Wolfgang Windgassen
Wolfgang Windgassen was a German tenor, one of the defining Wagner singers of the post-war period. He was especially associated with Bayreuth and with the great Heldentenor roles.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Wagner and Beethoven, including Furtwängler’s Rome Ring, Fidelio and Knappertsbusch’s Bayreuth Parsifal.
Windgassen’s singing combined stamina, musical intelligence and a more lyrica...
Recorded 1953
Total duration: 2hr 14:42
Florestan – Wolfgang Windgassen
Don Pizarro - Otto Edelmann
Rocco – Gottlob Frick
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
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
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 2hr 37:50
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 3hr 51:30
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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 Die Walküre
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 3hr 50:30
Siegmund - Wolfgang Windgassen
Sieglinde - Gré Brouwenstijn
Wotan - Hans Hotter
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Hunding - Josef Greindl
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
