Götterdämmerung discography
This is a discography of Götterdämmerung, the fourth of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876.
Recordings[]
| Year | Cast (Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune, Alberich, Waltraute) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Set Svanholm, Marta Fuchs, Frederick Dalberg, Egmont Koch, Else Fischer, Robert Burg, Camilla Kailab |
Karl Elmendorff Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
Audio CD: Music & Arts Cat: CD 1058 Mono, Live |
| 1949 | Günther Treptow, Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Ludwig Weber, Karl Kamann, Hilde Konetzni, Adolf Vogel, Rosette Anday |
Rudolf Moralt Vienna Symphony orchestra & chorus |
Audio CD: Myto Cat: 4MCD 973.159 Mono |
| 1950 | Max Lorenz, Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Weber, Josef Herrmann, Hilde Konetzni, Alois Pernerstorfer, Elisabeth Höngen |
Wilhelm Furtwängler Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1501[2] (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1951 | Bernd Aldenhoff, Astrid Varnay, Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde, Martha Mödl, Heinrich Pflanzl, Elisabeth Höngen |
Hans Knappertsbusch Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
Audio CD: Testament Cat: SBT4175 Mono, Live |
| 1952 | Max Lorenz, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger, Ruth Siewert |
Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Myto Cat: 4CD 00206 Mono, Live |
| 1953 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl, Gustav Neidlinger, Ira Malaniuk |
Clemens Krauss Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1500[3] (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1953 | Ludwig Suthaus, Martha Mödl, Josef Greindl, Alfred Poell, Sena Jurinac, Alois Pernerstorfer, Margarete Klose |
Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI |
CD: EMI Cat: CZS 7 67136 2 Mono |
| 1955 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Gré Brouwenstijn, Gustav Neidlinger, Maria von Ilosvay |
Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Testament Cat: SBT41393 Stereo, Live |
| Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde, Gré Brouwenstijn, Gustav Neidlinger, Maria von Ilosvay |
Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Testament Cat: SBT41433 Stereo, Live | |
| 1956 | Set Svanholm, Kirsten Flagstad Egil Nordsjø, Waldemar Johnsen Ingrid Bjoner, Per Grönneberg, Eva Gustavson |
Øivin Fjeldstad Norwegian Radio Chorus & Orchestra |
CD: Naxos Cat: 8.112066-69 Mono, Live |
| 1957 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Kurt Böhme, Hermann Uhde, Elisabeth Lindermeier, Otakar Kraus, Maria von Ilosvay |
Rudolf Kempe Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus |
CD: Testament Cat: SBT131426 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
| 1964 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger, Christa Ludwig |
Georg Solti Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 455 569-2 Stereo |
| 1967 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Josef Greindl, Thomas Stewart, Ludmila Dvořáková, Gustav Neidlinger, Martha Mödl |
Karl Böhm Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Philips Cat: 412 488-2 Stereo, Live |
| 1969 | Helge Brilioth, Helga Dernesch, Karl Ridderbusch, Thomas Stewart, Gundula Janowitz, Zoltán Kelemen, Christa Ludwig |
Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 795-2 Stereo |
| 1979 | Manfred Jung, Gwyneth Jones, Fritz Hübner, Franz Mazura, Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht, Gwendolyn Killebrew |
Pierre Boulez Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Philips Cat: 434 424-2 Stereo |
| 1983 | René Kollo, Jeannine Altmeyer, Matti Salminen, Hans Günter Nöcker, Norma Sharp, Siegmund Nimsgern, Ortrun Wenkel |
Marek Janowski Staatskapelle Dresden, Staatsoper Dresden chorus |
CD: Eurodisc / RCA Cat: RCA B00011MJV6 (complete Ring) Stereo |
| 1989 | Reiner Goldberg, Hildegard Behrens, Matti Salminen, Bernd Weikl, Cheryl Studer, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Hanna Schwarz |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 429 385-2 Stereo |
| René Kollo, Hildegard Behrens, Robert Hale, Hans Günter Nöcker, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Waltraud Meier |
Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus (Recorded at National Theater, Munich) |
CD: EMI Cat: 724357273121 (complete Ring) Stereo, Live | |
| 1991 | Siegfried Jerusalem, Éva Marton, John Tomlinson, Thomas Hampson, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Theo Adam, Marjana Lipovšek |
Bernard Haitink Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus |
CD: EMI Cat: CDS 7 54485 2 Stereo |
| Siegfried Jerusalem, Anne Evans, Philip Kang, Bodo Brinkmann, Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Günter von Kannen, Waltraud Meier |
Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Teldec Cat: 4509941942 Stereo, Live | |
| 2002–2003 | Albert Bonnema, Luana DeVol, Roland Bracht, Hernan Iturralde, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Franz-Josef Kappellmann, Tichina Vaughn |
Lothar Zagrosek Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus (Recording at Württembergische Staatsoper). |
DVD: TDK "Mediactive", Cat: DV-OPRDNG CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.660179-82 Stereo, Live |
| 2003–2004 | John Treleaven, Deborah Polaski, Matti Salminen, Falk Struckmann, Elisabete Matos, Günter von Kannen, Julia Juon |
Bertrand de Billy Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu |
DVD: Opus Arte ASIN: B000IFRPY6 Surround Sound, Live |
| 2009 | Stephen Gould, Linda Watson, Hans-Peter König, Ralf Lukas, Edith Haller, Andrew Shore, Christa Mayer |
Christian Thielemann Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus (Recording at Bayreuth Festival) |
CD: Opus Arte Cat: OA CD9000B D Stereo, Live |
| 2010 | Lance Ryan, Jennifer Wilson, Matti Salminen, Ralf Lukas, Elisabete Matos, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana |
DVD Unitel Classica ASIN: B002ZCUEKM |
References[]
- ^ Recordings of Götterdämmerung on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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