Wagner - Parsifal | Deutsche Grammophon 4860417

Wagner - Parsifal

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4860417

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 4

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 4th June 2021

Contents

Artists

Peter Hofmann
Dunja Vejzovic
Kurt Moll
Jose van Dam
Siegmund Nimsgern
Victor von Halem
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

Works

Wagner, Richard

Parsifal

Artists

Peter Hofmann
Dunja Vejzovic
Kurt Moll
Jose van Dam
Siegmund Nimsgern
Victor von Halem
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker

Conductor

Herbert von Karajan

About

Herbert von Karajan’s legendary 1980 recording of Wagner’s Parsifal with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, José van Dam, Victor von Halem, Kurt Moll, Peter Hofmann, Siegmund Nimsgern and Dunja Vejzović.

4-CD capbox with 92pp booklet with liner notes by Lucy Beckett (English) and Stefan Kunze (German), and complete libretto (German/English).

A monumental musical achievement, which Karajan painstakingly prepared in 40 orchestral rehearsals with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Stellar cast led by Peter Hoffman, one of the leading Wagner interpreters of his time, in the title role. Hailed as “the most perfect, atmospheric Parsifal yet committed to disc” (Gramophone magazine).

Cast:
- Amfortas: José van Dam
- Titurel: Victor von Halem
- Gurnemanz: Kurt Moll
- Parsifal: Peter Hofmann
- Klingsor: Siegmund Nimsgern
- Kundry: Dunja Vejzović
- Knights of the Grail: Claes H. Ahnsjö, Kurt Rydl
- Squires: Marjon Lambriks, Anne Gjevang, Heiner Hopfner, Georg Tichy
- A Voice: Hanna Schwarz
- Flower Maidens, Group 1: Barbara Hendricks, Janet Perry, Doris Soffel
- Flower Maidens, Group 2: Inga Nielsen, Audrey Michael, Rohangiz Yachmi

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