(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1925(SE) - Coates Albert - Orchestra*
2 1928 (Act 3;SE) - Muck Karl - Berliner Staatsoper*
3 1936(LI) - Busch Fritz - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
4 1937(LCE) - Reiner Fritz - London Philharmonic Orchestra*
5 1937(LE) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Wiener Staatsoper*
6 1938(LI) - Bodanzky Artur - Metropolitan Opera*
7 1940(SE) - McArthur Edwin - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra*
8 1942 (Act 3;SE) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)*
9 1946(LE) - Kleiber Erich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
10 1948(LI) - Moralt Rudolf - Wiener Symphoniker*
11 1949(RA) - Kraus Richard - Kölner Rundfunkorchester*
12 1950(LI) - Gui Vittorio - RAI Roma*
13 1951(Act 2;LE) - Rankl Karl - Covent Garden*
14 1951(LC) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
15 1952(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
16 1952(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
17 1953(LI) - Krauss Clemens - Bayreuth Festival*
18 1954(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
19 1954(LI) - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
20 1956(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
21 1956(LI] - Stiedry Fritz - Metropolitan Opera*
22 1956(RA) - Jochum Eugen - RAI Roma*
23 1957(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
24 1958(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
25 1959(LI) - Kempe Rudolf - Covent Garden*
26 1959(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
27 1960(LI) - Cluytens André - Teatro alla Scala*
28 1960(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
29 1961(LI) - Karajan Herbert von - Wiener Philharmoniker*
30 1961(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
31 1962(LC) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
32 1963(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
33 1964(LI) - Knappertsbusch Hans - Bayreuth Festival*
34 1966(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
35 1966(LI) - Prêtre Georges - Metropolitan Opera*
36 1969(LI) - Leinsdorf Erich - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)*
37 1969(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
38 1970(LC) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
39 1970(LI) - Wallberg Heinz - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia*
40 1970(RA) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - RAI Roma*
41 1971(LI) - Goodall Reginald - Covent Garden*
42 1971(LI) - Jochum Eugen - Bayreuth Festival*
43 1971(LI) - Ludwig Leopold - Metropolitan Opera*
44 1971(LI) - Vanderzand Charles - Wiener Staatsoper*
45 1971-72(STU) - Solti Georg - Wiener Philharmoniker*
46 1973(LI) - Horenstein Jascha - Covent Garden*
47 1974(LI) - Suitner Otmar - San Francisco Opera*
48 1975(LI) - Kegel Herbert - Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig*
49 1975(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
50 1976(LI) - Stein Horst - L'Opéra de Paris*
51 1979(LI) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
52 1979(LI) - Sillem Maurits - Covent Garden*
53 1979(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
54 1980(LI) - Solti Georg - Covent Garden*
55 1980(LI) - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival*
56 1980(RA) - Kubelik Rafael - Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks*
57 1980(STU) - Karajan Herbert von - Berliner Philharmoniker*
58 1981(FI) - Jordan Armin - Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo***
59 1981 - Stein Horst - Bayreuth Festival**
60 1982(LE) - Janowski Marek - Orchestre National de France*
61 1982(LI) - Stein Horst - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande**
62 1983(LI) - Ferencsik János - Hungarian State Opera*
63 1984(STU) - Goodall Reginald - Welsh National Opera*
64 1985(LC) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
65 1986(LI) - Perick (Prick) Christof - Chicago Lyric Opera*
66 1989-90(STU) - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Philharmoniker*
67 1991(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
68 1991-92(STU) - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera*
69 1992 - Levine James - Metropolitan Opera**
70 1993(LI) - Levine James - Bayreuth Festival*
71 1993(LI) - Perick (Prick) Christof - Dresdner Staatskapelle*
72 1993 - Barenboim Daniel - Berliner Staatsoper**
73 1997(LI) - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Opera*
74 1997(LI) - Rattle Simon - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra*
75 1998(FE) - Gergiev Valery - Kirov Opera**
76 1998(LI) - Sinopoli Giuseppe - Bayreuth Festival**
77 2000(LE;Act 2) - Billy Bertrand De - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
78 2001(LI) - Conlon James - L'Opéra National de Paris*
79 2001(LI) - García-Navarro Luis Antonio - Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid*
80 2001(LI) - Thielemann Christian - Bayreuth Festival*
81 2002(LI) - Davis Andrew - Chicago Lyric Opera*
82 2004(LI) - Boulez Pierre - Bayreuth Festival*
83 2004(LI) - Jordan Armin - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande*
84 2004(LI) - Nagano Kent - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin**
85 2004(LI) - Runnicles Donald - Wiener Staatsoper*
86 2005(LC) - Thielemann Christian - Wiener Staatsoper*
87 2005(LI) - Otvös Gabor - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia***
88 2006(LI) - Fischer Adám - Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra*
89 2007(LI) - Fischer Adám - Bayreuth Festival*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Albert Coates - 1925(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra
Chorus - Chorus
Amfortas - Percy Heming
Titurel - George Baker
Gurnemanz - Robert Radford
Parsifal - Walter Widdop
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Black Disc; - HMV D 1025-1031 {7x78s}; La Voix de son Maître W 718-724 {7x78s} (France) (1926)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recorded on 28, 29, 31 July 1925. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. The 78s issued by La Voix de son Maître are listed ina special supplement to their catalogue in 1926
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Conductor Karl Muck - 1928 (Act 3;SE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatsoper
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Amfortas - Cornelius Brongeest
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Hofmann
Parsifal - Gotthelf Pistor
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Black Disc - HMV D 1537-1544 {8x78s} (UK); HMV EJ 373-380 {8x78} (Germany) Victor «Masterworks» M 67 (7160-7167) {8x78s} Preiser Records «Lebendige Vergangenheit» LV 100 {2LPS} Pearl «Opal» 837/8 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Pearl «Opal» OPALCDS 9843 (+excerpts) {2CDS} (1990)ª; Preiser Records 90270 {1CD}; Naxos «Historical» 8.110049/50 (+other excerpts);; {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1929 p. (Klein pp.258-259); January 1972 p.1183 April 1990 p. [AB]; November 1999 p.122 [AB]
Opera News - March 2000 p.76 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.4 March/April 2000 p.355 [WY]
Orpheus - Dezember 2000 S.76 [DN]
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64
Diapason - No.423 février 1996 p.123; No.468 mars 2000 p.97 [AT]
ARSC Journal - Vol.21 No.1 Spring 1990 p.142 [JWNF]
The Absolute Sound - March/April 2000 Issue 123 pp.157-159 [DD]
Répertoire - No.132 février 2000 p.91
Comments:- Recording of a slightly abridged version of Act 3 made between 10 and 14 October1928. More details can be found in «Complete Operas on 78 R.P.M.» by Tom Peel. See also GRAMOPHONE August 1977 p.290
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Conductor Fritz Busch - 1936(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Amfortas - Martial Singher
Titurel - Fred Destal
Gurnemanz - Alexander Kipnis
Parsifal - René Maison
Klingsor - Fritz Krenn
Kundry - Marjorie Lawrence
Knappe 1 - Lucy Ritter
Knappe 2 - Irra Pettina
Knappe 3 - Hanns Fleischer
Knappe 4 - Luis Santoro
Blumenmädchen 1 - Edita Fleischer
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucy Ritter
Blumenmädchen 3 - María Malberti
Blumenmädchen 4 - Irra Pettina
Blumenmädchen 5 - Emma Brizzio
Blumenmädchen 6 - Yolonda di Sábato
Ritter 1 - Hanns Fleischer
Ritter 2 - Jorge Andronoff
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Compact Disc; - Marston 53003 {3CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
Opera News - April 2003 p.78 [RC]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.5 May/June 2003 pp.189-190 [WY]
Orpheus - Januar + Februar 2004 S.66 [SS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.19 No.4 Autumn 2003 pp.814-816 [RP]
Wagner News - No.155 April 2003 pp.16-17 [ARB]
Classic Record Collector - Spring 2003 pp.97-98 [RG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (22 September 1936)
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Conductor Fritz Reiner - 1937(LCE)
Orchestra - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Herbert Janssen
Titurel - Robert Easton
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Torsten Ralf
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Black Disc; - Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 130 {1LP} (1972)ª
Compact Disc; - Dante LYS 159-160 (+Der fliegende Holländer - excerpts) {2CDS} (1997)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.15
Classical Express - Issue No.85 April 1997 p.4
Wagner News - Issue No.121 June 1997 p.19 (mention)
Comments:- Excerpts recorded at two performances at Covent Garden (27 April and 3 May 1937)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Fred Destal
Titurel - Nikolaus Zec
Gurnemanz - Herbert Alsen
Alto Stimme - Elena Nikolaidi
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Compact Disc - Koch-Schwann 3-1463-2 (Wiener Staatsoper Live - Vol.13)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1995 p.134 (mention) [JBS]
Comments:- Recording of about 27 minutes of a performance in the Wiener Staatsoper (1 November 1937)
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Conductor Artur Bodanzky - 1938(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Friedrich Schorr
Titurel - Norman Cordon
Gurnemanz - Emanuel List
Parsifal - Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor - Arnold Gabor
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
Alto Stimme - Doris Doe
Knappe 1 - Natalie Bodanya
Knappe 2 - Helen Olheim
Knappe 3 - Giordano Paltrinieri
Knappe 4 - Karl Laufkötter
Blumenmädchen 1 - Susanne Fisher
Blumenmädchen 2 - Irra Petina
Blumenmädchen 3 - Helen Olheim
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hilda Burke
Blumenmädchen 5 - Thelma Votipka
Blumenmädchen 6 - Doris Doe
Ritter 1 - George Cehanovsky
Ritter 2 - Louis D' Angelo
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 484 {4LPS} (1969)ª
Compact Disc; - Myto 982 H013 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Guild Immortal Performances GHCD 2201 (Act 2 +extract from Act 3 with Herbert;; Janssen) {1CD} (2001}ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - October 1998 p.40 [RC]
Orpheus - Oktober 2002 S.52 (Act 2) (mention) [SS]
Classical Express - Issue 101 August 1998 p.1 (mention): Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [MT]
International Record Review - April 2002 p.80, p.83 (Act 2) [MVA], May 2002 p.12 (letter)
Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 p.24 (Act 2) [ARB]
Classic Record Collector - Summer 2002 pp.100-101 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.54 octubre 2002 pp.84-85 (Act 2) [SG]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the MET (15 April 1938). Act 2 was conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. See «Saturday Afternoons at the Old Met» p.152
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Conductor Edwin McArthur - 1940(SE)
Orchestra - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Parsifal - Lauritz Melchior
Klingsor - Gordon Dilworth
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
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Black Disc; - Victor Masterworks Set M 755 (17774 - 17777) {4x78s} (1940)ª; RCA Victor LCT 1105 (+Lohengrin - excerpt) {1LP} (1952)ª; HMV ALP 1276 (+Lohengrin - excerpt) {1LP} (1955)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - December 1955 pp.283-284 [AR]
Opera - February 1963 p.118 [HDR]
Comments:- *Recording of Act 2 starting with «Dies Alles hab' ich nun geträumt?» to the end of the act.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1942 (Act 3;SE)
Orchestra - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Chorus - Deutsche Oper (Berlin)
Amfortas - Hans Reinmar
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Carl Hartmann
Kundry - Elsa Larcén
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Black Disc; - Acanta DE 23.036 {2LPS} (1978)ª
Compact Disc - *Pilz-Acanta 442101-2 {2CDS}; Grammofono 2000 AB 78555 Preiser Records 90261; Music & Arts CD 1067 {1CD}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1979 p.912 [JBS] ; December 2000 p.134 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.2 No.1 September/October 1978 p.122 [JY]; Vol.24 No.2 November/ December 2000 pp.383-384 [WY]
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.64
International Record Review - November 2000 p.120 [JC]
Classic Record Collector - Winter 2000 No.23 pp.100-101 [JTH]
American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [JPM]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno IX N.92 dicembre 1995 p.84
Musica (Milano) - N.121 novembre 2000 p.103, p.105
Répertoire - No.161 octobre 2002 p.101
Comments:- Recorded on 31 March 1942. The year is sometimes given as 1943
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Conductor Erich Kleiber - 1946(LE)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Amfortas - Herbert Janssen
Titurel - Jorge Dantón
Gurnemanz - Emanuel List
Parsifal - Torsten Ralf
Klingsor - Felipe Romito
Kundry - Rose Bampton
Alto Stimme - Lydia Kinderman
Knappe 1 - Consuelo Ramos
Knappe 2 - Tota de Igarzábal
Knappe 3 - Virgilio Tavini
Knappe 4 - Héctor Barbieri
Blumenmädchen 1 - Amanda Cetera
Blumenmädchen 2 - Nilda Hofmann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria De Benedictis
Blumenmädchen 4 - Olga Chelavine
Blumenmädchen 5 - Mafalda Rinaldi
Blumenmädchen 6 - Consuelo Ramos
Ritter 1 - Umberto di Toto
Ritter 2 - Carlos Feller
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Compact Disc; - Live Opera Heaven C 2669 {2CDRS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of part of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (September 1946). I am grateful to Mr. Jonathan Brown for drawing my attention to this recording.
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Conductor Rudolf Moralt - 1948(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Symphoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Paul Schöffler
Titurel - Hans Braun
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Günther Treptow
Klingsor - Adolf Vogel
Kundry - Anny Konetzni
Knappe 1 - Elisabeth Rutgers
Knappe 2 - Sieglinde Wagner
Knappe 3 - Erich Majkut
Knappe 4 - Hermann Gallos
Blumenmädchen 1 - Emmy Funk
Blumenmädchen 2 - Elisabeth Rutgers
Blumenmädchen 3 - Judith Hellwig
Blumenmädchen 4 - Sieglinde Wagner
Blumenmädchen 5 - Ilona Steingruber(-Wildgans)
Blumenmädchen 6 - Fritzi Rieger
Ritter 1 - Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Ritter 2 - Harald Pröglhoff
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Compact Disc; - Myto 4 MCD 954.136 (+Die Walküre - highlights) {4CDS} (1996)ª; Myto 4CD 001H040 {4CDS} (2000)ª; *Mike Richter Audio Encyclopedia AE 209 «Opera from Germany» {1CD-ROM} (2002)ª; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0122 (+Act 2 - cond. Rankl) {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - VoL.19 No.5 May/June 1996 p.310
Opéra International - mars 1996 No.200 p.75
Diapason - No.425 avril 1996 p.131
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.189 p.89 [PF]
Classica Répertoire - No.75 septembre 2005 p.107 [AT]
Comments:- According to the review in FANFARE this performance took place on 1 October 1948
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Conductor Richard Kraus - 1949(RA)
Orchestra - Kölner Rundfunkorchester
Chorus - Kölner Rundfunkchor
Amfortas - Heinrich Nillius
Titurel - Helmut Fehn
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Bernd Aldenhoff
Klingsor - Robert Blasius
Kundry - Martha Mödl
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Compact Disc; - Gebhardt JGCD 0012-4 {4CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Répertoire - No.166 mars 2003 pp.102-103 [TP]
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1950(LI)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Amfortas - Rolando Panerai
Titurel - Dmitri Lopatto
Gurnemanz - Boris Christoff
Parsifal - Africo Baldelli
Klingsor - Giuseppe Modesti
Kundry - Maria Callas
Knappe 1 - Miti Truccato Pace
Knappe 2 - Silvana Tenti
Knappe 3 - Aldo Bertocci
Knappe 4 - Mario Frosini
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lina Pagliughi
Blumenmädchen 2 - Renata Broilo
Blumenmädchen 3 - Anna Maria Canali
Blumenmädchen 4 - Liliana Rossi (Perino)
Blumenmädchen 5 - Silvana Tenti
Blumenmädchen 6 - Miti Truccato Pace
Ritter 1 - Aldo Bertocci
Ritter 2 - Mario Frosini
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Black Disc; - *Estro Armonico EA 055 {4LPS}; foyer FO 1002 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Fonit Cetra «Archivo RAI» LAR 41 {4LPS} (1984)ª; Roger W. Frank FWR 648 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Melodram MEL 36041 {3CDS}; Fonit Cetra CDAR 2020 ; *Hommage 7001843 HOM {3CDS} (1999)ª; Arkadia 78083 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Cantus Classics 5.00134 + 5.00135 {2x2CDS}; fono 1035/37 {3CDS} (2001)ª; Membran 222389 {3CDS} (2006)ª; Mondo Musica MMO 91121 {3CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - April 1998 p.59 (mention) [GH]; September+Oktober 2007 S.59 (mention) [GE]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]
The Callas Legacy by John Ardoin - (1) p.21 (2) p.24 (3) p.22
Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 p.19 (mention) [ARB]
Répertoire - No.76 January 1995 p.96
Comments:- A recording in Italian with some cuts (20, 21 November 1950). The cast given above is as listed in «50 anni di opera lirica alla RAI 1931-1980», p.108, but Jonathan Brown in «Parsifal on Record», p.30, lists the 3rd and 4th squires as Franco Baldaccini and Aldo Bertocci
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Conductor Karl Rankl - 1951(Act 2;LE)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Parsifal - Franz Lechleitner
Klingsor - Otakar Kraus
Kundry - Kirsten Flagstad
Blumenmädchen 1 - Adele Leigh
Blumenmädchen 2 - Patricia Howard
Blumenmädchen 3 - Leonne Mills
Blumenmädchen 4 - Audrey Bowman
Blumenmädchen 5 - Blanche Turner
Blumenmädchen 6 - Barbara Howitt
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Black Disc - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 257 {1LP}
Compact Disc; - Legato Classics LCD 144-1 {1CD}; Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0122 (+complete performance - cond.Moralt) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
American Record Guide - January/February 1990 Vol.53 No.1 p.104 [GWL]
Comments:- *Recording of Act 2 of a performance at Covent Garden (22 June 1951). The whole performance was broadcast by the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue dated June 17-23 1951 p.35). See also OPERA August 1951 p.484.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1951(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold Van Mill
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Hanna Ludwig
Knappe 2 - Elfriede Wild
Knappe 3 - Günther Baldauf
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lore Wißmann
Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig
Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne
Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elfriede Wild
Ritter 1 - Walter Fritz
Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber
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Black Disc; - *Decca LXT 2651-2656 {6LPS} (1952)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOM 504-508 {5LPS} (1966)ª; Decca 411 786-1 {5LPS} (France) (1985)ª; London LLPA-10 {6LPS} (1952)ª
Compact Disc; - Teldec «Historic Series» 9031-76047-2 {4CDS} (1993)ª; London POCL 2251/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Teldec WPCC 5371/4 {4CDS} (Japan);; Naxos «Historical» 8110221/4 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Membran 220619 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - March 1952 pp.223-224 [AR]; July 1952 p.29 [DST]; October 1966 p.227 [AR]; April 1985 p.1270 [AB]; August 1993 p.90 [AB]; April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
Opera - August 1952 pp.499-450 [HK]; November 1952 pp.698-699
Opera Now - June 1993 p.57
HiFi News & Record Review - August 1993 p.85
Fanfare - November-December 1993 p.440
Orpheus - Heft 9+10 September+Oktober 2003 S.83 (mention) [SS]
Opéra International - June 1993 p.84
Diapason - June 1993 p.168; No.504 juin 2003 p.120 [ED]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.155 p.156
American Record Guide - March 1952 Vol.18 No.7 p.201 [PHR]
High Fidelity Magazine - August 1955 Vol.5 No.6 p.68 [JH]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1997 No.5 p.38 [PP]
BBC Music Magazine - July 1993 p.63
International Record Review - June 2003 p.86 [JTH]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.60 mayo 2003 p.85 [MC]
Comments:- Recorded at «the general rehearsal and two public performances» (See «Putting the Record Straight» by John Culshaw p.109). According to John Culshaw in Act 1 there are 149 cross-splices (see HIGH FIDELITY November 1962 p.46)
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Kurt Böhme
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Herta Töpper
Knappe 2 - Hanna Ludwig
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Unger
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Rita Streich
Blumenmädchen 2 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Ludwig
Blumenmädchen 4 - Paula Brivkalne
Blumenmädchen 5 - Maria Lacorn
Blumenmädchen 6 - Herta Töpper
Ritter 1 - Karl Terkal
Ritter 2 - Werner Faulhaber
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0051 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Archipel ARPCD 01124 {4CDS} (2003)ª; Cantus Classics 500666 & 500667 {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
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]
Wagner News - Issue No.150 June 2002 p.24 [ARB]
International Record Review - July/August 2003 pp.79-80 [MVA]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (1 August 1952)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1952(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Hans Hotter
Titurel - Luben Vichey
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Hopf
Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner
Kundry - Margaret Harshaw
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lois Hunt
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Anne Bollinger
Blumenmädchen 5 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Emery Darcy
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Compact Disc; - Archipel ARPCD 0065-3 {3CDS} (2002)ª; Omega Opera Archive 914
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Classical Express - May 2002 p.7 [MT]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (12 April 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 Clemens Krauss - 1953(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 3 - Hugo Kratz
Knappe 4 - Adele Stolte
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 2 - Gisela Litz
Blumenmädchen 3 - Rita Streich
Blumenmädchen 4 - Erika Zimmermann
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anna Tassopolus
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gerda Wismar
Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 533 {4LPS}; Documents OR 302 {4LPS} Rodolphe RP 12378-81; Discocorp 201 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD4 4006 {4CDS} (1988)ª; *Rodolphe RPC 32516.17 {2CDS-double durée}; Arlecchino ARLA 18/21 {4LPS}; Archipel ARPCD 0171 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - September 1988 p. [AB]; June 2004 p.90 [AB]
Fanfare - Vol.7 No.1 September/October 1983 p.286 [WY]
Orpheus - November 1996 S.34
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.305
Stereophile - March 1989 (Vol.12 No.3) p.177
Classical Express - March 1996 p.2
International Record Review - July/August 2004 pp.80-81 [MT]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Hans Hotter
Titurel - Theo Adam
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Hugo Kratz
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gisela Litz
Ritter 1 - Eugene (Gene) Tobin
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Compact Disc; - Seven Seas KICC 2341/4 {4CDS} (Japan); Golden Melodram GM 10053 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Archipel ARPCD 0283 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.222-224 [WY]
Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]
Wagner News - No.167 April 2005 p.19 [ARB]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - mayo 2002 No.154 p.34 [SV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.81 junio 2005 p.89 [VM]
Comments:- See Wagner News April 1995 p.12
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1954(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Lubomir Vichegonov
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Lawrence Davidson
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Jean Madeira
Knappe 1 - Genevieve Warner
Knappe 2 - Mildred Miller
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Fenn
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lucine Amara
Blumenmädchen 3 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 5 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - James McCracken
Ritter 2 - Osie Hawkins
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 442 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Adonis 54001 (+Die Walküre - Act 1) {4CDS} (1999)ª; Omega Opera Archive 315 (& 690); Wallhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª; *Bensar OL 41754 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.179 [PF]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (17 April 1954). See «Sign-Off for the Old Met» pp.81-84. The Adonis CDs are advertized in CLASSICAL EXPRESS No.114 september 1999 p.9. 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 - 1956(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Titurel - Hans Hotter
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Martha Mödl
Knappe 1 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Alfred Pfeifle
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lenchner(-Schmidt)
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Josef Traxel
Ritter 2 - Alfons Herwig
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Black Disc; - Cetra «Opera Live» LO 79 {5LPS} (1979)ª; Melodram 563(5) {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34035 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram 1.0062 {4CDS} Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0192 {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.56 diciembre 2002 pp.85-86 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (19 August 1956)
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Conductor Fritz Stiedry - 1956(LI]
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Paul Schöffler
Titurel - Nicola Moscona
Gurnemanz - Otto Edelmann
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Klingsor - Gerhard Pechner
Kundry - Margaret Harshaw
Alto Stimme - Sandra Warfield
Knappe 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Knappe 2 - Rosalind Elias
Knappe 3 - Paul Franke
Knappe 4 - Gabor Carelli
Blumenmädchen 1 - Vilma Georgiou
Blumenmädchen 2 - Maria Leone
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hertha Glaz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Heidi Krall
Blumenmädchen 5 - Emilia Cundari
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margaret Roggero
Ritter 1 - Albert Da Costa
Ritter 2 - Clifford Harvuot
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 702
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (24 March 1956). 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 Eugen Jochum - 1956(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Amfortas - Ferdinand Frantz
Titurel - Alois Pernerstorfer
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Martha Mödl
Knappe 1 - Hetty Plümacher
Knappe 2 - Jutta Vulpius
Knappe 3 - Gisela Litz
Knappe 4 - Tommaso Frascati
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hetty Plümacher
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Jutta Vulpius
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gisela Litz
Ritter 1 - Tommaso Frascati
Ritter 2 - Giuliano Ferrein
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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 35169 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Opera Depot OD 10082-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a radio performance broadcast on 1 April 1956. The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold Van Mill
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Ramón Vinay
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Georgine von Milinkovic
Knappe 1 - Paula Lechner
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Hans Krotthammer
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ilse Hollweg
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Paula Lechner
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Lotte Rysanek
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Walter Geisler
Ritter 2 - Otto Wiener
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0215 {4CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Maria von Ilosvay
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Gerhard Stolze
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lotte Schädle
Blumenmädchen 2 - Friedl Pöltinger
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hildegard Schünemann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gertraud Prenzlow
Blumenmädchen 6 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Ritter 1 - Fritz Uhl
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0058 {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.56 [SS]
Opéra International - No.276 février 2003 p.72 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.500 février 2003 pp.119=120 [ED]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.55 noviembre 2002 p.88 [MC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival.
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Conductor Rudolf Kempe - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Forbes Robinson
Gurnemanz - Gottlob Frick
Parsifal - Karl Liebl
Klingsor - Otakar Kraus
Kundry - Gerda Lammers
Knappe 1 - Jeannette Sinclair
Knappe 2 - Lauris Elms
Knappe 3 - Robert Bowman
Knappe 4 - Raymond Nilsson
Blumenmädchen 1 - Joan Carlyle
Blumenmädchen 2 - Judith Pierce
Blumenmädchen 3 - Josephine Veasey
Blumenmädchen 4 - Jeannette Sinclair
Blumenmädchen 5 - Mary Wells
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margreta Elkins
Ritter 1 - Edgar Evans
Ritter 2 - Joseph Rouleau
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Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 02804
Compact Disc; - Treasure of the Earth TOE 2042 {4CDRS} (2002)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3539
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (16 June 1959). This performance was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme (see Radio Times Issue date June 12 1959 p.31). The performances on 15, 28 May 1959 are reviewed in OPERA July 1969 469-473. The CDRs issued on the «Treasure of the Earth» label were on sale in Ishimaru's shops in Tokyo in February 2003.
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1959(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Josef Greindl
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Toni Blankenheim
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 3 - Gisela Schröter
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann
Blumenmädchen 6 - Claudia Hellmann
Ritter 1 - Georg Paskuda
Ritter 2 - Donald Bell
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram 1.0070 {4CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.85 noviembre 2005 p.87 [PN]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (7 August 1959).
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Conductor André Cluytens - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Amfortas - Gustav Neidlinger
Titurel - Silvio Maionica
Gurnemanz - Boris Christoff
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Georg Stern
Kundry - Rita Gorr
Knappe 1 - Clara Foti
Knappe 2 - Stefania Malagù
Knappe 3 - Mario Ferrara
Knappe 4 - Angelo Mercuriali
Blumenmädchen 1 - Montserrat Caballé
Blumenmädchen 2 - Ursula Kerp
Blumenmädchen 3 - Susanne Will
Blumenmädchen 4 - Colette Lorand
Blumenmädchen 5 - Hilde Koch
Blumenmädchen 6 - Maria Graf
Ritter 1 - Rinaldo Pelizzoni
Ritter 2 - Giuseppe Morresi
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Black Disc - Melodram MEL 437 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 100.77 {4CDS} (2006)ª; Opera Depot OD 10032-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
American Record Guide - May/June 2006 Vol.69 No.3 p.230 [JPM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.89 abril 2006 p.86 [VM]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Teatro alla Scala (2 May 1960). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - David Ward
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Hans Beirer
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Ruth Siewert
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Herold Kraus
Blumenmädchen 1 - Ruth-Margret Pütz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Elisabeth Witzmann
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse
Ritter 1 - Wilfried Krug
Ritter 2 - Theo Adam
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 018 {4LPS} (1980)ª; Melodram MEL 603 {4LPS}
Compact Disc - Gala GL 100655 {4CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 pp.301-305 [GG]
Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]
Wagner News - No.145 June 2001 p.19 (mention) [ARB]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (5 August 1960)
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Conductor Herbert von Karajan - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Eberhard Wächter (Waechter)
Titurel - Tugomir Franc
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Fritz Uhl
Klingsor - Walter Berry
Kundry - Christa Ludwig
Alto Stimme - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Knappe 1 - Liselotte Maikl
Knappe 2 - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Knappe 3 - Erich Majkut
Knappe 4 - Kurt Equiluz
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Hilde Güden (Gueden)
Blumenmädchen 3 - Biserka Cvejic
Blumenmädchen 4 - Anneliese Rothenberger
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gerda Scheyrer
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Ritter 1 - Ermanno Lorenzi
Ritter 2 - Kostas Paskalis
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Compact Disc; - Hunt CDKAR 219 {3CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1169 {3CDS} (1998)ª; RCA «Red Seal» 74321 61950-2 {4CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1999 p.94 [AB]
HiFi News & Record Review - December 1999 pp.109-110 [PB]
Opera News - March 2000 p.76 [MB]
Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.363 [WY]
Opéra International - septembre 1999 No.238 p.75 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.462 septembre 1999 p.110 [AT]
American Record Guide - September/October 1990 Vol.53 No.5 p.26 [DA]: January/ February 2000 Vol.63 No.1 pp.185-186 [SDC]
Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1999 pp.17-18 [PDB]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.235 septembre 1999 p.108 [PS]
Répertoire - No.128 octobre 1999 p.83 [PF]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.125 octubre 1999 p.42 [JS] : No.134 julio-agosto 2000 pp.52-53 [PL]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.125 octubre 1999 p.42 [JS]: No.134 julio-agosto 2000 pp.52-53 [PL]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera. Elisabeth Höngen sang Kundry in Acts 1 and 3. See OPERA June 1961 p.393, «...und ich wäre so gerne Primadonna gewesen» by Christa Ludwig pp.114-115. The reviewer in GRAMOPHONE [AB] states that on the RCA CDs Gurnemanz is sung by an unidentified singer in part of the opening scene of Act 1 and according to an article in GRAMOPHONE October 1999 p.15 the CD was subsequently remastered with Hotter singing the entire role. William Youngren (FANFARE May/June 2000 pp.332-333) stated that the «unidentified singer» is Jerome Hines recorded at Bayreuth in 1959 conductedby Knappertsbusch
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1961(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Ludwig Weber
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Claudia Hellmann
Knappe 2 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 3 - Harald Neukirch
Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 3 - Claudia Hellmann
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ruth Hesse
Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller
Ritter 2 - David Ward
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 1.0049 {4CDS} (2000)ª; Opera Depot OD 10240-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classical Express - Issue No.129 December 2000 p.3 [MT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - junio 2001 No.144 p.46 [CRS]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (see OPERA Festival Issue 1961 pp.56-57). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1962(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Martti Talvela
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ursula Böse
Knappe 1 - Sona Cervená
Knappe 2 - Ursula Böse
Knappe 3 - Gerhard Stolze
Knappe 4 - Georg Paskuda
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gundula Janowitz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Niels Moeller
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Black Disc; - *Philips AL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips SAL 3475-3479 {5LPS} (1964)ª; Philips 6747 250 {5LPS};; Philips 6723001/1-11 (+Der fliegende Holländer +Tannhäuser) ; Philips PHM 5550 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª;; Philips PHS 5950 {5LPS} (USA) (1965)ª; Philips A 02 342-346 L {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Philips 835 220-224 {5LPS} (Germany) (1964)ª; Melodiya D 33809-18 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Philips 416 390-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; Philips «50» 464 756-2 {4CDS} (2001)ª; Philips PHCP 24092/5 {4CDS} (Japan); Philips PHCP 20371/4 (Japan) (1999)ª; Philips 475 7785 {4CDS} (2006)ª
Open Reel Tape; - Philips PTY-950 (7½ips 4-track) (USA) (1965)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1964 p.241; January 1965 p.317; October 1970 p.666; January 1971 p.1129 (mention); February 1973 p.1557 [JW]; April 1973 p.1834 [DST]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; July 1976 p.217 [AB]; June 1986 p. [AB]; August 2001 p.90 [AB]
Opera - March 1965 p.317 [HDR]; December 1995 p.1134; Summer 2002 Supplement «Thirty all-time great recordings» p.24 [AC]
Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.98 [SH]; Juli 1997 S.14
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.302; Vol.6 No.3 Spring 1989 pp.143-148 [WH]
High Fidelity Magazine - March 1965 Vol.15 No.3 pp.85-86, p.116 [CLO]: November 1965 Vol.15 No.11 p.176 (open reel tape) [RDD]
American Record Guide - April 1965 Vol.31 No.8 pp.684-687 [GLM]: February 1966 Vol.32 No.6 p.563
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.587
International Record Review - September 2001 p.82 [MVA]
Fono Forum - Dezember 1964 S.508 [WA]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.100 mayo 2007 p.106 [LB]
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1963(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Ludwig Weber
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Margarethe Bence
Knappe 3 - Georg Paskuda
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Sylvia Stahlman (Giulia Bardi)
Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 3 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 5 - Sieglinde Wagner
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10034 {4CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol 23 No.3 January/February 2000 p.364 [WY]
Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1939 p.16 [DC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.68 [JS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (24 July 1963; see OPERA Festival Issue 1963 p.73
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Conductor Hans Knappertsbusch - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Heinz Hagenau
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Barbro Ericson
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 2 - Liselotte Rebmann
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elsa Margaretha Gardelli
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sylvia Lindenstrand
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Black Disc - *Melodram MEL 643(5) {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Hunt 4CDLSMH 34051 {4CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 1.OOO4 - 4 {4CDS};; Orfeo C 690074 L {4CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2003 p.93 (mention) [AB]; January 2008 p.90 [MA]
Opera News - December 20 1997 p.39 [PJS]
Orpheus - Juli 1997 S.14; November + Dezember 2007 S.60 [SS]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.179 p.100 [CM]
Classical Express - Issue No.87 June 1997 p.4
Wagner News - Issue No.122 September 1997 p.20
American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.278 [KM]
International Record Review - December 2007 pp.79-80 [MT]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.103 octubre 1997 p.45 (mention) [LT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.25 septiembre-noviembre 1997 p.94 [MC]: No.106 diciembre 2007 p.95 [PN]
Classica Répertoire - No.96 octobre 2007 p.110 [AT]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (13 August 1964)
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Kurt Böhme
Gurnemanz - Josef Greindl
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Gustav Neidlinger
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Alto Stimme - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 1 - Ruth Hesse
Knappe 2 - Elisabeth Schärtel
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Blumenmädchen 1 - Anja Silja
Blumenmädchen 2 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 3 - Lily Sauter
Blumenmädchen 4 - Rita Bartos
Blumenmädchen 5 - Helga Dernesch
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sona Cervená
Ritter 1 - Hermann Winkler
Ritter 2 - Gerd Nienstedt
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Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 10037 {4CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Juli 2000 S.63 [SS]
Classical Express - Issue No.125 August 2000 p.6 [MT]
American Record Guide - March/April 2001 Vol.64 No.2 p.240 [KM]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (See OPERA Festival Issue 1966 p.85)
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Conductor Georges Prêtre - 1966(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Walter Cassel
Titurel - Justino Díaz
Gurnemanz - Jerome Hines
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Morley Meredith
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Ruza Baldani
Knappe 1 - Mary Ellen Pracht
Knappe 2 - Shirley Love
Knappe 3 - Charles Anthony
Knappe 4 - Dan Marek
Blumenmädchen 1 - Jean Kraft
Blumenmädchen 2 - Joy Clements
Blumenmädchen 3 - Lilian Sukis
Blumenmädchen 4 - Loretta Di Franco
Blumenmädchen 5 - Marcia Baldwin
Blumenmädchen 6 - Nedda Casei
Ritter 1 - Gabor Carelli
Ritter 2 - Robert Goodloe
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers PAR 196601 {4CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (2 April 1966). 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 Erich Leinsdorf - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Chorus - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Victor De Narké
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Victor De Narké
Kundry - Régine Crespin
Alto Stimme - Carmela Giuliano
Knappe 1 - Africa De Retes
Knappe 2 - Carmen Sensraud
Knappe 3 - Virgilio Tavini
Knappe 4 - José Crea
Blumenmädchen 1 - Myrtha Garbarini
Blumenmädchen 2 - María Altamura
Blumenmädchen 3 - Africa De Retes
Blumenmädchen 4 - Silvia Baleani
Blumenmädchen 5 - Susana Rouco
Blumenmädchen 6 - Isabel Casey
Ritter 1 - Eduardo Ferracani
Ritter 2 - Walter Maddalena
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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1043 {3CDS} (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (24 October 1969).
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1969(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Karl Ridderbusch
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - James King
Klingsor - Gerd Nienstedt
Kundry - Ludmilla Dvoráková
Alto Stimme - Unni Rugtvedt
Knappe 1 - Sieglinde Wagner
Knappe 2 - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - William Johns
Blumenmädchen 1 - Helga Dernesch
Blumenmädchen 2 - Sieglinde Wagner
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hannelore Bode
Blumenmädchen 4 - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
Blumenmädchen 5 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ingrid Liljeberg
Ritter 1 - Hermin Esser
Ritter 2 - Bengt Rundgren
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Compact Disc; - Opera Depot OD 10191-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival (26 July 1969). The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Pierre Boulez - 1970(LC)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Karl Ridderbusch
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - James King
Klingsor - Donald McIntyre
Kundry - Gwyneth Jones
Alto Stimme - Marga Höffgen
Knappe 1 - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
Knappe 2 - Sieglinde Wagner
Knappe 3 - Dieter Slembek
Knappe 4 - Heinz Zednik
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hannelore Bode
Blumenmädchen 2 - Margarita Kyriaki
Blumenmädchen 3 - Inger Paustian
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Wendy Fine
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sieglinde Wagner
Ritter 1 - Hermin Esser
Ritter 2 - Bengt Rundgren
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Black Disc - DG 2720 034
Compact Disc; - DG 435 718-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1971 p.890; December 1971 p.1008; January 1972 p.1182 September 1992 p.163 [AW]
Fanfare - July-August 1993 p.270
Opéra International - November 1992 p.84
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Conductor Heinz Wallberg - 1970(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Chorus - Teatro la Fenice di Venezia
Amfortas - Hubert Hofmann
Titurel - Walter Hagner
Gurnemanz - Arnold Van Mill
Parsifal - René Kollo
Klingsor - Georg Stern
Kundry - Amy Shuard
Knappe 1 - Edda Piccini
Knappe 2 - Hannelore Schulz Picard
Knappe 3 - Guido Fabbris
Knappe 4 - John Germain
Blumenmädchen 1 - Rosetta Pizzo
Blumenmädchen 2 - Rosanna Lippi
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hannelore Schulz Picard
Blumenmädchen 4 - Marisa Salimbeni
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gisela Neuner Chusini
Blumenmädchen 6 - Rina Pallini
Ritter 1 - Augusto Pedroni
Ritter 2 - Bruno Tessari
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Compact Disc; - Mondo Musica MFOH 10411 (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Januar 2000 S.59 [IW]
Wagner News - Issue No.136 December 1999 p.16 [DC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in La Fenice (16 April 1970)
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1970(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Roma
Chorus - RAI Roma
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Kurt Moll
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - Timo Callio
Klingsor - Gerd Nienstedt
Kundry - Ursula Schröder-Feinen
Alto Stimme - Regina Fonesca
Knappe 1 - Gerlinde Lorenz
Knappe 2 - Olive Fredricks
Knappe 3 - Manfred Schmidt
Knappe 4 - Richard van Vrooman
Blumenmädchen 1 - Gerlinde Lorenz
Blumenmädchen 2 - Barbara Vogel
Blumenmädchen 3 - Olive Fredricks
Blumenmädchen 4 - Ute Vinzing
Blumenmädchen 5 - Carole Malone
Blumenmädchen 6 - Regina Fonesca
Ritter 1 - Hans Veguran
Ritter 2 - Rolf Becker
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Compact Disc; - Myto 3 MCD 063 328 {3CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Volume 30 No.2 November/December 2006 pp.287-288 [JM]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.99 abril 2007 p.95 [JO]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance broadcast on 27 April 1970.
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Conductor Reginald Goodall - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Norman Bailey
Titurel - Michael Langdon
Gurnemanz - Louis Hendrikx
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Donald McIntyre
Kundry - Amy Shuard
Alto Stimme - Anne Howells
Knappe 1 - Nan Christie
Knappe 2 - Delia Wallis
Knappe 3 - David Lennox
Knappe 4 - John Dobson
Blumenmädchen 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
Blumenmädchen 2 - Anne Howells
Blumenmädchen 3 - Marjorie Biggar
Blumenmädchen 4 - Alison Hargen
Blumenmädchen 5 - Maureen Keetch
Blumenmädchen 6 - Anne Pashley
Ritter 1 - Edgar Evans
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2953
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (8 May 1971; see OPERA June 1971 pp.558-560). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
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Conductor Eugen Jochum - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Karl Ridderbusch
Gurnemanz - Franz Crass
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Gerd Nienstedt
Kundry - Janis Martin
Alto Stimme - Marga Höffgen
Knappe 1 - Elizabeth Schwarzenberg
Knappe 2 - Sieglinde Wagner
Knappe 3 - Rudolf Kniffke
Knappe 4 - Heinz Zednik
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hannelore Bode
Blumenmädchen 2 - Elizabeth Volkman
Blumenmädchen 3 - Inger Paustian
Blumenmädchen 4 - Dorothea Siebert
Blumenmädchen 5 - Wendy Fine
Blumenmädchen 6 - Sieglinde Wagner
Ritter 1 - Heribert Steinbach
Ritter 2 - Gerd Feldhoff
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Compact Disc; - Audio Encyclopedia AE 203 - Opera from Bayreuth (A Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Golden Melodram GM 10059 {4CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - Juli 2002 S.56 [SS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. See OPERA Festival Issue 1971 pp.67-68
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Conductor Leopold Ludwig - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - John Macurdy
Gurnemanz - Cesare Siepi
Parsifal - Sándor Kónya
Klingsor - Morley Meredith
Kundry - Irene Dalis
Alto Stimme - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David
Knappe 1 - Loretta Di Franco
Knappe 2 - Ivanka Myhal
Knappe 3 - Leo Goeke
Knappe 4 - Robert Schmorr
Blumenmädchen 1 - Nedda Casei
Blumenmädchen 2 - Loretta Di Franco
Blumenmädchen 3 - Shirley Love
Blumenmädchen 4 - Jacqueline Pierce
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gail Robinson
Blumenmädchen 6 - Frederica Von Stade
Ritter 1 - Raymond Gibbs
Ritter 2 - Rod MacWherter
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 1256
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (3 April 1971). 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 Charles Vanderzand - 1971(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Robert Kerns
Titurel - Tugomir Franc
Gurnemanz - Cesare Siepi
Parsifal - René Kollo
Klingsor - Alois Pernerstorfer
Kundry - Grace Hoffman
Alto Stimme - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Knappe 1 - Liselotte Maikl
Knappe 2 - Margarethe Sjöstedt
Knappe 3 - Heinz Zednik
Knappe 4 - Ewald Aichberger
Blumenmädchen 1 - Renate Holm
Blumenmädchen 2 - Lotte Rysanek
Blumenmädchen 3 - Biserka Cvejic
Blumenmädchen 4 - Liselotte Maikl
Blumenmädchen 5 - Gerda Scheyrer
Blumenmädchen 6 - Rohangiz Yachmi(-Caucig)
Ritter 1 - Karl Terkal
Ritter 2 - Siegfried Rudolf Frese
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1450-4 {4CDRS} (2004)ª; Opera Depot OD 10022-4 {4CDRS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Vienna State Opera (30 January 1971; see OPERA May 1971 pp.430-431). Some information about the cast and conductor was obtained from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-1995». The CDRs issued by Premiere are listed in «Premiere Opera New CD Releases July-August 2004». The CDRs issued by «Opera Depot» are listed on their website: http://operadepot.com/members/ (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Georg Solti - 1971-72(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Philharmoniker
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Amfortas - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Titurel - Hans Hotter
Gurnemanz - Gottlob Frick
Parsifal - René Kollo
Klingsor - Zoltán Kéléman
Kundry - Christa Ludwig
Alto Stimme - Birgit Finnilä
Knappe 1 - Rotraud Hansmann
Knappe 2 - Marga Schiml
Knappe 3 - Heinz Zednik
Knappe 4 - Ewald Aichberger
Blumenmädchen 1 - Lucia Popp
Blumenmädchen 2 - Alison Hargen
Blumenmädchen 3 - Kiri Te Kanawa
Blumenmädchen 4 - Gillian Knight
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anne Howells
Blumenmädchen 6 - Margarita Lilowa
Ritter 1 - Robert Tear
Ritter 2 - Herbert Lackner
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Black Disc; - *Decca SET 550-554 {5LPS} (1973)ª; London OSA 1510 {5LPS} (1973)ª; Decca STF 25079-D/1-5 {5LPS} (Germany) (1973)ª
Compact Cassette - Decca K113K54
Compact Disc; - *Decca 417 143-2 {4CDS} (1986)ª; Decca 470 805-2 {4CDS} (2002)ª; Decca 470 600-2 (The Solti Wagner Collection) {21CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 1973 p.1912 [DC]; June 1973 p.30 [SIR]; July 1973 p.171 [DST]; September 1986 p. [AB]
Orpheus - Juli/August + August/September 1973 S.96-S.98 [SH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.299
International Record Review - October 2002 pp.83-85 [RP]
American Record Guide - March/April 2003 Vol.66 No.2 pp.183-195 [SDC]
Comments:- See THE GRAMOPHONE April 1973 p.1840
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Conductor Jascha Horenstein - 1973(LI)
Orchestra - Covent Garden
Chorus - Covent Garden
Amfortas - Siegmund Nimsgern
Titurel - Forbes Robinson
Gurnemanz - Martti Talvela
Parsifal - Helge Brilioth
Klingsor - Norman Bailey
Kundry - Amy Shuard
Alto Stimme - Kiri Te Kanawa
Knappe 1 - Wendy Eathorne
Knappe 2 - Yvonne Fuller
Knappe 3 - Adrian De Peyer
Knappe 4 - John Dobson
Blumenmädchen 1 - Kiri Te Kanawa
Blumenmädchen 2 - Glenys Fowles
Blumenmädchen 3 - Sydna Withingstone
Blumenmädchen 4 - Teresa Cahill
Blumenmädchen 5 - Yvonne Fuller
Blumenmädchen 6 - Marjorie Biggar
Ritter 1 - John Lanigan
Ritter 2 - Dennis Wicks
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Compact Disc - Omega Opera Archive 4160
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (March 1973; see OPERA May 1973 pp.465-467; October 1973 pp.928-930). Siegmund Nimsgern sang Amfortas on 19 and 22 March 1973. The recording issued by Omega is listed in their online catalogue (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM). Here the date of the performance recorded is given as «3/13/1973», but this cannot be correct as Cav & Pag were performed at the Royal Opera House on that day.
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Conductor Otmar Suitner - 1974(LI)
Orchestra - San Francisco Opera
Chorus - San Francisco Opera
Amfortas - Thomas Stewart
Titurel - Philip Booth
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Jess Thomas
Klingsor - Peter Van Ginkel
Kundry - Eva Randová
Alto Stimme - Gwendolyn Jones
Knappe 1 - Shigemi Matsumoto
Knappe 2 - Janice Felty
Knappe 3 - Gary Burgess
Knappe 4 - Lawrence Cooper
Blumenmädchen 1 - Shigemi Matsumoto
Blumenmädchen 2 - Judith Forst
Blumenmädchen 3 - Janice Felty
Blumenmädchen 4 - Jacquelyn Benson
Blumenmädchen 5 - Sharon Daniels
Blumenmädchen 6 - Gwendolyn Jones
Ritter 1 - William Wahman
Ritter 2 - Terrence Hawkins
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Compact Cassette; - Live Opera Heaven CAS 460 (2000)ª
Compact Disc; - John Wegner San Francisco Opera - The Adler Years - 2 SFO-02 (A;; Mike Richter CD-ROM) (2000)ª; Live Opera Heaven #460 {4CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco (20 September 1974; see OPERA November 1974 pp.993-994
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Conductor Herbert Kegel - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester Leipzig
Chorus - Rundfunk Chor Leipzig - Rundfunk Chor Berlin - St Thomaner Chor Leipzig
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Fred Teschler
Gurnemanz - Ulrik Cold
Parsifal - René Kollo
Klingsor - Reid Bunger
Kundry - Gisela Schröter
Alto Stimme - Ingeborg Springer
Knappe 1 - Elisabeth Breul
Knappe 2 - Gisela Pohl
Knappe 3 - Horst Gebhardt
Knappe 4 - Hans-Jürgen Wachsmut
Blumenmädchen 1 - Elisabeth Breul
Blumenmädchen 2 - Regina Werner
Blumenmädchen 3 - Gisela Pohl
Blumenmädchen 4 - Hermi Ambros
Blumenmädchen 5 - Helga Termer
Blumenmädchen 6 - Ilse Ludwig(-Jahns)
Ritter 1 - Horst Gebhardt
Ritter 2 - Hermann Christian Polster
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Black Disc; - Eterna 8 27 031-035 {5LPS} (1975)ª
Compact Disc; - Koch Schwann 3-1348-2 {4CDS} (1993)ª; Berlin Classics 013482BC {3CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - January 1994 p.98
Opera Now - February 1994 p.57
Orpheus - December 1993 p.58
Opéra International - No.302 juillet/aoüt 2005 p.84 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.526 juin 2005 pp.116-117 [ED]
BBC Music Magazine - April 1994 p.83
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Kongresshalle Leipzig (11 January 1975)
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1975(LI)
Orchestra - Bayreuth Festival
Chorus - Bayreuth Festival
Amfortas - Bernd Weikl
Titurel - Karl Ridderbusch
Gurnemanz - Hans Sotin
Parsifal - René Kollo
Klingsor - Franz Mazura
Kundry - Eva Randová
Alto Stimme - Ortrun Wenkel
Knappe 1 - Trudeliese Schmidt
Knappe 2 - Hanna Schwarz
Knappe 3 - Martin Finke
Knappe 4 - Martin Egel
Blumenmädchen 1 - Hannelore Bode
Blumenmädchen 2 - Trudeliese Schmidt
Blumenmädchen 3 - Hanna Schwarz
Blumenmädchen 4 - Yoko Kawaahara
Blumenmädchen 5 - Irja Auroora
Blumenmädchen 6 - Alicia Nafé
Ritter 1 - Heribert Steinbach
Ritter 2 - Heinz Feldhoff
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2531
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival. What appears to be the same recording was broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 18 April 1976. See Radio Times Issue dated 17-23 April 1976 p.24.
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Conductor Horst Stein - 1976(LI)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris
Amfortas - Theo Adam
Titurel - Jules Bastin
Gurnemanz - Kurt Moll
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Jacques Mars
Kundry - Nadine Denize
Knappe 1 - Eliane Lublin
Knappe 2 - Francine Arrauzau
Knappe 3 - Robert Dumé
Knappe 4 - Michel Philippe
Blumenmädchen 1 - Eliane Manchet
Blumenmädchen 2 - Eliane Lublin
Blumenmädchen 3 - Jane Berbié
Blumenmädchen 4 - Danièle Perriers
Blumenmädchen 5 - Anna Ringart
Blumenmädchen 6 - Huguette Brachet
Ritter 1 - Jean Angot
Ritter 2 - Fernand Dumont
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 2461-3 {3CDRS} (2007)ª
Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 2015
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Palais Garnier (14 May 1976). The CDRs issued by Premiere are included in the list of New Releases that was published on their website in January 2007. The date of the performance recorded is given here as «4/18/76», but this is incorrect. See Jon Vickers' performance chronology in «A Hero's Life» by Jeannie Williams p.330.
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Conductor James Levine - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Metropolitan Opera
Chorus - Metropolitan Opera
Amfortas - Bernd Weikl
Titurel - Paul Plishka
Gurnemanz - Martti Talvela
Parsifal - Jon Vickers
Klingsor - Vern Shinall
Kundry - Christa Ludwig
Alto Stimme - Isola Jones
Knappe 1 - Elizabeth Volkman
Knappe 2 - Ariel Bybee
Knappe 3 - Charles Anthony
Knappe 4 - John Carpenter
Blumenmädchen 1 - Betsy Norden
Blumenmädchen 2 - Louise Wohlafka
Blumenmädchen 3 - Elizabeth Volkman
Blumenmädchen 4 - Alma Jean Smith
Blumenmädchen 5 - Loretta Di Franco
Blumenmädchen 6 - Isola Jones
Ritter 1 - Dana Talley
Ritter 2 - Philip Booth
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Compact Disc - The Opera Lovers PAR 197901 {4CDRS} (Canada)
Recordings of Parsifal by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
Parsifal on Record by Jonathan Brown; HARRIS p.215; Opera on Record p.440; CELLETTI p.1119; Opera on CD (1) p.73 (2) p.81 (3) p.90; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.38-39, No.213 p.168; Der Opernführer - Parsifal; MET p.734; MET(VID) p.448; PENGUIN 532 ; American Record Guide Vol.57 No.2 April-March 1994 p.60, Vol.65 No.4 July/August 2002 p.57; GIUDICI p.1154 (2) p.1816; The Gramophone April 2005 p.44
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at the MET (14 April 1979). The CD