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Offer,Ultimate Wagner

The Essential Masterpieces

Gustav Neidlinger (bass), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Hermin Esser (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Leonie Rysanek (soprano), James King (tenor), Birgit Nilsson...

  • Release Date: 14th Jul 2008
  • Catalogue No: 4780229
  • Label: Decca
  • Series: Ultimate
  • Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

5 CDs

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Contents

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Scene 1

Work length10:34
$2.55
$3.45
  • Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Vorspiel

Track length3:32
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$1.15

"Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle!"

Track length2:17
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$1.15

"Garstig glatter glitschriger Glimmer!"

Track length4:45
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$1.15

Wagner: Das Rheingold - Vorabend des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Erste Szene

Work length2:21
$0.85
$1.15
  • Gustav Neidlinger (bass (vocal)), Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1971-07

"Wallala! Lalaleia! Leialalei!"

Track length2:21
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Das Rheingold - Vorabend des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Vierte Szene

Work length5:52
$1.70
$2.30
  • Gustav Neidlinger (bass (vocal)), Gerd Nienstedt (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1971-07

"Bin ich nun frei?"

Track length3:19
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$1.15

"Schwüles Gedünst schwebt in der Luft"

Track length2:33
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Scene 4

Work length8:25
$1.70
$2.30
  • Theo Adam (bass (vocal)), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Hermin Esser (tenor), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Ruth Hesse (mezzo-soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Zur Burg führt die Brücke"

Track length5:05
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"Rheingold! Rheingold! Reines Gold!"

Track length3:20
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Wagner: Die Walküre - Erster Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Erster Aufzug

Work length3:55
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

Orchestervorspiel

Track length3:55
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1

Work length14:11
$1.70
$2.30
  • James King (tenor), Leonie Rysanek (soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond"

Track length9:14
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"Wehwalt heißt du fürwahr?"

Track length4:57
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Die Walkure: Act 2

Work length14:35
$1.70
$2.30
  • James King (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Theo Adam (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Nun zäume dein Roß"

Track length4:53
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"Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!"

Track length9:42
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Wagner: Die Walküre - Erster Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Zweiter Aufzug

Work length7:43
$0.85
$1.15
  • James King (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

"Du sahest der Walküre sehrenden Blick"

Track length7:43
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Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3

Work length6:12
$0.85
$1.15
  • Danica Mastilovic (soprano), Elisabeth Schartel (contralto), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Gertraud Hopf (mezzo-soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Liane Synek (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (mezzo-soprano), Sona Cervena (soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Szene 1: "Hojotoho! Heiaha!"

Track length6:12
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Wagner: Die Walküre - Erster Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Dritter Aufzug

Work length10:29
$0.85
$1.15
  • Theo Adam (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

"Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind"

Track length10:29
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Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3

Work length4:13
$0.85
$1.15
  • Theo Adam (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Loge, hör! Lausche hieher!"

Track length4:13
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act 1

Work length5:47
$1.70
$2.30
  • Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erwin Wohlfahrt (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-07
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Hohei!"

Track length2:50
$0.85
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"Den der Bruder schuf, den schimmernden Reif!"

Track length2:57
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Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act 2

Work length8:13
$2.55
$3.45
  • Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-07
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Aber wie sah meine Mutter wohl aus?" (Waldweben)

Track length2:38
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"Du holdes Vöglein! Dich hört' ich noch nie"

Track length3:03
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"Es schweigt und lauscht"

Track length2:32
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Wagner: Siegfried - Zweiter Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Zweiter Aufzug

Work length1:12
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1971-07

Siegfrieds Hornruf

Track length1:12
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$1.15

Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C / Act 3

Work length10:49
$0.85
$1.15
  • Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-07
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich"

Track length10:49
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Dritter Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Prologue

Work length5:27
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

Orchesterzwischenspiel (Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt)

Track length5:27
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3

Work length4:40
$0.85
$1.15
  • Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

"Brünnhilde, heilige Braut" (Siegfrieds Tod)

Track length4:40
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$1.15

Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Dritter Tag des Bühnenfestspiels "Der Ring des Nibelungen" - Dritter Aufzug

Work length5:50
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08

Trauermarsch

Track length5:50
$0.85
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3

Work length16:56
$3.40
$4.60
  • Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Josef Greindl (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Karl Böhm
  • Recorded: 1967-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort"

Track length7:19
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"Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen"

Track length3:33
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"Grane, mein Roß, sei mir gegrüßt"

Track length2:03
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"Zurück vom Ring!"

Track length4:01
$0.85
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1

Work length16:52
$1.70
$2.30
  • Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1960-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Prelude - Langsam und smachtend

Track length10:33
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"Westwärts schweift der Blick"

Track length6:19
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 2

Work length25:32
$3.40
$4.60
  • Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Tom Krause (baritone)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1960-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe"

Track length6:27
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"Einsam wachend in der Nacht"

Track length4:51
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Unsre Liebe? Tristans Liebe?

Track length4:47
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"So starben wir"

Track length9:27
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 3

Work length28:22
$3.40
$4.60
  • Fritz Uhl (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Theodor Kirschbichler (bass (vocal)), Peter Klein (tenor), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Ernst Kozub (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass (vocal))
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1960-09
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

Prelude

Track length7:52
$0.85
$1.15

"Und Drauf Isolde"

Track length8:23
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"O diese Sonne!"

Track length3:35
$0.85
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"Kurwenal! Hör!"

Track length8:32
$0.85
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act 3

Work length7:03
$0.85
$1.15
  • Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
  • Wiener Philharmoniker
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Recorded: 1960-09-30
  • Recording Venue: Sofiensaal, Vienna

"Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Isoldes Liebestod)

Track length7:03
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Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Work length9:08
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Prelude

Track length9:08
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act I

Work length16:57
$2.55
$3.45
  • Jean Cox (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Frieder Stricker (tenor), Heribert Steinbach (tenor), Hannelore Bode (soprano), Joszef Dene (bass (vocal)), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano), Klaus Hirte (bass (vocal)), Gerd Nienstedt (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Da zu dir der Heiland kam"

Track length3:06
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"Verweilt! - Ein Wort"

Track length8:50
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"Am stillen Herd"

Track length5:01
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act II

Work length9:59
$1.70
$2.30
  • Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Frieder Stricker (tenor), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Johannistag! Johannistag!"

Track length3:57
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"Was duftet doch der Flieder"

Track length6:02
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$1.15

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act III

Work length21:15
$3.40
$4.60
  • Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Frieder Stricker (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

Prelude

Track length5:35
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"Gleich, Meister! Hier!"

Track length7:28
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"Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!"

Track length7:24
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"Die 'selige Morgentraum-Deutweise'"

Track length0:48
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3

Work length4:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Jean Cox (tenor), Frieder Stricker (tenor), Hannelore Bode (soprano), Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Selig, wie die Sonne"

Track length4:26
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act III

Work length2:26
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Wacht auf! Es nahet gen den Tag"

Track length2:26
$0.85
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3

Work length7:13
$0.85
$1.15
  • Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal)), Hans Sotin (bass (vocal)), Jean Cox (tenor), Hannelore Bode (soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Morgenlich leuchtend"

Track length7:13
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 / Act III

Work length6:04
$0.85
$1.15
  • Karl Ridderbusch (bass (vocal))
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • Silvio Varviso
  • Recorded: 1974-08
  • Recording Venue: Bayreuther Festspielhaus

"Verachtet mir die Meister nicht"

Track length6:04
$0.85
$1.15

Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length16:23
$0.85
$1.15
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1985-08

Prelude

Track length16:23
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Parsifal / Act 1

Work length24:15
$3.40
$4.60
  • Hans Sotin (bass (vocal)), Simon Estes (bass (vocal)), Matti Salminen (bass (vocal)), Peter Hofmann (tenor)
  • Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1985-08

"Vom Bade kehrt der König heim"

Track length2:21
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Verwandlungsmusik

Track length4:03
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"Nun achte wohl und laß mich seh'n" - "Zum letzten Liebesmahle"

Track length8:31
$0.85
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"Wehvolles Erbe, dem ich verfallen"

Track length9:20
$0.85
$1.15

Wagner: Parsifal: Act 2

Work length7:29
$1.70
$2.30
  • Peter Hofmann (tenor), Deborah Sasson (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Susan Roberts (soprano), Monika Schmitt (soprano), Alison Browner (mezzo-soprano), Hilde Leidland (mezzo-soprano), Margit Neubauer (mezzo-soprano)
  • Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1985-08

"Komm, holder Knabe!"

Track length4:49
$0.85
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"Parsifal! Weile!"

Track length2:40
$0.85
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Wagner: Parsifal: Act 3

Work length26:14
$4.25
$5.75
  • Hans Sotin (bass (vocal)), Peter Hofmann (tenor)
  • Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
  • James Levine
  • Recorded: 1985-08

"Gesegnet sei, du Reiner, durch das Reine!"

Track length4:55
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"Wie dünkt mich doch die Aue heut so schön" - Karfreitagszauber

Track length4:00
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"Du siehst, das ist nicht so"

Track length7:08
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"Nur eine Waffe taugt"

Track length4:49
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"Höchsten Heiles Wunder!" - "Erlösung dem Erlöser!"

Track length5:22
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$1.15

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