Elisabeth Grümmer
Elisabeth Grümmer (1911-1986) was a German soprano, admired for Mozart, Wagner, Strauss and sacred music. She became one of the most beloved lyric-dramatic sopranos of the post-war German tradition.
In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Bach and Wagner with Furtwängler, including the 1953 Rome Ring cycle and the St Matthew Passion.
Grümmer’s singing was warm, noble and deeply human, with a purity of line that never f...
BACH St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 41:58
Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Marga Höffgen, contralto
Anton Dermota, tenor - Evangelist
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone - Jesus
Otto Edelmann, bass - arias, Peter, Pilate, Judas
Wiener Philharmoniker
Wiener Singakademie
Wiener Sängerknaben
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Recorded in 1953
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 2hr 37:50
Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WEBER Der Freischütz
Recorded live in Salzburg, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 30:58
Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel
MOZART, R. STRAUSS Arias
Studio recordings, 1953 & 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:24
Hänsel - Elisabeth Grümmer
Gretel - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mother - Maria Von Ilosvay
Father - Josef Metternich
Witch - Else Schürhoff
Philharmonia Orchestra
Choirs of Loughton High School For Girls and Bancroft’s School
Conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
Elisabeth Grümmer, soprano
Erna Berger, soprano
Erika Köth, soprano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Wilhelm Schüchter
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Studio recording from 1956
XR remastering by Andrew Rose at Pristine Audio, August-October 2010
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Rudolf Kempe
Total duration: 4hr 21:32
Ferdinand Frantz - Hans Sachs
Gottlob Frick - Veit Pogner
Elisabeth Grümmer - Eva
Gerhard Unger - Davis
Hermann Prey - Ein Nachtwächter
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Rudolf Kempe