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...
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
WAGNER GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Live performance, 1956
Total duration: 4hr 33:28
Brünnhilde - Astrid Varnay
Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen
Hagen - Josef Greindl
Alberich - Gustav Neidlinger
Gunther - Hermann Uhde
Gutrune - Gré Brouwenstijn
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 4hr 02:11
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 4hr 19:46
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss