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Ring Rheingold Walküre Siegfried Götterdämmerung    
Weber Wolf Swedish National Anthem        
Dubious recordings, Interviews, His compositions

Wagner

< Orchestral excerpts >

1. Overture
1) 30,31st Mar. 1949, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
   * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
   * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
   * 78s info ; HMV DB 6975-6976 / DB 9727-9728 auto, HMV ED 1233-1234(Australia)
   * LP ; Electrola E 90023 / WALP 534 / E 91074 / WALP 561, Pathé FALP 289 / FALP 30039, Columbia
         VALP 538(Austria), Angel (JP) XLP 5011 / AB 8103 / AB 9408-9411, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Angel 6024,
         Melodiya D 0132137-0132138, EMI 2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Toshiba WF 60028
   * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set) / CZS 252 3282(2 set), Toshiba CC33 3386 /
         CE28 5587 / TOCE 8442 / TOCE 9364-68
/ TOCE 3753 / TOCE-55710, Historical Performers HP 4
2) 6th Jun. 1952, Torino
   * with  Orchestra del RAI, Torino
   * LP ; Cetra FE 47
   * CD ; Music and Arts CD 794 / CD 712, Nota Blu 93.5134-7 / 8, Fonit Cetra CDE 1012 / CDAR 2032,
         Warner-Fonit 5050466-2965-2-8, Classical Collection CD3-CLC 4006

  # Extracts

    1) 25th Nov. 1937, Staatsoper, Wien
         < 13 extracts; Overture; Da zu dir der Heiland kam; Wann dann die Flur from Frost befreit; Fanget
            an!; Jerum! Jerum!; Den tag sehé ich erscheinen; Zu Hilfe!, Prelude of Act 3.; Selig wie die Sonne;
            Jetzt all am Fleck!; Silentium!; Morgenlich leuchtend; Im Drang der schlimmen Jahr.: 48'23" >
       * with  Karl Kamann, Herbert Alsen, Georg Maikl, Georg Monthy, Hermann Wiedemann, Fritz Krenn, Anthon
             Arnold, Eduard Fritsch, Richard Tomek, Walter Hellmich, Karl Ettl, Hermann Reich, Max Lorenz, Erich
             Zimmermann, Maria Reining, Enid Szantho, ?/ Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
       * LP ; Teletheater 762.8691-762.8692 (4, 12, 13)
       * CD ; Koch 3-1470-2
      NB] No.2 is not identified if it is accompanied by Robert Heger/Orchester der Berlin Staatsoper.
    2) 5th Sep. 1938, Opernhaus, Nürnberg
         < 17 Excerpt/s: Overture, Da zu dir Heiland; Halt Meister!; Was duftet doch der Flieder; Gut'n Abend
            
Meister; Jerum! Jerum!; Oha! Wollt mich beim Wahne fassen; So lang als Beckmesser lebt; Ist das
            
erlaubt, so spät zur nicht; 3. Act: fragment of Prelude; Wahn! Wahn! - Grüss Gott mein Junker;
            
Doch lasst dem Ruh' - Mein Freund, in holder Jugendzeit; Oh Sachs, mein Freund - Aha, da
            
streicht die Lene; Selig, wie die Sonne; - Verwandlungsmusik; Wach auf!; ...sein Töchterlein... - O
            
Sachs, Du mein Freund; as Lied, fürwahr, ist nicht von mir; Verachtet mit die Meister nicht - Ehrt
            
eure deutschen Meister.: 86'27" >
       * with  Rudolf Bockelmann, Josef von Manowarda, Julius Katona, Erich Bürger, Eugen Fuchs, Georg Hann,
             Georg Heckel, Karl Mikorey, Julius Brombacher, Wolfgang Markgraf, Hans Krenn, André von Diehl, Eyvimd
             Laholm, Erich Zimmermann, Tiana Lemnitz, Rut Berglund, ? / Chor des Opernhauses Nürnberg,
             Lehrergesangverein Nürnberg, Sonderchor des Opernhauses Nürnberg, Chor und Orchester der Wiener
             Staatsoper
       * LP ; Ed Smith UORC 224, Japan JP 1143-1144, Acanta 40.23520 (3,4)
       * CD ; Koch 3-1452-2, Acanta 44.10552, Palette Pal 2007-08

< Orchestral Excepts >

1. Prelude to Act I
  1) 26th Feb. 1942, AEG, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; Japan W 22-23 / AT 09-10, French Furtwängler Society SWF 8801-8803
     * CD ; Tahra FURT 1034~39(6 set)
        Notes ] Also video recording from newsreel film
  2) 1~4th Apr. 1949, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6942-6943 - 2VH 7168~70
     * LP ; Victor LHMV 1049, Electrola E 90023 / WALP 534 / E 80801 / WCLP 854 / E 91074 / WALP 561 /
         SME 80801 / E 83388 / WCLP 820 / HZE 105 / SHZE 105, Pathé FALP 289 / FALP 546 / FALP 30039 /
         FALP 30213, HMV (Italy) QALP 10216, Columbia (Austria) VALP 538, Angel (JP) XLP 5011 / AA
         7356 / AA 8267 / AB 9067 / AB 8324 / AB 8103, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Angel 6024, EMI 2912343(2 set) /
         1C 149 01197-01199M, Toshiba WF 60028
           [Opening bars only:] Electrola E 83387-83388, Toshiba GR 2124-2125
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set)  / CZS 252 3282(2 set), Toshiba CC33 3386 /
         CE28 5587 / TOCE 6514 / TOCE 8442 / TOCE 3754 / TOCE-55710, Historical Performers HP 4, Opus
         Kura OPK 2068

       Note by Y. Lee ] Opus Kura is transferred from 78s.
  3) 19th Dec. 1949, Titania Palast, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; DG 2535 113 / 2721 113 / 2721 202 / 2740 260(6 set) / RG 911(6 set)
     * CD ; DG 415 663-2 / 427 406-2 / 439 832-2(8 set; Germany) / 442 867-2 / 474 030-2(6 set) / POCG
          9497 / POCG 3792 / DG 3750(KR), Nota Blu 93.5134-7 / 8, Music and Arts MACD 1153 (4 set)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] M&A misdated as Feb. Thanks to Mr. Valcarel.

- only opening bars
  1) 11th Dec. 1951, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; Period SPL 716(See video recordings)

2. Prelude to Act III
  1) 1st Feb. 1950, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Anthony Griffith
     * LP ; EMI 2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Japan JP 1114, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Toshiba WF 60028
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set), Toshiba TOCE 6180 / TOCE 3754,
           Historical Performers HP 4


3. Dance of the Apprentices
  1) 4th Apr. 1949, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6943
     * 45s info ; HMV 7R 141 / 7P 206 1949, Victor EHA 17, Electrola 7RW 125, Pathé 7RF 203, HMV (Italy)
           7RQ 3004
     * LP ; Victor LHMV 1049, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Angel (JP) XLP 5013 / AB 8023 / AA 8269 / AB 9408-
           9411, EMI 2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M Toshiba WF 60029
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set)  / CZS 252 3282(2 set), Toshiba CC33 3386 /
           CE28 5587 / TOCE 6514 / TOCE 8443 / TOCE 3754

< Orchestral excerpts >

1. Prelude to Act I
  1) 15th Mar. 1938, Berlin(studio)
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Micheal Berten/unknown
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 3445-3446 / DB 8494-8496 auto, Victor M 514 / AM 514 / DM 514
     * LP ; Pathé COLH 307, Electrola SME 91399 / SMVP 8056, Angel (JP) AA 7607 / ULX 3001, Unicorn
           WFS 2-3, Melodiya D 033867-033868, Angel 6024, EMI 2912342(2 set) / 1C 147 29229-29230 / 1C
           149 01197-01199M, Top Classic TC 9054 , Toshiba WF 60030 / WF 70042, Acanta 40.23520,
           Discocorp RR 229
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set) / CECD-0018(KR), Toshiba TOCE 6071 /
           TOCE 8443 / TOCE 3754, Biddulph WHL 006~007(2 set), Music and Arts CD 954(4 set), Acanta
           43.121 / 44.1055, Opus Kura OPK 2035, Naxos 8.110879
     * transferring from 78s ; Mark Obert-Thorn(Biddulph)
        Notes ] Acanta CD and Discocorp LPs misattributed as Staatskapelle 1940

2. Act III ; Karfreitagszauber
  1) 15th Mar. 1938, Berlin(studio)
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Michael Berten/unknown
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 3446-3447 / DB 8494-8496 auto, Victor M 514 / AM 514 / DM 514
     * LP ; Pathé COLH 307, Electrola SME 91399 / SMVP 8056, Angel (JP) AA 7607 / ULX 3001, Unicorn
           WFS 2-3, Angel 6024, EMI 2912342(2 set) / 1C 147 29229-29230 / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Top
           Classic TC 9054, Toshiba WF 60030 / WF 70042
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set)  / CDF 300 0152 / CECD-0018(KR),
           Toshiba TOCE 6071 / TOCE 8443 / TOCE 3754, Biddulph WHL 006~007(2 set), Music and Arts CD
           954(4 set), Historical Performers HP 16, Opus Kura OPK 2035, Naxos 8.110879
     * transferring from 78s ; Mark Obert-Thorn(Biddulph)
        Notes ] Top Classic LP has side 2 of the 78rpm transfer missing, and side 3 given twice.
  2) 25th Apr. 1951, Alexandria, Egypt
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; DG 2535 826 / 2721 202 / 2740 260(6 set) / RG 911(6 set)
     * CD ; DG 415 663-2 / 427 406-2 / 439 832-2(8 set; GE) / 442 867-2 / 474 030-2(6 set) / POCG
           9497 / POCG3792 / DG 3750(KR), Music and Arts CD 794 / MACD 1153 (4 set), Nota Blu
           93.5134-7 / 8(2 set)

1. Introduction; 'Das Rheingold', WWV.86a
  - Singers ; sorted by Wotan, Fricka, Alberich, Mime, Loge, Fasolt, Fafner, Freia, Donner, Froh, Erda, Woglinde, Wellgunde, Flosshilde

  1) 24th May 1937, Covent Garden, London
     * with  Wray, Thorborg, Furmedge, Fuchs, Bockelmann, Weber, Easton / London Philharmonic
     * Unreleased by HMV; test pressing(2EA 5201-5234; 5202, 5205, 5206 are missing)
  2) 4th Mar. 1950, La Scala, Milano
     * with  Ferdinand Frantz, Max Lorenz, Elisabeth Höngen, Alois Pernerstorfer, Emil Markwort, Joachim Sattler,
           Ludwig Weber, Albert Emmerich, Walburga Wegener, Angelo Mattiello, Günther Treptow, Margret Weth-
           Falke, Magda Gabory, Margherita Kenney, Sieglinde Wagner / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
     * LP ; Ed Smith UORC 128, Discocorp RR 420, Murray Hill 940 477, Everest S 473, Cetra CFE 101 / FE
           37
     * CD ; Virtuoso 269.9112 / 269.9082, Fonit Cetra CDC 26, Music and Arts CD 914, Gerhardt JGCD
           0018-12(12 set)
      [Excerpt/s]: Fonit Cetra CDC 16
  3) 26th Oct. 1953, Auditorio del Foro Italico(Italian Radio), Roma
     * with  Ferdinand Frantz, Ira Malaniuk, Gustav Neidlinger, Julius Patzak, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl,
           Gottlob Frick, Elisabeth Grümmer, Alfred Poell, Lorenz Fehenberger, Ruth Siewert, Sena Jurinac, Magda
           Gábory, Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
     * LP ; MRF Records MRF 14, EMI RLS 702 / RLS 703 / EX 29 06703 / 1C 147 02288-02292M, Seraphim
           IC 6076, also on Melodiya LP, Angel 60200(excerpts)
     * CD ; EMI CZS 767 1362 / CZS 7 67123 2(13 set), Gebhardt JGCD 0060(12 set), Edition Atlas
           OPE-CD 1070-1074(excerpt), Toshiba TOCT 24971(excerpt)
     * DVD ; Wilhelm Furtwängler Center of Japan WFHC-004(whole opera without images)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Toshiba 24971 CD is a soundtrack of a animation film by Reiji Matsumoto's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'

2. First Night; 'Die Walküre', WWV.86b
  - Singers ; sorted by Sieglinde, Siegmund, Brünnhilde, Wotan, Hunding, Fricka, Helmwige, Ortlinde, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Gerhilde, Waltraute, Rossweisse, Schwertleite

  1) 9th Mar. 1950, La Scala, Milano
     * with  Hilde Konetzni, Günther Treptow, Kirsten Flagstad, Ferdinand Frantz, Ludwig Weber, Elisabeth Höngen,
         Ilona Steingruber, Karen Maire Crkall, Margherita Kenney, Sieglinde Wagner, Walburga Wegener, Dagmar
         Schmedes, Margret Weth-Falke, Polly Batic / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
     * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 534, Discocorp RR 420, Murray Hill 940 477, Everest S 474, Cetra LO 86 / CFE 101 /
           FE 38
     * CD ; Virtuoso 269.9102 / 269.9082, Fonit Cetra CDC 15, Music and Arts CD 914, Gerhardt JGCD
           0018-12(12 set)
      [Excerpt/s]: Fonit Cetra CDC 16
  2) 29th Oct.(Act I), & 3rd(II),6th(III) Nov. 1953, Auditorio del Foro Italico(Italian Radio), Roma
     * with  Hilde Konetzni, Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Ferdinand Frantz, Gottlob Frick, Elsa Cavelti*, Judith
           Hellwig, Magda Gábory, Olga Bennings, Elsa Cavelti*, Gerda Scheyrer, Dagma Schmedes, Ira Malaniuk,
           Hilde Rössl-Majdan / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI ( * ; Elsa Cavelti - Fricka and Grimgerde )
     * LP ; MRF Records MRF 41 , EMI RLS 702 / EX 29 06703 / 1C 147 02288-02292M, Seraphim LP
           [Excerpt/s:], Angel 60200
     * CD ; EMI CZS 767 1362 / CZS 7 67123 2(13 set), Toshiba TOCE 11299(4 set) / TOCE 3770(4 set) /
           TOCT 24971(excerpt), Gebhardt JGCD 0060(12 set), Edition Atlas OPE-CD 1070-1074(excerpt)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Toshiba 24971 CD is a soundtrack of a animation film by Reiji Matsumoto's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'
  3) 28th Sep. ~ 6th Oct. 1954, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Leonie Rysanek, Ludwig Suthaus, Martha Mödl, Ferdinand Frantz, Gottlob Frick, Margarete Klose, Erika
           Köth, Judith Hellwig, Hertha Töpper, Johanna Blatter, Gerda Scheyrer, Dagmar Schmedes, Dagmer Hermann,
           Ruth Siewert / Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Lawrance Collingwood/Francis Dillnutt
     * LP ; HMV ALP 1257-1261 / HQM 1019-1023, Victor LHMV 900, Electrola E 90100-90104 / WALP 1257-
           1261 / SME 90100-90104, Pathé FALP 383-387, HMV (Italy) WALP 10098-10102, Angel (JP) XLP
           5030-5034 / AB 9140-9144 / AA 9312-9316, Angel 6012, Melodiya 5289-68 D 033019-033028
         [Excerpts:] Electrola E 80039 / WCLP 601 / SME 80039, Angel (JP) XLP 5014, Eterna 820 510, EMI
           1C 063 00830
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 63045 2(3 set), Toshiba CE25 5825~27 / TOCE 8452~54 / TOCE 3764(3 set)
          [ Excerpts ] Toshiba TOCE-55710(Rides of the Valkyries scene)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] The last music performance and recording by Furtwängler

  # Extracts

    1) 13~17th Feb. 1936, Staatsoper, Vienna
         < 18 Excerpt/s: 1. Act: Vorspiel / Wes Herd dies auch sei; Labung biet ich dem lechzenden Gaumen;
            Weither, traun, kamst du des Wegs; Auf den Leichen lag sie tot; Was gleisst dort hell; Ich bin's,
            höre mich an / Eine Waffe lass mich dir weisen; Du bist der Lenz; Ein Minnetraum gemahnt auch
            mich; 2. Act: Vorspiel / Nun zäume dein Ross / Hojotoho; Verweile, süssestes Weib; Wo bist du,
            Siegmund; Nicht fahr'ich nach Walhall; 3. Act: Walkürenritt; Fort denn eile / O hehrstes Wunder /
            Steh, Brünnhild; Du zeugtest ein edles geschlecht; Orchester nach Der Augen leuchtendes Paar;
            Loge Hör'!; Feuerzauber / Wer meines Speeres Spitze fürchtet. 62'25" >
       * with  Frantz Völker(Siegmund), Maria Müller(Sieglinde), Walter Grossmann(Wotan), Anny Konetzni
             (Brünhilde), Alfred Jerger(Hunding), Luise Helletsgruber(Helmwige), Eva Hadrabova(Gerhilde), Dora
             Komarek(Ortlinde), Rosette Anday(Waltraute), Aenne Michalsky(Siegrune), Dora With(Rossweisse), Bella
             Paalen(Grimgerde), Enid Szantho(Schwertleite) / Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 451 / EJS 543 (3)
       * CD ; Koch 3-1470-2
        Notes ] Ed Smith LPs misdated Dec. 1937
    2) 26th May 1937, Covent Garden, London(Act III)
       * with  Maria Müller (Sieglinde), Rudolf Bockelmann (Wotan), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünhilde), Gladys Ripley
             (Schwertleite), Elsa Stenning (Helmwige), Edith Coates (Siegrune), Mae Craven (Gerhilde), Thelma Bardsley
             (Ortlinde), Linda Seymour(Waltraute), Gwladys Garside(Grimgerde), Evelyn Arden(Rossweisse) / Orchestra
             of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 450, Japan JPL 1020-1022, Discocorp RR 417, Acanta 40.23520
       * CD ; Music & Arts CD 1035(2 set)
, Myto MCD 91443, Acanta 44.1055
              [Excerpt/s] Acanta 43.121, Palette PAL 2007-08, Memoir Classics CD MOIR 403("War es so
                 schmählich?")
    3) Summer 1937, Festspiele, Bayreuth(Act I; Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater, 5'20")
       * with  Max Lorenz(Siegmund) / Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
       * LP ; Publication of Bayreuth Town Hall
    4) 1st Jun. 1938, Covent Garden, London(Act III; Hojotoho / Des frech frevelnden Paars)
       * with  Frida Leider, Kerstin Thorborg, Karl Kamann / London Philharmonic
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 170 / UORC 234(1)
       * CD ; Legato Classics LCD 139-1 (?)
    5) 29th Nov. 1939, Staatsoper, Wien(End of Act I, Walkürenritt, 16')
       * with  Max Lorenz(Siegmund), Hilde Konetzni(Sieglinde), Anny Konetzni(Brünhilde) / Orchester der Wiener
             Staatsoper
       * Unreleased(German Radio archive)
    6) 14th Jan. 1952, Italian Radio, Roma(Act I)
       * with  Hilde Konetzni(Sieglinde), Günther Treptow(Siegmund), Otto von Rohr(Hunding) / Orchestra Sinfonica di
             Roma della RAI
       * LP ; Cetra FE 47
       * CD ; Music and Arts CD 866(2 set), Archipel ARPCD 0062-2

< Orchestral excerpts >

1. Act III ; Walkürenritt
  1) 31st Mar. 1949, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6950
     * 45s info ; HMV 7R 141 / 7P 206 1949, Electrola 7RW 125, Pathé 7RF 203, HMV (Italy) 7RO 3004, Victor
           EHA 17
     * LP ; Victor LHMV 1049, Pathé BLP 25057, Angel (JP) XLP 5013 / AB 8023 / AA 8269 / AB 9408-
           9411, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Angel 6024, EMI 2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Toshiba WF 60029
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set)  / CZS 252 3282(2 set; Germany) /
           CECD-0018(KR), Toshiba CC33 3387 / CE28 5588 / TOCE 8443 / TOCE 3755, Tahra FURT 1026,
           Historical Performers HP 16

        Notes ] CZS 252 3282(2 set) misdated 1954

3. Second Night; 'Siegfried', WWV.86c
  - Singers ; sorted by Siegfried, Mime, Brünnhilde, Wanderer, Fafner, Alberich, Erda, Forest bird

  1) 22nd Mar. 1950, La Scala, Milano
     * with  Set Svanholm, Peter Markwort, Kirsten Flagstad, Josef Herrmann, Ludwig Weber, Alois Pernerstorfer,
           Elisabeth Höngen, Julia Moor / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
     * LP ; Ed Smith UORC 123, Discocorp RR 420, Murray Hill 940 477, Everest S 475, Cetra CFE 101 / FE
           39
     * CD ; Virtuoso 269.9092 / 269.9082, Fonit Cetra CDC 27, Music and Arts CD 914, Gerhardt JGCD
           0018-12(12 set)
           [Excerpt/s:] Fonit Cetra CDC 16, Acanta 44.1055
  2) 10(Act I), 13(II), 17th(III) Nov. 1953, Auditorio del Foro Italico(Italian Radio), Roma
     * with  Ludwig Suthaus, Julius Patzak, Martha Mödl, Ferdinand Frantz, Josef Greindl, Alois Pernerstorfer,
           Margarete Klose, Rita Streich / Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
     * LP ; MRF Records MRF 23 , EMI RLS 702 / EX 29 06703 / 1C 147 02283-02288M, Seraphim IE 6078,
           Melodiya 5289-73 D 035091-035100, Angel 60200(except.)
     * CD ; EMI CZS 767 1362 / CZS 7 67123 2(13 set), Toshiba TOCE 11303(4 set) / TOCE 3774(4 set) /
           TOCT 24971(excerpt), Gebhardt JGCD 0060(12 set), Edition Atlas OPE-CD 1070-1074(excerpts)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Toshiba 24971 CD is a soundtrack of a animation film by Reiji Matsumoto's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'

  # Extracts

    1) 28th May 1937, Covent Garden, London(excerpts)
       * with  Flagstad, Furmedge, Andreva, Melchior, Zimmermann, Fuchs, Bockelmann, Easton / London Philharmonic
       * Unreleased by HMV; test pressing(2EA 5609-5618)

< Orchestral excerpts >

1. Zwischenaktmusik
  1) 1940(?), Berlin
     * with  Staatskapelle Berlin
     * CD ; Acanta 43 121
        Notes ] Authenticity doubtful

2. Schmiedelieder
  1) 20th Apr. 1940, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * Unreleased(private archive)
        Notes ] Authenticity doubtful

4. Third Night; 'Götterdämmerung', WWV.86d
  - Singers ; order by Siegfried, Brünhilde, Hagen, Gunther, Gutrune, Waltraute, Alberich, Woglinde, Flosshilde, Wellgunde, Ernste Norn, Zweite Norn, Dritte Norn

  1) 4th Apr. 1950, La Scala, Milano
     * with  Max Lorenz, Kirsten Flagstad, Ludwig Weber, Josef Herrmann, Hilde Konetzni, Elisabeth Höngen, Alois
           Pernerstorfer, ?, Magda Gabory, Margherita Kenney, Margret Weth-Falke, Margherita Kenney, Hilde
           Konetzni / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
     * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 538, Discocorp RR 420, Murray Hill 940 477, Cetra CFE 101 / FE 40
     * CD ; Virtuoso 269.9112 / 269.9082, Fonit Cetra CDC 28, Music and Arts CD 914, Gerhardt JGCD
           0018-12(12 set)
            [Excerpt/s]: Fonit Cetra CDC 16, Acanta 44.1055
  2) 20(Intro & Act I),24(II),27th(III) Nov. 1953, Auditorio del Foro Italico(Italian Radio), Roma
     * with  Ludwig Suthaus, Martha Mödl, Josef Greindl, Alfred Poell, ?, Margarete Klose*, ?, ?, Magda Gabory,
           Hilde Rössl-Majdan, Margarete Klose*, Hilde Rössl-Majdan, Sena Jurinac / Coro e Orchestra Sinfonica di
           Roma della RAI (* M.Klose; Waltraute & 1st Norn)
     * LP ; MRF Records MRF 34 , EMI RLS 702 / EX 29 06703 / 1C 147 02288-02292M, Seraphim IE 6079,
           also on Melodiya LP
           [Excerpt/s:] Angel 60200
     * CD ; EMI CZS 767 1362 / CZS 7 67123 2(13 set), Toshiba TOCE 11307(4 set) / TOCE 3778(4 set) /
           TOCT 24971(excerpt), Gebhardt JGCD 0060(12 set), Edition Atlas OPE-CD 1070-74(excerpts)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Toshiba 24971 CD is a soundtrack of a animation film by Reiji Matsumoto's 'Der Ring des Nibelungen'

  # Extracts

    1) 1st Jun. 1937, Royal Opera House, London
         < 4 Excerpt/s: 1. Act: Zu neuen Taten; Altgewohntwes Geräusch... to end; 2. Act: 4-5. sc., 3. Act
            Her den Ring!... to end. 101'42" >
       * with  Kirsten Flagstad(Brünhilde), Maria Nezdal(Gutrune), Kerstin Thorborg(Waltraute), Lauritz Melchior
             (Siegfried), Herbert Janssen(Gunther), Ludwig Weber(Hagen) / London Philharmonic, Covent Garden Chorus
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 431, Japan JPL 1020-1022, Discocorp RR 429, Acanta 40.23520 (4)
       * CD ; Music & Arts CD 1035(2 set)
, Palette Pal 2007-8, Acanta 44.1055 (4), Eklipse EKR 62, Memoir
             Classics CD MOIR 403(Immolation sc.: "Schweigt eures Jammers'... Starke Scheite schichtet
             nir dort", 3. Act".), Gerhardt JGCD 0003-2(2 set)
    2) 7th Jun. 1938, Covent Garden, London(4~5th scene, Act II)
       * with  Frida Leider(Brünhilde), Lauritz Melchior(Siegfried), Herbert Janssen(Gunther), Wilhelm Schirp(Hagen),
             Anny von Stosch (Gutrune) / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 432, Acanta 40.23502 (1)
       * CD ; Pearl GEMM CD 9331, Legato Classics LCD 146-2, Eklipse) EKR 62
    3) 31st May 1952, Roma(Act III)
       * with  Kirsten Flagstad(Brünhilde), Ludwig Suthaus(Siegfried), Josef Hermann(Gunther), Josef Greindl(Hagen),
             Hilde Konetzni(Gutrune), Julia Moor(Woglinde), Elisabeth Lindermeier(Wellgunde), Ruth Michaelis
             (Flosshilde) / Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI
       * LP ; Ed Smith EJS 318, Cetra FE 20
       * CD ; Music and Arts CD 866(2 set), Archipel ARPCD 0062-2, Fonit Cetra CDE 1012(Trauermarsch),
             Classical Collection CD3-CLC 4006(Trauermarsch), Tahra FURT 1090~93(4 set; immolation scene)

< Orchestral Excepts >

1. Act I ; Siegfried Rheinfahrt
  1) 1940(?), Berlin
     * with  Staatskapelle Berlin
     * CD ; Acanta 43 121(?)
  2) 23rd Feb. 1949, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6949~50
     * LP ; Victor LHMV 1049, Pathé FALP 110 / FALP 194 / COLH 307, Electrola SME 91399, Angel (JP)
           XLP 5013 / AA 7067, EMI 2C 051 03855, Toshiba WF 60030 / WF 70042
     * CD ; Testament SBT 1141, Toshiba TOCE 6071 / TOCE 3753, Historical Performers HP 16
     * transferring from 78s ; Paul Baily(Testament)
        Notes] Pathé catalogue number FALP 194 also used for the 1954 recording, see below.
        Notes by Y.Lee ] TOCE 6521-22 set in original catalog is 1954 recording.
  3) 6th Jun. 1952, Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Torino
     * with  RAI Turin Orchestra
     * LP ; Cetra FE 47
     * CD ; Nota Blu 93.5134-7 / 8(2 set), Fonit Cetra CDE 1012, Classical Collection CD3-CLC 4006,
           Warner-Fonit 5050466-2965-2-8
  4) 2nd Mar. 1954, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Lawrance Collingwood/Francis Dillnutt
     * LP ; Electrola E 90026 / WALP 1016, Pathé FALP 194 / FALP 30295, HMV (Italy) QALP 10079, Angel
           (JP) XLP 5013 / AA 8269 / AB 9408-9411, Angel 60003, Melodiya 033213-033214, EMI F666.701 /
            2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Toshiba WF 60029
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set) / CZS 252 3282(2 set), Toshiba CC33
           3387 / CE28 5588 / TOCE 6521-22(2 set) / TOCE 8443 / TOCE 9364-68 / TOCE 3752, Grand Slam
           GS-2007(JP)
        Notes ] EMI 2912343(2 set) and 1C 149 01197-01199M both misdated Feb. 1949; Pathé catalogue number FALP
                194 also used for the 1949 recording, see above.
        Notes by Y.Lee ]
                1. Recorded on 8th Mar. after EMI CHS set.
                2. Grand Slam CD is transferred from ALP 1016(1st press).

2. Act III ; Siegfrieds Trauermarsch
  1) 1933, Polydor studio, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * 78s info ; Grammophon 67504, Brunswick 90251, Fonit 91026, Decca CA 8173
     * LP ; DG 88 021 / 2700 703 / 2721 113 / 410 854-858, DG(JP) MG 1476 / SMG 1476, Melodiya
           033213-033214
     * CD ; Koch Legacy 3-7059-2, DG 477 523-8(2 set) / POCG 2342~4 / POCG 9476 / DG 3750
           (KR)
  2) 19th Dec. 1949, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; DG 2535 826
     * CD ; DG 415 663-2 / 427 406-2 / 442 867-2 / 474 030-2(6 set) / POCG 9497 / POCG 3792 / DG
           3750(KR), Music & Arts CD 794 / MACD 1153 (4 set), Nota Blu 93.5134-7 / 8(2 set)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] MACD 1153 misdated as Feb. Thanks to Mr. Valcarel.
  3) 31st Jan. 1950, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Anthony Griffith
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6946
     * 45s info ;
HMV 7R 151, Victor EHB 2, Electrola 7RW 124, Pathé 7RF 149, HMV (Italy) 7RQ 3011
     * LP ;
Victor LHMV 1049, Pathé FALP 194, French Furtwängler Society SWF 7803, EMI 2C 051 03855
     * CD ;
Testament SBT 1141, Toshiba TOCE 3753, Toshiba-Shinseido SGR 8002
     * transferring from 78s ; Paul Baily(Testament)
        Notes] Pathé catalogue number FALP 194 also used for the 1954 recording, see below.
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Original date(23rd Feb. 1949) is wrong. Thanks to Mr. Angel Riego Cue.
   4) 22nd May 1950, Royal Albert Hall, London
     * with  Philharmonia Orchestra
     * Producer/Engineer ; unknown/unknown
     * CD ; Testament SBT 1410 / UCCN 1092
        Transfer from acetates ] Roger Beardsley(Testament)
  4) 2,8th Mar. 1954, Musikvereinssaal, Wien(studio)
     * with  Wiener Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Lawrance Collingwood/Francis Dillnutt
     * LP ; HMV ALP 1016 / XLP 30082, Electrola E 90026 / WALP 1016, Pathé FALP 194 / FBLP 25057 /
           FALP 30295, HMV (Italy) QALP 10079, Angel (JP) XLP 5013 / AA 8269 / AB 9408-9411, Angel
           60003, EMI F666.701 / 2912343(2 set) / 1C 149 01197-01199M, Toshiba WF 60029
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set) / CZS 252 3282(2 set; Germany) /
           CECD-0018(KR), Toshiba CC33 3387 / CE28 5588 / TOCE 6521~22(2 set) / TOCE 8443 /
           TOCE 9364~68(5 set) / TOCE 3752 / TOCE-55710, Grand Slam GS-2007(JP)
        Notes ] SWF 8001 and TOCE 6521~22 misdated Feb. 1949; Pathé catalogue number FALP 194 also
                used for the 1949 recording, see above.
        Notes by Y.Lee ]
                1. Recorded on 2nd Mar. after EMI CHS set.
                2. Grand Slam CD is transferred from ALP 1016(1st press).

3. Act III ; Brünhilde's Immolation
  1) 26th Mar. 1948, Abbey Road Studios, London(studio)
     * with  Kirsten Flagstad(Brünhilde) / Philharmonia Orchestra
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/Douglas Larter
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 6792~94 / DB 9323~25 auto
     * 45s info ; Victor WHMV 1024
     * LP ; Victor LHMV 1024, Pathé FALP 119 / FALP 194, EMI 1C 147 01491-01492M / EX 29 12273 / 2C
            051 03855 / 2913073(2 set), French Furtwängler Society SWF 7803, Toshiba WF 60024~25(2 set)
     * CD ; EMI CDH 7 63030 2 / CMS 5 65212 2, Toshiba CE28-5590 / TOCE 3753, Historical Performers HP
            16, Opus Kura OPK 2035
        Notes ] CE28-5590 misdated 1952; Pathé catalogue number FALP 194 also used for the 1952 recording,
                see below.
   2) 22nd May 1950, Royal Albert Hall, London
     * with  Kirsten Flagstad(Brünhilde) / Philharmonia Orchestra
     * Producer/Engineer ; unknown/unknown
     * CD ; Testament SBT 1410 / UCCN 1092
        Transfer from acetates ] Roger Beardsley(Testament)
  3) 23rd Jun. 1952, Abbey Road Studios, London(studio)
     * with  Kirsten Flagstad(Brünhilde) / Philharmonia Orchestra
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Legge/unknown
     * LP ; HMV ALP 1016 / HQM 1057, Victor LHMV 1072, Electrola E 90026 / WALP 1016 / E 80954 / WCLP
           953, Pathé FALP 194 / FALP 30295, HMV (Italy) QALP 10079, Angel (JP) XLP 5012 / AB 8032 /
           AB 9408-9411, EMI 1C 047 01149M, Melodiya D 033213-033214, Angel 60003, Toshiba WF 60032 /
           WF 33(4 set)
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set) / CMS 5 66182 2(11 set), Toshiba TOCE
           6071 / TOCE 3752, Grand Slam GS 2015(2 set)

        Notes ] Pathé catalogue number FALP 194 also used for the 1948 recording, see above.
        Transfer source ] Grand Slam - HMV ALP 1016

< Orchestral Excepts >

1. Prelude to the Act I & Liebestod(Act III)
  1) 1930, Polydor studio, Berlin(studio)
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * 78s info ; Grammophon 95438-95439, Brunswick 90201-90202, Fonit 91028-91029, Decca CA 8039 and
           8156
     * 45s info ; DG EPL 30 540 [Liebestod only]
     * LP ; DG 88 021, DG(JP) MG 1476 / SMG 1476 / LG 1097 / LGM 1075 / MG 1445 / MG 9020 / SLMG
           1445 / SMG 9020
     * CD ; Koch Legacy 3-7073-2, DG (JP) POCG 2342-44 / POCG 9476 / DG 3750 (KR), Sirio 5300
           -33, ZYX PD 5024-2 [misdated 1928]
  2) 1931, Festspiele, Bayreuth(only prelude to Act I)
     * with  Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
     * LP ; Stadt Bayreuth Centennial Edition of the Bayreuth Festival
     * CD ; Acanta 43.121, Palette Pal 2007-8
  3) 18th Aug. 1931, Festspiele, Bayreuth(only prelude to Act I)
     * with  Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
     * Unreleased(German radio archive before 1940)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] Not identified whether this is the same recording to that of 1931(above)
  4) 11th Feb. 1938, Beethovensaal, Berlin(studio)
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * Producer/Engineer ; Walter Michael Berten/unknown
     * 78s info ; HMV DB 3419-3420, Victor M 653 / DM 653
     * LP ; Columbia (JP) JS 114, Pathé COLH 307, Electrola SME 91399, Angel (JP) AA 7607 / ULX
           3001, Unicorn WFS 2-3, Melodiya D 03367-03368, Angel 6024, EMI 2C 061 00932 / F666 701 1C 149
           01197-01199M / 2912343(2 set), Top Classic TC 9054, Toshiba WF 60030 / WF 70042
     * CD ; EMI CHS 7 64935 2(2 set) / CZS 5 86191 2(2 set), Toshiba TOCE 6071 / TOCE 6512 / TOCE
           8442 / TOCE 3755, Biddulph WHL 006~007(2 set), Music and Arts CD 954(4 set), Naxos 8.110865
,
          
Opus Kura OPK 2035
     * transfer from 78s ; Mark Obert-Thorn(Biddulph, Naxos)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] EMI 2912343(2 set) is sequenced by prelude - prelude to Act III(1952 studio recording) -
                liebestod, and the 2 final chords of prelude is wrongly located AFTER the entr'acte to Act III.
  5) 8~10th Nov. 1942, Philharmonie, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; Melodiya M10 45949 008, French Furtwängler Society SWF 8801-8803
     * CD ; Music and Arts CD 730, Tahra FURT 1004~07(4 set) / FURT 1034~39(6 set), Seven Seas KICC
           2118, Melodiya MEL 10 00721 / MEL 10 01115 , Russian RCD, Music and Arts MACD 1153 (4 set)
        Notes by Y.Lee ] M&A CD date is 8th Nov. Thanks to Mr. Valcarel.
  6) 25th Nov. 1942, Konserthaus, Stockholm
     * with  Stockholm Philharmonic
     * LP ; Discocorp RR 505, Acanta 40.23520(only Liebestod)
     * CD ; Music and Arts CD 794, Seven Seas KICC 2110, Bis BIS CD 4248, Acanta 44.1055(Liebestod only)
   7) 22nd May 1950, Royal Albert Hall, London
     * with  Philharmonia Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad(S; Liebestod)
     * Producer/Engineer ; unknown/unknown
     * CD ; Testament SBT 1410 / UCCN 1092
        Transfer from acetates ] Roger Beardsley(Testament)
  8) 11th Mar. 1952, Italian Radio, Torino
     * with  Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
     * LP ; Cetra LAR 46 / FE 43
     * CD ; Fonit Cetra CDE 1012 / CDE 3007 / CDAR 2032, Warner-Fonit 5050466-2965-2-8, Classical
           Collection CD3-CLC 4006
  9) 27th Apr. 1954, Titania-Palast, Berlin
     * with  Berliner Philharmoniker
     * LP ; Cetra FE 25, German Furtwängler Society F666.164-F666.165M, Discocorp RR 229
     * CD ; DG 415 663-2 / 427 406-2 / 442 867-2 / 474 030-2(6 set) / POCG 9497 / DG 3750 / POCG 3792,
           Nota Blu 935135-9 / 10
  10) 14th May 1954, Torino