The Great Operas From the Bayreuth Festival

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Der fliegende Holländer: Akt I, Akt II (Anfang)
2▶CD: Der fliegende Holländer: Akt II (Schluss), Akt III
3▶CD: Tannhäuser: Akt I
4▶CD: Tannhäuser: Akt II
5▶CD: Tannhäuser: Akt III
6▶CD: Lohengrin: Akt I
7▶CD: Lohengrin: Akt II
8▶CD: Lohengrin: Akt III
9▶CD: Tristan und Isolde: Akt I
10▼CD: Tristan und Isolde: Akt II
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1Tristan und Isolde: Akt II. Vorspiel
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Vorspiel (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
1:59
2Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 1. “Hörst du sie noch?”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
mezzo-soprano vocals [Brangäne]:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) (in 1966-08)
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857 until 1859, from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857 until 1859)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
13:07
3Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “Isolde! Geliebte! – Tristan! Geliebter!”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
15:06
4Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
4:49
5Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “Einsam wachend in der Nacht”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
mezzo-soprano vocals [Brangäne]:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
2:29
6Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “Lausch, Geliebter! – Lass mich sterben!”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
4:09
7Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “Doch uns’re Liebe, heisst sie nicht Tristan und Isolde?”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
2:12
8Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 2. “So starben wir, um ungetrennt”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
mezzo-soprano vocals [Brangäne]:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) (in 1966-08)
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene II. "Isolde! Geliebte!" - "Tristan! Geliebter!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
7:34
9Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 3. “Rette dich, Tristan!”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
baritone vocals [Kurwenal]:
Eberhard Waechter (baritone) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Melot]:
Claude Heater (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene III. "Rette dich, Tristan!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
1:41
10Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 3. “Tatest du’s wirklich? Wähnst du das?”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
bass vocals [König Marke]:
Martti Talvela (operatic bass) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene III. "Rette dich, Tristan!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
11:03
11Tristan und Isolde: Akt II, Szene 3. “O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen”
recording engineer:
Günter Hermanns (producer/engineer)
executive producer:
Dr. Hans Hirsch (producer at Deutsche Grammophon) and Otto Gerdes (conductor and producer)
producer:
Wolfgang Lohse
soprano vocals [Isolde]:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano) (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Melot]:
Claude Heater (in 1966-08)
tenor vocals [Tristan]:
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) (in 1966-08)
orchestra:
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra) (in 1966-08)
conductor:
Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor) (in 1966-08)
recorded at:
Bayreuther Festspiele 1966
recorded at:
Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus (Richard Wagner Festival Theater) in Bayreuth, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany (in 1966-08)
live recording of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II, Szene III. "Rette dich, Tristan!" (in 1966-08)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-10 until 1859-08)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1857-08-20 until 1857-09-18)
part of:
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Akt II
8:08
11▶CD: Tristan und Isolde: Akt III
12▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Akt I (Anfang)
13▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Akt I (Schluss) , Akt II
14▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Akt III (Anfang)
15▶CD: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Akt III (Schluss)
16▶CD: Das Rheingold: Szene 1 & 2, Szene 3 (Anfang)
17▶CD: Das Rheingold: Szene 3 (Schluss), Szene 4
18▶CD: Die Walküre: Akt I
19▶CD: Die Walküre: Akt II (Anfang)
20▶CD: Die Walküre: Akt II (Schluss), Akt III (Anfang)
21▶CD: Die Walküre: Akt III (Schluss)
22▶CD: Siegfried: Akt I (Anfang)
23▶CD: Siegfried: Akt I (Schluss), Akt II (Anfang)
24▶CD: Siegfried: Akt II (Schluss), Akt III (Anfang)
25▶CD: Siegfried: Akt III
26▶CD: Götterdämmerung: Prolog, Akt I
27▶CD: Götterdämmerung: Akt I
28▶CD: Götterdämmerung: Akt II, Akt III (Anfang)
29▶CD: Götterdämmerung: Akt III (Schluss)
30▶CD: Parsifal: Akt I (Anfang)
31▶CD: Parsifal: Akt I (Schluss), Akt II (Anfang)
32▶CD: Parsifal: Akt II (Schluss), Akt III (Anfang)
33▶CD: Parsifal: Akt III (Schluss)

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includes:Das Rheingold (1966 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings)
Der fliegende Holländer (1961 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Chor (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
Der Ring des Nibelungen (1966–67 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Wagner (Richard Wagner, composer); Chor (Bayreuth Festival Chorus) und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1974 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Ridderbusch (operatic bass), Cox (US tenor), Bode (soprano), Sotin (operatic bass), Hirte (baritone), Reynolds (alto), Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Silvio Varviso (conductor)
Die Walküre (1967 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Götterdämmerung (1967 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Wagner (Richard Wagner, composer); Windgassen (tenor), Stewart (bass-baritone), Neidlinger (German bass-baritone), Greindl (operatic bass), Nilsson (soprano), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (composer); Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
Parsifal (1985 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Wagner (Richard Wagner, composer); Peter Hofmann (German tenor/rock singer), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Hans Sotin (operatic bass), Simon Estes (bass-baritone), Franz Mazura (bass / baritone), Matti Salminen (operatic bass), Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), James Levine (US conductor and pianist)
Tannhäuser (1962 live cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Chorus), Windgassen (tenor), Silja (soprano), Bumbry (mezzo‐soprano), Waechter (baritone), Greindl (operatic bass), Stolze (German tenor), Crass (operatic bass), Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
Tristan und Isolde (1966 Bayreuth cast, composite recordings) by Richard Wagner (composer); Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Martti Talvela (operatic bass), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele (Bayreuth Festival Orchestra), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
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