Ludwig Weber
Ludwig Weber (1899-1974) was an Austrian bass, one of the great Wagner and German repertory singers of the mid-twentieth century. He was especially admired at Vienna and Bayreuth.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Wagner and Mozart, including Furtwängler’s Ring recordings, Karajan’s Tristan, Keilberth’s Holländer and Fricsay’s Die Zauberflöte.
Weber’s singing combined deep tone, digni...
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 32:13
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 3hr 45:1
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1950
Total duration: 4hr 8:09
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde
Live festival recording, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 48:33
Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Martha Mödl
Brangaene - Ira Malaniuk
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Hans Hotter
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Recorded in stereo in 1955
Total duration: 2hr 20:49
Hermann Uhde
Rudolf Lustig
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth, conductor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
Studio recordings, 1952/53
Total duration: 2hr 18:34
Hilde Gueden (soprano)
Sieglinde Wagner (contralto)
Anton Dermota (tenor)
Ludwig Weber (bass)
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
conducted by Erich Kleiber
