I have many Wagner recordings, but am a bit light on the great mono historical recordings.
Which are the ones I need to get? Your favorites?
thanks
Which are the ones I need to get? Your favorites?
thanks
Kna 51 doesn't for me! Karajan live Vienna 61 does. Pity the sound is limited. But must be heard for the Act 2Whatever works!
I don't really know him, but see that he is also in the 1957 Knappy Ring.......I also didn't know Jerome Hines until recently, so much Wagner talent back then they are now almost unknownAlso, this is a great Siegfried. Varnay and Aldenhoff make a compelling team.
You ever heard of him? I like him.
I was wondering this as well.I have been occasionally reading the posts in this thread and have what might seem like a dumb question ... what constitutes a historical recording? I have seen mention of recordings from the early 60s. Are you focusing more on non-commercial performances which have been released on disk, either bootleg or now after copyright has expired? I ask because in a major household sort-out, I came across two Sawallisch/Bayreuth performances which I bought decades ago, both with Anja Silja. One is Flying Dutchman, the other is Tannhauser, both on Philips. In the case of the Tannhauser, I bought it on 7" open reel tape back when such things were done! Apparently I transferred it to CD about 10 years ago.
Unless you don't care for the voices of Modl, Windgassen, and Greindl!Parsifal, make no mistake, this is the best (cast aside "subjective" and "objective" claims):
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