Götterdämmerung discography

This is a discography of Götterdämmerung, the fourth of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner, which received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876.

Recordings

Year Cast
(Siegfried, Brünnhilde, Hagen,
Gunther, Gutrune, Alberich, Waltraute)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label[1]
1942 Set Svanholm, Marta Fuchs,
Friedrich Dalberg, Egmont Koch,
Else Fischer, Robert Burg,
Camilla Kailab
Karl Elmendorff
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
Audio CD: Music & Arts
Cat: CD 1058
Mono, Live
1949 Günther Treptow, Gertrude Grob-Prandl,
Ludwig Weber, Karl Kamann,
Hilde Konetzni, Adolf Vogel,
Rosette Anday
Rudolf Moralt
Vienna Symphony orchestra & chorus
Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 4MCD 973.159
Mono
1950 Max Lorenz, Kirsten Flagstad,
Ludwig Weber, Josef Herrmann,
Hilde Konetzni, Alois Pernerstorfer,
Elisabeth Höngen
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Teatro alla Scala orchestra & chorus
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1501[2]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1951 Bernd Aldenhoff, Astrid Varnay,
Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde,
Martha Mödl, Heinrich Pflanzl,
Elisabeth Höngen
Hans Knappertsbusch
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
Audio CD: Testament
Cat: SBT4175
Mono, Live
1952 Max Lorenz, Astrid Varnay,
Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde,
Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger,
Ruth Siewert
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Myto
Cat: 4CD 00206
Mono, Live
1953 Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay,
Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde,
Natalie Hinsch-Gröndahl, Gustav Neidlinger,
Ira Malaniuk
Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1500[3]
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1953 Ludwig Suthaus, Martha Mödl,
Josef Greindl, Alfred Poell,
Sena Jurinac, Alois Pernerstorfer,
Margarete Klose
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro della RAI
CD: EMI
Cat: CZS 7 67136 2
Mono
1955 Wolfgang Windgassen, Astrid Varnay,
Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde,
Gré Brouwenstijn, Gustav Neidlinger,
Maria von Ilosvay
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41393
Stereo, Live
Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl,
Josef Greindl, Hermann Uhde,
Gré Brouwenstijn, Gustav Neidlinger,
Maria von Ilosvay
Joseph Keilberth
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT41433
Stereo, Live
1956 Set Svanholm, Kirsten Flagstad
Egil Nordsjø, Waldemar Johnsen
Ingrid Bjoner, Per Grönneberg,
Eva Gustavson
Øivin Fjeldstad
Norwegian Radio Chorus & Orchestra
CD: Naxos
Cat: 8.112066-69
Mono, Live
1957 Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson,
Kurt Böhme, Hermann Uhde,
Elisabeth Lindermeier, Otakar Kraus,
Maria von Ilosvay
Rudolf Kempe
Royal Opera House orchestra & chorus
CD: Testament
Cat: SBT131426
(complete Ring) Mono, Live
1964 Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson,
Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger,
Christa Ludwig
Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmoniker,
Wiener Staatsoper chorus
CD: Decca
Cat: 455 569-2
Stereo
1967 Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson,
Josef Greindl, Thomas Stewart,
Ludmila Dvořáková, Gustav Neidlinger,
Martha Mödl
Karl Böhm
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Philips
Cat: 412 488-2
Stereo, Live
1969 Helge Brilioth, Helga Dernesch,
Karl Ridderbusch, Thomas Stewart,
Gundula Janowitz, Zoltán Kelemen,
Christa Ludwig
Herbert von Karajan
Berliner Philharmoniker,
Deutsche Oper Berlin chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 457 795-2
Stereo
1979 Manfred Jung, Gwyneth Jones,
Fritz Hübner, Franz Mazura,
Jeannine Altmeyer, Hermann Becht,
Gwendolyn Killebrew
Pierre Boulez
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Philips
Cat: 434 424-2
Stereo
1983 René Kollo, Jeannine Altmeyer,
Matti Salminen, Hans Günter Nöcker,
Norma Sharp, Siegmund Nimsgern,
Ortrun Wenkel
Marek Janowski
Staatskapelle Dresden,
Staatsoper Dresden chorus
CD: Eurodisc / RCA
Cat: RCA B00011MJV6
(complete Ring) Stereo
1989 Reiner Goldberg, Hildegard Behrens,
Matti Salminen, Bernd Weikl,
Cheryl Studer, Ekkehard Wlaschiha,
Hanna Schwarz
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra & chorus
CD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 429 385-2
Stereo
René Kollo, Hildegard Behrens,
Robert Hale, Hans Günter Nöcker,
Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Ekkehard Wlaschiha,
Waltraud Meier
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Bavarian State Opera orchestra & chorus
(Recorded at National Theater, Munich)
CD: EMI
Cat: 724357273121
(complete Ring) Stereo, Live
1991 Siegfried Jerusalem, Éva Marton,
John Tomlinson, Thomas Hampson,
Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Theo Adam,
Marjana Lipovšek
Bernard Haitink
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus
CD: EMI
Cat: CDS 7 54485 2
Stereo
Siegfried Jerusalem, Anne Evans,
Philip Kang, Bodo Brinkmann,
Eva-Maria Bundschuh, Günter von Kannen,
Waltraud Meier
Daniel Barenboim
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Teldec
Cat: 4509941942
Stereo, Live
2002–2003 Albert Bonnema, Luana DeVol,
Roland Bracht, Hernan Iturralde,
Eva-Maria Westbroek, Franz-Josef Kappellmann,
Tichina Vaughn
Lothar Zagrosek
Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Württembergische Staatsoper).
DVD: TDK "Mediactive",
Cat: DV-OPRDNG
CD: Naxos Records
Cat: 8.660179-82
Stereo, Live
2003–2004 John Treleaven, Deborah Polaski,
Matti Salminen, Falk Struckmann,
Elisabete Matos, Günter von Kannen,
Julia Juon
Bertrand de Billy
Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
DVD: Opus Arte
ASIN: B000IFRPY6
Surround Sound, Live
2009 Stephen Gould, Linda Watson,
Hans-Peter König, Ralf Lukas,
Edith Haller, Andrew Shore,
Christa Mayer
Christian Thielemann
Bayreuth Festival orchestra & chorus
(Recording at Bayreuth Festival)
CD: Opus Arte
Cat: OA CD9000B D
Stereo, Live
2010 Lance Ryan, Jennifer Wilson,
Matti Salminen, Ralf Lukas,
Elisabete Matos, Franz-Josef Kapellmann,
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Zubin Mehta
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
DVD Unitel Classica
ASIN: B002ZCUEKM

References

  1. Recordings of Götterdämmerung on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  2. "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  3. "Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (complete cycle)". Allegro Music. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
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