Wagner - The Collector’s Edition (LP)
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Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat No: 4791505
Format: LP
Number of Discs: 6
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 17th June 2013
Contents
Works
Das RheingoldTannhauser
Artists
Astrid VarnayHertha Topper
Wolfgang Windgassen
Rene Kollo
Margaret Price
Kurt Moll
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Werner Gotz
Brigitte Fassbaender
Wolfgang Hellmich
Jessye Norman
Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Staatskapelle Dresden
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Wilhelm PitzFerdinand Leitner
Walter Born
Karl Bohm
Carlos Kleiber
Herbert von Karajan
Works
Das RheingoldTannhauser
Artists
Astrid VarnayHertha Topper
Wolfgang Windgassen
Rene Kollo
Margaret Price
Kurt Moll
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Werner Gotz
Brigitte Fassbaender
Wolfgang Hellmich
Jessye Norman
Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Staatskapelle Dresden
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductors
Wilhelm PitzFerdinand Leitner
Walter Born
Karl Bohm
Carlos Kleiber
Herbert von Karajan
About
• Limited-Edition, numbered-Box Sets
• Every LP expertly remastered at the Emil Berliner Studios
• The pressings from Optimal on 180 gsm vinyl stock
• Original LP front and back covers in all their glory
• 8-page leaflet, with introduction to the recordings by opera buff and Wagner expert Mike Ashman
Contents:
• Bayreuther Festspiele: Opera Choruses by Richard Wagner
Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra / Wilhelm Pitz
Contents:
Der Fliegende Holländer: Mit Gewitter und Sturm
Der Fliegende Holländer: Summ und brumm
Der Fliegende Holländer: Steuermann, lass’ die Wacht
Tannhäuser: Freudig begrüssen wir
Tannhäuser: Beglückt dar nun dich, o Heimat
Tannhäuser: Heil! Der Gnade Wunder
Lohengrin: Seht! Welch ein seltsam Wunder
Lohengrin: Gesegnet soll sie schreiten
Lohengrin: Treulich geführt
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Wach auf!
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Ehrt Eure deutschen Meister
Götterdämmerung: Hoi-ho! Ihr Gibichsmannen
Parsifal: Zum letzten Liebesmahle
1958
The first, and so far only, recording especially made of the Bayreuth chorus
• Tristan und Isolde – Arias & Duets
Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper, Wolfgang Windgassen
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / Ferdinand Leitner
Contents:
Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter (Love Duet, Part 1)
Einsam wachend in der Nacht (Brangäne’s Call and Love Duet Part 2)
Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod)
1959
Two of the first stars of the Wagner grandsons’ post-war Bayreuth Festival
• Jess Thomas - tenor
Richard Wagner: Meistersinger, Lohengrin, Walküre, Rheingold, Rienzi, Parsifal
Berliner Philharmoniker / Walter Born
Contents:
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Fanget an! - Morgenlich leuchtend
Lohengrin
Hochstes Vertau'n - In fernem Land
Die Walkure
Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
Das Rheingold
Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn
Rienzi
Allmacht'ger Vater, blick' herab
Parsifal
Nur eine Waffe taugt
1963
The only recital record of the American Heldentenor of the 1960s
• Richard Wagner: Overtures and Preludes
Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm
Contents:
Rienzi: Overture
Tannhäuser: Overture
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1
Parsifal: Prelude
1979
Böhm’s unsentimental and unbombastic view of Wagner, spiced with a sense of humour
• Tristan und Isolde – Scenes
Rene Kollo (Tristan), Margaret Price (Isolde), Kurt Moll ( King Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangäne), Wolfgang Hellmich (A Steersman)
Staatskapelle Dresden / Carlos Kleiber
Contents:
Prelude Act 1
Herr Tristan trete nah!
O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe
Prelude Act 3
O Wonne! Nein! / Tod und Hölle! / Isolde’s Liebestod
1982
One of the greatest Tristans in the catalogue
• Tannhäuser, Siegfried Idyll, Tristan und Isolde
Jessye Norman / Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Contents:
Tannhäuser: Overture
Siegfried Idyll
Tristan Und Isolde:
Prelude to Act 1
Isolde’s Liebestod
1988
Live recording - Karajan at his most experimental in old age with the Vienna Philharmonic
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