Jess Thomas
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Wagner: Lohengrin
RecommendedMartti Talvela (King Henry), Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Claire Watson (Elsa), Walter Berry (Telramund), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Eberhard Waechter (Herald), Kurt Equiluz, Fritz Sperlbauer, Herbert Lackner & Ljubomir Pantscheff
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Karl Böhm
Claire Watson excels her studio performances, singing Elsa with floods of pure tone that rarely falters...[Ludwig's] 'Entweihte Götter!' literally stops the show...Waechter makes a keen Herald,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Re-issue of the Month
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Telramund), Gottlob Frick (Heinrich), Otto Wiener (Herald)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe
Kempe gives this music a mystical edge his rivals lack, and he does so with a painter's sense of colour. —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Collection Winner
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo), Jess Thomas (tenor), George London (bass)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Bohm
In the firm momentum, sleek moulding and Classically wind-heavy balancing of the inner movements may be detected the ghostly hand of Richard Strauss upon his friend’s shoulder. In the second... —
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Collectionneur
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedJess Thomas (Siegfried), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Thomas Stewart (Wanderer), Helga Dernesch (Brünhilde), Zoltán Kéléman (Alberich), Oralia Domínguez (Erda), Karl Ridderbusch (Fafner), Catherine Gayer (Waldvogel)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
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Grammy Awards, 12th Awards (1969), Best Opera Recording
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Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder & Roussel: Symphony No. 3
Jess Thomas (tenor), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Marita Napper (Tove), Jess Thomas (Waldemar), Yvonne Minton (Waldtaube), Kenneth Bowen (Klaus), Siegmund Nimsgern (Bauer), Gunther Reich (Speaker), New York Philharmonic, BBC Singers, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony...
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Elisabeth Grümmer (Elsa von Brabant), Christa Ludwig (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Friedrich von Telramund), Gottlob Frick (König Heinrich der Vogler) & Otto Wiener (Herald)
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe
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Wagner: Lohengrin
Jess Thomas (Lohengrin), Anja Silja (Elsa), Astrid Varney (Ortrud), Telramund (Ramón Vinay), Franz Crass (König Heinrich), Tom Krause (Der Heerrufer des Königs)
Chor und orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
George London (Amfortas), Martti Talvela (Titurel), Hans Hotter (Gurnemanz), Jess Thomas (Parsifal), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Irene Dalis (Kundry)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Hans Knappertsbusch
The pre-eminent conductor of Wagner's final opera is highly persuasive, and though the soloists do not quite match his 1951 ensemble there are exceptional contributions, notably from Hotter. —
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Wagner: Essentials
Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin (chorus), Catarina Ligendza (soprano), Peter Lagger (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Gerd Feldhoff (bass), Peter Maus (tenor), Roberto Banuelas (tenor), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Cheryl Studer (soprano),...
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Bernstein conducts Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Selection)
Eileen Farrell, Jess Thomas, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
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