Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Great Scenes from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Bezuyen, Breedt, Dohmen, Konig, Lukas. Christian Thielemann

2 CD / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This set is essential" concluded Gramophone of the Ring cycle when this 2008 production was issued complete. Christian Thielemann leads a performance of masterful pacing...continue...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Hotter, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Varnay, Windgassen, Varnay. Clemens Krauss [Bayreuth 1953]

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-04-09

Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

A deluxe edition of one of the most beloved complete Opera d’Oro recordings! This new package contains newly translated complete English librettos for all four...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Waechter. Karl Bohm

3 CD / Myto Records / 2013-04-07

Conductors: Bohm, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9 / Brouwenstijn, Malaniuk, Windgassen, Weber. Furtwangler [1954]

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Furtwangler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony would be his farewell to Bayreuth and was in fact one of his very last concerts anywhere, for it took place just...continue...

Richard Wagner: Fantasies for 8 Horns / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-11-13

Works: Karl Stiegler: Lohengrin Fantasia; Rheingold Fantasia after Wagner; Siegfried-Fantasie for 8 horns; Tristan und Isolde-Fantasie for 8 horns
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

In 2013 the music world celebrates the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner. This CD is performed by musicians from the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, and contains...continue...
Recording information: 10/1983....continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Jerusalem, Kang, Von Kannen, Evans, Clark, Tomlinson, Holle, et al / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival [3 Blu-Ray]

4 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-10-30

Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wilhelm Furtwängler - The Earliest Wagner Recordings

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Windgassen, Stewart, Neidlinger, Greindl, Nilsson

4 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"A performance dominated by conductor and orchestra. You will never hear so much detail of the orchestral score in the opera-house...with Böhm at his most...continue...

Complete Wagner Operas / Barenboim - Eaglen, Seiffert, Meier, Pape, Jerusalem, Meier, Tomlinson et al. [34 CDs]

34 CD / Teldec / 2011-11-15

Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Chorus; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Chorus; Staatskapelle Berlin

Works:

Der fliegende Holländer
Robert Holl (Daland), Falk Struckmann (Der Hollander), Jane Eaglen (Senta), Peter Sieffert (Erik), Felicity Palmer (Mary), Rolando Villazon (Der St...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...

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 Walkure / Thielemann/Bayreuth, Botha, Dohmen, Haller [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-04-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Botha, Johan; Dohmen, Albert; Haller, Edith; Watson, Linda
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Christian Thielemann, "by common consent the leading Wagner conductor of our time" (Die Presse), returns to Bayreuth for this radiant account of Die Walküre filmed...continue...
Run Time: 259 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: Die Walkure / Thielemann/Bayreuth, Botha, Dohmen, Haller [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-04-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Botha, Johan; Dohmen, Albert; Haller, Edith; Watson, Linda
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Christian Thielemann, "by common consent the leading Wagner conductor of our time" (Die Presse), returns to Bayreuth for this radiant account of Die Walküre filmed...continue...
Run Time: 259 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: 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...

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...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Joseph Keilberth, et al

4 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Lorenz, Max; Ludwig, Hanna; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Siewert, Ruth; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Zimmermann, Erika
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Joseph Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Bugarinovic, Melanie; Faulhaber, Werner; Greindl, Josef; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Topper, Hertha; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig [Bas...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Joseph Keilberth, et al

3 CD / Myto Records Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Brivkalne, Paula; Bugarinovic, Melanie; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ludwig, Hanna; Meining, Irmgard; Roesler, Trude; Siewert, Ruth; Thomamuller, Lieselotte; Topper, Hertha; Treptow, Gu...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Hotter, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2009-06-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Malaniuk, Ira; Treptow, Günther; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: 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: Götterdämmerung / Keilberth, Mödl, Windgassen, Greindl, Hotter, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Modl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel, Elisabeth; Va...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Testament's highly acclaimed release of the legendary 1955 stereo recordings of the Ring made by Decca at Bayreuth featured the first of two cycles of...continue...

Ultimate Wagner - Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bode, Hannelore; Browner, Alison; Burmeister, Annelies; Cervena, Sona; Cox, Jean; Dene, Jozsef; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Esser, Hermin; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Greindl, Jos...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic 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...

Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde / Barenboim/Bayreuth Fest., Jerusalem, Meier [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-07-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Holle, Matthias; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Meier, Waltraud; Priew, Ute; Struckmann, Falk
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

This acclaimed 1995 Bayreuth production by Heiner Muller was conducted by Daniel Barenboim with fire and sensitivity. Siegfried Jerusalem and Waltraud Meier were the Tristan...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

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: Lohengrin / Schneider/Bayreuth Festival, Frey, Studer, Schnaut, Wlaschiha [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Frey, Paul; Schenk, Manfred; Schnaut, Gabriele; Studer, Cheryl; Wlaschiha, Ekkehard
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Acclaimed director Werner Herzog stages Richard Wagner’s classic opera, 'Lohengrin' in a lavish production filmed at the famed Bayreuth Opera House, with Peter Schneider conducting...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Keilberth, et al

14 CD / Testament / 2008-02-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Bolotine, Mina; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hollweg, Ilse; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lammers, Gerda; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinko...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Testament is proud to present the first-ever stereo recording of the 'Ring' cycle featuring definitive performances by Wolfgang Windgassen as Siegfried, Hans Hotter as Wotan,...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Stein/Orchester Der Bayreuther, Jerusalem, Randova, Sotin, Weikl [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Jerusalem, Siegfried; Randova, Eva; Roar, Leif; Salminen, Matti; Sotin, Hans; Weikl, Bernd
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Wolfgang Wagner's arrestingly beautiful production, filmed live at Bayreuth in 1981 and directed by Brian Large, features a stellar cast led by Eva Randova, Bernd...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde / Kollo, Meier / Barenboim [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Becht, Hermann; Kollo, Rene; Meier, Johanna; Pampuch, Helmut; Salminen, Matti; Schunk, Robert; Schwarz, Hanna
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This is the most powerful 'Tristan' I've seen on DVD. The singing, acting, conducting, playing, and directing all work toward a unified whole... Barenboim's prelude...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Grand Tier - Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Kleiber, Minton

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2007-06-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Feldhoff, Heinz; Ligendza, Catarina; McIntyre, Donald; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Moll, Kurt; Steinbach, Heribert; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This performance is truly stunning: it delivers the most powerful first act I've ever heard, with Isolde's rage absolutely terrifying-and the rest of the opera...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Knappertsbusch, Varnay, et al

3 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2007-03-07

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bader, Helena; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Lenchner, Paula; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Nilsson, Birgit; Plümacher, Hetty; Schärtel, Elisabeth; Scheppan,...
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

This live performance, recorded at the Bayreuth Festival in 1957, is one of the most powerful and dramatic interretations of Die Walkure ever performed. In...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre Act 3 / Karajan, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-03-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Friedland, Brunnhild; Lausch, Eleanor; Ludwig, Hanna; Malaniuk, Ira; Rysanek, Leonie; Siewert, Ruth; Thomamuller, Lieselotte; Topper, Hertha; Varnay, Astrid; Wild, Elfriede
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria von Ilosvay

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, K 51 (46a); La Betulia liberata, K 118 (74c); Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; La Clemenza de Tito; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Requiem M...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Loibner, Wilhelm; Krauss, Clemens; Kempen, Paul van
Ensemble: ; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Maria von Ilosvay was born in Budapest. She received her vocal training at the Conservatory there and at Vienna's Academy of Music. In 1937 she...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Keilberth, Hotter, Lustig, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-12-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Blankenheim, Toni; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Lustig, Rudolf; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schartel,...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"It turns out that the landmark account of Wagner's "Ring" with Georg Solti conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, begun in 1958, was not the first stereo...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: The Flying Dutchman / Keilberth, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Lustig, Rudolf; Schartel, Elisabeth; Traxel, Josef; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

At Bayreuth, Decca and their German subsidiary Teldec had already recorded 'Parsifal' and an unreleased 'Ring' cycle in 1951, and 'Lohengrin' in 1953. During the...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 / 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: Die Walküre / Keilberth, Varnay, Brouwenstijn, et al

4 CD / Testament / 2006-06-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Graf, Maria [Mezzo-soprano]; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Lammers, Gerda; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Schartel, Elisabeth; Scheppan, Hilde; Varnay, Astrid; Vinay...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

"This is the second release in the much-awaited, almost legendary "missing" Ring from 1955 that was professionally recorded live at Bayreuth and then dumped because...continue...

Ivar Andrésen sings Wagner

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Graarud, Gunnar; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Noe, Marcel; Pistor, Gotthelf
Conductors: Zweig, Fritz; Weissmann, Frieder; Elmendorff, Karl; Blech, Leo
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra

Ivar Andresen was born in Oslo, Norway. Considering the relatively short span of his career, he made quite a success for himself. He strode the...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...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ramon Vinay

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Guarrera, Frank; Quartararo, Florence; Steber, Eleanor; Swarthout, Gladys; Vinay, Ramón
Conductors: Morel, Jean Paul; Leinsdorf, Erich; Cleva, Fausto; Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walkure / Boulez/Bayreuth, Mcintyre, Jones [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-08-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Altmeyer, Jeanine; Clarke, Katie; Glauser, Elisabeth; Hofmann, Peter; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Killebrew, Gwendolyn; McIntyre, Donald; Salminen, Matti; Schiml, Marga; Schnaut, Gabriele; Schwarz, Hanna
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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