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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: 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

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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...

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: Tristan und Isolde / Peter Schneider/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Bezuyen, Arnold; Bieber, Clemens; Breedt, Michelle; Holl, Robert; Lukas, Ralf; Rasilainen, Jukka; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Theorin, Irene
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival in Summer 2009, this production marks the beginning of an exciting new long-term partnership between the Bayreuth Festival and...continue...
Run Time: 292 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Peter Schneider/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Bezuyen, Arnold; Bieber, Clemens; Breedt, Michelle; Holl, Robert; Lukas, Ralf; Rasilainen, Jukka; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Theorin, Irene
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 1033D. Recorded live...continue...
Run Time: 292 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS Surround 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

HIstorical - Wagner: Das Rheingold / Keilberth, Uhde, Malaniuk, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Bugarinovic, Melanija; Faulhaber, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Töpper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig; Windgassen, Wol...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Historical - Wagner: Siegfried / Keilberth, Aldenhoff, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Hotter, Hans; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Historical - Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, Varnay, Mödl, Lorenz

4 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bugarinovic, Melanija; Greindl, Josef; Lorenz, Max; Ludwig, Hanna; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav; Siewert, Ruth; Töpper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Zimmermann, Erika
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhaeuser / Davis/Bayreuth Festival, Wenkoff, Jones, Weikl [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Sotin, Hans; Weikl, Bernd; Wenkoff, Spas
Conductors: Davis, Colin, Sir
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Gwyneth Jones bravely tackles the roles of both Elisabeth and Venus with glorious tone and splendid stage presence. This 1978 production from Bayreuth was directed...continue...
Run Time: 188 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanis...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Furtwängler, Schwarzkopf, Höngen, Hopf, Edelmann, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-04-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hopf, Hans; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Barenboim/Bayreuth Festival, Robert Holl, Matthias Holle [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Holl, Robert; Holle, Matthias; Kerl, Torsten; Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim; Korhonen, Jyrki; Magee, Emily; Maus, Peter; Pampuch, Helmut; Reiter, Alfred; Schmidt, Andreas; Schneider, Bernhard; Seiffert, Pet...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A classic production from the Bayreuth Festival’s performance history is now available here for the first time on DVD! Staged and directed by Richard Wagner’s...continue...
Run Time: 274 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Live 1942 Bayreuth / Elmendorff

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2008-02-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Booth, Margary; Dalberg, Frederick; Fuchs, Marta; Kallab, Camilla; Koch, Egmont; Langhammer, Irmgard; Scheppan, Hilde; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"...His [Elmendorff's] leadership in this performance reflects long experience in keeping up the forward momentun while relaxing tempos for dramatic emphasis in the climaxes. He...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2007-02-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Uhde, H...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"So the great project reaches its glorious close, as magnificently conducted, played, and sung as the rest of this revelatory Ring. One wonders anew at...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Knappertsbusch, Thomas, Dalis, London

4 CD / Philips / 2006-11-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bartos, Rita; Boese, Ursula; Cervena, Sona; Dalis, Irene; Gardelli, Else-Margrete; Hotter, Hans; Janowitz, Gundula; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Moller, Niels; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"This is not merely one of Philips's Great Recordings but also one of the greatest sets of all time. Every time one returns to it,...continue...

Wagner: Tannhauser / Sinopoli/Bayreuth Festival Orch. & Chorus, Hans Sotin, Richard Versalle [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-10-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brendel, Wolfgang; Engert, Ruthild; Sotin, Hans; Studer, Cheryl; Versalle, Richard; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

The abstract starkness of Wolfgang Wagner's production is underscored by the crystalline clarity and vigor of Giuseppe Sinopoli's conducting, which particularly highlights the progressive aspects...continue...
Run Time: 188 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Matacic, Kónya, Grümmer, Crass, et al

3 CD / Orfeo / 2006-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Bell, Donaldson; Blanc, Ernest; Crass, Franz; Gorr, Rita; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hellmann, Claudia; Konya, Sandor; Kraus, Herold; Ludwig, Anne-Marie; Neukirch, Harald; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Schunemann, ...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

Wagner / Lohnegrin / Peter Hofmann / Karan Armstrong / Woldemar Nelsson / Bayreuth Festival [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-07-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Armstrong, Karan; Connell, Elizabeth; Hofmann, Peter; Roar, Leif; Vogel, Siegfried; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Nelsson, Woldemar
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Peter Hofmann, Siegfried Vogel and Bernd Weikl star in this performance of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' recorded at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, 1982....continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...

Wagner: Meistersinger Von Nurmberg / Prey, Stien, Bayreuth Festival [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-06-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Clark, Graham; Haggander, Marianne; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Prey, Hermann; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

This production was staged and directed by Richard Wagner's grandson Wolfgang at the Beyreuth Festival in 1984. Wagner's great opera features an all-star cast led...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Siegfried / Joseph Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2006-04-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"Magnificent is the only word for it and the stereo definition is more vivid than one dared to expect. This is team-work on an exalted...continue...

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: Tannhauser / Keilberth, Vinay

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-12-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Horn, Volker; Traxel, Josef; Vinay, Ramon; Wilfert, Herta
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus

"If you're lucky, you might find a copy of the 1954 Bayreuth performance, conducted by Keilberth, with a revelatory cast headed by the Chilean bari-tenor...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Barenboim, et al

14 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brinkmann, Bodo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Close, Shirley; Dijkstra, Hebe; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Floeren, Ruth; Holle, Matthias; Jerusale...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

The production of a new Ring at the Bayreuth Festival is an event that takes place every six years. Bayreuth recordings of the complete cycle...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin - Bayreuth 1954 / Jochum, Nilsson, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2005-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Adam, Theo; Blankenheim, Toni; Crass, Franz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Nilsson, Birgit; Stolze, Gerhard; Tobin, Eugene; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Keilberth, Vinay, Brouwenstijn, Dieskau

3 CD / Archipel / 2005-03-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Adam, Theo; Blankenheim, Toni; Brouwenstijn, Gré; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Horn, Volker; Stolze, Gerhard; Traxel, Josef; Vinay, Ramon; Wilfert, Herta
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Nilsson, et al

3 CD / Archipel / 2005-02-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Lorenz, Max; Mödl, Martha; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Nilsson, Birgit; Plümacher, Hetty; Schärtel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, H...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Der Ring des Nibelungen / Krauss, Varnay, Hotter, Windgassen

13 CD / Archipel / 2004-04-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brünnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hinsch-Gröndahl, Natalie; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Plümacher,...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Knappertsbusch, etc

4 CD / Archipel / 2003-05-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Adam, Theo; Böhme, Kurt; Borst, Heinz; Della Casa, Lisa; Edelmann, Otto; Faulhaber, Werner; Hopf, Hans; Janko, Josef; Kohl, Max; Malaniuk, Ira; Mikorey, Karl; Neidlinger, Gustav; Pflanzel, Heinr...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg /Karajan, Schwarzkopf

4 CD / Myto Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Dalberg, Friedrich; Edelmann, Otto; Hopf, Hans; Kunz, Erich; Malaniuk, Ira; Pflanzel, Heinrich; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Unger, Gerhard
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Merit - Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Knappertsbusch

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-05-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Greindl, Josef; Herwig, Alfons; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kamps, Luise Charlotte; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lenchner, Paula; Madeira, Jean; Milinkovic, Geo...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Writes critic William H. Youngren in his liner notes: When I reflect on what was unique about Knappertsbusch's work, Wagner's tempo direction `Lebhaft, doch gewichtig'...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Clemens Krauss

14 CD / Gala / 2001-06-02

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brünnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Plümacher, Hetty; Plate, Sibylla; Resnik,...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Siegfried / Krauss, Windgassen, Hotter, Kuen, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2001-05-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Krauss, Uhde, Windgassen, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2001-05-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Krauss, Varnay, Hotter, Resnik, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2001-05-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Malaniuk, Ira; Resnik, Regina; Varnay, Astrid; Vinay, Ramon
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Parsifal / Boulez, King, Jones, Crass, Ridderbusch

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 1992-05-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bode, Hannelore; Crass, Franz; Esser, Hermin; Fine, Wendy; Höffgen, Marga; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; King, James [Classical]; Kyriaki, Margarita; McIntyre, Donald; Paustian, Inger; Ridderbusch, Karl...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 1970, this remains one of the finest modern performances of Wagner's Parsifal available today. Though a little shy on...continue...