Arnold van Mill
Arnold van Mill (1921-1996) was a Dutch bass, prominent in Wagner and German repertory after the Second World War. He sang at major European houses and became especially associated with Bayreuth.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Horenstein’s Mahler Eighth, in Wagner broadcasts from Bayreuth and elsewhere, and in repertory requiring bass weight and textual authority.
Van Mill’s singing was dark, steady and dignified, suite...
MAHLER Symphony No. 8 in E flat Major ("Symphony of a Thousand")
WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer - Overture
WAGNER Tannhäuser - Bacchanale
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll Siegfried Idyll
Live and studio recordings, 1959 and 1962
Total duration: 2hr 1:13
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
WAGNER Parsifal
Live recording, 1951
Total duration: 4hr 29:23
Amfortas - George London
Titurel - Arnold van Mill
Gurnemanz - Ludwig Weber
Parsifal - Wolfgang Windgassen
Klingsor - Hermann Uhde
Kundry - Martha Mödl
Altsolo - Ruth Siewert
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Das Rheingold
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 2hr 37:32
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Mime - Paul Kuen
Fasolt - Josef Greindl
Fricka - Georgine von Milinkovic
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Siegfried
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 10:55
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Mime - Paul Kuen
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Wanderer - Hans Hotter
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
