Wolfgang Windgassen
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
RecommendedBirgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - Technical Achievement
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The Golden Ring: Great Scenes From Wagner's der Ring Des Nibelungen
Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), George London (baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)),...
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Wagner: Siegfried
RecommendedWolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Astrid Varnay (Brünnhilde), Hans Hotter (Der Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Paul Kuen (Mime), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth
Time and again, as I listened enraptured to this overwhelming performance, I felt as though as I was sitting in the Bayreuth stalls. …Keilberth's… command of every aspect of this vast score... —
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Building a Library, January 2008, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Historical Recording
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Wagner: Siegfried
Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Dame Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel), Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... —
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Ludwig Weber (Daland), Astrid Varnay (Senta), Wolfgang Windgassen (Erik), Elisabeth Schärtel (Mary), Josef Traxel (Der Steuermann) & Hermann Uhde (Der Holländer)
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch
Maestro Knappertsbusch is on the concentrated form of his 1951 Munich Tristan. …all is steely strength, realised through dynamic sensitivity and spacious tempi… Any suspicion that Astrid Varnay…... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, etc.
Remastered at 96kHz / 24-bit
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm
Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles. —
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Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C & Parsifal, WWV 111 (Excerpts) [Live]
Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Mária von Ilosvay, Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Martha Mödl (soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Ilse Hollweg, Friedl Pöltinger, Paula Lenchner, Dorothea Siebert, Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival...
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Grace Bumbry
The 3-CD box includes her magnificent Verdi recital, as well as extracts from her rare Westminster recordings of Handel – the latter all first time releases on CD
Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Rolf Peter Schroeder (videoscripteditor), Volker Martin (videoscripteditor), Joachim Niss (videoscripteditor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Werba (piano), Sebastien Peschko (piano), Utah Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche...
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2005, Re-issue of the Month
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Special offer. Richard Wagner: Siegfried (live in Bayreuth, 1955)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Paul Kuen (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Josef Greindl (bass), Ilse Hollweg, Maria von Ilosvay, Martha Mödl (soprano), Joseph Keilberth
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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