Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is primarily known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Weber and Meyerbeer, Wagner rev...

REINER conducts Wagner (1938-41) - PASC517

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WAGNER excerpts from Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, Die Walküre, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Siegfried

Recorded 1938-41
Total duration: 79:26

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Reiner

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RODZINSKI NBC 1938 Broadcasts Complete (1938) - PABX049

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ALBÉNIZ Ibéria - El Corpus en Sevilla
BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor
BACH Two Chorales
BARBER Symphony in One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SCHREKER Der Geburtstag der Infantin
SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
STAROKADOMSKY Concerto for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus - Overture
J. STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture

Broadcast recordings, 1938

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński

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RODZINSKI NBC 1938, Volume 1 (1938) - PASC731

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ALBÉNIZ Ibéria: El Corpus En Sevilla
BARBER Symphony In One Movement
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
DEBUSSY Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune
DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
PROKOFIEV Symphony no. 1
RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony no. 5
WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
WEBER Oberon - Overture

Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 35:57

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Artur Rodziński

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RODZIŃSKI Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3 (1945) - PACO180

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WAGNER Die Walküre (Act 3)

Studio recording, 1945
Total duration: 61:52

Helen Traubel (soprano) - Brünnhilde
Herbert Janssen (baritone) - Wotan
Irene Jessner (soprano) - Sieglinde

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Artur Rodziński

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SABATA New York Broadcasts (1951) - PASC773

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BARBER Overture, The School for Scandal
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Prelude
WAGNER Parsifal - Prelude to Act I
WAGNER Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
WAGNER Götterdämmerung - Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene

Live concert recordings, 1951
Total duration: 2hr 26:35

Claudio Arrau, piano
Eileen Farrell, soprano
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Victor de Sabata

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SCHIPPERS Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (1960, Met) - PACO136

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WAGNER Der Fliegende Holländer
VERDI La Traviata - Prelude to Act 3

Live broadcast production, Met Opera, 5 March 1960
Total duration: 2hr 23:48

Dutchman - George London
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor

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