Ralph Moore’s comparative survey of recordings of Wagner’s Parsifal can be found here.
Len Mullenger’s article Salome – that shocking opera can be found here.
Complete opera recordings only, excerpts not included. Sung in German unless otherwise stated.
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CD (singer for the Salome, singer for Jochanaan (John the Baptist), orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Leonie Rysanek, Hans Hopf, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Karl Böhm (1972) | RCA 74321 694320 2 | review |
| (In French) Sofia Soloviy, Costantino Finucci, Orchestra Internazionale D’Italia/Massimilano Caldi (2007) | Dynamic CDS572/1-2 | review |
| Emily Magee, Wolfgang Koch, Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2016) | Pentatone PTC5186602 | review |
| Malin Byström, Johan Reuter, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner (2022) | Chandos CHSA5356(2) | review review review |
| Christel Goltz, Josef Herrmann, taatskapelle Dresden/Joseph Keilberth (1948) | Berlin Classics BC2062. 2 | review |
| Inge Borkh, Hans Hotter, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra/Joseph Keilberth (1951) | Pristine Audio PACO111 | review |
| Leonie Rysanek, Thomas Stewart, Orchestre National de France Rudolf Kempe (1974) | Golden Melodram GM 3.0047 | review |
| Laila Palme-Anderson, John-Eric Jacobson, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra/Berislav Klobučar (1990) | Sterling CDA1843/1844-2 | review review |
| Christel Goltz, Hans Braun, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Clemens Krauss (1954) | Naxos 8.111014-15 | review |
| (In English) Susan Bullock, John Wegner, Philharmonia Orchestra/Charles Mackerras (2007) | Chandos CHAN 3157(2) | review review |
| Eva Marton, Bernd Weikl, Berliner Philharmoniker/Zubin Mehta (1990) | Sony Classical SM2K90450 | review |
| Ljuba Welitsch, Hans Hotter, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (1952) | Pristine Audio PACO231 | review review |
| Ljuba Welitsch, Herbert Janssen, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (1949) | Guild GHCD 2230-1 | review review |
| Birgit Nilsson, Eberhard Wächter, Wiener Philharmoniker/Georg Solti (1961) | Decca 475 7528 | review |
| Decca 483 1498 | review review | |
| Pristine Audio PACO165 | review review | |
| Christel Goltz, Ernst Gutstein, Staatskapelle Dresden/Otmar Suitner (1963) | Berlin Classics 009102BC | review |
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Video (stage director, singer for the Salome, singer for Jochanaan (John the Baptist), orchestra and conductor, ordered by conductor)
| Luc Bondy, Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Christoph von Dohnányi (1997) | Decca DVD 074 105-9 | review |
| Sir Peter Hall, Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Edward Downes (1992) | Opus Arte OA R3108 D | review |
| Nadja Michael, Falk Struckmann, Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Daniel Harding (2007) | TDK DVWW-OPSALOME DVD | review |
| David McVicar, Nadja Michael, Michael Volle, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Philippe Jordan (2008) | Opus Arte OA0996 D | review |
| Gabriele Lavia, Erika Sunnegårdh, Mark S. Doss, Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna/Nicola Luisotti (2010) | Arthaus Musik lu-ray 108096 | review |
| Petr Weigl, Catherine Malfitano, Simon Estes, Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin/Giuseppe Sinopoli (1990) | NVC Arts DVD 9031-73827-2 | review review |
| Angela Denoke, Alan Held, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Stefan Soltesz (2011) | Arthaus Musik Blu-ray 108 037 | review |
| Romeo Castellucci, Asmik Grigorian, Gábor Bretz, Wiener Philharmoniker/Franz Welser-Möst | Unitel: Blu-ray 801704, DVD 801608 | review review review |
