Wagner: The Operas
including the Ring cycle
Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Werner Krenn (Der Steuermann), Isola Jones (Mary), Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Han Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...
Wagner: The Operas
including the Ring cycle
Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Werner Krenn (Der Steuermann), Isola Jones (Mary), Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Han Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau...
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Bonus CD: 'Tristan und Isolde - the Birth of an Opera' (rehearsal), with John Culshaw (narrator) and orchestral highlights from the Ring in concert-version
Introductory note and synopses enclosed Contains CD-Rom with libretti and translationsArtists
Norman Bailey (Der Holländer), Janis Martin (Senta), René Kollo (Erik), Martti Talvela (Daland), Werner Krenn (Der Steuermann), Isola Jones (Mary), Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Siegmund Nimsgern (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Han Sotin (Landgraf), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald), Norman Bailey (Hans Sachs), Bernd Weikl (Beckmesser), René Kollo (Walther von Stolzing), Hannelore Bode (Eva), Adolf Dallapozza (David), Julia Hamari (Magdalene), Kurt Moll (Pogner), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Hans Hotter (Titurel), Gottlob Frick (Gurnemanz), René Kollo (Parisfal), Zoltan Kélémen (Klingsor), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Robert Tear (Erster Gralsritter), Herbert Lackner (Zweiter Gralsritter), Rotraud Hansmann (Erster Knappe), Marga Schiml (Zweiter Knappe), Heinz Zednik (Dritter Knappe), Ewald Aichberger (Vierte Knappe), Alison Hargan, Anne Howells, Kiri Te Kanawa, Gillian Knight, Margarita Lilowa (Klingsors Blumenmädchen), Birgit Finnilä (Eine Altstimme), René Kollo (Tannhäuser), Helga Dernesch (Elisabeth), Christa Ludwig (Venus), Victor Braun (Wolfram), Manfred Jungwirth (Biterolf), Hans Sotin (Hermann), Kurt Equiluz (Heinrich), Norman Bailey (Reinmar), Manfred Jungwirth (Walter von der Vogelweide), Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Peter Klein (Hirt), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), George London (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Fricka), Claire Watson (Freia), Set Svanholm (Loge), Waldemar Kmentt (Froh), Eberhard Wächter (Donner), Paul Kuen (Mime), Jean Madeira (Erda), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Walter Kreppel (Fasolt), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Oda Balsborg (Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (Flosshilde), Die Walküre James King (Siegmund), Régine Crespin (Sieglinde), Gottlob Frick (Hunding), Hans Hotter (Wotan), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Brigitte Fassbaender (Waltraute), Berit Lindholm (Helmwige), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Vera Schlosser (Gerhilde), Helen Watts (Schwertleite), Vera Little (Siegrune), Claudia Hellmann (Rossweise), Marilyn Tyler (Grimgerde), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Hans Hotter (Wanderer), Gerhard Stolze (Mime), Marga Höffgen (Erda), Joan Sutherland (Waldvogel), Gottlob Frick (Hagen), Claire Watson (Gutrune), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Gunther), Christa Ludwig (Waltraute), Lucia Popp (Woglinde), Gwyneth Jones (Wellgunde), Maureen Guy (Flosshilde), Helen Watts (Erste Norn), Grace Hoffman (Zweite Norn), Anita Välkki (Dritte Norn)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Sängerknaben, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Georg Solti
Contents and tracklist
- Martti Talvela (bass), Werner Krenn (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), Isola Jones (mezzo-soprano), Janis Martin (soprano), René Kollo (tenor)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1976-05-18
- Recording Venue: Medinah Temple, Chicago
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Hans Sotin (bass), Siegmund Nimsgern (bass), Jessye Norman (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano), Czeslawa Slania (soprano), Anna Gonda (soprano), Brigitte Poschner (soprano), Madelyn Renee (soprano), Thomas Mohr (bass), Anton Scharinger (bass), Alfred Sramek (bass), Peter Jelosits (tenor)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1985-11-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- René Kollo (tenor), Adolfo Dallapozza (tenor), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Hannelore Bode (soprano), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Martin Egel (baritone), Kurt Moll (bass), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Rudolf A Hartmann (bass), Wolfgang Appel (tenor), Herbert Berger-Tuna (singer), Max Schönherr (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Werner Klumlikboldt (bass)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1975-10
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Gottlob Frick (bass), Herbert Lackner (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Marga Schiml (contralto), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Ewald Aichberger (baritone), René Kollo (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass), Zoltan Kelemen (bass), Lucia Popp (soprano), Margarita Lilowa (mezzo-soprano), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Anne Howells (soprano), Alison Hargan (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1971-12
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Hetty Plumacher (contralto), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Ira Malaniuk (contralto), Oda Balsborg (soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Claire Watson (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass), Walter Kreppel (bass), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Set Svanholm (tenor), Paul Kuentz (tenor), Jean Madeira (mezzo-soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1958-09-24
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- James King (tenor), Régine Crespin (soprano), Gottlob Frick (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Ernst Wiemann (bass), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Vera Schlosser (soprano), Marilyn Tyler (soprano), Vera Little (mezzo-soprano), Claudia Hellmann (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Berit Lindholm (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1965-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Gerhard Stolze (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hans Hotter (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Kurt Böhme (bass), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1962-05-08
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Helen Watts (contralto), Grace Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), Anita Valkki (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gottlob Frick (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Lucia Popp (soprano), Maureen Guy (mezzo-soprano), Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1964-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass-baritone), Kurt Equiluz (tenor), Victor Braun (baritone), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass), Manfred Jungwirth (bass), Helga Dernesch (soprano)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1970-10-03
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Tom Krause (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Ernst Kozub (tenor), Peter Klein (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Theodor Kirschbichler (bass)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1960-09-06
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- John Culshaw (narrator), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1960-09
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1982-10-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1982-10-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1982-10-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1982-10-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
- Wiener Philharmoniker
- Sir Georg Solti
- Recorded: 1982-10-11
- Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna
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