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Recording of the month

Der fliegende Holländer conducted by Franz Konwitschny


DVD of the month

The Copenhagen Ring


Important years in Richard Wagner's life

1813 born in Leipzig
1834 Die Feen completed
1843 Holländer premiere
1845 Tannhäuser premiere
1850 Lohengrin premiere
1852 text of Rheingold and Walküre
1854 Das Rheingold completed
1856 Die Walküre completed
1859 Tristan completed
1865 Tristan premiere in Munich
1868 Meistersinger premiere
1869 Das Rheingold premiere
1870 Die Walküre premiere
1871 Siegfried completed
1874 Götterdämmerung completed
1876 First Festival in Bayreuth
1882 Parsifal premiere
1883 Wagner dies in Venice

 

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival

Giant box set with Wagner operas recorded at the Bayreuth Festival

coverDecca 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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