Tristan and Isolde Götterdämmerung ; Die Walküre

CD Music recording

Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 (Author). Flagstad, Kirsten 1895-1962 (Performer). Nilsson, Birgit (Performer). London, George 1920-1985 (Performer). Knappertsbusch, Hans 1888-1965 (Conductor). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt. 1986. (Added Author). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Trauermarsch. 1986. (Added Author). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Parsifal. Ich sah' das Kind. 1986. (Added Author). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind. 1986. (Added Author). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Tristan und Isolde. Einleitung. 1986. (Added Author). Wagner, Richard 1813-1883 Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod. 1986. (Added Author). Wiener Philharmoniker. (Performer).

Physical Description: sound recording
sound disc
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: London, England : London, [1986]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Compact disc. Analog recording. Opera excerpts. Program notes by Gerd Uekermann and libretto by the composer, both in German with English and French translations (23 p.) inserted in container.
Formatted Contents Note:	Götterdämmerung. Morgendämmerung und Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt : Vorspiel (12:38) ; Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (7:28) -- Parsifal. Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust : Kundrys Erzählung (5:47) -- Die Walküre. Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! : Wotans Abschied und Feuerzauber (17:34) -- Tristan und Isolde. Vorspiel zum 1. Akt (10:10) ; Mild und leise, wie er lächelt : Isoldes Liebestod (6:59).
Participant or Performer Note:	Kirsten Flagstad (in 3rd work), Birgit Nilsson (in 6th work), sopranos ; George London, baritone (in 4th work) ; Vienna Philharmonic ; Hans Knappertsbusch, conductor.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1956 (1st-3rd works), 1958 (4th work), and 1960 (5th-6th works) in Vienna.