Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival

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Editorial Review:

A special, limited edition 33-CD box set containing all of Wagner's operas from The Flying Dutchman (1841) to his final masterpiece Parsifal (1882) in performances from the opera house created specifically for the production of Wagner's masterpieces, the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. Landmark performances by some of the greatest Wagnerians can be savored here, among them singers Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Anja Silja, Waltraud Meier, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Jess Thomas, James King, Ramon Vinay, Peter Hoffmann, Bernd Weikl, Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Hans Sotin and Simon Estes. The all-star roster of conductors includes Karl Böhm, James Levine, Wolfgang Sawallisch and Silvio Varviso. RICHARD WAGNER (1813-83) Der fliegende Holländer Anja Silja * Fritz Uhl * Josef Greindl * Franz Crass Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Tannhäuser Anja Silja * Wolfgang Windgassen * Eberhard Wächter * Josef Greindl Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Lohengrin Anja Silja * Astrid Varnay * Jess Thomas * Ramon Vinay Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor Tristan und Isolde Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen Karl Böhm, conductor Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Hannelore Bode * Jean Cox * Bernd Weikl * Karl Ridderbusch * Hans Sotin Silvio Varviso, conductor Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold Annelies Burmeister * Wolfgang Windgassen * Theo Adam * Gustav Neidlinger Karl Böhm, conductor Die Walküre Birgit Nilsson * Leonie Rysanek * James King * Theo Adam Karl Böhm, conductor Siegfried Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen * Theo Adam Karl Böhm, conductor Götterdämmerung Birgit Nilsson * Wolfgang Windgassen * Josef Greindl * Gustav Neidlinger Karl Böhm, conductor Parsifal Waltraud Meier * Peter Hoffmann * Hans Sotin * Simon Estes James Levine, conductor

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

What a Package!! What a Bargain!! What Wagner!!:

There's not really a lot to say about a package containing all post-Rienzi operas from Bayreuth at less than $2/disc. I can't seriously imagine anyone being disappointed by this set: cast after cast of superb singers, conductors -- all bathed in that glorious Bayreuth sound. Some might argue over one performance vs. others, but there are no disappointments here. Decca deserves congratulations for making this available.

A Phenomenal Bargain -- Don't Hesitate:

Though hardly a Wagner fanatic, I have increasingly come to admire, if not always to love, his music dramas for their boldness, sublime pathos, and cosmic scope. To know Wagner is to appreciate, at very least, where Bruckner, Mahler and Strauss came from (they didn't spring fully formed from the head of Zeus--or Woden as the case may be). Wagner also has the ability to shed light--sometimes garish, sometimes healing, always searching--on some of the darkest places in the human psyche. If you fancy modern... more info

Wagner: The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival:

Great series of operas. We have been pleasently surprised at the sound quality. Great buy for a great set of 10 Wagner operas

A No Brainer:

Buying this set is a no brainer. The price for acquiring recordings of all of Wagner's major operas is irresistible. All of these performances range from good to great. Although recorded live, audience noise is almost non-existent and the balance between orchestra and singers is very good. The sound is as good as many of my recordings made in a studio. I had all recordings of all of these operas before buying this set. However, getting to hear other performances of these works was too pricey for me. This... more info

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Act 1. No. 1. Introduktion. Hojoje! Hojoje!
3. Act 1. No. 1. Introduktion. Kein Zweifel! Sieben Meilen fort
4. Act 1. No. 1. Introduktion. Mit Gewitter und Sturm aus fernem Meer
5. Act 1. No. 2. Rezitativ und Arie. Die Frist ist um
6. Act 1. No. 2. Rezitativ und Arie. Dich frage ich, gepries'ner Engel Gottes
7. Act 1. No. 2. Rezitativ und Arie. Nur eine Hoffnung soll mir bleiben
8. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. He! Holla! Steuermann!
9. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. Durch Sturm und bösen Wind werschlagen
10. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. Wie? Hör' ich recht? Meine Tochter sein Weib?
11. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. Wenn aus der Qualen Schreckgewalten
12. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. Südwind! Südwind!
13. Act 1. No. 3. Szene, Duett und Chor. Mit Gewitter und Sturm aus fernem Meer
14. Act 2. No. 4. Szene, Lied und Ballade. Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen
15. Act 2. No. 4. Szene, Lied und Ballade. Da seht ihr's!
16. Act 2. No. 4. Szene, Lied und Ballade. Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an

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