabeth Campbell (W/N2), Liane Keegan (N1),

Lucy McFarlane (N3), Merlyn Quaife (Wo), Ingrid Silveus (We), Kathryn Dineen (Fl)

 

Amsterdam 23^rd June 1999 conductor Hartmut Haenchen

3TCs

Heinz Kruse (S), Jeannine Altmeyer (B), Kurt Rydl (H), Henk Smit (A), Wolgang Schone (Gn), Eva-Marie Bundschuh (Gt), Anne Gjevang (W), Hebe Dijkstra (N1), Irmgard Vilsmaier (N2), Kirsi Tiihonen (N3), Gabriele Fontana (Wo), Hanna Schaer (We), Catherine Keen (Fl)

 

Budapest Opera 19^th January 2001 conductor Yuri Simonov

4 CDs

Andras Molnar (S), Katalin Szendrenyi (B), Istvan Berczelli (H), Janos Gurban (A), Csaba Otvos (Gn), Eriak Makovitch (Gt), Bernadette Wiedemann (W), Annamaria Kovacs (N1), Marta Lukin (N2), Erszebet Pelle (N3), Julia Kukely (Wo), Gabrielle Felber (We), Jolan Santa (Fl)

Bayreuth Live 1^st August 2002 conductor Adam Fischer

4 CDs

Wolfgang Schmidt (S), Evelyn Herlitzius (B), John Tomlinson (H), Hartmut Welker (A), Olaf Bär (Gn), Yvonne Wiedstruck (Gt), Lioba Braun (W), Simone Schröder (N1), Irmgard Vilsmaier (N2), Judit Nemeth (N3), Caroline Stein (Wo), Natascha Petrinsky (We), Elena Zhidkova (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Live 1^st August 2007 conductor Christian Thielemann

DVD-Audio

Stephen Gould (S), Linda Watson (B), Hans-Peter Konig (H), Andrew Shore (A), Ralf Lukas (Gn),

Edith Haller (Gt), Mihoko Fujimura (W), Simone Schröder (N1), Martina Dike (N2), Edith Haller (N3),

Fionnuala McCarthy (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Marina Prudenskaya (Fl)

 

Hallé Orchestra, Manchester 9^th + 10^th May 2009 conductor Mark Elder

DVD-Audio

Lars Cleveman (S), Katarina Dalayman (B), Attila Jun (H), Andrew Shore (A), Peter Coleman-Wright (Gn), Nancy Gustafson (Gt), Susan Bickley (W), Ceri Williams (N1), Yvonne Howard (N2), Miranda Keys (N3), Katherine Broderick (Wo), Madeleine Shaw (We), Leah-Marian Jones (Fl)

 

Berlin Philharmonic, Aix en Provence Festival 6^th July 2009 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

2DVD-Audio or 4cd

Ben Heppner (S), Katarina Dalayman (B), Mikhail Petrenko (H), Dale Duesing (A), Gerd Grochowski (Gn), Emma Vetter (Gt), Anne Sofie von Otter (W), Maria Radner  (N1), Lilli Paasikivi (N2), Miranda Keys (N3), Anna Siminska (Wo), Eva Vogel (We), Maria Radner (Fl)

 

Bayreuth Live 1^st August 2009 conductor Christian Thielemann

2DVD-Audio

Christian Franz (S), Linda Watson (B), Hans-Peter Konig (H), Andrew Shore (A), Ralf Lukas (Gn),

Edith Haller (Gt), Christa Mayer (W), Simone Schröder (N1), Martina Dike (N2), Edith Haller (N3),

Christiane Kohl (Wo), Ulrike Helzel (We), Simone Schroder (Fl)

 

Teatro San Carlos Lisbon 12^th October 2009 conductor Marko Letonja

2DVD-Audio

Stefan Vinke (S), Susan Bullock (B), James Moellenhoff (H), Johann Werner Prein (A),

Michael Scheler (Gn), Sona Alcobaca (Gt), Christiane Rugamer Heimsch (W), Katja Boost (N1),

Marina Luisa Freitas (N2), Sara Andresson (N3), Chelsey Schrill (Wo), Ana Franco (We),

Luisa Francesconi (Fl)

 

Los Angeles Opera April 2010 c James Conlon

DVD-Audio (from Los Angeles Radio webstream)

John Treleaven (S), Linda Watson (B), Eric Halfvarson (H), Richard Paul Fink (A),

Alan Held (Gn), Jennifer Wilson (Gt), Michelle de Young (W/N2), Jill Grove (N1),

Melissa Citro (N3), Stacey Teppan (Wo), Lauren McNeese (We), Ronnita Nicole Miller (Fl)

 

 

2              Excerpts

 

Excerpts Acts I/II/III (1937) & Act II (1938) Covent Garden Live

conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

2 CDs  (Eklipse label)

Lauritz Melchior (S), Kirsten Flagstad (37) / Frida Leider (38) (B), Ludwig Weber (H), Herbert Janssen (Gn), Maria Nezadal (Gt), Kirstin Thorborg (W)

 

 

Excerpts Acts I/II  1936 Covent Garden Live, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham

1 CD  (Preiser)

Lauritz Melchior (S), Frida Leider  (B), Emanuel List (H), Herbert Janssen (Gn), Maria Nezadal (Gt), Kerstin Thorborg (W)

 

 

 

Excerpts: LPO conductor Charles Mackerras

with Rita Hunter (B) and Alberto Remedios (S)

1 cassette TC-CFP 4403

Dawn. "Zu neuen Taten", Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral March. Brünnhilde's Immolation "Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort"

 

Excerpts: ENO at London Coliseum Live 6/3/1971 conducted by Reginald Goodall

1 TC in English   Act 1 sc i & ii    Act 2 from Gunther's entrance

Rita Hunter (B) Alberto Remedios (S) Norman Bailey (Gt) Catherine Wilson (Gu) Clifford Grant (H)

Parsifal

 

Parsifal - (P)     Amfortas - (A)     Gurnemanz - (G)     Kundry - (Ku)     Klingsor - (Kl)     Titurel - (T)

 

1)            Complete Recordings

 

RAI, Rome Broadcast 1950 conductor Vittorio Gui

3 TCs  (in Italian)

Africo Baldelli (P), Rolando Panerai (A), Boris Christoff (G), Maria Callas (Ku), Giuseppe Modesti (Kl), Dimitri Lopatto (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1951 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs – (Teldec)

Wolfgang Windgassen (P), George London (A), Ludwig Weber (G), Martha Mödl (Ku), Hermann Uhde (Kl), Arnold van Mill (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1953 conductor Clemens Krauss

2 CDs -  (Rodolphe -  NB: DOUBLE MONO issue – play each disc twice adjusting balance control to listen to one channel only)

Ramon Vinay (P), George London (A), Ludwig Weber (G), Martha Mödl (Ku), Hermann Uhde (Kl), Josef Greindl (T)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 17^th March 1954 conductor Fritz Stiedry

3TCs

Set Svanholm (P), George London (A), Hans Hotter (G), Astrid Varnay (Ku), Lawrence Davidson (Kl), Lubomir Vichegonov (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 19^th August 1956 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4 CDs – (Hunt Label)

Ramon Vinay (P), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (A), Josef Greindl (G), Martha Mödl (Ku),

Toni Blankenheim (Kl), Hans Hotter (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 12^th August 1958 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

3TCs

Hans Beirer (P), Ebehard Waechter (A), Jerome Hines (G), Regine Crespin (Ku), Toni Blankenheim (Kl)

 

Covent Garden 16^th June 1959 conductor Rudolf Kempe

3TCs

Karl Liebl (P), Ebehard Waechter (A), Gottlob Frick (G), Gerda Lammers (Ku), Otakar Kraus (Kl),

Forbes Robinson (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1960 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

3 TCs

Hans Beirer (P), Thomas Stewart (A), Josef Greindl (G), Regina Crespin (Ku), Gustav Neidlinger (Kl),

David Ward (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1962 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

4CDs

Jess Thomas (P), George London (A), Hans Hotter (G), Irene Dalis (Ku), Gustav Neidlinger (Kl),

Martti Talvela (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 1965 conductor Andre Cluytens

4 CDs

Jess Thomas (P), Thomas Stewart (A), Hans Hotter (G), Astrid Varnay (Ku), Gustav Neidlinger (Kl),

Martti Talvela (T)

 

 

 

 

NewYork Metropolitan Opera 2^nd April 1966 conductor Georges Pretre

3TCs

Sandor Konya (P), William Cassel (A), Jerome Hines (G), Regine Crespin (Ku), Morley Meredith (Kl),

Justino Diaz (T)

 

Covent Garden Live 1971 conductor Sir Reginald Goodall

4 CDs or 4TCs 

Jon Vickers (P), Norman Bailey (A), Louis Hendrikx (G), Amy Shuard (Ku), Donald McIntyre (Kl),

 

Bayreuth 1972 conductor Eugen Jochum (possibly 29^th July)

3TCs

James King (P), Theo Adam (A), Franz Crass (G), Janis Martin (Ku), Donald McIntyre (Kl),

Karl Ridderbusch (T)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 1979 conductor James Levine

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Marti Talvela (G), Christa Ludwig (Ku), Vern Shimal (Kl),

Paul Plishka (T)

 

Vienna State Opera 18^th March 1979 c Horst Stein

3CDs, Acts 1+3 only

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Karl Ridderbusch (G), Leonie Rysanek (Ku), Walter Berry (Kl),

Kurt Rydl (T)

 

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo 1980 conductor Armin Jordan

5 TCs (Erato)

Reiner Goldberg (P), Wolfgang Schöne (A), Robert Lloyd (G), Yvonne Minton (Ku), Aage Haugland (Kl), Hans Tschammer (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1980 conductor Horst Stein

4CDs

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Theo Adam (G), Dunja Vejzovic (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl),

Matti Salminen (T)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1981 conductor Herbert von Karajan

5 TCs (Deutsche Grammophon, in box with booklet)

Peter Hoffman (P), Jose van Dam (A), Kurt Moll (G), Dunja Vejzovic (Ku), Siegmund Nimsgern (Kl),

Victor von Halem (T)

 

Berlin Phiharmonic, Salzburg Festival 13^th April 1981 conductor Herbert von Karajan

3TCs

Peter Hofmann (P), Jose van Dam (A), Kurt Moll (G), Dunja Vejzovic (Ku), Gottfried Hornik (Kl),

Victor von Halem (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 1982 conductor James Levine

4 CDs

Peter Hoffman (P),  Simon Estes (A), Hans Sotin (G), Leonie Rysanek (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl)

 

Welsh National Opera conductor Sir Reginald Goodall

4 TCs

Warren Ellsworth (P), Philip Joll (A), Donald McIntyre (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku), Nicholas Folwell (Kl),

David Gwynne (T)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 20^th April 1985 conductor James Levine

3 TCs

Jon Vickers (P), Simon Estes (A), Kurt Moll (G), Leonie Rysanek (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl),

 

 

 

 

Bayreuth 25^th July 1988 conductor James Levine

3 TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Donald McIntyre (A), Hans Sotin (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl),

Matthias Holle (T)

 

Covent Garden 1988 conductor Bernard Haitink

3 TCs

Warren Ellsworth (P), Simon Estes (A), Robert Lloyd (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku), Willard White (Kl),

John Connell (T)

 

French Philharmonic Orchestra 1990 conductor Marek Janowski

3 TCs

Ebehard Buchner (P), Theo Adam (G), Gabriele Schnaut (Ku), Hubert Bischof (Kl), Gerolf Scheder (T)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 6^th April 1991 conductor James Levine

3 TCs

Placido Domingo (P), Robert Lloyd (G), Jessye Norman (Ku), Aage Haugland (Kl), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (A), Paul Plishka (T)

 

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1991 conductor Daniel Barenboim

2TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Jose van Dam (A), Mathias Holle (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku),

Gunter von Kannen (Kl), John Tomlinson (T)

 

La Scala Milan 1992 conductor Riccardo Muti

3TCs

Placido Domingo (P), Wolfgang Brendel (A), Robert Lloyd (G), Waltraud Meier (Ku),

 

Bayreuth Festival 29^th July 1993 conductor James Levine

3TCs

Placido Domingo (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Hans Sotin (G), Deborah Polaski (Ku), Franz Mazura (Kl),

John Tomlinson (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 1995 conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

3TCs

Placido Domingo (P), Bernd Weikl (A), Hans Sotin (G), Janis Martin (Ku), Gunter von Kannen (Kl),

Matthias Holle (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 1996 conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli

4CDs

Poul Elming (P), Bernd Weikl (A), John Tomlinson (G), Janis Martin (Ku), Günther von Kannen (Kl), Matthias Hölle (T)

 

Opéra Bastille Paris 5^th April 1997 c Armin Jordan

 3 TCs

Thomas Moser (P), Wolfgang Schöne (A), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (G), Kathryn Harries (Ku), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Kl),

 

Royal Opera at Royal Festival Hall 1998 conductor Heine Fricke

VHS videotape sound

Placido Domingo (P), Jukka Rasilainen (A), John Tomlinson (G), Deborah Polaski (Ku), Sergei Leiferkus (Kl), Gwynne Howell (T)

 

English National Opera 1999 conductor Mark Elder

VHS videotape sound

Kim Begley (P), Jonathan Summers (A), Gwynne Howell (G), Kathryn Harris (Ku), Peter Sidholm (Kl),

John Connell (T)

 

 

 

English National Opera 20^th February 1999 conductor Mark Elder

4 CDs

Kim Begley (P), Jonathan Summers (A), Gwynne Howell (G), Kathryn Harris (Ku), Peter Sidholm (Kl),

John Connell (T)

 

Vienna State Opera 1^st Apri l999 conductor Jun Märkl

3TCs

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Monte Petersen (A), Matthias Holle (G), Gabriele Schnaut (Ku),

Gottfried Hornick (Kl), Walter Fink (T)

 

Vienna State Opera 3^rd Apri l999 conductor Jun Märkl

4 CDs 

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Monte Petersen (A), Matthias Holle (G), Gabrielle Schnaut (Ku),

Gottfried Hornick (Kl), Walter Fink (T)

 

New York Metropolitan Opera 7^th April 2001 conductor James Levine

4CD

Placido Domingo (P), Hans-Joachim Ketelsen (A), John Tomlinson (G), Violeta Urmana (Ku),

Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Kl), Raymond Acetel (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 2004 conductor Pierre Boulez

4 CDs 

Endrich Wottrich (P), Alexander Marco-Buhrmester (A), Robert Holl (G), Michelle de Young (Ku),

John Wegner (Kl), Kwangchul Youn (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 29^th July 2005 conductor Pierre Boulez

DVD-Audio

Alfons Eberz (P), Alexander Marco-Buhrmester (A), Robert Holl (G), Michelle de Young (Ku),

John Wegner (Kl), Kwangchul Youn (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 2007 conductor Adam Fischer

DVD-Audio 

Endrich Wottrich (P), Jukka Rasilainen (A), Robert Holl (G), Evelyn Herlitzius (Ku), Karsten Mewes (Kl),

Artur Korn (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 25^th July 2008 conductor Daniele Gatti

4CDs 

Christopher Ventris (P), Detlef Roth (A), Kwangchul Youn (G), Mihoko Fujimura (Ku), Thomas Jesatko (Kl),

Diogenes Randes (T)

 

Budapest 26^th June 2009 conductor Adam Fischer

DVD-Audio 

Nicolai Schukoff (P), Tomasz Konieczny (A), Eric Halfvarson (G), Judith Nemeth (Ku),

Oskar Hillebrandt (Kl), Kolos Kovats (T)

 

Bayreuth Festival 2^nd August 2009 conductor Daniele Gatti

2 DVD-Audio 

Christopher Ventris (P), Detlef Roth (A), Kwangchul Youn (G), Mihoko Fujimura (Ku), Thomas Jesatko (Kl),

Diogenes Randes (T)

 

Grand Theatre Geneva 27^th March 2010 c John Fiore

DVD-Audio 

Klaus Florian Vogt (P), Detlef Roth (A), Albert Dohmen (G), Lioba Braun (Ku), Andrew Greenan (Kl),

Hans Tschammer (T)

 

Excerpts

 

Act 1 Prelude+ Grail Scene, Act 2 Flowermaidens Scene, Act 3 complete

Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra c Karl Muck, rec 1927.  2CDs (Pearl)

Gotthelf Pistor (P), Cornelius Brongeest (G)Ludwig Hofmann (A),

 

Act I Prelude; Act III complete;  Berlin Staatsoper 31.3.42 conductor Hans Knappertsbusch

1 TC  or CD (cd = Act 3 only)

Carl Hartmann (P), Hans Reimar (A), Ludwig Weber (G), Elsa Larcen (Ku)

 

Act III:  CBSO 20^th February 1997 conductor Sir Simon Rattle

1TC

Poul Elming (P), Wolfgang Schöne (A), Robert Lloyd (G), Joan Mason (Ku), Günther

 

Act III:  ENO Orchestra c Sir Reginald Goodall, Proms 1987

1CD

Warren Ellsworth (P), Neil Howlett (A), Gwynne Howell (G), Shelagh Squires (Ku),

 

Excerpts:  Unknown Chorus & Orchestra conductor Marek Janowski, rec 1982

1 TC

Siegfried Jerusalem (P), Kurt Moll (G), Leonie Rysanek (Ku), Hermann Becht (Kl), Bernd Weikl (A),

Kurt Rydl (T)

WESENDONCK  LIEDER  COLLECTIONS

 

 

Volume 1

 

Kirsten Flagstad, unknown Orchestra, conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, rec 1951

Martha Modl, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Joseph Keilberth, date unknown

Jessye Norman, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sir Colin Davis, Proms 1972

 

Volume 2

 

Kirsten Flagstad, Symphony of the Air Orchestra, conductor Edwin McArthur, New York 22.3.55

Dame Janet Baker, Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink, 1973

Marilyn Richardson, Quuensland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas Albert, 1989

 

Volume 3

 

Kirsten Flagstad, Oslo Philharmonic Society Orchestra, conductor Oivin Fjelstad, Oslo 16.12.51

Julia Varady, Deutsches Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, conductor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1998

Christine Brewer, Roger Vignoles (piano), date unknown

 

Volume 4

 

Kirsten Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Hans Knappertsbusch, 1956

Cheryl Studer, Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, date unknown

Luana de Vol, Sudwestfunk Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hans Zender, Lucerne Festival 10.9.02