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Fairy King: Kurt Moll Ada: Linda Esther Gray Farzana: Kari Lövaas Zemina: Krisztina Laki Arindal: John Alexander Lora: June Anderson Morald: Roland Hermann Gernot: Jan-Hendrik Rootering Drolla: Cheryl Studer Gunther: Norbert Orth Harald: Karl Helm A Messenger: Friedrich Lenz The Voice of the Sorcerer Groma: Roland Bracht Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Chorus Master: Gordon Kember Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Live recording: Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper & Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz, July 1983 Recording Supervisor: Wilhelm Meister Recording Engineer: Hans Schmid Editing: Irene Thielmann, Torsten Schreier A Coproduction with the Bavarian Radio Orfeo S 062-833 F (3 LPs) (1984) Orfeo C 062833 F (3 CDs) CD1 65'38" CD2 59'06" CD3 40'40"
Daland: Hans Sotin Senta: Cheryl Studer Erik: Plácido Domingo Mary: Uta Priew Daland's Helmsman: Peter Seiffert Der Holländer: Bernd Weikl Chor und Orchester der deutschen Oper Berlin Chorus Master: Walter Hagen-Grall Musical Assistant: Patrick Walliser Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli. Recording: Berlin, SFB, Großer Sendesaal, February 1991 Executive Producer: Wolfgang Stengel Associate Producer: Pål Christian Moe Recording Producer: Klaus Hiemann Balance Engineer: Jürgen Bulgrin Recording Engineers: Rainer Maillard, Hans-Rudolf Müller Editing: Ingmar Haas, Oliver Rogalla DG 437 778-2 (2) (06/1998) CD1 60'18" CD2 75'10"
Siegfried: Reiner Goldberg Gunther: Bernd Weikl Hagen: Matti Salminen Alberich: Ekkehard Wlaschiha Brünnhilde: Hildegard Behrens Gutrune: Cheryl Studer Waltraute: Hanna Schwarz First Norn: Helga Dernesch Second Norn: Tatiana Troyanos Third Norn: Andrea Gruber Woglinde: Hei-Kyung Hong Wellgunde: Diane Kesling Flosshilde: Meredith Parsons The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus Chorus Master: David Stivender Musical Assistant: Max Epstein Conductor: James Levine Recording: New York, Manhattan Center, May 1989 Producer: Cord Garben Co-Producer: Claudia Hamann Balance Engineer: Wolfgang Mitlehner Editing: Jürgen Bulgrin, Oliver Rogalla DG 429 385-2 (4) (1991) CD1 61'57" CD2 60'24" CD3 74'22" CD4 73'10" In "Der Ring des Nibelungen" DG 445 354-2 (14) (09/1994)
Heinrich der Vogler, King of the Germans: Manfred Schenk Lohengrin: Paul Frey Elsa von Brabant: Cheryl Studer Friedrich von Telramund: Ekkehard Wlaschiha. Ortrud: Gabriele Schnaut The King's Herald: Eike Wilm Schulte Four Brabantian nobles: Clemens Bieber, Peter Maus, Robert Riener, Heinz-Klaus Ecker Four pages: Rachel Robins, Natsue von Stegmann, Katalin Benei, Akiko Makiyama Noblewomen: Sarah Fulgoni, Helen Lawson, Martina Beier, Kristina Gloge, Kriemhild Strettner, Isolde Claassen, Yehudit Silcher, Philippa Thomson Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus Chorus Master: Norbert Balatsch Conductor: Peter Schneider Recording: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, June 1990 Artists and repertoire production: Costa Pilavachi Recording producer: Martha de Francisco Balance Engineer: Gernot R. Westhäuser Recording engineers: Josef Wanninger, Andreas Stange Tape editors: Brad Michel, Everett Porter, Kees de Visser Philips 434 602-2 (4) (1992) CD1 64'32" CD2 40'14" CD3 44'41" CD4 63'23" Highlights: 438 500-2 (09/1993) (77'38") Highlights: 446 619-2 (08/1995) Lohengrin (complete) In Richard Wagner Edition Philips 434 420-2 (32 CDs)
Heinrich der Vogler, King of the Germans: Kurt Moll Lohengrin: Siegfried Jerusalem Elsa von Brabant: Cheryl Studer Friedrich von Telramund: Hartmut Welker. Ortrud: Waltraud Meier The King's Herald: Andreas Schmidt Four Brabantian nobles: Bojidar Nikolov, Franz Kasemann, Claudio Otelli, Peter Köves Four pages: Amy-Linda Domaracki, Ingrid Sieghart, Senta Fischer, Elisabeth Mach Four Ladies-in-waiting: Renate Hasler, Gretchen Eder, Ulrike Erfurt, Marianne Sattmann Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor Chorus Master: Peter Burian Wiener Philharmoniker, Conductor: Claudio Abbado Recording: Vienna, Musikverein, Großer Saal November 1991, May-June 1992 Executive Producers: Christopher Alder, Pål Christian Moe Associate Producer: Ewald Markl Recording Producer: Christopher Alder Balance Engineers: Klaus Hiemann, Rainer Maillard Recording Engineers: Reinhard Lagemann, Jürgen Bulgrin, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky DG 437 808-2 (3) (09/1994) CD1 74'02" CD2 72'11" CD3 65'06" Highlights DG 445 969-2 (10/1995)
Hans Sachs: Bernd Weikl Veit Pogner: Kurt Moll Kunz Vogelgesang: Michael Schade Konrad Nachtigall: Hans Wilbrink Sixtus Beckmesser: Siegfried Lorenz Fritz Kothner: Hans-Joachim Ketelsen Balthasar Zorn: Ulrich Ress Ulrich Eißlinger: Hermann Sapell Augustin Moser: Roland Wagenführer Hermann Ortel: Rainer Buese Hans Schwarz: Guido Götzen Hans Foltz: Friedemann Kunder Walther von Stolzing: Ben Heppner David: Deon van der Walt Eva: Cheryl Studer Magdalene: Cornelia Kallisch Nightwatchman: René Pape Bavarian State Opera Chorus Chorus Master: Udo Mehrpohl Bavarian State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Producer: Wilhelm Meister Executive Producer: Peter Alward Balance Engineer: Hans Schmid Editor: Monika Graul Musical Preparation: Richard Trimborn Recorded in co-production with Bavarian Radio Recording: April 1993, Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, & Herkulessaal der Residenz, Munich EMI CDS5 55142-2 (4) (07/1994) CD1 69'18" CD2 71'16" CD3 66'31" CD4 49'36" Highlights DG 439768-2 Oh, Sachs! Mein Freund! Cheryl Studer: A Portrait EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17")
Rienzi: René Kollo Irene: Cheryl Studer Steffano Colonna: Jan-Hendrik Rootering Adriano: John Janssen Paolo Orsini: Bodo Brinkmann Cardinal Orvieto: Karl Helm Baroncelli: Norbert Orth Cecco del Vecchio: Kieth Engen Messenger of Peace: Carmen Anhorn Der Gesandte Mailands: Raimund Grumbach Der Gesandte der lombardischen Städte: Hans Wilbrink Der Gesandte Neapels: Friedrich Lenz Der Gesandte Bayerns: Alfred Kuhn. Bavarian State Opera Chorus Chorus Master: Günther Schmidt-Bohländer Bavarian State Opera Orchestra Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch Recording Supervision: Torsten Schreier Recording Engineer: Gerhard von Knobelsdorff Digital Remastering: Ulrich Kraus Graul A recording of the Bavarian Radio Recording: 6 July 1983, Nationaltheater, Munich Orfeo C 346 953 D (3) (07/1995) CD1 50'16" CD2 71'43" CD3 73'17"
Hermann, Landgraf of Thuringia: Matti Salminen Tannhäuser: Plácido Domingo Wolfram von Eschenbach: Andreas Schmidt Walther von der Vogelweide: William Pell Biterolf: Kurt Rydl Heinrich der Schreiber: Clemens Bieber Reinmar von Zweter: Oskar Hillebrandt Elisabeth: Cheryl Studer Venus: Agnes Baltsa A Young Shepperd: Barbara Bonney Four Noble Pages: Margaret Stobart, Jeanette Wilson, Ingrid Baier, Karen Shelby Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli Recording: London, Watford Town Hall, April-June 1988 Executive Producers: Günther Breest / Wolfgang Stengel Co-Producer: Claudia Hamann Recording Producer: Wolfgang Stengel Balance Engineer: Klaus Hiemann DG 427 625-2 (3) (09/1989) CD1 71'13" CD2 70'53" CD3 54'08" Highlights: 429 789-2 435 405-2 (Domingo Edition) (03/1992) Dich, teure Halle (Act II) "Mad about Opera" DG 437 636-2 (1992) (69'49") Beglückt darf nun dich, Act III (Pilgrims, Elisabeth, Wolfram) In "Mad About Wagner" DG 445 769-2 (09/1994) (73')
Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod, Act III) With: Parsifal (Prelude); Eine Faust-Ouvertüre; Columbus-Ouvertüre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Ouvertüre); Tristan und Isolde (Prelude, Act I) Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Conductor: Jeffrey Tate Producers: David Groves, Theodor Holzinger Executive Producer: Peter Alward Balance Engineer: Martin Wöhr Recording: January 1988, Herkulessaal, Munich Made in co-production with Bavarian Radio EMI CDC 749196 2 (1989) (64'22") Mild und leise (Liebestod) Cheryl Studer: A Portrait EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17")
Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod, Act III) with: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude, Act I) Wesendonk-Lieder Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Staatskapelle Dresden, Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli Recording: Dresden, Lukas-Kirche, June 1993 Producer: Wolfang Stengel Associate Producer: Pål Christian Moe Balance Engineer: Klaus Hiemann Recording Engineers: Oliver Rogalla, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky Editing: Werner Mayer DG 439 865-2 (08/1994) 60'35"
Siegmund: Siegfried Jerusalem Hunding: Kurt Moll Wotan: Theo Adam Sieglinde: Jessye Norman Brünnhilde: Jeannine Altmeyer Fricka: Yvonne Minton Gerhilde: Eva-Maria Bundschuh Ortlinde: Cheryl Studer Waltraute: Ortrun Wenkel Schwertleite: Anne Gjevang Helmwiege: Ruth Falcon Siegrune: Christel Borchers Grimgerde: Kathleen Kuhlmann Rossweisse: Uta Priew Staatskapelle Dresden Assistant: Gottfried Hämpel Conductor: Marek Janowski Recording: Lukaskirche Dresden Saturday 22 to Saturday 29 August 1981 Production: Oskar Waldeck Recording Supervision: Helmut Hanusch Balance Engineer: Manfred Melchior Technical Engineer: Hans Jürgen Oehlke Music Supervision: Heinz Wegner Balance Supervision: Claus Strüben Cutter: Annelene Dziengel Recording Engineer: Gerald Junge Eurodisc 301. 143-465 (5 LPs, digital) 1982 Eurodisc/Target 301 143 (5 LPs) 1984 (UK) Eurodisc/Target 610 064 (5) 1984 (UK) Eurodisc 610064-235 (5) RCA Eurodisc GD 69 005 (4) BMG Classics Eurodisc 69005-2-RG (1989) CD1 64'56" CD2 60'31" CD3 50'12" CD4 45'22" In Der Ring des Nibelungen RCA GD 69003 (14) RCA 8287655709-2 (14) (Mid-price) (2004) Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Walkyries) In Basic 100, Vol. 59: Vocal Highlights from the Ring RCA Victor 68084 (03/1995) (77')
Brünnhilde: Eva Marton Sieglinde: Cheryl Studer Wotan: James Morris Siegmund: Reiner Goldberg Hunding: Matti Salminen Fricka: Waltraud Meier Gerhilde: Anita Soldh Helmwige: Ruth Falcon Waltraute: Ute Walther Schwertleite: Ursula Kunz Ortlinde: Sylvia Herman Siegrune: Margaretha Hintermeier Grimgerde: Carolyn Watkinson Roßweiße: Margarita Lilowa Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Bernard Haitink Recording: Munich, Herkulessaal der Residenz February & March 1988 Producer: Theodor Holzinger Executive Producer: Peter Alward Balance Engineer: Martin Wöhr Sonic Consultant: Michael Gray Editor: Monika Merker Musical Preparation: David Syrus Recorded in co-production with Bavarian Radio EMI CDS 7 49534-2 (4) (1988) CD1 64'43" CD2 54'37" CD3 40'00" CD4 72'08" Highlights CDC 7 54328-2 EL 7 54328-4 (11/1991) (75'52") Die Walküre (complete): in Der Ring des Nibelungen CMS 7 64775 2 (14 CD) Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde) "A Night at the Opera", Disc #5 EMI Canada RCZ 68859 2 (5) (1995) Du bist der Lenz (Sieglinde) O süßeste Wonne! Seligstes Weib! (Siegmund / Sieglinde) Siegmund heiß' ich und Siegmund bin ich! (Siegmund / Sieglinde) (Act I) Der Ring des Nibelungen, Highlights EMI CDC 7 54633 2 (1992) (72'39") Schläfst du, Gast? Cheryl Studer: A Portrait EMI Classics 5 55350 2 (05/1995) (75'17") Les Grandes Scènes du Ring EMI CDS 555 132-2 (3) (09/1994 France & Canada) The first two CDs contain the highlights of the Ring. In the third one, Alain Duault reads a text of Pierre Flinois which presents the main themes of the work.
Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder (Tannhäuser, Act II, Elisabeth) In ferner Einsamkeit des Waldes / Um Gott, was klagest du mich an? (Lohengrin, Act II Ortrud & Elsa) With: Tannhäuser: Overture Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande... O du mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I Was duftet doch der Flieder (Hans Sachs) Die Walküre: Dich selige Frau / Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond / Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlangte (Siegmund & Sieglinde) The Ride of the Walkyries Elisabeth, Elsa: Cheryl Studer Ortrud, Sieglinde: Waltraud Meier Siegmund: Siegfried Jerusalem Wolfram, Hans Sachs: Bryn Terfel Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Claudio Abbado Live recording: Berlin, Philharmonie 31 December 1993 Producer: Christopher Alder Associate Producer: Pål Christian Moe Balance Engineer: Gernot von Schultzendorff Recording Engineers: Stephan Flock, Klaus-Peter Lehmann, Reinhild Schmidt DG 439 768-2 (04/1994) 76'29"
with: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude, Act I) Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod, Act III) Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder Staatskapelle Dresden, Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli Recording: Dresden, Lukas-Kirche, June 1993 Producer: Wolfang Stengel Associate Producer: Pål Christian Moe Balance Engineer: Klaus Hiemann Recording Engineers: Oliver Rogalla, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky Editing: Werner Mayer DG 439 865-2 (08/1994) 60'35" Der Engel In "Mad About Angels, Over 70 minutes of heavenly music" DG 449 113-2 (08/1995) (71')
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