| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
| OVERTURES VOL 2 - Ernani: Prelude. Il finto Stanislao: Sinfonia. Don Carlo: Prelude to Act III. Giovanna d'Arco, Rigoletto: Prelude. Nabucco: Overture. I masnadieri: Prelude. Macbeth: Sinfonia. La battaglia di Legnano: Sinfonia. I due Foscari: Prelude. La forza del destino:Sinfonia. PG "....ripely robust accounts....with excellent playing" |
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra - Pier Giorgio Morandi |
8.553089 |
Naxos |
£1.99 |
| OVERTURES VOL 1 - Aroldo Sinfonia, Il Corsaro Prelude, Luisa Miller Sinfonia, La Traviata Prelude Acts I & III, Alzira Sinfonia, Un ballo in maschera Prelude, Oberto Sinfonia, Aida Prelude, Attila Prelude, I vespri siciliani Sinfonia. PG "....ripely robust accounts....with excellent playing"
|
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra - Morandi |
8.553018 |
Naxos |
£1.99 |
| Requiem, plus Operatic Choruses from Dona Carlos, Macbeth, Othello, Nabucco & Aida [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide Rosette winner |
Dunn (soprano), Curry (mezzo), Hadley (tenor), Plishka (bass), Atlanta SO & Chorus - Shaw |
CD-80152 |
Telarc |
£5.99 |
| Nabucco [2 CD SET] PG*** WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
Cappuccilli, Domingo, Nesterenko, Dimitrova, Popp, Rydl Berlin German Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Sinopoli |
410 512-2 |
DG |
£10.99 |
OVERTURES & PRELUDES - Nabucco, Ernani, Aida, I Masnadieri, Macbeth, Il Corsaro, Luisa Miller, La battaglia di Legnano, Rigoletto, La Traviata, I vespri siciliani, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino. PG*** |
BPO - Karajan |
419 622-2 |
DG |
£3.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] PG*** With Full Libretto |
Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, Tourangeau, Talvela, LSO - Bonynge |
414 269-2 |
Decca |
£9.99 |
Macbeth [2 CD SET] PG*** WITH FULL LIBRETTO (digitally remasterd for DG Originals Series) |
Cappuccilli, Ghiaurov, S Verrett, Domingo, La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra - Abbado |
449 732-2 |
DG Originals |
£8.99 |
| La Forza del Destino: Overture. Rigoletto: Prelude. Aida: Prelude, Triumphal March & Ballet Music. I Vespri Siciliani: Overture & Ballet Music. La Traviata: Preludes to Acts I & III |
CSR SO - Lenard |
8.550091 |
Naxos |
£0.75 |
| Aida [3 CD SET] Gramophone Top Choice. With full libretto (remastered for EMI centenary) |
Caballe, Domingo, Cossotto, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, ROH CC Chorus, New Philharmonia - Muti |
CDS 5 56246 2 |
EMI |
£12.99 |
| Requiem. BRUCKNER: Te Deum* [2 CD SET] |
Freni, Ludwig, Cossutta, Ghiaurov, Wiener Singverein, BPO - Karajan, **with Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Schreier, Van Dam |
453 091-2 |
DG |
£4.99 |
| VERDI HEROINES - Merce Dilette Amiche (I Vespri siciliani), Tu che le Vanita Conoscesti...Francia Nobile Suol (Don Carlo), Gualtier Malde!...Caro Nome (Rigoletto), Qui Radames Verra...O patria mia (Aida), Che piu t'arresti?...Tacea La Notte Placida..Di Tale Amor (Il Trovatore), Morro Ma Prima In Grazia (Un ballo in machera), Come In Quest'ora Bruna (Simon Boccanegra), Pace Pace Mio Dio! (La Forza del Destino), Era Piu Calmo?..Piangea Cantando..Ave Maria (Otello) |
Angela Gheorghiu (sop), Milan Verdi SO - Chailly, with Tramonti (mezzo), Polverelli (mezzo) |
466 952-2 |
Decca |
£3.99 |
Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] With Libretto (DELETION) |
Cappuccilli, L Price, Obraztsova, Raimondi, Bonisolli, Berlin Opera Chorus, BPO - Karajan |
CMS 7 69311 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET]. PG*** |
L Price, Vickers, Gorr, Merrill, Rome Opera - Solti |
460 765-2 |
Decca |
£4.99 |
La Forza del Destino [3 CD SET] Original St Petersburg Version 1862. With Full Libretto |
Gorchakova, Grigorian, Putilin, Kit, Borodina, Kirov Opera - Gergiev |
446 951-2 |
Philips |
£12.99 |
| ALAGNA Sings LUISA MILLER: Oh! Fede negar potessi...Quando le sere al placido. I LOMBARDI: La mia letizia infondere. AIDA: Se quel guerrier io fossi...Celeste Aida. ERNANI: Merce diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite...Dell'esilio nel dolor...O tu che l'alma adora. OTELLO: Dio mi potevi scagliar...Ma o pianto o duol!, "Niun mi tema". UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Forse la soglia. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vita e inferno...O tu che in seno agli angeli. MACBETH: O figli...Ah la paterna mano. JERUSALEM: L'emir aupres de lui m'appelle...Je veux encor entendre. IL TROVATORE: "Ah si ben mio", "Di quella pira"* |
Alagna (tenor), BPO - Abbado, *with Gheorghiu |
CDC 5 56567 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] |
Tumagian, Ferrarini, Ramiro, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Czecho-Slovak RSO - Rahbari |
8.660013-14 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| Messa solenne (Messa di Gloria), Qui tollis, Tantum ergo in F, Laudate pueri, Tantum ergo in G, Pater noster, Ave Maria, Libera me (Messa per Rossini) (1869 version) incl. 5 world premiere recordings |
Scano & Gallardo-Domas (sops), Florez (ten), Tarver (ten), Aliev (bass), Pertusi (bass), Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi - Chailly |
467 280-2 |
Decca |
£4.99 |
Rigoletto [2 CD SET] WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
Pavarotti, Nucci, June Anderson, Verrett, Ghiaurov, Orchestre e Coro Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna - Chailly |
425 864-2 |
Decca |
£8.99 |
| Attila [2 CD SET] Vienna 1980 |
Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Zampieri, Visconti, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Sinopoli |
LS 347.20 |
Living Stage |
£4.99 |
| An Introduction to Il Trovatore (still sealed) |
Written by Thomson Smillie, Narrated by David Timson |
8.558079 |
Naxos |
£1.49 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto, remastered for DG Originals |
Cappuccilli, Cotrubas, Domingo, Obraztsova, Ghiaurov, Moll, Hanna Schwarz, Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO - Giulini |
457 753-2 |
DG Originals |
£8.99 |
HAMPSON Sings early opera arias - MACBETH: Perfidi! All'anglo contro me...Pieta rispetto amore, Ove son io?...Vada in fiamme. ERNANI: Ascolta...O dei verd'anni miei. I DUE FOSCARI: Eccomi solo alfine......O vecchio cor. IL CORSARO: Alfin questo corsaro...Cento leggiadre vergini. IL TROVATORE: Tout est desert...Son regard. LES VESPRES SICILIENNES: Oui je fus bien coupable...Au sein de la puissance. STIFFELIO: Ei fugge...Lina pensai che un angelo. I MASNADERI: Tradimento...Pareami che sorto..Armata la prima*. LA TRVAIATA: Di Provenza il mar...Ne rispondi..No non udrai rimproveri** GIOVANNA D'ARCO: Ecco il luogo....Speme al vecchio |
Hampson (bar), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Armstrong, *with Robinson (tenor), **Shtoda (tenor) |
CDC 5 57113 2 |
EMI |
£4.49 |
| FRITTOLI Sings IL CORSARO: Egli non riede ancora...Non so le tetre immagini. DON CARLO: Tu che la vanità. LUISA MILLER: Sinfonia, Tu puniscimi, o Signore...A brani, a brani, o perfido! SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Come in quest'ora bruna.
IL TROVATORE: Timor di me? D'amor sull'ali rosee. Tu vedrai che amore, Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amore. LA TRAVIATA: Act III Prelude, E strano, è strano...Sempre libera, Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato |
Frittoli (sop), LSO - Colin Davis |
8573-85823-2 |
Erato |
£2.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Ghiuselev, Nikolov, Viner-Chenisheva, Smochevski, Sofia National Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Marinov |
CD 1008 |
AVM Classics |
£3.99 |
VERDI: Falstaff [2 SACD SET, playable on both SACD and CD Players] PG*** "an exhilarating account" |
Pertusi, Alvarez, Ibarra, Domashenko, Henschel, LSO and Chorus - Colin Davis |
LSO0528 |
LSO Live |
£7.99 |
| Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] DELETION |
Merrill, Tucci, Simionato, Corelli, Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Schippers |
HMVD 5 73413 2 |
HMV |
£4.99 |
Otello [2 CD SET] Covent Garden 19.10.1955, digitally remastered (DELETION) |
Vinay, Browenstijn, Kraus, Lanigan, Noreen Berry, Raymond Nilsson, ROH CG - Kubelik |
ROHS001 |
Royal Opera House |
£6.99 |
Don Carlo [3 CD SET] Covent Garden 12.05.1958, digitally remastered Gramophone Editors Choice - December 2006 (DELETION) |
Christoff, Vickers, Gobbi, Langdon, Rouleau, Brouwenstijn Covent Garden Orchestra and Chorus - Giulini |
ROHS003 |
ROH Heritage Series |
£13.99 |
| Four Sacred Pieces (Berlin 14.01.1952) DELETION |
Berlin RIAS SO & Chorus |
051 017 |
Momento Musica |
£3.99 |
| Messa da Requiem Quattri pezzi sacri* [2 CD SET] Remastered for EMI Great Recordings of the Century
Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - August 2005 |
Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Gedda, Ghiaurov, Baker Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra - Giulini, *with Janet Baker |
CMS 5 67560 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] |
Bergonzi, Stella, Cossotto, Bastianini, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala - Serafin |
453 118-2 |
DG |
£3.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET] Live Lisbon 1958 With Full Libretto |
Callas, Kraus, Sereni, Zanini, De Castro, De Palma, Coro del Teatro Nacional de San Carlos Lisbon, Orquestra Sinfonica del Teatro Nacional de San Carlos Lisbon - Ghione |
CDCB 7 49187 2 |
EMI |
£6.99 |
| Giovanna D'Arco [2 CD SET] Venice 14/04/1972, digitally remastered (DELETION) |
Ricciarelli, Labo, Begali, Zanasi, Orchestra Del Teatro La Fenice - Franci |
MFOH 10021 |
Mondo Musica |
£5.99 |
I Vespri Siciliani [3 CD SET] Florence 12.05.1978 |
Scotto, Luchetti, Bruson, Raimondi, Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Muti |
GL 100.611 |
Gala |
£6.99 |
I Due Foscari [2 CD SET] 1961 |
Guelfi, Bergonzi, Vitale, Lombardi, Bersieri, Barbieri, Bertocci, Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano - Carlo Maria Giulini |
LRC 1111-2 |
Aura |
£5.99 |
| Don Carlo [3 CD SET plus CD ROM] |
Domingo, Caballe, Raimondi, Verrett, Milnes, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, ROH CG Orchestra - Giulini |
9 66850 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
Jerusalem [2 CD SET] Turin 20.12.1975 plus bonus tracks Jerusalem "Cielo pietoso..." & "Eterno Dio...Non isperar, o misera"* Venice 24.09.1963 |
Carreras, Cassis, Nimsgern, Ricciarelli, Turin RAI Orchestra & Chorus - Gavazzeni, *Gencer, Guelfi, Aragall, Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia - Gavazzeni |
BLV 107.213 |
BellaVoce |
£5.99 |
| Duetti Verdiani - NABUCCO: Duetto Abigaille/Nabucco. GIOVANNA d'ARCO: Duetto Giovanna/Giacomo. LUISA MILLER: Miller Duetto Luisa/Miller. LA TRAVIATAL: Duetto Violetta/Germont. SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Duetto Maria/Simone. AIDA: Duetto Aida/Amonasro |
Amarilli Nizza & Roberto Frontali, Orchestra of the Dvor(k Theatre of Ostrava - Martinenghi |
CDS 661 |
Dynamic |
£5.99 |
| Requiem [2 CD SET] |
Sweet, Quivar, Cole, Estes, Ernst Senff Chor, BPO - Giulini |
477 7584 |
DG |
£5.99 |
| Luisa Miller [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto (Digitally remastered for Decca Originals) |
Caballe, Pavarotti, Milnes, Van Allan, London Opera Chorus, NPO - Maag |
475 8496 |
Decca |
£8.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto (DELETION) |
Sills, Milnes, Kraus, Dunn, Ramey, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia - Rudel |
CMS 5 66037 2 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
Stabat Mater (1896/97), TeDeum (1896/97), Laudi alla Vergine Maria (1896/97), Ave Maria (1889), Ave Maria (1880), Ave Maria from "Otello" Act IV (1887), Libera me, Domine from Messa per Rossini (1869) (DELETION) |
Carmela Raimondi (soprano solo), Coro e Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia-Myung-Whun Chung |
469 075-2 |
DG |
£3.99 |
Rigoletto [2 CD SET] Newly Remastered |
Robert Merrill, Roberta Peters, Richard Tucker, Mignon Dunn, MET - Cleva |
88697 91005 2 |
Sony |
£5.99 |
La Traviata [2 CD SET] The Legendary Covent Garden Performance 20.06.1958, remastered |
Callas, Valletti, Zanasi, Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus - Rescigno |
ICAC 5006 |
ICA Classics |
£8.49 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
Siegfried [Complete; sung in English] [4 CD SET] PG*** |
Remedios, Bailey, R Hunter, Dempsey, Grant, Collins, Hammond-Stroud, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra - Goodall |
CMS 7 63595 2 |
EMI |
£14.99 |
The Valkyrie (Complete in English) [4 CD SET] |
Remedios, N Bailey, R Hunter, A Howard, Curphey, Grant, Conoley, S Walker, Evans,ENO Opera Orchestra - Goodall |
CMS 7 63918 2 |
EMI |
£14.99 |
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg [4 CD SET] PG*** With Full Libretto (DELETION |
Weikl, Studer, Heppner, Moll, Lorenz, van der Walt, Kallisch, Bavarian State Opera Orch & Chorus - Sawallisch |
CDS 5 55142 2 |
EMI |
£19.99 |
| Tristan & Isolde: Prelude Act I, Isoldes Liebestod*. Tannhauser: 'Dich teure Halle gruss ich wieder' - Elizabeth's Greeting*, 'Allmacht'ge Jungfrau hor mein Flehen' - Elizabeth's Prayer*. The Flying Dutchman: 'Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff' - Senatas Ballade*. Gotterdammerung: 'Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort' - Brunnhilde's Immolation* (DELETION) |
* Jessye Norman (soprano), LPO - Tennstedt |
CDC 7 49759 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
Die Walkure [4 CD SET]. PG*** |
Elming, Holle, Tomlinson, Secunde, Evans, Finnie, Floeren Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Barenboim |
4509 91186-2 |
Teldec |
£9.99 |
| Das Rheingold: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla. Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries, Wotans Magic Fire Music. Siegfried: Forest Murmurs. Gotterdammerung: Dawn & Siegfrieds Rhine Journey, Funeral Music & Finale. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude Act I. Tristan & Isolde: Prelude Act I and Liebestod |
Cleveland Orchestra - Szell |
SBK 48175 |
Sony |
£2.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] [Bayreuth 1964] Remastered |
Thomas Stewart, Hagenau, Hotter, Vickers, Neidlinger, Ericson, Bayreuth Chorus & Orchestra - Knappertsbusch |
GM 1.0004 |
Golden Melodram |
£17.99 |
| Die Meistersinger: Preludes Acts I & III, Siegfried Idyll, Tristan & Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod*, Die Gotterdammerung: Finale Act III (Starke Scheite)* (Hamburg 24.3.1963) |
Nth German Radio Orchestra - Knappertsbusch, *with Christa Ludwig |
CDGI 730.1 |
Arkadia |
£3.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] PG*** With Full Libretto |
Meier, Jerusalem, Hole, Van Dam, Tomlinson, Berlin State Opera Chorus, BPO - Barenboim |
9031-74448-2 |
Teldec |
£12.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1959 |
Konya, Grummer, Crass, Blanc, Waechter, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Matacic |
GM 1.0002 |
Melodram |
£7.99 |
Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Vienna 1948 |
Frantz, Polzer, Vogel, Wernigk, Alsen, Poell, Anday, VSO - Moralt |
2 MCD 962.144 |
MYTO |
£5.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Vienna 1949 |
Treptow, H Konetzni, Braun, Frantz, Anday, Alsen, VSO - Moralt |
3 MCD 971.152 |
MYTO |
£9.99 |
Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] |
Prandl, Treptow, Weber, Kamann, Anday, VSO - Moralt |
4MCD973.159 |
MYTO |
£9.99 |
| WALKURE - "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", "Dich selige Frau", "Wintersturme", Siegmund heiss ich". SIEGFRIED - "Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!", "Ho-Ho! Schmeide mein Hammer", "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist", "Heiss ward mir", "Selige Ode auf sonniger Hoh". GOTTERDAMMERUNG: "Mime heiss ein morrischer Zwerg", "Brunnhilde heilige Braut" |
John Treleaven (tenor), Slovak RSO - Anguelov |
74321 72114 2 |
Artenova |
£2.75 |
| The Ring Cycle [14 CD SET] complete with all libretti PG*** (Bayreuth 1967) |
Nilsson, Windgassen, Neidlinger, Adam, Rysanek, King, Nienstedt, Esser, Talvela, Bohme, Silja, Dernesch, Stewart, Bayreuth Festival - Bohm |
420 325-2 |
Philips |
£22.99 |
LOVE DUETS - SIEGFRIED Act III Scene III & Tristan und Isolde Act II Scene II (concert ending by Wagner - world premiere recording) DELETION |
Voigt (sop), Domingo (tenor), ROH CH Orchestra - Pappano |
CDC 5 57004 2 |
EMI |
£4.49 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] PG "expansive and dedicated 1962 reading is caught superbly, one of the finest live recordings made in the Festpielhaus at Bayreuth, with outstanding singing from Thomas and Gurnemanz". WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
London, Talvela, Hotter, Thomas, Neidlinger, Dalis, Janowitz, Silja, Boese, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
416 390-2 |
Philips |
£16.99 |
Tristan und Isolde[3 CD SET]Remastered for DG Originals |
M Price, Kollo, Fassbaender, Fischer-Dieskau, Moll, Dresden Staatskapelle - Carlos Kleiber |
477 5355 |
DG Originals |
£9.99 |
Overtures - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Tannhauser, Die Fliegende Hollander. Lohengrin - Preludes Acts I & III, Ortrud's Aria*. Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod* |
Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris - Cluytens, *with Rita Gorr |
SBT 1256 |
Testament |
£4.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 1955 |
Varnay, Windgassen, Traxel, Uhde, Weber, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
WLCD 0161 |
Walhall |
£6.99 |
Parsifal [4 CD SET] New York 17.04.1954, remastered (STILL SEALED) |
Varnay, Svanholm, London, Hotter, MET - Stiedry |
WLCD 0070 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
Tannhauser [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 09.08.1955, remastered |
Greindl, Windgassen, Fischer-Dieskau, Traxel, Blankenheim, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Cluytens |
C 643 043 D |
Orfeo |
£14.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956 |
Vinay, Modl, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Hotter, Herwig, Bayreuth Orchetra & Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
4 CDLSMH 34035 |
Hunt |
£6.99 |
Marches and Overtures - Polonia (Overture), American Centennial March (Grosser Festmarsch), Rule Britannia (Overture), Imperial March (Kaisermarsch) |
Hong Kong PO - Kojian |
8.220114 |
Marco Polo |
£2.99 |
| TENNSTEDT Conducts Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Prelude. Rizeni Overture. Tannhauser Overture and Venusberg Music. Gotterdammerung - Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral Music, Die Walkure - Ride of the Valkyries (concert version) Royal Albert Hall, London 20.08.1992 |
LPO - Tennstedt |
LPO 0003 |
LPO Live |
£3.99 |
Rienzi Overture, Lohengrin Prelude Act III, The Ride of Valkyries, Gotterdammerung Funeral March, Tannhauser Overture, Tristan und Isolde Vorspiel and Isoldes Liebestod Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Prelude Act I |
Oslo PO - Jansons |
CDR 5 69848 2 |
EMI |
£2.75 |
Eine Faust Overture, Columbus Overture, Die Meisteringer von Nurnberg Prelude, Parsifal Prelude, Tristan und Isolde - Prelude Act I, Liebestod* |
BRSO - Tate, *with Cheryl Studer |
5 85461 2 |
EMI |
£2.49 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Milan 18.03.1965 (DELETION) |
Jess Thomas, Ingrid Bjoner, Franz Crass, Astrid Varnay, Gustav Neidlinger, Tom Krause, La Scala Milan Opera - Sawallisch |
LS 4035151 |
Living Stage |
£11.99 |
Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] Vienna 12.02.1956, audiophile digitally remastered |
Grob-Prandl, Lustig, Von Milinkovic, Blankenheim, Bohme, Vienn State Opera - Cluytens |
WLCD 0235 |
Walhall |
£11.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Covent Garden 25.09.1957 (track listing only) |
Hotter, Von Milinkovic, Lindermeier, Von Ilosvay, Witte, Evans, Allmann, ROH CG Orchestra & Chorus - Kempe |
KEMPE1 |
|
£3.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET]Bayreuth1956, 24 bit remastering |
Varnay, Brouwenstijn, Von Milinkovic, Windgassen, Hotter, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival - Knappertsbusch |
ANDRCD 9014 |
Andromeda |
£5.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956 |
George London, Astrid Varnay, Josef Traxel,Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Keilberth |
WLCD 0190 |
Walhall |
£5.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] 29.01.1955, Historic Radio Broadcast, digitally remastered |
Varnay, Thebom, Vinay, London, Hines, MET - Kempe |
WLCD 0095 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 11.08.1951, Audiophile Remastering Quality, digitally remastered |
Bjorling, Malaniuk, Fritz, Pflanzl, Kuen, Weber, Schwarzkopf, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Karajan |
WLCD 0034 |
Walhall |
£6.99 |
CARLOS KLEIBER IN REHEARSAL - Tristan und Isolde Vorspiel and Liebestod with complete studio recording [2 CD SET] |
SWR SO Stuttgart - Kleiber |
KLEIBER1 |
Kleiber |
£6.99 |
Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED PG*** (Latest reissue in Decca Heritage Masters Series) |
london, Flagstad, Svanholm, Neidlinger, VPO - Solti |
478 1403 |
Decca |
£4.99 |
Die Fliegende Hollander [2 CD SET] Gramophone Editors Choice - February 2010 |
Uhde, Varnay, Windgassen, Weber, Traxel, Schartel, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
C 692 092 I |
Orfeo |
£8.99 |
Symphonic Synthesis by Stokowski - Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla (ed. Stokowski), Tristan und Isolde - Symphonic Synthesis (arr. Stokowski), Parsifal: Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. Stokowski), Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music & Ride of the Valkyries (ed. Stokowski) |
Bournemouth SO - Serebrier |
8.570293 |
Naxos |
£3.25 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Bayreuth Festival 1957, audiophile remastering |
Varnay, Nilsson, Vinay, Hotter, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Knapertsbusch |
WLCD 0217 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Die Walkure Acts I & III* [2 CD SET] |
Svanholm, Flagstad, Van Mill, VPO - Knappertsbusch, *Flagstad, Edelmann, Schech, Balsborg, Steingruber, VPO - Solti |
480 1892 |
Decca |
£3.99 |
| Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] Track Listing Booklet Missing (First Release) New York 1955 |
Varnay, Svanholm, Thebom, Metternich, MET - Kempe |
WLCD 0135 |
Walhall |
£6.99 |
Parsifal [3 CD SET] |
Adam, Teschler, Cold, Kollo, Bunger, Schroter, Berlin Radio Chorus, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Leipzig RSO & Chorus - Kegel |
0184402BC |
Berlin Classics |
£9.99 |
Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] 09.01.1960 |
Vinay, Nilsson, Cassel, Dalis, Hines, Marsh, MET - Bohm |
GM 1.0085 |
Golden Melodram |
£9.99 |
THE GREAT OPERAS (COMPLETE) FROM THE BAYREUTH FESTIVAL - The Flying Dutchman, Tannhauser*, Lohengrin**, Tristan und Isolde***, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg+, Das Rheingold++, Die Walkure+++, Siegfried#, Gotterdammerung##, Parsifal### [33 CD SET] THIS SET NOW DELETED |
Crass, Silja, Greindl, Uhl, Sawallisch (cond), *Windgassen, Silja, Waechter, Bumbry, Greindl, Crass, Sawallisch (cond), **Thomas, Silja, Varnay, Vinay, Crass, Sawallisch (cond), ***Nilsson, Windgassen, Waechter, Ludwig, Talvela, Bohm (cond), +Ridderbusch, Cox, Bode, Sotin, Weikl, Varviso (cond), ++Adam, Neidlinger, Windgassen, Burmeister, Bohm (cond), +++Nilsson, Rysanek, King, Adam, Bohm (cond), #Windgassen, Nilsson, Adam, Wohlfahrt, Bohm (cond), ##Nilsson, Windgassen, Greindl, Neidlinger, Neidlinger, ###Hofmann, Sotin, Meier, Estes, Levine (cond) |
478 0279 |
Decca |
£59.99 |
Father and Son (Wagner scenes and arias) - LOHENGRIN: DIE WALKURE: Love Duet Act I. SIEGFRIED: 'Selige ode auf wonniger Hoh'!', 'Das ist kein Mann'. PARSIFAL: 'Amfortas! Die Wunde!' (Act 2), 'Nue Eine Waffe Taugt!' GOTTERDAMMERUNG: Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Prologue), Hagen's Narration, Siegfried's Death and Funeral March (STILL SEALED)
BBC Music Magazine Recommended - June 2010 |
Simon O'Neill (tenor), New Zealand SO - Inkinen |
4 57817 2 |
EMI |
£5.99 |
Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Live performance recorded 24.02.1968, digitally remastered |
Nilsson, Rysanek, Ludwig, Vickers, Stewart, MET - Klobucar |
8697 85308 2 |
Sony |
£7.99 |
Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Live Bastille Opera, Paris 18.06.2011 (not commercially available) |
Katarina Dalayman, Torsten Kerl, Hans-Peter Konig, Iain Paterson, Christiane Libor, Sophie Koch, Choeur et Orchestre de l'Opera National de Paris - Philippe Jordan |
JOR1 |
Opera Bastille |
£11.99 |
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg [3 CD SET] Live performance recorded 15.01.1972, digitally remastered |
Lorengar, King, Adam, Kusche, Flgaello, MET - Schippers |
8697 85304 2 |
Sony |
£7.99 |
| Parsifal [3 CD SET] New York 09.04.1960, audiophile remastering (STILL SEALED) |
Harshaw, Liebl, Uhde, Hines, Pechner, MET - Leinsdorf |
WLCD 0335 |
Walhall |
£10.99 |
The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] New York 06.03.1960, audiophile remastering (STILL SEALED) |
Rysanek, London, Liebl, Tozzi, MET - Schippers |
WLCD 0304 |
Walhall |
£5.99 |
DOMINGO (Scenes from The Ring) SIEGFRIED: "Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!", "Was am besten er kann......Hoho!Hohe! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert!" (Act II Sc III). "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist" (Act II Sc II). "In der Hohle hier lieg' auf dem Hort!", "Nun sing! Ich lausche dem Gesang" (Act II Sc III). GOTTERDAMMERUNG: Vorspeil, Daybreak, "Zu neun Taten, teurer Heide", Siegfried's Rhine Journey". "Brunnhilde, heilige Braut!", Funeral March (DELETION) |
Domingo (tenor), ROH CG - Pappano, with Cangelosi, Dessaym Urmana |
5 57242 2 |
EMI |
£3.75 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 31.07.2006. Only track listing provided. |
Stephen Gould, Linda Watson, Gerhard Siegel, Falk Struckmann, Andrew Shore, Bayreuth Festival-Thielemann |
THIEL5 |
Bayreuth |
£8.99 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Covent Garden 28.09.1959. Not commercially available (track listing only) |
Windgasssen, Varnay, Klein, Hotter, Kraus, Covent Garden Orchestra - Konwitschny |
KONW001 |
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£9.99 |
| Siegfried 4 CD SET] |
West, Gohrig, Schone, Waag, Jun, Herrera, Ranada, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsorchester Stuttgart - Zagrosek |
8.660175-78 |
Naxos |
£7.99 |
| Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Second Cycle Bayreuth 1955 (STILL SEALED) In 2006/07 Testament released for the first time ever the legendary stereo recordings made by Decca at Bayreuth of the first cycle of the 1955 performances of The Ring, conducted by Joseph Keilberth and staged by the Festival’s co-director, the radical regisseur Wieland Wagner. Partly for security, partly out of interest, Decca’s engineers also recorded the second cycle, from which this first-ever release of Götterdämmerung is drawn, providing a chance to appreciate the depth of New Bayreuth’s casting resources. For these performances Martha Mödl took over as Brünnhilde while Hans Hotter took on the role of Gunther. The reason for Hotter’s appearance as the Gibichung leader appears to have been to allow Hermann Uhde, the production’s regular Gunther, to settle into the new production of Der fliegende Holländer opening that year - although Hotter himself also sang the Dutchman that year. |
Martha Modl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger, Gre Brouwenstijn, Astrid Varnay, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Keilberth |
SBT4 1433 |
Testament |
£32.99 |
The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET plus bonus CD with libretto) |
Adam, Silja, Talvela, Unger, Kozub, BBC Chorus, New Philharmonia - Klemperer |
4 56470 2 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
Overtures - The Flying Dutchman, The Flying Dutchman, Rienzi, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Tannhauser (DELETION) |
Philharmonia - Maazel |
MK 36699 |
CBS |
£4.99 |
Overture & Bacchanale from "Tannhauser", Siegfried Idyll, Brunnhilde's Immolation from "Gotterdammerung"*, Orchestral music from Parsifal**, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg**, The Flying Dutchman**, Tristan und Isolde** and Lohengrin** [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED |
SWF SO - Janowski/Pesko, *with Ronger (sop), **Orquestra Filarmonica de Gran Canaria - Leaper |
74321 31684 2 |
ArteNova |
£3.99 |
Sydney Opera House Opening Concert 1973 - DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG: Prelude. TANNHAUSER: Elizabeth's Greeting 'Dich teure Halle'. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Prelude and Liebestod. GOTTERDAMMERUNG: Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music, Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene [WITH BONUS DVD OF THE OCCASION]
BBC Music Magazine Recommended - January 2009 |
Birgit Nilsson (sop), Sydney SO - Mackerras |
476 6440 |
ABC Classics |
£7.99 |
Lohengrin [3 CD SET] With Full Libretto (DELETION) |
Kollo, Tomowa-Sintow, Nimsgern, Vejzovic, Ridderbusch, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, BPO - Karajan |
CMS 5 66519 2 |
EMI |
£17.99 |