Wagner, Richard > Sawallisch, Wolfgang

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

The Hero of New Beyreuth / Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor (rec. 1950 - 1958)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (The Marksman); Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland (Lowlands); Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nü...
Performers: Czubok, Engelbert; Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; Hann, Georg; Hoffmann, Grace; Kuen, Paul; Kupper, Annelies; Modl, Martha; Muller, Maria; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astri...
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Wetzelsberger, Bertil; Fricsay, Ferenc; Leitner, Ferdinand; Rischner, Alfons; Ludwig, Leopold; Jochum, Eugen; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Weigert, Hermann; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...
Ensemble: ; Billiards Quintet

Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander

2 CD / Myto Records / 2010-03-03

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Superb sound - this legendary performance back in the catalog now in Master Tape Quality!...continue...
Recording information: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (1959)....continue...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Historical - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Sawallisch, Windgassen, Greindl, Nilsson, Hoffmann, et al

4 CD / Myto Records / 2009-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Festival Orchestra

Recording information: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (08/21/1958)....continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival / Sawallisch, Nilsson, Rysanek, Silja, et al

33 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdä...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Appel, Wolfgang; Bauer, Hartmut; Bode, Hannelore; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Browner, Alison; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Crass, Franz; Dene, Jozsef; Der...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from 'The Flying Dutchman' (1841) to his final masterpiece 'Parsifal' (1882) in performances...continue...

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Sawallisch/Bavarian State Orch., McIntyre, Ligendza, Winkler [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-05-13

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Ek, Harald; Hesse, Ruth; Ligendza, Catherina; McIntyre, Donald; Rundgren, Bengt; Winkler, Hermann
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

The first release in any format! This 1975 film version of Wagner's romantic legend opera presented as "a ghost thriller, incredibly gripping, densely atmospheric." (Saarbrucker...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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German Opera Masterworks - Bethoven: Fidelio, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; ...
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Brendel, Wolfgang; Carral, Dora; Chiappi, Mario; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crass, Franz; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Dunn, Mignon; ...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Böhm, Karl; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Prêtre, Georges

Exciting live recordings taped 1945–1972 featuring the greatest operas from Mozart to Strauss. It was Mozart who first established a viable, lasting school of German...continue...

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Siegfried Idyll / Lipovsek

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2007-06-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Siegfried Idyll
Performers: Lipovsek, Marjana; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra

Wolfgang Sawallisch, who was for many years the general music director of the Bavarian State Opera chose these two works in their original form to...continue...

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Sawallisch, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-08-22

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Paskuda, Georg; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner's early masterpiece is heard in an authoritative, truly classic performance from the composer's own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, the shrine and Mecca of the...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser, etc / Sawallisch, Beirer, Jurinac, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-05-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Siegfried
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Braun, Victor; Jurinac, Sena; Klein, Peter; Malone, Carole; Martin, Janis [50's]; Morris, Jeff; Muller, Willy; Piecka, Konrad; Schubert, Gotthard; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A superb supporting cast starring Sena Jurinac, Hans Beirer, Martti Talvela, Janis Martin, Victor Braun and Jeff Morris with the Ochestra e Coro del Teatro...continue...

Weber: Der Freischütz / Sawallisch, Price, King, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Dunn, Mignon; Ferrara, Mario; King, James [Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lavani, Carmen; Machi, Mario; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Rid...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Sawallisch, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Fischer, Res; Greindl, Josef; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Paskuda, Georg; Rysanek, Leonie; Uhl, Fritz
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Wagner's early masterpiece is heard in an authoritative, truly classic performance from the composer's own theater in Bayreuth, Germany, the shrine and Mecca of the...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Sawallisch, Cox, Kniplova, et al

4 CD / Myto Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Cox, Jean; Dalis, Irene; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gramatzki, Ilse; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kirschstein, Leonore; Kniplova, Nadezda; Lehnert, Ch...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Siegfried / Sawallisch, Adam, Cox, Kniplova, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2006-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Adam, Theo; Cox, Jean; Dominguez, Oralia; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kniplova, Nadezda; Paller, Ingrid; Ridderbusch, Karl; Wohlfahrt, Erwin
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Sawallisch, Adam, Martin, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Adam, Theo; Dominguez, Oralia; Gramatzki, Ilse; Hammes, Liselotte; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kirschstein, Leonore; Liljeberg, Ingrit; Martin, Janis [50's]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Ridderbusch, Karl; Schachtschneider...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This released showcases the start of the legendary Sawallisch Ring, with singers that were just starting their career at the time (in 1968)....continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Sawallisch, Adam, Martin, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Dalis, Irene; Dillard, Jane Murray; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; Katz, Eberhard; Kniplova, Nadezda; Kostia, Raili; Martin, Janis [50's]; Nienstedt, Gerd; Purtonen, Aili; Rebmann...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

When listening to this great performance on marvels at the verdant freshness of the voices and also why the singers did not become better known....continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-04-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An array of top Wagner singers leads the cast under the taut direction of German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch. Tenor Rene Kollo is one of the...continue...

Opernszenen

1 CD / Orfeo / 2004-06-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giusepp...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Moll, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Varády, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Wulkopf, Cornelia
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Klee, Bernhard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Steinberg, Pinchas

Wagner: Lohengrin / Sawallisch, Thomas, Bjoner, Crass, et al

3 CD / Living Stage / 2003-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Bjöner, Ingrid; Crass, Franz; Forti, Carlo; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Krause, Tom; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Neidlinger, Gustav; Thomas, Jess; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Sawallisch, London, Wohlfahrt, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2002-08-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Kélémén, Zoltan; London, George; Schachtschneider, Herbert; Wohlfahrt, Erwin
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Rysanek, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2001-11-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Crass, Franz; Ridderbusch, Karl; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Kollo, Janowitz, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Chiappi, Mario; Dunn, Mignon; Finke, Martin; Janowitz, Gundula; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Schary, Elke; Schenk, Manfred; Vermeesch, Jef
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Sawallisch, Windgassen, de los Angeles

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-10-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gardelli, Else-Margrete; Greindl, Josef; Paskuda, Georg; Stolze, Gerhard; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Voc...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Bjoner, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 1998-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Bjöner, Ingrid; Crass, Franz; Eliasson, Sven-Olof; Fonseca, Regina; Lehrberger, Thomas; Ridderbusch, Karl
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Crass, Rysanek

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Bessel, Anne Marie; Crass, Franz; Heater, Claude; Ridderbusch, Karl; Rysanek, Leonie
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

R. Strauss, Wagner / Wolfgang Sawallisch, Philharmonia

1 CD / Testament / 1997-10-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"Listening to this CD was depressing in the single sense that it reminded me all too vividly how difficult it has become to locate playing...continue...

Wagner: Das Liebesverbot / Sawallisch, Hass, Coburn, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera
Performers: Coburn, Pamela; Engen, Keith; Grumbach, Raimund; Hass, Sabine; Kuhn, Alfred; Lenz, Friedrich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sapell, Hermann; Schunk, Robert; Seibel, Marianne
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Wagner: Rienzi / Sawallisch, Kollo, Studer, Janssen, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 1995-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Anhorn, Carmen; Brinkmann, Bodo; Engen, Keith; Grumbach, Raimund; Helm, Karl; Janssen, John; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Kuhn, Alfred; Lenz, Friedrich; Orth, Norbert; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; St...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Beethoven, Wagner, Brahms: Overtures / Sawallisch, Bavarian

1 CD / Orfeo / 1987-10-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overt...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra