Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival
Giant box set with Wagner operas recorded at the Bayreuth Festival
Decca
har put together all Wagner operas in a giant box set. All operas are recorded
at the Bayreuth Festival,
and is being sold at an unbelievable bargain price $55.99 for 33 CDs.
The box include all the operas that are being played at the Bayreuth Festival: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin
Few, if any, of these recordings will be first choice for Wagnerians, but they will absolutely be a valuable addition to any Wagner collection.
TRACKLISTING
CDs 1& 2
Der fliegende Holländer
Anja Silja / Fritz Uhl / Josef Greindl / Franz Crass
Wolfgang Sawallisch
CDs 3-5
Tannhäuser
Anja Silja / Wolfgang Windgassen / Eberhard Wächter /
Josef Greindl
Wolfgang Sawallisch
CDs 6-8
Lohengrin
Anja Silja / Astrid Varnay / Jess Thomas / Ramon Vinay
Wolfgang Sawallisch
CDs 9-11
Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson / Wolfgang Windgassen
Karl Böhm
(See different Liebestod versions
here)
CDs 12-15
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Hannelore Bode / Jean Cox / Bernd Weikl / Karl Ridderbusch / Hans Sotin
Silvio Varviso
Der Ring des Nibelungen:
CDs 16 & 17
Das Rheingold
Annelies Burmeister / Wolfgang Windgassen / Theo Adam /
Gustav Neidlinger
Karl Böhm
CDs 18-21
Die Walküre
Birgit Nilsson / Leonie Rysanek / James King / Theo Adam
Karl Böhm
CDs 22-25
Siegfried
Birgit Nilsson / Wolfgang Windgassen / Theo Adam
Karl Böhm
CDs 26-29
Götterdämmerung
Birgit Nilsson / Wolfgang Windgassen / Josef Greindl /
Gustav Neidlinger
Karl Böhm
CDs 30-33
Parsifal
Waltraud Meier / Peter
Hoffmann / Hans Sotin / Simon Estes
James Levine
The Giant Wagner Box with all Operas for $62.99
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