Browse: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (orchestra)
This page lists all recordings performed by Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
RecommendedLive at Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany, 7/29/1951
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass), Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
Nothing else in the realms of recorded music is quite like it and I would urge you to share the experience...I’m not claiming that this performance will suit every mood or even every taste, but... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Building a Library, December 2022, Historic Recording
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
RecommendedElisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Building a Library, December 2022, Historic Recording
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
RecommendedMichael Volle (Hans Sachs), Klaus Florian Vogt (Walther von Stolzing), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Anne Schwanewilms (Eva), Daniel Behle (David), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Magdalene), Günther Groissböck (Pogner)
Bayreuth Festival, Philippe Jordan, Barrie Kosky
In Barrie Kosky’s spirited but uneven 2017 staging of Wagner’s comedy there are splurges of ideas…The performances of the cast are of a high standard dramatically and mostly musically. Volle... — More…Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th July 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Complete Opera Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2019, Winner - Audio-Visual Production
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Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedJames King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez
Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera. — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Die Walküre
RecommendedGeorgine von Milinkovic, Hans Hotter, Ramón Vinay, Gré Brouwenstijn, Josef Greindl, Astrid Varnay, Gerda Lammers, Elisabeth Schärtel, Maria von Ilosvay, Hilde Scheppan, Jean Watson, Maria Graf & Hertha Wilfert
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth
…a quite remarkable performance from New Bayreuth's golden era, with an underrated conductor and truly classic cast. …Hotter's magnificent Wotan… his verbal sensitivity and expressive range... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2006, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, etc.
Remastered at 96kHz / 24-bit
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm
Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles. — More…
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Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C & Parsifal, WWV 111 (Excerpts) [Live]
Maria von Ilosvay, Martha Mödl, Hans Hotter, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Ilse Hollweg, Friedl Pöltinger, Ramon Vinay, Paula Lenchner, Dorothea Siebert, Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Choir, Joseph Keilberth
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
2 CDs
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
RecommendedAlbert Dohmen, Ralf Lukas, Clemens Bieber, Andrew Shore, Gerhard Siegel, Kwangchul Youn, Hans-Peter König, Michelle Breedt, Edith Haller, Christa Mayer, Fionnuala McCarthy, Ulrike Helzel & Simone Schröder
Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann must surely be counted amongst the finest current Wagner conductors, and this 2008 live Rheingold from Bayreuth shows why. It's paced perfectly, and he draws some fantastic... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
2 CDs
$19.75Downloads
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Barenboim's Complete Wagner Operas (34 CD)
RecommendedThe Ten Major Operas
Waltraud Meier, Emily Magee, Deborah Polaski, Anne Evans, Siegfried Jerusalem, Johan Botha, John Tomlinson, Falk Struckmann, Robert Holl
Daniel Barenboim
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th October 2011
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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Stockholm Philharmonic & Chor und Orchester der Festspiele Bayreuth, Wilhelm Furtwängler
5 CDs
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