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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

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...

Semperoper Edition, Vol. 3: Wagner Again? - The earliest postwar Dresden Wagner recordings / Goltz, Aldenhoff, Bohme, Sattler et al.

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Tristan und Isolde; Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Baumer, Margarete; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Eyle, Helmut; Friedland, Brunnhild; Gruber, Ernst; Herrmann, Josef; Kramer, Hans [Vocals]; Paul, Karl; Rehm, Kurt; Sattler, Joachim; Sch...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Pflüger, Gerhard; Kleinert, Rolf; Kempe, Rudolf; Striegler, Kurt; Wehding, Hans Hendrik; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Stoschek, Walter

It may seem unimaginable to audiences of postwar generations that Dresden opera lovers had to wait four years after 1945 for a performance of a...continue...

Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ammann, Lindsay; Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Cano, Jennifer Johnson; Croft, Dwayne; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Diegel, Adam; Dix, Marjorie Elinor; Erdmann, Mojca; Fillmore, Molly; Gigliot...
Conductors: Levine, James; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Recording information: Metropolitan Opera (2010-2012)....continue...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Adam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

Wagner: Lohengrin / Domingo, Lloyd, Studer, Vejzovic, Welker, Tichy [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Lloyd, Robert; Studer, Cheryl; Tichy, Georg; Vejzovic, Dunja; Welker, Hartmut
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Wagner set the action of his "romantic opera" Lohengrin in the "first half of the 10th century" - an instruction which director Wolfgang Weber and...continue...
Run Time: 219 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Wagner: Parsifal / Barenboim, Elming, Struckmann, Tomlinson [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Elming, Poul; Hubner, Fritz; Kannen, Gunter Von; Meier, Waltraud; Struckmann, Falk; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Chorus; Staatskapelle Berlin

Parsifal represents the culmination of Wagner's work as a revolutionary composer of opera. In it, he created a powerful allegory on the conflict between Christianity...continue...
Run Time: 245 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Japanese
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Wagner: Tannhauser / Weigle, Seiffert, Schnitzer, Uria-Monzon [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-03-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Eiche, Markus; Groissböck, Günther ; Ombuena, Vicente; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Tilli, Johann; Vas, Francisco; Vasar, Lauri
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble,...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spa...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Weigle, Seiffert, Schnitzer, Uria-Monzon [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-03-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Eiche, Markus; Groissböck, Günther ; Ombuena, Vicente; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Tilli, Johann; Vas, Francisco; Vasar, Lauri
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble,...continue...
Run Time: 201 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Catalan, Chin...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights) / Theo Adam, Rene Kollo, Peter Schreier

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Adam, Theo; Büchner, Eberhard; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Hesse, Ruth; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lunow, Horst; Ridderbusch, Karl; Schreier...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (11/24/1970-12/04/1970)....continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Bosch, Pesendorfer, Kupfer, Putsch, Mayer [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Coviello / 2012-01-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Jentjens, Guido; Kupfer, Jochen; Lichdi, Tilman; Mayer, Michaela Maria; Pesendorfer, Albert; Putsch, Michael
Conductors: Bosch, Marcus
Ensemble: Staatsphilharmoic Nürnberg

The new General Music Director Marcus Bosch discovers the "light Wagner" at his debut in Nuremberg. Under his direction and in David Mouchtar-Samorai's production, Meister-singer...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

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Barenboim, Bayreuth [11 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-10-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brinkmann, Bodo; Clark, Graham; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Holle, Matthias; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Schreibmayer, Kurt; Secunde, Nadine; Tomlinson, John; von Kannen, Gunter
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"Harry Kupferstaging is simple, aesthetic and endless. Daniel Barenboim is spectacular and grandiose. The dramatic intensity is staggering, and all singers are at least above...continue...
Run Time: 917 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, G...continue...

René Pape songs Wagner / Daniel Barenboim - Berlin State Orch.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (The Valkyrie); Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg); Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tannhäuser
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Pape, Rene
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin State Orchestra

Dresden-born bass René Pape was recently honoured as a "Met Mastersinger", a distinction shared only by Renée Fleming. Pape's perfect diction, bel canto beauty of...continue...
Recording information: Saal 1, Funkhaus Berlin Nalepastraáe, Berlin (06/2010)....continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin [Highlights] / Thomas, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau, Ludwig, Frick

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ludwig, Christa; Thomas, Jess; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Thomas combines ardour and anguish as well as any. Fischer-Dieskau is a formidable (but never over-emphatic) antagonist, and Gottlob Frick a majestic King Henry
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Recording information: Theater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria (1962-11-23_1962-11-30&1962-)....continue...

Maud Cunitz sings highlights from Der Freischütz, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers: Cunitz, Maud; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Metternich, Josef; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Terkal, Karl
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schroder, Kurt

Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz returned with her parents to Germany before the outbreak of World War I. She started singing minor roles...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Giuseppe Borgatti

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-08-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; My...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Fagoaga, Isidoro; Nessi, Giuseppe

Giuseppe Borgatti was Italy's first great Wagnerian tenor. His first Wagnerian opera was Lohengrin, when he appeared at the production in Milan in 1894. He...continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Layer, Andersen, Kiberg [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Andersen, Stig; Hakala, Tommi; Kiberg, Tina; Milling, Stephen; Resmark, Susanne
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Royal Danish Opera Orchestra

This visionary Tannhauser, filmed by Cubus Films in high definition and with surround sound, takes the art of the opera on DVD to new peaks...continue...

Wagner: Opera Arias / Simon Estes

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Parsifal
Performers: Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Reeh, Heinz
Conductors: Fricke, Heinz
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin

Once a medical student in Iowa, Simon Estes left his studies to attend Julliard and eventually became the first black, male artist to take a...continue...
Recording information: Berlin (04/1984)....continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Sinopoli/Bayreuth, Watson, Elming [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-05-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Elming, Poul; Holle, Matthias; Sotin, Hans; Struckmann, Falk; Watson, Linda; Wlaschiha, Ekkehard
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

From the 1998 Festival, under the direction of the great Wagner conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli, the four main roles are taken by Poul Elming, Linda Watson,...continue...
Run Time: 268 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Haenchen, Lloyd, Naglestad [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-05-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Jentzsch, Marco; Lloyd, Robert; Naglestad, Catherine; Prudenskaja, Marina; Ringelhahn, Oliver; Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Austrian director Martin Kuej's pioneering vision brings a challenging and provoking insight to Wagner's opera of love and redemption, with his singular ability to connect...continue...
Run Time: 167 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman / Haenchen, Lloyd, Naglestad [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-05-31

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Jentzsch, Marco; Lloyd, Robert; Naglestad, Catherine; Prudenskaja, Marina; Ringelhahn, Oliver; Uusitalo, Juha
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Austrian director Martin Kuej's pioneering vision brings a challenging and provoking insight to Wagner's opera of love and redemption, with his singular ability to connect...continue...
Run Time: 167 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Sp...continue...

Wagner Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Götterdämme...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Lipovsek, Marjana; Meier, Waltraud; Palmer, Felicity; Pape, Rene; Schreibmayer, Kurt; S...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Bass baritone Gustav Neidlinger

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe; Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Siegfried; Gött...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Reinhardt, Rolf; Ludwig, Leopold; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Kempe, Rudolf; Krauss, Clemens; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Gilbert

Born in Mainz, Neidlinger sang at the Hamburg Staatsoper and the Staatstheater in Stuttgart. He sang 20 seasons at the Bayreuth Festival and for 25...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Weigle/Bayreuth, Hawlata, Korn [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Ernst, Norbert; Guber, Carola; Hawlata, Franz; Kaune, Michaela; Korn, Artur; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"Ostensibly Richard Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg tells a humorous tale about artistically inclined craftsmen. Goldsmith Veit Pogner promises his daughter Eva's hand in...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Weigle/Bayreuth, Hawlata, Korn [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Ernst, Norbert; Guber, Carola; Hawlata, Franz; Kaune, Michaela; Korn, Artur; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Pulse
Director Katharina Wagner, the composer's great grand-daughter, turns "Die Meistersinger von Nnrnberg" (Opus Arte Blu-ray DVD) on its head at the 2008 Bayreuth Festival. Beckmesser's...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Gottlob Frick Volume 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers: Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard

Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Decker, Holle, Schone, Soffel, Otvos/Venice Teatro la Fenice [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Decker, Richard; Dunnebach, Ulrich; Hölle, Matthias; Sacchi, Federico; Schöne, Wolfgang; Soffel, Doris; Zalasinski, Mikolaj; Zennaro, Iorio
Conductors: Otvos, Gabor
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 244 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Ultimate Wagner Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman); Die Walküre (The Valkyrie); Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods); Götterdämm...
Performers: Eleby, John Erik; Eliasson, Goran; Fassbender, Hedwig; Forsen, Lennart; Haubold, Ingrid; Schiml, Marga; Wray, Margaret Jane
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas; Mund, Uwe; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; McGlinn, John; Segerstam, Leif

Wagner’s epic music dramas revolutionized the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Highlights / Zubin Mehta [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Daszak, John; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Mayer, Christa; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Salminen, Matti; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Uusitalo, Juha; Wilson,...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spa...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Highlights / Zubin Mehta [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Daszak, John; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Mayer, Christa; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Salminen, Matti; Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Seiffert, Peter; Siegel, Gerhard; Uusitalo, Juha; Wilson,...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

MusicWeb International
A superb marketing tool for the entire cycle available on DVD and on Blu-ray. This performance and production is a great success overall and...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spani...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Mehta, Uusitalo, Larsson, Ryan [8 DVD]

8 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bannik, Ilya; Bethencourt, Eugenia; Bress, Manuela; Daszak, John; Denschlag, Daniela; Flaitz, Bernadette; Grötzinger, Heike; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Lukas, Ralf; Matos, Elisabete...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 1060 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, French, English, Spa...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Mehta, Uusitalo, Larsson, Ryan [4 Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bannik, Ilya; Bethencourt, Eugenia; Bress, Manuela; Daszak, John; Denschlag, Daniela; Flaitz, Bernadette; Grötzinger, Heike; Kapellmann, Franz Josef; Larsson, Anna; Lukas, Ralf; Matos, Elisabete...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Valencian Community Orchestra

Run Time: 1060 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Zagrosek, Staatsorchester Stuttgart [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Behle, Renate; Bonnema, Albert; Bracht, Roland; Castle, Sarah; Collins, Janet; Denoke, Angela; DeVol, Luana; Ens, Phillip; Gambill, Robert; Gasteen, Lisa; Gohrig, Heinz; Herrera, Gabriela; Indridadot...
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra

As a special holiday offer, Euroarts presents the hugely successful Ring cycle from the Staatsoper Stuttgart in a box set. The prologue Rheingold and all...continue...
Run Time: 901 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Wagner: Rienzi / Lang-Lessing, Kerl, Aldrich [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich , Kate; Bieber, Clemens; Bronk, Stephen; Jerkunica, Ante; Kerl, Torsten; Nylund, Camilla; Szumanski, Krzysztof
Conductors: Lang-Lessing, Sebastian
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Richard Wagner's early opera 'Rienzi' is stylistically closer to Meyerbeer and bel canto than to Wagner's later masterworks. Yet even this early work - especially...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Wagner: Rienzi / Lang-Lessing, Kerl, Aldrich [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi
Performers: Aldrich , Kate; Bieber, Clemens; Bronk, Stephen; Jerkunica, Ante; Kerl, Torsten; Nylund, Camilla; Szumanski, Krzysztof
Conductors: Lang-Lessing, Sebastian
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus; Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

Richard Wagner's early opera 'Rienzi' is stylistically closer to Meyerbeer and bel canto than to Wagner's later masterworks. Yet even this early work - especially...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gayer, Catherine; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Stolze, Gerhard; Thomas, Jess
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mangelsdorff, Simone; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridder...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Rolls-Royce orchestral playing in a fine studio recording, with a starry cast led by Fietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Wotan. What is lacking in the rough...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ludwig, Christa; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Wagner: Die Walküre

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Brockhaus, Lilo; Crespin, Regine; Ericson, Barbro; Janowitz, Gundula; Mastilovic, Danica; Ordassy, Carlotta; Rebmann, Liselotte; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Talvela, Martti; Vease...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Penguin Guide
The great merits of Karajan's version are the refinement of the orchestral playing and the heroic strength of Jon Vickers as Siegmund...Veasey as Fricka...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Mehta, Kollo, Meier, Weikl [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-06-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes H.; Kollo, Rene; Meier, Waltraud; Nocker, Hanns; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Secunde, Nadine; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three...continue...
Run Time: 195 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Ventris, Meier, Salminen, Nagano [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-05-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Braun, Lioba; Fox, Tom; Halfvarson, Eric; Hampson, Thomas; Meier, Waltraud; Polaski, Deborah; Salminen, Matti; Struckmann, Falk; Ventris, Christopher; Watson, Linda
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Baden-Baden Festival Choir; Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0915. Ever since...continue...
Run Time: 323 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / St. Clair/Staatskapelle Weimar [7 DVD]

7 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Aurich, Frieder; Bassek, Christiane; Blanck, Kirsten; Briend, Jean-Noel; Caspar, Joana; Caves, Erin; Foster, Catherine; Guber, Carola; Gunther, Alexander; Gunther-Dissmeier, Susann; Hansmann, Christi...
Conductors: St. Clair, Carl
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Weimar; Weimar Deutsches Nationaltheater Opera Chorus

"The sharpness of tone and brilliance of tempo achieved by Carl St.Clair... and his ability to conjure exhilarating and, as required, finely structured chamber sounds...continue...
Run Time: 930 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Ital...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Brocheler, John; Campbell, Lisa; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Riedel...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: State Opera of South Australia

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 5

3 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-03-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bergstrom, Margareta; Bjorker, Leon; Bjorling, Sigurd; Dellert, Kjerstin; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Nilsson, S...
Conductors: Ehrling, Sixten

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Excerpts]

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Baumann, Ralph; Gonszar, Rudolf; Graf, Uta; Herrmann, Josef; Hoernicke, Richard; Holm, Richard; Jockel, Robert; Klomser, Herbert; Kunz, Roland; Kupper, Annelies; Liebl, Karl; Misske, Gerhard; Mueller...
Conductors: Bamberger, Carl; Leitner, Ferdinand