Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music From Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Rienzi, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Tannhäuser & Tristan Und Isolde / Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra (2 CD) (FLAC)

Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll & Orchestral Music From Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Rienzi, Der Ring Des Nibelungen, Tannhäuser & Tristan Und Isolde / Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra





CD 1


    Rienzi
1-1     Overture     11:33


    Tannhäuser

1-2     Overture     14:47
1-3     3. Act: Prelude     8:18


    Lohengrin
1-4     1. Act: Prelude     9:57
1-5     3. Act: Prelude     3:01


    Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg
1-6     Prelude     10:58
1-7     3. Act: Dance Of The Apprentices & Entry Of The Masters     6:52


    Parsifal
1-8     1. Act: Prelude     13:07




CD 2

    Der Fliegende Holländer
2-1     Overture     10:49


    Das Rheingold
2-2     4. Scene: Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla     8:13


    Die Walküre
2-3     3. Act: Ride Of The Valkyries     2:55
    -
2-4     Siegfried-Idyll     17:51


    Siegfried
2-5     2. Act: Forest Murmurs     8:28


    Götterdämmerung
2-6     Interlude: Siegfried's Rhine Journey     6:08
2-7     3. Act: Siegfried's Funeral March     7:40


    Tristan Und Isolde
2-8     Prelude & Liebestod     15:48





    Composed By – Richard Wagner
    Conductor – Otto Klemperer
    Design [Cover] – Enterprise l IG
    Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Douglas Larter
    Liner Notes – John Lucas
    Liner Notes [French Translation] – Michel Roubinet
    Liner Notes [German Translation] – Gery Bramall
    Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
    Producer – Walter Jellinek (tracks: 1-1, 1-4, 2-8), Walter Legge
    Remastered By – Allan Ramsay

    Recording dates:
    Track 1-1: 2, 3.III.1960
    Track 1-2: 23, 24.II.1960
    Track 1-3: 3.III.1960
    Track 1-4: 25.II. & 3.III.1960
    Track 1-5: 27.II.1960
    Track 1-6: 1, 2.III.1960
    Track 1-7: 8.III.1960
    Track 1-8: 14.XI.1961
    Track 2-1: 24, 25.II.1960
    Track 2-2: 24.X.1961
    Track 2-3: 10.III.1960
    Track 2-4: 25.IV. & 25.X.1961
    Track 2-5: 24.X. & 13.XI.1961
    Track 2-6: 22.XI.1961
    Track 2-7: 27.II.1960
    Track 2-8: 1-3.III.1960

    1960 (Tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 2-1, 2-7, 2-8), 1962 (Track 2-4) & 1963 (Tracks 1-3, 1-8, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6) 




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Wagner: Orchestral Favourites / Beliebte Orchesterstücke / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti (2 CD) (FLAC)

Wagner:  Orchestral Favourites / Beliebte Orchesterstücke / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Georg Solti 

Disc 1


1-1 Rienzi - Overture 11:36

1-2 Der Fliegende Holländer - Overture 10:31

1-3 Tristan Und Isolde - Prelude, Act I 10:34

1-4 Tannhäuser - Overture 14:14

1-5 Tannhäuser - Bacchanale
        Choir – Der Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde      13:21



Disc 2


2-1 Lohengrin - Prelude, Act I 9:47

2-2 Siegfried Idyll
        Conductor – Walter Weller      18:20

2-3 Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg - Prelude And Hymn, Act I
        Choir – Wiener Staatsopernchor       12:46

2-4 Parsifal - Prelude, Act I 12:29

2-5 Götterdämmerung - Siegfried's Funeral March 8:01



    Composed By – Richard Wagner
    Conductor – Sir Georg Solti (tracks: 1-1 to 2-1, 2-3 to 2-5)
    Liner Notes – Jean Gallois
    Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker
    Photography By – Tony Stone Images
    Translated By [English] – Kenneth Chalmers
    Translated By [German] – Claudia Jost
    Translated By [Italian] – Monica Rosolen


    Recorded 1961/ 1961/ 1960/ 1961/ 1961/ 1985-86/ 1965/ 1975/ 1972/ 1964.

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The Other Wagner: Symphonic, Vocal and Piano Music / Michel Plasson / Dresdner Philharmonie / Wolfgang Sawallisch / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Marek Janowski / The London Symphony Orchestra / Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra / Mikhail Rudy / Geoffrey Parsons (3 CD) (FLAC)

The Other Wagner: Symphonic, Vocal and Piano Music / Michel Plasson / Dresdner Philharmonie / Wolfgang Sawallisch / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Marek Janowski / The London Symphony Orchestra / Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra / Mikhail Rudy / Geoffrey Parsons

Disc 1

1-1 Eine Faust-Ouvertüre
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie      11:35

1-2 Festgesang : Der Tag Erscheint, Für Männerchor Und Blechbläser Wwv 68 B
        Choir – Jugendchor Dresden, Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Wiener Kammerchor, 
        Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Wien
        Chorus Master – Johannes Prinz, Jürgen Becker, Matthias Geissler
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie      5:37

1-3 An Webers Grabe : Hebt An Den Sang, Für Männerchor A Cappella, Wwv 72
        Choir – Jugendchor Dresden, Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Wiener Kammerchor, 
        Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Wien
        Chorus Master – Johannes Prinz, Jürgen Becker, Matthias Geissler
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie      4:36

1-4 Siegfried-Idyll
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie      19:28

1-5 Trauersinfonie Für Blasorchester Nach Motiven Aus "Euryanthe" von Carl Maria von Weber
        Choir – Jugendchor Dresden, Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Wiener Kammerchor,     
        Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Wien*Chorus Master – Johannes Prinz, Jürgen 
        Becker (4), Matthias Geissler
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie        6:53

1-6 Das Liebesmahl Der Apostel, Eine Biblische Szene Für Männerchor Und Grosses Orchester
        Choir – Jugendchor Dresden, Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Wiener Kammerchor, 
        Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Wien
        Chorus Master – Johannes Prinz, Jürgen Becker, Matthias Geissler
        Conductor – Michel Plasson
        Orchestra – Dresdner Philharmonie      26:21



Disc 2

2-1 Symphony In E Major (Allegro Con Spirito)
        Conductor – Wolfgang Sawallisch
        Orchestra – The Philadelphia Orchestra      13:58

2-2 Columbus Overture
        Conductor – Jeffrey Tate
        Orchestra – Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks      8:01

2-3 Kaisermarsch
        Conductor – Marek Janowski
        Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra      5:01

2-4 Kaisermarsch
        Conductor – Marek Janowski
        Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra      10:25

2-5 Großer Festmarsch (Centennial March)
        Conductor – Marek Janowski
        Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra      13:29

2-6 Wesendonk Lieder: Der Engel
        Conductor – Otto Klemperer
        Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
        Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra      3:36

2-7 Wesendonk Lieder: Stehe Still
        Conductor – Otto Klemperer
        Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
        Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra      4:02

2-8 Wesendonk Lieder: Im Treibhaus
        Conductor – Otto Klemperer
        Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
        Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra      6:39

2-9 Wesendonk Lieder: Schmerzen
        Conductor – Otto Klemperer
        Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
        Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra      2:37

2-10 Wesendonk Lieder: Träume
        Conductor – Otto Klemperer
        Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Christa Ludwig
        Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra      5:00



Disc 3

3-1 Ankunft Bei Den Schwanen (1861)
        Piano – Mikhail Rudy      4:45

3-2 Eine Sonate Fur Das Album von Frau Mathilde Wesendonck
        Piano – Mikhail Rudy      9:47

3-3 Elegie In As Dur
        Piano – Mikhail Rudy      1:47

3-4 Siegfried Idyll
        Piano – Mikhail Rudy      18:33

3-5 3 Mélodies: Mignonne
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons       2:50

3-6 Tu N'est Qu'images Fugitives
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons 1:45

3-7 Les Deux Grenadiers
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons 6:57

3-8 Lied Des Mephistopheles No.4
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons 1:29

3-9 Lied Des Mephistopheles No.5
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons 1:06

3-10 Der Tannenbaum
        Baritone Vocals – Thomas Hampson
        Piano – Geoffrey Parsons 3:33

3-11 Wesendonck Lieder: I. Der Engel
        Piano – Irwin Gage
        Soprano Vocals – Jessye Norman       3:05

3-12 Wesendonck Lieder: II. Stehe Still
        Piano – Irwin Gage
        Soprano Vocals – Jessye Norman      3:58

3-13 Wesendonck Lieder: III. Im Treibhaus
        Piano – Irwin Gage
        Soprano Vocals – Jessye Norman      5:44

3-14 Wesendonck Lieder: IV. Schmerzen
        Piano – Irwin Gage
        Soprano Vocals – Jessye Norman      2:25

3-15 Wesendonck Lieder: V. Traume
        Piano – Irwin Gage
        Soprano Vocals – Jessye Norman      4:50


    Compilation Producer – Tony Locantro
    Liner Notes – Mike Ashman

    Johannes Prinz is the Chorus Master of Wiener Singverein (ANV "Singverein Der Gesellschaft 
    Der Musikfreunde Wien Choir" credited in this release) and Wiener Kammerchor in this 
    recording.

    Matthias Geissler is the Chorus Master of Philharmonischer Chor Dresden in this recording.

    Jürgen Becker is the Chorus Master of in this recording.





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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B; Wagner: Eine Faust -Ouvertüre- / Jascha Horenstein / BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra (2 CD) (FLAC)

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B; Wagner: Eine Faust -Ouvertüre- / Jascha Horenstein / BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra 

Disc 1

Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 [83’43”]

01. I. Kyrie: Assai Sostenuto 

02. II. Gloria: Allegro Vivace 

03. III. Credo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo 

04. IV. Sanctus: Adagio



Disc 2

01. V Agnus Dei: Adagio 

Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano); Norma Procter (contralto); Richard Lewis (tenor); Kim Borg (bass); BBC Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein



Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 “Unfinished” [25’07”]

02. I. Allegro Moderato - BBC Symphony Orchestra 

03. II. Andante Con Moto - BBC Symphony Orchestra 

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein



Richard Wagner - Eine Faust-Ouvertüre [11’54”]


04. Eine Faust-Ouverture

BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein





Recorded 1961, 1971, 1972




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Wagner: Orchestral Works / Leopold Stokowski / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (FLAC)

Wagner: Orchestral Works / Leopold Stokowski / London Symphony Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra



Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, opera, WWV 96

1 - Prelude to Act III   5:33

2 - Procession of the Meistersingers  3:07


Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a

3 - Entrance of the gods into Valhalla  8:02


Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b

4 - Ride of the Valkyries  5:47

5 - Magic fire music  7:15


Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d

6 - Prologue. Siegfried's Rhine Journey  12:08

7 - Siegfried's Funeral March  8:11


Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen, opera, WWV 49

8 - Overture  12:12



Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90

9 - Prelude  10:05

10- Liebestod  6:44





Betty Allen Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Martina Arroyo Soprano (Vocal)
Janet Berridge Liner Note Translation
Michael Berridge Liner Note Translation
London Symphony Orchestra  
Tobias Niederschlag Liner Notes
Doris Okerson Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Carlotta Ordassy Soprano (Vocal)
Louise Parker Contralto (Vocal)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  
Regina Sarfaty Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Leopold Stokowski Conductor 
Symphony of the Air  
Andreas Torkler Remastering
Shirley Verrett Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Doris Yarick Soprano (Vocal) 










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Jessye Norman - R.Strauss - 4 letzte Lieder (1975) & Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder (1982) (FLAC)

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Vier letzte Lieder, AV 150

1. Frühling 3:44

2. September 5:26

3. Beim Schlafengehen 6:05

4. Im Abendrot 9:54

Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
Recorded in 1975


Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Wesendonck Lieder

Orchestration by Felix Mottl (1856 - 1911)

5. Der Engel 3:25

6. Stehe still 4:11

7. Im Treibhaus 7:06

8. Schmerzen 2:31

9. Träume 4:54

Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
Recorded in 1982

Total Playing Time: 47:16





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Wagner Overtures - Lorin Maazel - Philharmonia Orchestra (FLAC)

Richard Wagner - Overtures

01. The Flying Dutchman    [0:10:48.50]

02. Rienzi    [0:11:17.50]

03. Die Miestersinger von Nürnberg    [0:10:47.50]

04. Tannhäuser    [0:14:14.55]


Philharmonia Orchestra
Lorin Maazel conductor

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