Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
Hans Hotter (Wotan), Erich Witte (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Ira Malaniuk (Fricka), Ludwig Weber (Fasolt), Josef Greindl (Fafner), Bruni Falcon (Freia), Hermann Uhde (Donner), Gerhard Stolze (Froh), Paul Kuën (Mime), Maria von Ilosvay (Erda), Erika Zimmermann...
[Krauss] favours a more transparent sound than Furtwängler and faster-moving tempi which give his Ring integrity, propulsion and unusual clarity...Hotter's towering dramatic portait of Wotan...[is]... — More…
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
- Ludwig Weber (bass), Erich Witte (tenor), Erika Zimmermann (soprano), Erich Zimmermann (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Ira Malaniuk (soprano), Paul Kuen (tenor), Gisela Litz (alto), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Bruni Falcon (soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Gerhard Stolze (tenor)
- Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Clemens Krauss
Scene 1: Prelude
Scene 1: Weia! Waga! Woge, du Welle! (Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde, Alberich)
Scene 1: Garstig glatter glitschiger Glimmer! (Alberich, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde)
Wagner: Die Walküre
- Astrid Varnay (soprano), Ramon Vinay (tenor), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Josef Greindl (bass), Brunnhild Friedland (soprano), Bruni Falcon (soprano), Lise Sorrell (mezzo-soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Lieselotte Thomamuller (vocals), Gisela Litz (alto), Sibylla Plate (contralto), Erika Schubert (mezzo-soprano), Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Ira Malaniuk (soprano)
- Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Clemens Krauss
- Recorded: 09 August 20153
- Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Act I Scene 1: Prelude
Act I Scene 1: Wes Herd dies auch sei (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
Act I Scene 1: Kuhlende Labung gab mir der Quell (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
Wagner: Siegfried
- Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Paul Kuen (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Rita Streich (soprano)
- Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Clemens Krauss
- Recorded: 10 August 1953
- Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Act I: Prelude
Act I Scene 1: Zwangvolle Plage! Muh' ohne Zweck! (Mime)
Act I Scene 1: Hoiho! Hoiho! Hau' ein! Hau' ein! (Siegfried, Mime)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
- Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Hetty Plumacher (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano), Gisela Litz (alto), Gustav Neidlinger (baritone), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Uhde (baritone), Ira Malaniuk (soprano), Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl (mezzo-soprano), Mária von Ilosvay (contralto), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano), Erika Zimmermann (soprano)
- Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
- Clemens Krauss
- Recorded: 15 August 1956
- Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth, Germany
Prologue: Einleitung - Welch Licht leuchtet dort? (3 Norns)
Prologue: Treu beratner Vertrage Runen (Second Norn)
Prologue: Es ragt die Burg (3 Norns)