Wagner - The Ring (highlights)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Mund

Bernard Haitink/Bavarian Radio Sympony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, James Morris (bass), Hans Tschammer (bass-baritone), Andreas Schmidt (bass-baritone), Kurt Rydl (bass), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Hans Tschammer (baritone vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano vocals), Theo Adam (baritone vocals), Eva Johansson (soprano vocals), Jadwiga Rappé (contralto vocals), Susan Quittmeier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Sylvia Herman (soprano vocals), Susan Quittmeyer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Julie Kaufmann (soprano vocals), Silvia Herman (soprano vocals), Andreas Schmidt/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, Eva Marton (soprano vocals), John Tomlinson (Bass) (bass), Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano vocals), Peter Haage (tenor vocals), Margarita Lilowa (Roßweiße) (soprano vocals), Peter Seiffert (tenor vocals), Andreas Schmidt (soprano vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor vocals), Margaretha Hintermeier (mezzo-soprano vocals), Slivia Herman (mezzo-soprano vocals), Heinz Zednik (tenor vocals), James Morris (Baß) (bass), Susan Quitmeyer (mezzo-soprano vocals), Anita Soldh (soprano vocals), Ruth Falcon (soprano vocals), Reiner Goldberg (tenor vocals), Cheryl Studer (soprano vocals), Ute Walther (mezzo-soprano vocals), Peter Seiffert/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, James Morris/Marjana Lipovsek/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, Heinz Zednik/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, James Morris/Heinz Zednik/Julie Kaufmann/Silvia Herman/Susan Quittmeyer/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Bernard Haitink, Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Reiner Goldberg, Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Cheryl Studer, Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Cheryl Studer/Reiner Goldberg, Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Anita Soldh/Ruth Falcon/Ute Walther/Ursula Kunz/Silvia Herman/Margaretha Hintermeier/Carolyn Watkinson/Margarita Lilowa, Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks/James Morris, Siegfried Jerusalem/Peter Haage/Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Siegfried Jerusalem/Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Siegfried Jerusalem/Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eva Marton/Siegfried Jerusalem/Sir John Tomlinson/Bernard Haitink/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bernard Haitink

Emanuel Ax (piano) New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert

[b]Das Rheingold[/b] Albert Dohmen (Wotan), Andrew Shore (Alberich), Arnold Bezuyen (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Michelle Breedt (Fricka), Kwangchul Youn (Fasolt), Hans-Peter König (Fafner), Christa Mayer (Erda), Edith Haller (Freia), Ralf Lukas (Donner), Clemens Bieber (Froh), Fionnuala McCarthy (Woglinde), Ulrike Helzel (Wellgunde), Simone Schröder (Flosshilde) [b]Die Walküre[/b] Endrik Wottrich (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Linda Watson (Brünnhilde), Kwangchul Youn (Hunding), Sonja Mühleck (Gerhilde), Anna Gabler (Ortlinde), Edith Haller (Helmwige), Martina Dike (Waltraute), Wilke te Brummelstroete (Siegrune), Annette Küttenbaum (Grimgerde), Manuela Bress (Rossweise), Simone Schröder (Schwertleite) [b]Siegfried[/b] Stephen Gould (Siegfried), Albert Dohmen (Wanderer), Robin Johannsen (Waldvogel) [b]Götterdämmerung[/b] Hans-Peter König (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Edith Haller (Gutrune), Christa Mayer (Waltraute), Simone Schröder (First Norn), Martina Dike (Second Norn), Edith Haller (Third Norn) Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus & Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

Theo Adam (Wotan), Annelies Burmeister (Fricka), Wolfgang Windgassen (Loge), Gustav Neidlinger (Alberich), Hermin Esser (Froh), Gerd Nienstedt (Donner), Dorothea Siebert (Woglinde), Helga Dernesch (Wellgunde), Ruth Hesse (Floßhilde), James King (Siegmund), Leonie Rysanek (Sieglinde), Birgit Nilsson (Brünhilde), Danica Mastilovic (Gerhilde), Helga Dernesch (Ortlinde), Gertrud Hopf (Waltraute), Sieglinde Wagner (Schwertleite), Liane Synek (Helmwige), Annelies Burmeister (Siegrune), Elisabeth Schärtel (Grimgerde), Sona Cervena (Roßweiße), Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Mime), Josef Greindl (Hagen) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Böhm

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda), Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) [b] Siegfried [/b] Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta

[b] Das Rheingold [/b] Juha Uusitalo (Wotan), Franz-Josef Kapellmann (Alberich), John Daszak (Loge), Gerhard Siegel (Mime), Matti Salminen (Fasolt), Stephen Milling (Fafner) Sabina von Walter (Freia), Anna Larsson (Fricka), Christa Mayer (Erda), Silvia Vázquez (Woglinde), Ann-Katrin Naidu (Wellgunde), Hannah Esther Minutillo (Flosshilde), German Villar (Froh), Ilya Bannik (Donner) [b] Die Walküre [/b] Peter Seiffert (Siegmund), Petra Maria Schnitzer (Sieglinde), Matti Salminen (Hunding), Jennifer Wilson (Brünnhilde) [b] Siegfried[/b] Lance Ryan (Siegfried), Juha Uusitalo (Der Wanderer), Stephen Milling (Fafner), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Erda), Marina Zyatkova (Waldvogel) [b] Götterdämmerung [/b] Matti Salminen (Hagen), Ralf Lukas (Gunther), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Waltraute) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Zubin Mehta

Theo Adam (bass baritone), Peter Schreier (tenor), Christian Vogel (tenor), Staatskapelle Dresden, Siegmund Nimsgern (bass baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Karl-Heinz Stryczek (bass vocal), Roland Bracht (bass vocal), Matti Salminen (bass vocal), Marita Napier (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Hanna Schwarz (contralto), Uta Priew (mezzo-soprano), Lucia Popp (soprano), Anne Gjevang (contralto), Ruth Falcon (soprano), Christel Borchers (mezzo-soprano), Kathleen Kuhlmann (contralto), Cheryl Studer (soprano), Theo Adam (bass vocal), Jeannine Altmeyer (soprano), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), René Kollo (tenor), Männer des Staatsopernchores Leipzig, Hans Günter Nöcker (baritone), Norma Sharp (soprano) Marek Janowski