(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1928(LE) - Blech Leo - Berliner Staatsoper*
2 1929(SE) - Hoesslin Franz von - Orchestre Walter Staram*
3 1933(LE) - Heger Robert - Wiener Staatsoper*
4 1933(LE) - Krauss Clemens - Wiener Philharmoniker*
5 1936(LE) - Beecham Thomas - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
6 1936(LI) - Bodanzky Artur - Metropolitan Opera*
7 1937(LCE) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Wiener Staatsoper*
8 1937(LE) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
9 1937(LE) - Reiner Fritz - Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York*
10 1942(LI) - Elmendorff Karl - Bayreuth Festival*
11 1944(RCE) - Heger Robert - Berliner Staatskapelle*
12 1947(LI) - Kleiber Erich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
13 1949(RA) - Moralt Rudolf - Wiener Symphoniker*
14 1950(LI) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - Teatro alla Scala*
15 1951(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
16 1951(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
17 1952(Act 3;RE) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - RAI Roma*
18 1952(LI) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
19 1952(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1953(LI) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
21 1953(LI) - Krauss Clemens - Bayreuth Festival*
22 1953(RA) - Furtwängler Wilhelm - RAI Roma*
23 1954(LE) - Stiedry Fritz - Covent Garden*
24 1955(Act 3;LE) - Mitropoulos Dimitri - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
25 1955(LC) - Keilberth Joseph - Bayreuth Festival*
26 1955(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
27 1955(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayerische Rundfunk*
28 1956(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
29 1956(RA) - Fjeldstad Olvin - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra*
30 1957(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
31 1957(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
32 1957(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
33 1958(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
34 1959(LI) - Konwitschny Franz - Covent Garden*
35 1960(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Bayreuth Festival*
36 1962(LI) - Wallberg Heinz - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
37 1963(Act 3;LE) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
38 1963(LI) - Rosenstock Joseph - Metropolitan Opera*
39 1963(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
40 1964(STU) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker*
41 1965(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
42 1967(LC) - Böhm Karl - Bayreuth Festival*
43 1967(LI) - Leitner Ferdinand - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
44 1968(RA) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - RAI Roma*
45 1968(STU) - Swarowsky Hans - Großes Symphonieorchester*
46 1969(LI) - Suitner Otmar - San Francisco Opera*
47 1969-70(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*
48 1970(LE) - Bernstein Leonard - New York Philharmonic Orchestra*
49 1970(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*
50 1970(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
51 1971(LI) - Goodall Reginald - Sadler's Wells Opera*
52 1971(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
53 1971(SE) - Mackerras Charles - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
54 1973(Act 3;LE) - Solti Georg - Chicago Symphony Orchestra*
55 1973(SE) - Goodall Reginald - Sadler's Wells Opera*
56 1974(LI) - Kubelik Rafael - Metropolitan Opera*
57 1974(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
58 1975(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Sweden Royal Opera*
59 1975(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
60 1976(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
61 1976(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
62 1977(LC) - Goodall Reginald - English National Opera*
63 1978(LI) - Davis Colin - Covent Garden*
64 1979(STU) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival***
65 1980(LI) - Holt Henry - Seattle Opera*
66 1983(LI) - Solti Georg - Bayreuth Festival*
67 1983(STU) - Janowski Marek - Dresdner Staatskapelle*
68 1985(LI) - Klobucar Berislav - Dallas Civic Opera*
69 1985(LI) - Waart Edo De - San Francisco Opera**
70 1987(LI) - Asahina Takashi - New Japan Philharmonic*
71 1989(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerische Staatsoper***
72 1989(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
73 1990(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
74 1991(LC) - Barenboim Daniel - Bayreuth Festival***
75 1991(STU) - Haitink Bernard - Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
76 1994(ACT 3;LE) - Haitink Bernard - Boston Symphony Orchestra*
77 1994(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
78 1995(LI) - Neuhold Günter - Badische Staatskapelle*
79 1996(LI) - Haitink Bernard - Covent Garden*
80 1996(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
81 1997(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival**
82 1998(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala**
83 1999(LC) - Paternostro Roberto - Staatstheater Kassel*
84 1999(LI) - Haenchen Hartmut - Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra**
85 2000(LC) - Kuhn Gustav - Orchester des Tyroler Festspiele*
86 2000(LI) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Bayreuth Festival*
87 2002(LI) - Fischer Adám - Bayreuth Festival*
88 2002-2003(LC) - Zagrosek Lothar - Württembergisches Staatsorchester, Stuttgart***
89 2004(LC) - Fisch Asher - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra*
90 2004(LI) - Billy Bertrand De - Gran Teatro del Liceo***
91 2004(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
92 2005(LI) - Haenchen Hartmut - Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest*
93 2006(LI) - Schønwandt Michael - Royal Danish Orchestra**
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Leo Blech - 1928(LE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Nanny Larsen-Todsen
Siegfried - Erik Enderlein
Hagen - Ivar Andresen
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
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Black Disc - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS GAO 450 (+Die Walküre Act 3) {2LPS}
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Staatsoper, Berlin (19 March 1928). The recording was made over a landline by HMV but never issued by them (See the EJS Discography by Shaman, Collins, and Goodwin p.439)
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Conductor Franz von Hoesslin - 1929(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestre Walter Staram
Chorus - Choeur
Brünnhilde - Henriette Gottlieb
Siegfried - Walter Kirchhoff
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Woglinde - Olga Schramm-Tschörner
Wellgunde - Anny Konetzni
Floßhilde - Emmy Neiendorff
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Black Disc; - Pathé X 7209 - X 7215 (7x78s} (1929)ª
Compact Cassette; - Mike Richter - Audio Encyclopedia 301 (From Which We Came - CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Gebhardt JGCD 0016-3 (+excerpts from other Ring Operas +Tristan und Isolde - duet - Kirchhof & Bäumer +Der fliegende Holländer -excerpts - Reiner) {3CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 2000 p.122 [AB]
Opera - September 2000 pp.1133-1134 [RG]
Opera News - September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.289-291 [WY]
International Record Review - April 2000 pp.102-103 [MT]
Classical Express - Issue No.120 March 2000 p.3 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.266 [KM]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.57 enero-febrero 2003 p.86 [TF]
Comments:- This recording is reported to have been made at the time of a Wagner Festival inParis. According to L'Avant Scène Opera No.16/17 p.188 this took place in 1929 and Götterdämmerung was performed in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 24 June 1929. Other sources give the year as 1928 or 1930
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Conductor Robert Heger - 1933(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Kappel
Siegfried - Josef Kalenberg
Hagen - Josef von Manowarda
Gunther - Emil Schipper
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
Waltraute - Rosette Anday
First Norn - Gertrud Rünger
Second Norn - Bella Paalen
Third Norn - Enid Szánthó
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Compact Disc - Koch Schwann 3-1459-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.9)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1997 p.136 [AB]
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance in the Vienna State Opera (15 June 1997)
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1933(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Kappel
Hagen - Josef von Manowarda
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
Waltraute - Gertrud Rünger
First Norn - Gertrud Rünger
Second Norn - Bella Paalen
Third Norn - Enid Szánthó
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera EJS 460 (+Parsifal - excerpts) {1LP} (1969)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (15 June 1933)
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Conductor Thomas Beecham - 1936(LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Frida Leider
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Emanuel List
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Maria Nezádal
Waltraute - Kerstin Thorborg
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 167 {2LPS} (1959)ª; Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 234 {2LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - *Preiser Records 90266 {1CD} (1996)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 103 «Sir Thomas Beecham» {1xCD-ROM} (2004)ª; Guild «Immortal Performances» GHCD 2311/12 (+Wagner scenes with Leider) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.97 [ST]
Opera News - January 11 1997 p.42
Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.123
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.292
Wagner News - Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
Classical Express - Issue 99 June 1998 p.6 [MT]
The Record Collector - Vol.50 No.4 December 2005 pp.275-276 [MS]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2005 p.101 [MA]: Summer 2008 pp.95-06 [SH]
Répertoire - No.90 avril 1996 p.68
CLASSICAL disCDigest - Vol.5 No.2 Issue 16 p.52 (mention)
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (14 May 1936)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1936(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Marjorie Lawrence
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Alberich - Eduard Habich
Gunther - Friedrich Schorr
Gutrune - Dorothee Manski
Waltraute - Kathryn Meisle
Woglinde - Edita Fleischer
Wellgunde - Irra Petina
Floßhilde - Doris Doe
First Norn - Doris Doe
Second Norn - Irra Petina
Third Norn - Inge Manski
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 489 (+Der fliegende; Holländer - excerpts) {4LPS} (1969)ª
Compact Disc; - Walhall WHL 24 {3CDS}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110041-43 {3CDS} (1999)ª; *Naxos «Historical» 8.110228-30 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Naxos «Historical» 8.501106 (cycle made up of performances in 1936, 1937, 1941) {11CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1999 p.102 [AB]
Opera Now - May/June 1997 p.95; July/August 1999 p.96 [ST]
Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.77 [DN]; Heft 7+8 Juli+August 2003 S.81-S.82 [LS]; Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 [DN]
Opéra International - novembre 1999 No.240 p.69 [FL-2]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.172 p.223
International Record Review - February 2001 p.109 [MVA]: October 2003 pp.28-29 [MVA]
Correo Musical Argentino - No.174 marzo 1996 p.2
Musica (Milano) - N.114 ottobre-novembre 1999 p.133 [SH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 pp.84-85 [VM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (11 January 1936)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LCE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Anny Konetzni
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Fred Destal
Gunther - Jaro Prohaska
Gutrune - Wanda Achsel
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1474-2 (Wiener Staatsoper - Live Vol.24)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.418
Comments:- Recording of parts of Acts 1 and 3 taken from two performances at the Vienna State Opera (24 January & 19 June 1937). Alexander Kipnis is heard briefly as Hagen in excerpts from the June performance
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Maria Nezádal
Waltraute - Kerstin Thorborg
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 431 {2LPS} (1968)ª; Discocorp «Reference Recordings» RR 429 {2LPS} (1979)ª
Compact Disc; - Eklipse EKR 62 (1997)ª; Music & Arts CD 1025 (+Die Walküre Act 3) {2CDS} (1998)ª; Dante LYS 219-221 {3CDS} (+excerpts - Vienna - London); Gebhardt JGCD 0003 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - April 1999 pp.399-405 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.358 [WY]
Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4: Issue No.115 October 1999 p.4 (mention) [MT]
Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
International Opera Collector - Summer 1997 No.4 p.99
ARSC Journal - Vol.30 No.1 Spring 1999 p.60 [GAG]
American Record Guide - January/February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 p.242 [RVL]
Répertoire - No.122 mars 1999 p.82 [PF]
Musica (Milano) - N.111 Anno 23 aprile-maggio 1999 p.108 [LG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.40 julio-agosto 2000 p.100 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of part of a performance at Covent Garden (1 June 1937). An excerpt from Act 2 of the performance on 7 June 1938 with Frida Leider as Brünnhilde, Lauritz Melchior as Siegfried, Wilhelm Schirp as Hagen, Herbert Janssen as Gunther, and Anny von Stosch as Gutrune is included as a «filler» on the EKLIPSEand Dante LYS CDs. The Music & Arts has recordings of the finales of each of thethree acts. The Gebhardt CDs are listed in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.162
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Brünnhilde - Florence Easton
Siegfried - Paul Althouse
Waltraute - Kathryn Meisle
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Black Disc; - A.N.N.A. Record Company ANNA 1008 {1LP} (1978)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of extracts of Act 1 of an abridged concert performance of Götterdämmerung; all are taken from Act 1 (see «More EJS» pp.358-359)
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Conductor Karl Elmendorff - 1942(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Marta Fuchs
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Frederick (Friedrich) Dalberg
Alberich - Robert Burg
Gunther - Egmont Koch
Gutrune - Else Fischer
Waltraute - Camilla Kallab
Woglinde - Hilde Scheppan
Wellgunde - Irmgar Langhammer(-Klein)
Floßhilde - Margery Booth
First Norn - Camilla Kallab
Second Norn - Hildegard Jachnow
Third Norn - Charlotte Siewert
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90164 {4CDS}; Preiser Records 90332 (Highlights +Aida + Die Meistersinger - excerpts) {2CDS}; Music & Arts CD 1058 {4CDS}
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.109
Opera News - June 1995 p.47; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.6 July/August 2000 pp.291-292 [WY]
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63
Diapason - No.399 décembre 1993 p.190
Wagner News - No.97 June 1993 p.14
International Opera Collector - Spring 1998 No.7 p.82 (highlights) [GH]
International Record Review - July 2000 pp.114-115 [MT]
American Record Guide - July/August 2000 Vol.63 No.4 p.265 [JPM]
Classic CD - September 2000 p.67 [ST]
ARSC Journal - Vol.32 No.1 pp.132-135 [GAG]
Répertoire - No.67 mars 1994 p.82
Comments:- A recording from the 1942 Bayreuth Festival, although according to the review inOPERA NEWS (June 1995 p.47) «Different sound sources have been spliced together»
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Conductor Robert Heger - 1944(RCE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - NOT KNOWN
Brünnhilde - Marta Fuchs
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Gunther - Jaro Prohaska
Woglinde - Hilde Scheppan
Wellgunde - Irmgar Langhammer(-Klein)
Floßhilde - Margarete Klose
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Compact Disc - Preiser Records 90245
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.63
Répertoire - No.85 novembre 1995 p.81
Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.15
Comments:- A recording of part of Act 3. From the beginning to the end of the funeral march is conducted by Robert Heger with the Berliner Staatskapelle (7-11-1944) The immolation scene is conducted by Carl Leonhart (Orch. Reichsenders Stuttgart20-2-1937)
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1947(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Emanuel List
Alberich - Fred Destal
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Rose Bampton
Waltraute - Lydia Kinderman
Woglinde - Mafalda Rinaldi
Wellgunde - Maria De Benedictis
Floßhilde - Zaira Negroni
First Norn - Lydia Kinderman
Second Norn - Zaira Negroni
Third Norn - Rose Bampton
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0046-3 {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.20 No.1 Winter 2004 pp.145-148 [RB]
International Record Review - April 2003 pp.24-25 (mention) [MVA]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (September 1947)
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1949(RA)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Siegfried - Günther Treptow
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Adolf Vogel
Gunther - Karl Kamann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Rosette Anday
Woglinde - Elisabeth Rutgers
Wellgunde - Martha Rohs
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Rosette Anday
Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic
Third Norn - Hilde Konetzni
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Compact Disc; - Myto 4 MCD 973.159 {4CDS} (1997)ª; *Gebhardt JGCD 0040-12 (cycle) (+Set Svanholm in Götterdämmerung) {12CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July/August 1998 p.96 [ST]
Opera News - December 20 1997 p.40 [BZ]
Orpheus - Oktober 1997 S.57 [GH]
Opéra International - No.292 juillet-aoüt 2004 p.84 [AT]
Classical Express - Issue No.89 August 1997 p.4
International Record Review - April 2002 pp.83-84 [MVA]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - diciembre 1997 - febrero 1998 No.26 p.89 [MC]
Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.114 [TP]
Comments:- In Act 3 the role of Gutrune is sung by Judith Hellwig
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Magda Gabory
Wellgunde - Margareta Kenney
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Margret Weth-Falke
Second Norn - Margareta Kenney
Third Norn - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 538 {4LPS} (1971)ª; Discocorp Reference Recordings RR 420; *Murray Hill 940477 {11LPS} (cycle) ; Everest Opera Series S-476-3; Cetra CFE 101 (FE 40)
Compact Disc; - Fonit Cetra CDC 28; Music & Arts CD-914(cycle); Gebhardt JGCD 0018 (cycle) {12CDS} (2000)ª; Urania «Archivo Storico» URN; 22.154 {4CDS} (2001)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1976 p.654 [AB]; December 1996 p.151; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]
Opera - June 1997 p.748
Opera Now - November/December 1996 p.111
Opera News - October 1996 p.44
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.5 May/June 1995 p.374; Vol.20 No.2 November/December 1996 p.416
Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.276
Diapason - No.479 mars 2001 p.113 [AT]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154
International Record Review - June 2000 pp.112-114 [MA]
Classic CD - November 1996 p.98
BBC Music Magazine - December 1996 p.77*EXP May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
Classical Express - May 2000 p.8 [SJT]
American Record Guide - January/February 1997 Vol.60 No.1 pp.239-241
ARSC Journal - Vol.28 No.2 Fall 1997 p.245 [GAG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.58 marzo 2003 p.86 [MC]
Répertoire - No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 pp.114-115 [TP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (April 4 1950). Arkadia has published a set of 4 CDs(WFE 364.4 or 362 014) which is said to be of a performance on April2 1950. (See ORPHEUS, March 1995 p.61, Wagner News, No.110 July 1995 p.17, Répertoire No.82 p.87). The review in the ARSC Journal describes a very careful comparison of this recording with the others and the reviewer [GAG] concludes that it is indeed of a different performance
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hagen - Ludwig Weber
Alberich - Heinrich Pflanzl
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Elisabeth Höngen
Woglinde - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 6175 {6LPS} (1999)ª
Compact Disc; - Wing WCD 53 (highlights) {1CD}; *Testament SBT 4175 {4CDS} (1999)ª; Golden Melodram GM 1.0067 {4CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1999 p.123 [AB]
Opera - October 1999 p.1243 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.27 No.6 July/August 2004 pp.224-225 [WY]
Orpheus - November 1999 S.89 [SS]; Mai+Juni 2005 S.58-S.59 [SS]
Opéra International - octobre 1999 No.239 p.71 [FL-2]
International Record Review - March 2000 p.142 [DC]
Stereophile - January 2000 (Vol.23 No.1) p.177
The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
Wagner News - Issue No.138 April 2000 p.16 [PDB]
ARSC Journal - Vol.31 No.1 Spring 2000 pp.150-152 [GAG]
Répertoire - No.129 novembre 1999 p.100 [PF]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.126 noviembre 1999 p.56 [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.36 noviembre-diciembre 1999 p.88 [JPS]
Opéra Magazine - No.4 février 2006 p.75 (mention) [FL-2]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (4 August 1951). See GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.20, IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 pp.36-42. The Wing CD contains a recording of part of Act 3. Michael Tanner states that tapes from thedress rehearsal were used in the preparation of the Testament CDs (CLASSIC CD December 1999 p.14)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1951(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Herbert Janssen
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Erna Berger
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Martha Lipton
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0038-12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2001)ª
Open Reel Tape - Immortal Performances Recorded Music Society (also available on compact cassette)
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - Awards Issue 2001 p.115, p.117 [AB]
Opéra International - No.300 mai 2005 p.83 [FL-2]
International Record Review - January 2002 pp.77-78 [MVA]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - septiembre 2002 No.157 p.46 (mention) [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 p.85 [MC]
Classica Répertoire - No.73 juin 2005 p.107 [PF]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (17 February 1951).
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1952(Act 3;RE)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Gunther - Josef Herrmann
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
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Black Disc; - Fonit Cetra «Furtwängler Edition» FE 20 {2LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1995)ª; Music & Arts CD 4866 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (1999)ª; Archipel ARPCD OO62 (+Die Walküre Act 1) {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 2002 p.85, p.87 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.2 November/December 1995 p.422
Classical Express - September 1995 p.6
American Record Guide - November/December 1995 Vol.58 No.6 p.288
Comments:- Recorded on 31 May 1952. The Fonit Cetra LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Max Lorenz
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Martha Mödl
Waltraute - Ruth Siewert
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hanna Ludwig
Floßhilde - Herta Töpper
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Melanie (Mila) Bugarinovic
Third Norn - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - Arlecchino ARL 55-58 {4CDS};; Archipel ARPCD 0113/12 (cycle) {12CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2003 pp.79-80 [AB]
Opera News - September 1995 p.56
Opéra International - avril 1995 No.190 p.82
Diapason - No.417 juillet-aoüt 1995 p.107; No.507 octobre 2003 p.141 [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.151
American Record Guide - May/June 1996 Vol.59 No.2 p.270
International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2003 pp.100-101 [JTH]
Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.21 [ARB]
Répertoire - No.78 mars 1995 p.81: No.170 juillet-aoüt 2003 p.115 [TP]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.16 junio-agosto 1995 p.67: No.64 octubre 2003 p.87 [VM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (badly reviewed by HDR in Opera September 1952 p.519)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Paul Schöffler
Gutrune - Regina Resnik
Waltraute - Margaret Harshaw
Woglinde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Wellgunde - Lucine Amara
Floßhilde - Hertha Glaz
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Margaret Harshaw
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 306
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (5 January 1952). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - Allegro 3125-3143 (cycle); Melodram MEL 539 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 539 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.00014 (cycle) ;; Andromeda ANDRCD 5000 (cycle) {12CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 1998 S.57 (mention) [GH]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.184 p.115 [CM]
American Record Guide - May 1954 Vol.20 No.9 p.279 (Allegro LPs) [PHR]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2006 pp.100-101 [RG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (29 July 1953; see OPERA October 1953 p.605). The cast given on the Allegro LPs is fictitious
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Conductor Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Erika Zimmermann
Wellgunde - Hetty Plümacher
Floßhilde - Gisela Litz
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Ira Malaniuk
Third Norn - Regina Resnik
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Black Disc - foyer FO 1011 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 4 4005 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32506-Double Durée (Cycle); foyer 15-CF2011 (Cycle);; Gala GL 100.654 {4CDS}; Gala GL 999.791 (Cycle) {14CDS} ;; Archipel ARPCD 0250 (cycle) {13CDS} (2004)ª; Opera d'Oro OPD 1500 (cycle) {14CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
Opera News - September 1995 p.56
Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.4 Summer 1989 pp.125-127 [CJT]
Stereophile - August 1988 (Vol.11 No.8) p.156
International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.70 mayo 2004 p.88 [MCP]
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Conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Martha Mödl
Siegfried - Ludwig Suthaus
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Alfred Poell
Gutrune - Sena Jurinac
Waltraute - Margarete Klose
Woglinde - Sena Jurinac
Wellgunde - Magda Gabory
Floßhilde - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
First Norn - Margarete Klose
Second Norn - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Third Norn - Sena Jurinac
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Black Disc; - Mauro R. Fuguette MRF 34 {5LPS} *EMI RLS 702 (Cycle) (1972)ª; EMI Electrola 1C 147-02 275/92 {18LPS} (cycle) (1972)ª; EMI EX 290670-3 (cycle) {14LPS} (1986)ª; Melodiya D 35017/26 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - EMI CZS 7 67123-2 (Cycle) {13CDS} (1991)ª; Angel CDZM 67123 (Cycle) {13CDS}; Gebhardt JGCD 0060 (cycle) {12CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1972 p.461, p.539 [DC]; January 1973 p.1296 [DST] May 1986 p. [AB]; February 1991 p. [AB]; Septemer 2005 p.75 [MA]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.221-222 [HF]
Orpheus - Januar 1973 S.60 - S.62 [KL]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [VM]
Stereophile - May 1991 (Vol.14 No.5) p.176
Comments:- Recorded October, November 1953; See HIGH FIDELITY October 1965 Vol.15 No.9 pp.32-40 for information on earlier attempts to publish this recording. See also«So war mein Weg» by Martha Mödl pp.109-110
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Dezsö Ernster
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elfriede Wasserthal
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Rosina Raisbeck
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
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Compact Disc; - Pearl GEM 0232 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 2006 p.79 [AB]
International Record Review - October 2005 p.90 [MT]
American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.249-250 [KM]
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (29 June 1954). Otakar Kraus, although listed by Pearl, does not appear in these excerpts.
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Conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos - 1955(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - New York Philharmonic Chorus
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Ramón Vinay
Hagen - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gunther - Clifford Harvuot
Gutrune - Lucine Amara
Woglinde - Hertha Glaz
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Shakeh Vartenissian
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Compact Disc; - AS DISC AS 549 {1CD}; Urania RM 11.924 {1CD} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of Act 3 (30 October 1955). It appears that the AS CD is difficult to obtain (see IOC Autumn 1999 No.13 p.8)
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Conductor Joseph Keilberth - 1955(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Jutta Vulpius
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Schärtel
Floßhilde - Maria Graf
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Georgine von Milinkovic
Third Norn - Mina Bolotine
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Black Disc; - Testament SBTLP 61393 {6LPS} (2006)ª
Compact Disc; - Testament SBT4 1393 {4CDS} (2006)ª; Testament SBT 141412 (cycle) {14CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 2007 p.91 [AB]
Opera - July 2007 p.874, p.876 [RM]
Opera News - May 2007 p.85 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.31 No.1 September/October 2007 pp.244-245 [ED]; August Vol.38 No.6 July/August 2008 pp.306-307 [AQ]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2007 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Diapason - No.544 février 2007 p.102 [ED]
International Record Review - January 2007 pp.83-84 [MT]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2007 pp.96-97 [DP]
The Absolute Sound - June/July 2007 Issue 172 p.150 [DD]
ARSC Journal - Vol.38 No.2 Fall 2007 pp.275-279 [GAG}
American Record Guide - May/June 2008 Vol.71 No.3 pp.210-211 [JPM]
Opéra Magazine - No.16 mars 2007 p.70 [FL-2]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.101 junio 2007 p.94 [PN]
Comments:- *Recorded by Decca at performances and rehearsals. (July, August 1955). See John Culshaw in «Ring Resounding» p.51.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Ludwig Hofmann
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Marko Rothmüller
Gutrune - Hilde Konetzni
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Glenice Halliday
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 1849
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3512
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (17 June 1955). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 13-18 1955 p.17).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerische Rundfunk
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Bernd Aldenhoff
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Leonie Rysanek
Waltraute - Ira Malaniuk
Woglinde - Gerda Sommerschuh
Wellgunde - Elisabeth Lindermeier
Floßhilde - Ruth Michaelis
First Norn - Irmgard Barth
Second Norn - Herta Töpper
Third Norn - Marianne Schech
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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 425 {5LPS}
Compact Disc - Orfeo C 356944 {4CDS}
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera - December 1994 p.1387
Opera Now - January 1995 p.55
Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34
Fanfare - Vol.18 No.4 March/April 1995 p.332
Orpheus - November 1994 S.64
Opéra International - mars 1995 No.189 p.81
Diapason - No.415 mai 1995 p.133
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.165 p.154
Le Monde de la Musique - No.187 avril 1995 p.108
Wagner News - No.108 April 1995 p.20
Répertoire - No.77 février 1995 p.79
American Record Guide - March/April 1995 Vol.58 No.2 p.274
Stereophile - February 1995 (Vol.18 No.2) p.185
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Prinzregententheater-Munich (1 September 1955)See The Daily Telegraph Arts & Books December 31st 1994 p.17
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Lore Wißmann
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Maria von Ilosvay
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Third Norn - Astrid Varnay
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Black Disc - Melodram 569(5)
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1001 (cycle); Music and Arts CD 1009 (Cycle) {13CDS};; Orfeo CDC 660 513 Y (Cycle) {13CDS} (2005)ª; Andromeda ANDRCD 9016 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1998 p.92 [AB]; February 2001 p.105, p.106, p.108 [AB]; February 2006 p.89 [AB]
Opera - June 1998 p.659 [AB]; May 2006 pp.608-610 [MA]
Opera Now - March/April 1998 p.97 [ST]
Opera News - May 1997 p.62; September 2000 pp.96-97 [PT]
Fanfare - Vol.21 No.4 March/April 1998 p.261 [HF]; Vol.29 No.4 March/April 2006 pp.234-236 [JM]
Orpheus - Januar 1997 S.57
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.272
Diapason - No.445 février 1998 p.112 [AT]; No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.176 p.106
Classical Express - Issue No.83 February 1997 p.6
American Record Guide - May/June 1997 Vol.60 No.3 p.293 [JPM]
BBC Music Magazine - May 1998 p.89 [RC]
ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.2 Fall 1998 p.233 [GAG]: Vol.33 No.2 Fall 2002 p.297 [GAG]
International Record Review - August 2002 p.77 [MVA]: December 2005 pp.70-80 [MT]
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2002 pp.97-99 [GH]
Wagner News - Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16: Issue No.120 March 1997 p.15 (mention): Issue No.180 June 2007 pp.25-29 [PDB]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.94 diciembre 1996 p.76
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.23 marzo-mayo 1997 p.64: No.53 septiembre 2002 p.86 [PN]: No.89 abril 2006 p.84 [MCP]
Répertoire - No.111 mars 1998 p.67 [PF]
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Conductor Olvin Fjeldstad - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Oslo Opera
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad
Siegfried - Set Svanholm
Hagen - Egil Nordsjo
Alberich - Per Gronnenberg
Gunther - Waldemar Johnsen
Gutrune - Ingrid Bjoner
Waltraute - Eva Gustavson
Woglinde - Unni Bugge-Hanssen
Wellgunde - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Floßhilde - Beate Asserson
First Norn - Eva Gustavson
Second Norn - Karen Flagstad (Cerhal)
Third Norn - Ingrid Bjoner
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5205-5210 {6LPS} (1956)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 579-580 (highlghts) {2LPS} (1970)ª; London XLLA 48 {6LPS} (1957)ª
Compact Disc; - Urania URN 22283 (+Flagstad recital) {4CDS} (2005)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0178 (+Tristan und Isolde - Act 1 - Rankl) {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1956 pp.93-94 [AR]; October 1956 pp.154-155 [DST]; May 1957 p.444 [HCS]; March 1970 p.1492 (highlights) [AR]; July 1970 p.148 [DST]
Opera - September 1956 p.571
Orpheus - März + April 2007 S.60 [SS]
E.M.G. Monthly Letter - August 1956 p.11
Gramophone Record Review - September 1956 p.716 [WM]
American Record Guide - April 1957 Vol.23 No.7 p.112: March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 p.250 [JPM]
High Fidelity Magazine - April 1957 Vol.7 No.4 p.76 [JH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.87 enero-febrero 2006 p.85 [MCP]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XX N.202 febbraio 2006 pp.83-84 [GL]
Comments:- Most of this recording is from a broadcast, but the Norn scene and the scene between Hagen and Alberich were recorded later (See «Ring Resounding» by John Culshaw pp.56-61; HIGH FIDELITY June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 pp.45-46)
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elisabeth Lindermeier
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Joan Sutherland
Wellgunde - Una Hale
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
Second Norn - Constance Shacklock
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0230 {4CDS} (2008)ª; Testament SBT 13 1426 (cycle) {13CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 2008 p.87 [AW]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Wagner News - Issue No.186 June 2008 pp.18-20 [PDB]
International Record Review - July/August 2008 pp.89-92 [RP]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2008 pp.96-97 [JBS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer
Waltraute - Maria von Ilosvay
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Floßhilde - Elisabeth Schärtel
First Norn - Birgit Nilsson
Second Norn - Elisabeth Schärtel
Third Norn - Maria von Ilosvay
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Black Disc - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 61/5 {5LPS}; Estro Armonico EA 034 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Music & Arts CD 256 (4) {4CDS};; Golden Melodram GM 1.0048 (cycle) {14CDS};; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0219 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1978 p.747 [AB]
Orpheus - Mai + Juni 2008 S.56-S.57 [SS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1987/88 pp.142-145 [CJT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - enero 2001 No.139 p.59 [SV]
International Record Review - May 2008 pp.24-25 [NS]
Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (18 August 1957)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Margaret Harshaw
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Kurt Böhme
Alberich - Lawrence Davidson
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Marianne Schech
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Heidi Krall
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Sandra Warfield
First Norn - Belen Amparan
Second Norn - Margaret Roggero
Third Norn - Gloria Lind
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 913
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (2 March 1957). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.214-216. The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Frans Andersson
Gunther - Otto Wiener
Gutrune - Elisabeth Grümmer
Waltraute - Jean Madeira
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Ursula Böse
First Norn - Jean Madeira
Second Norn - Ursula Böse
Third Norn - Rita Gorr
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 589 {5LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Hunt CDLSMH 34044 {4CDS}; Arkadia HP 48013 (Cycle) Golden Melodram GM 10052 (Cycle) {14CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.275 janvier 2003 pp.65-66 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.497 novembre 2002 p.127 (mention) [ED]
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.103 [KM]: May/June 2002 Vol.65 No.3 pp.224-225 [JPM]
Stereophile - June 1990 Vol.13 No.6 p.207
Wagner News - Issue No.111 September 1995 p.13: Issue No.112 December 1995 p.16
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.51 mayo-junio 2002 p.100 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE November 1982 p.529
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Conductor Franz Konwitschny - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Amy Shuard
Waltraute - Ursula Böse
Woglinde - Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde - Josephine Veasey
Floßhilde - Marjorie Thomas
First Norn - Marjorie Thomas
Second Norn - Monica Sinclair
Third Norn - Amy Shuard
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01848
Compact Disc; - Charles Handelman - Live Opera (unnumbered) {4CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (2 October 1959). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 27 - October 3 1959 p.47).
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Ingrid Bjoner
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Claudia Hellmann
Floßhilde - Sona Cervená
First Norn - Ruth Siewert
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 609 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10027 (cycle) {13CDS} (1998)ª; Audiophile Classics APL 101.755.841.842.843 (cycle) {15CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.5 No.6 July/August 1982 pp.233-236 [WY];Vol.22 No.4 March/April 1999 pp.362-364 [HF]
Orpheus - Februar 1999 SS.54-55 [SS] ; Januar 2000 S.58 [GH]
American Record Guide - October 1982 Vol.46 No.1 p.69 [PJR]: May/June 1999 Vol.62 No.3 p.281 [SDC]
Classical Express - Issue 105 December 1998 p.4 [MT]: Issue 115 October 1999 p.8 [MT]
Classic CD - March 2000 p.82 [MSR]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1960 pp.34-39)
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1962(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Arnold Van Mill
Alberich - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gunther - Angel Mattiello
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Waltraute - Ursula Böse
Woglinde - Myrtha Garbarini
Wellgunde - Olga Chelavine
Floßhilde - Noemi Souza
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Isabel Casey
Third Norn - Gré Brouwenstijn
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Compact Disc; - *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 102 (El Anillo) {1xCD-ROM} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (26 October 1962)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(Act 3;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Marie Collier
Woglinde - Jeannette Sinclair
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01842
Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CV 017 {Audio DVD} (compilation) (Australia) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *This appears to be a recording of a concert performance of Act 3 given at a PROM in the Royal Albert Hall, London (6 September 1963). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Home Service (see Radio Times Issue dated August 29 1963 p.48). The Audio DVD issued by Celestial Audio is (was?) listed as a new issue in their website dated October 2005 (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Joseph Rosenstock - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Hans Hopf
Hagen - Ernst Wiemann
Alberich - Gerhard Pechner
Gunther - Norman Mittelman
Gutrune - Maria Curtis Verna
Waltraute - Mignon Dunn
Woglinde - Mary Ellen Pracht
Wellgunde - Rosalind Elias
Floßhilde - Gladys Kriese
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Mignon Dunn
Third Norn - Maria Curtis Verna
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Compact Disc; - The Opera Lovers GOTT 196301 {4CDRS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 December 1963). The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Marie Collier
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Barbara Holt
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Monica Sinclair
Second Norn - Margreta Elkins
Third Norn - Rita Hunter
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01853
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (14 September 1963). This performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated September 14-20 1963 p.13).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1964(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gutrune - Claire Watson
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Lucia Popp
Wellgunde - Gwyneth Jones
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Anita Välkki
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Black Disc; - *Decca MET 292-297 {6LPS} (1965)ª; Decca SET 292-297 {6LPS} (1965)ª; Decca RING 1-22(Cycle); Decca D100-D19 {19LPS} (cycle); Decca 410 234-1 {14LPS} (Cycle) (1983)ª; Decca 414 115-1 {5LPS} (1984)ª; London A 4604 {6LPS} (1965)ª;; London OSA 1604 {6LPS} (1965)ª; London OS 25930/35
Compact Cassette; - Decca K4W 32; Decca 414 115-4 (1984)ª; Decca 414 100-4 (Cycle)
Compact Disc; - Decca(London) 414 115-2 {5CDS} (1984)ª; Decca(London) 414 100-2 (Cycle) {15CDS}; Decca(London) 455 555-2 (Cycle) {14CDS}Decca 455 569-2 {4CDS} Decca 470 600-2 (The Solti Wagner Collection) {21CDS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape; - London LOU 90098 (7½ips 4-track) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1965 p.541; July 1965 p.49; December 1968 p.883; September 1976 p.494 [AB]; August 1977 p.345 [AB]; January 1984 p.852 [JB] May 1985 p. [AB]; March 1989 p. [AW]; August 1998 p.92 [AB]
Opera - July 1965 pp.521-522 [HDR]; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.27 [RP]
Opera Now - November/December 1997 p.96 [ST]
Fanfare - Vol.1 No.4 March/April 1978 p.119 [MSH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.280; Vol.4 No.2 Summer 1986 pp.145-149 [WH]
Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
American Record Guide - June 1965 Vol.31 No.10 pp.952-955 [CJL]: August 1965 Vol.31 No.12 pp.1186-1187 (open reel tape) [JM]
High Fidelity Magazine - July 1965 Vol.15 No.7 pp.57-58 [CLO]: October 1965 Vol.15 No.10 p.132 (open reel tape) [RDD]
International Classical Record Collector - Winter Edition 1997 No.11 p.36 [TP], p.42 [WY]
Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
BBC Music Magazine - December 1997 p.91 [DB]
Stereophile - January 1998 (Vol.21 No.1) p.101 [RL2]
ARSC Journal - Vol.29 No.1 Spring 1998 p.144 [GAL]
Fono Forum - Juli 1965 S.311-S.314 [IH]
The Absolute Sound - Issue 44 p.145: Issue 98 p.130
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.589
Répertoire - No.108 décembre 1997 p.67 (mention)
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.106 enero 1998 p.61 [JPS]
Comments:- See John Culshaw in THE GRAMOPHONE, May 1965 p.517 (& July 1965 p.90)
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1965(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Amy Shuard
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Gottlob Frick
Alberich - Otakar Kraus
Gunther - John Shaw
Gutrune - Heather Harper
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Joan Carlyle
Wellgunde - Elizabeth Robson
Floßhilde - Maureen Guy
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Maureen Guy
Third Norn - Gwyneth Jones
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01852
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (16 October 1965). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times dated October 14 1965 p.10).
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Conductor Karl Böhm - 1967(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Waltraute - Martha Mödl
Woglinde - Dorothea Siebert
Wellgunde - Helga Dernesch
Floßhilde - Sieglinde Wagner
First Norn - Marga Höffgen
Second Norn - Annelies Burmeister
Third Norn - Anja Silja
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Black Disc; - *Philips 6747 037 {16LPS} (cycle) (1973)ª
Compact Disc; - Philips 412 488-2 {4CDS} (1985)ª; Philips 420 325-2 (cycle) {14CDS}; Philips 446 057-2 (cycle) (1994)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1973 p.535 [JW]; July 1976 p.211 [AB]; May 1985 p. [AB]; October 1994 p.204 [AB]
Opera Now - November 1994 p.55
Opéra International - décembre 1994 No.186 p.82
Diapason - No.442 novembre 1997 p.132 [CC]
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Conductor Ferdinand Leitner - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Brünnhilde - Birgit Nilsson
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Heinz Hagenau
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Susanna Gione
Gutrune - Gwyneth Jones
Waltraute - Grace Hoffman
Woglinde - Olga Chelavine
Wellgunde - Myrtha Garbarini
Floßhilde - Isabel Casey
First Norn - Erika Wien
Second Norn - Grace Hoffman
Third Norn - Gwyneth Jones
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1201
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (August 1967). The cast listed above is that given in the website of the Teatro Colón (http:www.operas-colon.com.ar - hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). The recording issued by the Omega Opera Archive is listed in their online catalogue (see CLORLINK.HTM) where it stated that their recordings are available «on CD, cassette or reel-to-reel tape».
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1968(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Brünnhilde - Nadézda Kniplová
Siegfried - Jean Cox
Hagen - Gerd Nienstedt
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Tipton
Gutrune - Leonore Kirschstein
Waltraute - Irene Dalis
Woglinde - Christa (Christel) Lehnert
Wellgunde - Ilse Gramatzki
Floßhilde - Brigitte Fassbaender
First Norn - Ruza Baldani
Second Norn - Helga Dernesch
Third Norn - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia 03 (Wagner CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Myto 4 MCD 055 319 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 p.288 [JM]
American Record Guide - July/August 2006 Vol.69 No.4 pp.215-216 [JPM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.84, p.86 [JV]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 16 May 1968
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Conductor Hans Swarowsky - 1968(STU)
Orchestra - Großes Symphonieorchester
Chorus - Opernhaus Nürnberg
Brünnhilde - Nadézda Kniplová
Siegfried - Gerald McKee
Hagen - Otto von Rohr
Alberich - Rolf Kühne
Gunther - Rudolf Knoll
Gutrune - Ditha Sommer
Waltraute - Ruth Hesse
Woglinde - Bella Jasper
Wellgunde - Liselotte Becker-Egner
Floßhilde - Erika Schubert
First Norn - Ingrid Goeritz
Second Norn - Margit Kobeck(-Peters)
Third Norn - Siw Ericsdotter
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Black Disc - Fabri Editori GOL 76/80; Westminster WGSO 8178-6 {6LPS}
Compact Disc - CALIG 703 769 (Cycle)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Now - July/August 1997 p.91
Fanfare - November/December 1996 Vol.20 No.2 p.520
Orpheus - Juni 1996 S.58; August/September 1996 S.83
Classical Express - Issue No.74 April 1996 p.7
American Record Guide - November/December 1996 Vol.59 No.6 p.231
Wagner News - Issue No.120 March 1997 p.16
Classic CD - December 1997 p.84 [MSR]
BBC Music Magazine - May 1996 p.78
Opernwelt - Mai 5/1996 S.57
Répertoire - No.98 janvier 1997 p.59
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Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Brünnhilde - Amy Shuard
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Peter Lagger
Alberich - Elfego Esparza
Gunther - Franz Mazura
Gutrune - Janis Martin
Waltraute - Margarita Lilowa
Woglinde - Sheila Marks
Wellgunde - Sylvia Anderson
Floßhilde - Sheila Nadler
First Norn - Sona Cervená
Second Norn - Sheila Nadler
Third Norn - Sylvia Anderson
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Compact Disc; - Mike Richter AE 201 (San Francisco Opera CD ROM) (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the San Francisco Opera (17 October 1969). The performance on 10 October 1969 was reviewed in OPERA December 1969 p.1043
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1969-70(STU)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Deutsche Oper Berlin
Brünnhilde - Helga Dernesch
Siegfried - Helge Brilioth
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Gundula Janowitz
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Liselotte Rebmann
Wellgunde - Edda Moser
Floßhilde - Anna Reynolds
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Christa Ludwig
Third Norn - Catarina Ligenzda
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Black Disc; - *D.G.G. 2720 019 {6LPS} (1970)ª; D.G.G. 2561 205-10 {6LPS}; D.G.G. 2716-001 {6LPS}; DG 2740 148 {6LPS}; D.G.G. 2720 051 (cycle) {19LPS} (1973)ª
Compact Cassette - DG 3378 048 (+Das Rheingold)
Compact Disc; - DG 415 155-2 {4CDS} (1985)ª; DG 435 211-2 (cycle) {15CDS}; DG «The Originals» 457 780-2 (cycle) {14CDS} ; DG «The Originals» 457 795-2 {4CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1970 p.842; April 1971 p.1595; February 1979 p.1472 [AB]; July 1985 p.173 [AB]; April 1992 p.161
Opera Now - November/December 1998 p.102 [ST]
Orpheus - März 1973 S.47 [GA]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.285
Diapason - No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.106 [AT]
American Record Guide - September 1970 Vol.37 No.1 p.4 [CJL]
Répertoire - No.115 juillet/aoüt 1998 p.69 [LB]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.111 junio 1998 p.44 (mention) [JPS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.100 [LB]
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Conductor Leonard Bernstein - 1970(LE)
Orchestra - New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Brünnhilde - Eileen Farrell
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
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Black Disc - Penzance Records #2
Compact Disc; - Gala GL 100.613 (Bernstein conducts Wagner) {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Dezember 1997 S.37 (mentioned in letter)
Comments:- Recorded at a concert performance. See «Kein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater» by Jess Thomas p.264, p.292 and «Leonard Bernstein» by Humphrey Burton p.393
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Berliner Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Brünnhilde - Helga Dernesch
Siegfried - Jess Thomas
Hagen - Karl Ridderbusch
Alberich - Zoltán Kéléman
Gunther - Thomas Stewart
Gutrune - Gundula Janowitz
Waltraute - Christa Ludwig
Woglinde - Liselotte Rebmann
Wellgunde - Edda Moser
Floßhilde - Anna Reynolds
First Norn - Lili Chookasian
Second Norn - Christa Ludwig
Third Norn - Catarina Ligenzda
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Compact Disc; - *Memories HR 4118-21 {4CDS}; Hunt 12CDKAR 223 (Cycle) {14CDS}; The Opera Lovers GOTT 197001 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 pp.23-26 (mention) [LM]
Stereophile - Vol.14 No.5 (May 1991) p.176
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The CDRs issued by «The Opera Lovers» are listed on the website http://www.operalovers.ca (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Brünnhilde - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Siegfried - Karl-Josef Hering
Hagen - Martti Talvela
Alberich - John Modenos
Gunther - John Shaw
Gutrune - Heather Harper
Waltraute - Josephine Veasey
Woglinde - Elizabeth Robson
Wellgunde - Anne Howells
Floßhilde - Elizabeth Bainbridge
First Norn - Helen Watts
Second Norn - Maureen Guy
Third Norn - Margaret Kingsley
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01851
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3508
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapason No.405 juin 1994 p.44; Opera October 1995 p.1166; GIUDICI p.1115 (2) p.1777; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.108; American Record Guide Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at Covent Garden (26 September 1970). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 (see Radio Times Issue dated 26 September - 2 October 1970 p.19).
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Sadler's Wells Opera
Chorus - Sadler's Wells Opera
Brünnhilde - Rita Hunter
Siegfried - Alberto Remedios
Hagen - Clifford Grant
Alberich - Derek Hammond-Stroud
Gunther - Norman Bailey
Gutrune - Catherine Wilson
Waltraute - Katherine Pring
Woglinde - Barbara Walker
Wellgunde - Anne Evans
Floßhilde - Georgetta Psaros
First Norn - Gillian Knight
Second Norn - Anne Collins
Third Norn - Janice Chapman
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 01861
Recordings of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
High Fidelity November 1961 Vol.11 No.11 p.136; HARRIS p.233; Opera on Record p.393; CELLETTI p.1088; Opera on CD (1) p.68 (2) p.75 (3) p.84; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.16/17 p.150; MET p.727; MET(VID) p.444; PENGUIN p.522; Diapa