Parsifal discography
This is a partial discography of Parsifal, an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner.
Parsifal was expressly composed for the stage at Bayreuth and many of the most famous recordings of the opera come from live performances on that stage. In the pre-LP era,
Amongst the studio recordings, those by
On the Saturday 14 December 2013 broadcast of BBC 3'S CD Review – Building a Library, music critic David Nice surveyed recordings of Parsifal and recommended the 1980 recording by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik (conductor), as the best available choice.[3]
Audio recordings
Year | Cast (Parsifal, Kundry, Gurnemanz, Amfortas, Klingsor) |
Conductor, Opera house and/or orchestra |
Label | Catalogue number |
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1936 | René Maison, Marjorie Lawrence, Alexander Kipnis, Martial Singher, Fritz Krenn | Fritz Busch, Orquesta del Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires |
Marston | 53003 |
1949 | Günther Treptow, Anny Konetzni, Ludwig Weber, Paul Schöffler, Adolf Vogel | Rudolf Moralt, Wiener Symphoniker |
Myto (Mono) | 4MCD 954.136 |
1950, Italian | Africo Baldelli, Maria Callas, Boris Christoff, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Modesti | Vittorio Gui, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI |
Cetra (Mono) | CDAR 2020 |
1951 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Ludwig Weber, George London, Hermann Uhde | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Naxos Historical (Mono) | 8.110221-24 |
1954 | Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl, Josef Greindl, Hans Hotter, Gustav Neidlinger | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Golden Melodram | GM 1.0053 |
1958 | Eberhard Wächter, Jerome Hines
|
Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Golden Melodram | GM 1.0058 |
1959 | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Golden Melodram | GM 1.0070 | |
1961 | Eberhard Waechter, Walter Berry
|
Herbert von Karajan, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus |
RCA | 61950 |
1962 | Jess Thomas, Irene Dalis, Hans Hotter, George London, Gustav Neidlinger | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Philips Classics | 475 7785 |
1963 | George London, Ludwig Weber, Hans Hotter, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Irene Dalis | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Golden Melodram | GM L0034 |
1964 | Jon Vickers, Barbro Ericson, Hans Hotter, Thomas Stewart, Gustav Neidlinger | Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Arcadia | KLMP 451.4 |
1970 | James King, Gwyneth Jones, Franz Crass, Thomas Stewart, Donald McIntyre | Pierre Boulez, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon | 435718 |
1971 | Jon Vickers, Amy Shuard, Louis Hendrikx, Norman Bailey, Donald McIntyre | Reginald Goodall, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Opus Arte | OADA8004DI |
1972 | René Kollo, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Zoltan Kelemen | Georg Solti, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung, Vienna Boys' Choir |
Decca | 470805 |
1975 | René Kollo, Gisela Schröter, Ulrik Cold, Theo Adam, Reid Bunger | Herbert Kegel Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus |
Berlin/VEB Deutsche Schallplatten DDR | 0013482BC |
1979–1980 | Peter Hofmann, Dunja Vejzović, Kurt Moll, José van Dam, Siegmund Nimsgern | Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon | 413347 |
1980 | James King, Yvonne Minton, Kurt Moll, Bernd Weikl, Franz Mazura | Rafael Kubelík Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Arts Archives | 430272 |
1981 | Reiner Goldberg, Yvonne Minton, Robert Lloyd, Wolfgang Schoene, Aage Haugland | Armin Jordan Monte Carlo Radio Orchestra |
Erato | 2292-45662-2 |
1985 | Warren Ellsworth, Waltraud Meier, Phillip Joll, Donald McIntyre, Nicholas Folwell | Reginald Goodall Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orchestra |
EMI | 65665 |
1987 | Peter Hofmann, Waltraud Meier, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Franz Mazura | James Levine Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus |
Philips | 434 616-2 |
1990 | Siegfried Jerusalem, Waltraud Meier, Matthias Holle, José van Dam, Gunter von Kannen | Daniel Barenboim, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus |
Teldec | 74448 |
1993[4] | Plácido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha | James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon | 437501 |
2005 | Plácido Domingo, Waltraud Meier, Franz-Josef Selig, Falk Struckmann, Wolfgang Bankl | Christian Thielemann Vienna State Opera Orchestra and chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon | 4776006 |
2005 | Richard Decker, Doris Soffel, Wolfgang Schöne, Matthias Hölle, Mikolaj Zalasinski | Gabor Ötvös Teatro La Fenice Orchestra and chorus |
Dynamic (record label) | 33497 |
2009 | Gary Lehman, Violeta Urmana, René Pape, Evgeny Nikitin, Nikolai Putilin | Valery Gergiev Orchestra and chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre |
Issued on hybrid SACD: Mariinsky, 2009 | n/a |
2012 | Christian Elsner, Michelle DeYoung, Franz-Josef Selig, Evgeny Nikitin, Eike Wilm Schulte | Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
|
Pentatone Marek Janowski Wagner Opera Cycle
|
PTC5186401 |
Video recordings
This is a partial filmography of Parsifal (1882), an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. In addition to the productions of the complete opera listed below, there is a 1998 documentary directed by Tony Palmer, titled: Parsifal – The Search for the Grail. It was recorded in various European theaters, including: the Mariinsky Theatre, the Ravello Festival, Siena, and the Bayreuth Festival. It contains extracts from Mr. Palmer's stage production of Parsifal starring Plácido Domingo, Violeta Urmana, Matti Salminen, Nikolai Putilin and Anna Netrebko. It includes interviews with Domingo, Wolfgang Wagner, Robert Gutman and Karen Armstrong. The film exists in two versions: (1) a complete version running 116 minutes and officially approved by Domingo, and (2) an 88-minute version, cut as a result of being censored in Germany as being too "political", "uncomfortable" and "irrelevant".[5]
References
Notes
- ISBN 0-06-090910-2
- ISBN 1-85626-056-9
- ^ Nice, David. "Wagner 200 Building a Library: Parsifal". CD Review. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ Parsifal, Deutsche Grammophon
- ^ "Parsifal – The Search for the Grail". Presto Classical Limited. Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
Sources
- Brown, Jonathan (1992). Parsifal on Record : a discography of complete recordings, selections, and excerpts of Wagner's music drama (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press). ISBN 0313285411
- Recordings of Parsifal, wagnerdisco.net