Wagner - Die Walküre: Act 1

Anja Kampe, René Pape, Stephen Gould, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann

Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), George London (Wotan), Jon Vickers (Siegmund), Gré Brouwenstijn (Sieglinde), David Ward (Hunding), Rita Gorr (Fricka) London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Hilde Konetzni (Sieglinde), Günther Treptow (Siegmund), Otto von Rohr (Hunding), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Ludwig Suthaus (Siegfried), Josef Hermann (Gunther), Josef Greindl (Hagen), Hilde Konetzni (Gutrune) RAI Rome Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Michelle DeYoung (soloist), Simon O'Neill (soloist), Pierre-Yves Pruvot (soloist), Orchestre national d'Ile-de-France, Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, Case Scaglione

Hans Sotin (bass), Helga Dernesch (soprano), William Cochran (tenor), Norman Bailey (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Marianne Schech (Sieglinde), Franz Völker (Siegmund) & Friedrich Dalberg (Hunding) Bayerisches Staatsochester, Georg Solti

Gunther Treptow, Otto von Rohr & Hilde Konetzni RAI Orchestra Rome, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Maargarete Teschemacher (Sieglinde), Max Lorenz (Siegmund), Kurt Böhme (Hunding), Josef Herrmann (baritone), Marianne Schech (soprano), Kurt Böhme (bass), Max Lorenz (tenor) Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Elmendorff

Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Arnold van Mill (bass (vocal)), Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Plácido Domingo (tenor), David Cangelosi (tenor), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano), Deborah Voigt (soprano), Deborah Polaski (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), Nina Stemme (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Jared Holt (baritone), Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Staatskapelle Berlin, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano, Daniel Barenboim, Eugene Kohn

Nina Stemme (Sieglinde), Johan Botha (Siegmund) & Ain Anger (Hunding) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Franz Welser-Möst

René Kollo (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Sieglinde) & John Tomlinson (Hunding) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt

Lotte Lehmann, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Set Svanholm (tenor), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Arnold van Mill (bass (vocal)), Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Peter Hofmann (Siegmund), Jeannine Altmeyer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Gwyneth Jones (Brünhilde), Donald McIntyre (Wotan), Hanna Schwarz (Fricka), Carmen Reppel (Gerhilde), Karen Middleton (Ortlinde), Gabriele Schnaut (Waltraute), Gwendolyn Killebrew (Schwertleite), Katie Clarke (Helmwige), Marga Schiml (Siegrune), Ilse Gramatzki (Grimgerde), Elisabeth Glauser (Roßweiße) Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez

Helga Dernesch (Sieglinde), William Cochran (Siegmund), Hans Sotin (Hunding), Norman Bailey (baritone), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra (Walküre extracts), Otto Klemperer

Hans Hotter (bass), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), Annelies Kupper (mezzo), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Leo Slezak (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Hertha Töpper (mezzo), Kim Borg (bass), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Karin Branzell (contralto), Josef von Manowarda (bass-baritone), Maria Müller (soprano), Frida Leider (soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor), Max Lorenz (tenor), Fritz Soot (tenor), Jess Thomas (tenor), Friedrich Schorr (bass-baritone), Theodor Scheidl (bass-baritone), James King (tenor), Thomas Stewart (bass-baritone) Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

William Cochran, Helga Dernesch, Hans Sotin New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

James King (Siegmund), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), Gerd Nienstedt (Hunding) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Böhm

Set Svanholm, Birgit Nilsson & Josef Greindl NDR Sinfonieorchester, Schmidt-Isserstedt

Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Claire Watson (Sieglinde), Fritz Uhl (Siegmund) & Josef Greindl (Hunding), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde) Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch

Lorin Maazel, Jesús López-Cobos

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Wotan (John Tomlinson), Alberich (Günter von Kannen), Donner (Bodo Brinkmann), Mime (Helmut Pampuch), Froh (Kurt Schreibmayer), Fasolt (Matthias Hölle), Loge (Graham Clark), Fafner (Philip Kang), Fricka (Linda Finnie), Woglinde (Hilde Leidland), Freia (Eva Johansson), Wellgunde (Annette Küttenbaum) & Erda (Birgitta Svendén), Flosshilde (Jane Turner) [b]Die Walküre[/b] Siegmund (Paul Elming), Ortlinde (Ruth Floeren), Hunding (Matthias Hölle), Waltraute (Shirley Close), Schwerttleite (Hitomi Katagiri), Sieglinde (Nadine Secunde), Helmwige (Eva-Faria Bundschuh), Brünnhilde (Anne Evans), Siegrune (Linda Finnie), Grimgerde (Birgitta Svendén) & Gerhilde (Eva Johannson), Rossweisse (Hebe Kijkstra) [b]Siegfried[/b] Siegfried (Siegfried Jerusalem), Wanderer (John Tomlinson), Erda (Birgitta Svendén) & Mime (Graham Clark), Waldvogel (Hilde Leidland) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Siegfried (Siegfried Jerusalem) Wanderer (John Tomlinson), 1. Norn (Birgitta Svendén), Hagen (Philip Kang), 2. Norn (Linda Finnie), Gunther (Bodo Brinkmann), 3. Norn (Uta Priew), Gutrune (Eva-Maria Bundschuh), Waltraute (Waltraud Meier), Wellgunde (Annette Küttenbaum) & Alberich (Günter von Kannen) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Choir, Daniel Barenboim

Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Meredith Parsons (mezzo-soprano), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone), Diane Kesling (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Mari Anne Häggander (soprano), James Morris (bass (vocal), baritone), Kurt Moll (bass (vocal)), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass (vocal)), Mark Baker (tenor), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Birgitta Svenden (contralto), Gary Lakes (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Marita Napier (soprano), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), Marilyn Mims (soprano), Reinhild Runkel (contralto), Ruthild Engert-Ely (mezzo-soprano), Linda Kelm (soprano), Ursula Engert (mezzo-soprano), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Andrea Gruber (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Matti Salminen (bass (vocal)), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), David Stivender (chorus master), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Richter (chorus master), Werner Götz (tenor), Anton Dermota (tenor), Wolfgang Hellmich (baritone), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Catarina Ligendza (soprano), Hans Hilsdorf, Peter Lagger (bass (vocal)), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Ivan Sardi (bass (vocal)), Miomir Nikelic (bass (vocal)), Loren Driscoll (tenor), Klaus Lang (baritone), Gerd Feldhoff (bass (vocal)), Roberto Banuelas (tenor), Peter Maus (tenor), Martin Vantin (tenor), Victor von Halem (bass (vocal)), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal)), Robert Tear (tenor), Herbert Lackner (bass (vocal)), Marga Schiml (contralto), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Ewald Aichberger (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Zoltan Kelemen (bass (vocal)), Lucia Popp (soprano), Anne Howells (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Margarita Lilowa (mezzo-soprano), Alison Hargan (soprano), Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Radio Choir, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben, James Levine, Carlos Kleiber, Eugen Jochum, Sir Georg Solti

Das Rheingold: James Morris (Wotan), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (Alberich), Christa Ludwig (Fricka), Siegfried Jerusalem (Loge), Heinz Zednik (Mime), Kurt Moll (Fasolt), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Fafner), Mark Baker (Froh), MarieAnne Häggander (Freia), Hei-Kyung Hong (Woglinde), Diane Kesling (Wellgunde), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde)***Die Walküre: Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), James Morris (Wotan), Jessye Norman (Sieglinde), Gary Lakes (Siegmund), Kurt Moll (Hunding), Linda Kelm (Helmwige), Marilyn Mims (Ortlinde), Marita Napier (Gerhilde), Reinhild Runkel (Waltraute), Diane Kesling (Siegrune), Anne Wilkens (Rossweisse), Meredith Parsons (Grimgerde), Ruthild Engert-Ely (Schwertleite)***Siegfried: Reiner Goldberg (Siegfried), James Morris (Der Wanderer), Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Kurt Moll (Fafner), Birgitta Svendén (Erda), Kathleen Battle (Waldvogel)***Götterdämmerung: Hildegard Behrens (Brünnhilde), Reiner Goldberg (Siegfried), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Bernd Weikl (Gunther), Cheryl Studer (Gutrune), Hanna Schwarz (Waltraute), Meredith Parsons (Flosshilde), Helga Dernesch (First Norn), Tatiana Troyanos (Second Norn), Andrea Gruber (Third Norn), Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt), Wolfgang Hellmich (Steuermann), Eberhard Büchner (Seemann), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Hans Sachs), Catarina Ligendza (Eva), Placido Domingo (Walther), Roland Hermann (Beckmesser), Christa Ludwig (Magdalene), Horst R Laubenthal (David), Peter Lagger (Pogner), Gerd Feldhoff (Kothner), Victor von Halem (Nachtwächter), René Kollo (Parsifal), Christa Ludwig (Kundry), Zoltan Kelemen (Klingsor), Gottlob Frick (Gurnemanz), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Amfortas), Hans Hotter (Titurel) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine, Carlos Kleiber, Eugen Jochum, Sir Georg Solti

Gundula Janowitz (soprano)

Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano), Meredith Parsons (mezzo-soprano), Ekkehard Wlaschiha (baritone), Diane Kesling (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Mari Anne Häggander (soprano), James Morris (bass (vocal), baritone), Kurt Moll (bass (vocal)), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass (vocal)), Mark Baker (tenor), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Birgitta Svenden (contralto), Gary Lakes (tenor), Jessye Norman (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Marita Napier (soprano), Anne Wilkens (mezzo-soprano), Marilyn Mims (soprano), Reinhild Runkel (contralto), Ruthild Engert-Ely (mezzo-soprano), Linda Kelm (soprano), Ursula Engert (mezzo-soprano), Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Andrea Gruber (mezzo-soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Matti Salminen (bass (vocal)), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), David Stivender (chorus master), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), René Kollo (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerhard Richter (chorus master), Werner Götz (tenor), Anton Dermota (tenor), Wolfgang Hellmich (baritone), Walter Hagen-Groll (chorus master), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Catarina Ligendza (soprano), Hans Hilsdorf, Peter Lagger (bass (vocal)), Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Roland Hermann (baritone), Ivan Sardi (bass (vocal)), Miomir Nikelic (bass (vocal)), Loren Driscoll (tenor), Klaus Lang (baritone), Gerd Feldhoff (bass (vocal)), Roberto Banuelas (tenor), Peter Maus (tenor), Martin Vantin (tenor), Victor von Halem (bass (vocal)), Gottlob Frick (bass (vocal)), Robert Tear (tenor), Herbert Lackner (bass (vocal)), Marga Schiml (contralto), Rotraud Hansmann (soprano), Ewald Aichberger (baritone), Hans Hotter (bass (vocal)), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Zoltan Kelemen (bass (vocal)), Lucia Popp (soprano), Anne Howells (soprano), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Gillian Knight (mezzo-soprano), Margarita Lilowa (mezzo-soprano), Alison Hargan (soprano), Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Leipzig Radio Choir, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben, James Levine, Carlos Kleiber, Eugen Jochum, Sir Georg Solti

Soloists, Jan Preece, Sena Jurinac (soprano), Deszö Ernster, Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Paul Schöffler (bass-baritone), Hilde Gueden (soprano), Günther Treptow (tenor), Karl Dönch, Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), George London (bass-baritone), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Martha Mödl (soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Irene Dalis (mezzo-soprano), Maria Reining, Hans Knappertsbusch

Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Jon Vickers (tenor), Gottlob Frick (bass), Ingeborg Hallstein, Gerhard Unger, Franz Crass (bass), Grace Hoffmann (mezzo-soprano), Jerome Hines (baritone), Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Ruth-Margret Pütz, Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Martti Talvela (bass), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Claire Watson (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Paolo Montarsolo (bass), Agnes Giebel (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Anja Silja (soprano), Ernst Kozub, Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Hans Sotin (bass), Helga Dernesch (soprano), William Cochran (tenor), Norman Bailey (bass), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), Reri Grist (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Werner Hollweg, Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor), Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Otto Klemperer