Great Conductors at the Metropolitan Opera: Wagner
Torsten Ralf (Lohengrin), Helen Traubel (Elsa), Herbert Janssen (Telramund), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Norman Cordon (King Heinrich), Hugh Thompson (Herald), Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Helen Traubel (Isolde), Kerstin Thorborg (Brangäne), Norman Cordon (King Marke), Herbert Janssen (Kurvenal), Emery...
[Beecham] colours and tints the orchestral passages as adroitly as Thorborg colours Doch deine Schmach. His sheer buoyancy survives the subfusc recording as does his expressive power and the... — More…
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Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 1
- Recorded 26th November 1945
- Torsten Ralf (Lohengrin), Helen Traubel (Elsa), Herbert Janssen (Telramund), Kerstin Thorborg (Ortrud), Norman Cordon (King Heinrich), Hugh Thompson (Herald)
- Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
- Fritz Busch
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 2
- Recorded 11th December 1943
- Lauritz Melchior (Tristan), Helen Traubel (Isolde), Kerstin Thorborg (Brangäne), Norman Cordon (King Marke), Herbert Janssen (Kurvenal), Emery Darcy (Melot)
- Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
- Sir Thomas Beecham
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 2
- Recorded 10th February 1945
- Herbert Janssen (Hans Sachs), Eleanor Steber (Eva), Charles Kullman (Walther), Kerstin Thorborg (Magdalene), Emanuel List (Pogner), Gerhard Pechner (Beckmesser), John Garris (David), Louis D’Angelo (Nightwatchman)
- Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
- George Szell
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder (5)
- Recorded 21st December 1952
- Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
- Sir Thomas Beecham
