Music & Arts

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Paula Lenchner (soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Gerda Lammers (soprano), Georgine von Milinkovic (mezzo-soprano), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Hilde Scheppan (soprano),...

Hans Hotter (Hans Sachs), Karl Schmitt-Walter (Sixtus Beckmesser), Wolfgang Windgassen (Walther von Stolzing), Gré Brouwenstijn (Eva), Gerhard Stolze (David), Georgine von Milinkovic (Magdalena), Alfons Herwig (Nachtwächter), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Fritz Kothner), Josef Greindl (Pogner)

Bayreuth...

Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, Carl Schuricht

Charles Wakefield Cadman (piano), Gene Buck (narrator), Marshall Dill (narrator), Leo Robin (vocals), Ralph Rainger (piano), Albert von Tilzer (piano), Billy Hill (piano), Shelton Brooks (piano), Harold Arlen (piano), Judy Garland (vocals), Ernie Burnett (piano), Wolfe Gilbert (vocals), Harry Ruby...

Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Paul Kuen (tenor), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Bernd Aldenhoff (tenor), Ilse Hollweg (soprano)

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

Astrid Varnay (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Paula Lenchner (mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Elisabeth Grummer (soprano), Maria von Ilosvay (contralto), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Elisabeth Schartel (alto), Dorothea Siebert (soprano)

Bayreuth...

Jarmila Novotna (soprano)

NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini

CBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Carmine Coppola, Mischa Mishakoff, Dimitri Mitropoulos (piano), Zino Francescatti, Pietro Scarpini, Astrid Varnay, Strings Of The Nbc Symphony Orchestra, Dorothy Dow

Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Nbc Symphony Orchestra

Claudio Arrau (piano)

Erich Kleiber