Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
The Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus are the resident festival forces of the Bayreuth Festival in Bavaria.
The festival was founded by Richard Wagner for the performance of his stage works and opened in 1876.
The orchestra performs in the Festspielhaus’s covered pit, a distinctive acoustic arrangement central to the Bayreuth sound.
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
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 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
WAGNER Parsifal
Recorded in 1953
conducted by Clemens Krauss
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 2hr 25:15
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
conducted by Clemens Krauss
Live concert recording from 1953
Total duration: 3hr 30:55
conducted by Clemens Krauss
