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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