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Wagner: Siegfried (Pristine Audio)
Another majestic instalment of living theatre – the best so far – in Kna’s 1956 Bayreuth Ring, in superb sound [RMo]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Pristine Audio)
Pristine’s stereo remastering reveals its glories yet more vividly – but unfortunately also highlights the constant hacking of the audience and Windgassen’s coordination problems. [RMo]
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Naxos)
A strong musical performance hampered by the directors’ silly concept and by technical issues with the sound [ST]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Pristine Audio)
A great performance revitalised in extraordinarily vivid sound – another Pristine remastering triumph [RMo]
In The Shadows – recital (Erato)
I enjoyed some unhackneyed repertoire and the marvellous singing [GF]
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Warner Classics)
Beautiful sonorities throughout but the conductor’s approach is an emotional letdown and hampers the stellar cast [MP]
Neville Marriner (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)
An 80-CD centenary salute to Marriner, with (or without) his ASMF [JW]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Opus Arte)
A superb fusion of singing, music and stagecraft [AOz]
Wagner: Die Feen (Orfeo)
A very fine cast and excellent sound makes this a decent version of Wagner’s difficult first opera [MP]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Decca)
The last instalment of the Decca ‘Ring’ enhanced by remastering in magnificent sound [JQ]
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot (Orfeo)
A colourful Wagnerian romp with two outstanding interpreters among the large cast [MP]
Wagner: Das Rheingold (Decca)
A classic Wagner recording in magnificently remastered sound [JQ]
Daniel Behle (tenor) R Strauss & Wagner (Prospero)
An important album. One which may surprise those who admire this tenor’s Mozart recordings [MP]
Wagner: Lohengrin (Decca)
(Déjà Review) This set wins hands down [JP]
Popper: Complete Transcriptions for Violoncello and Piano (Paladino Music)
A valuable addition to the Popper discography and a chance to hear a Hubay rarity [RCh]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Sterling)
Fine conducting and orchestral playing and an impressive Brünnhilde – but compromised by a poor Siegmund and a weak Wotan [RMo]
Wagner: Siegfried (BR Klassik)
Simon Rattle’s traversal of the Ring finally reaches Siegfried, with highly recommendable results [PCG]
Frederick Stock (conductor) Chicago Symphony, Vol 3 (Pristine Audio)
Further evidence that Stock was an exceptionally able conductor [JW]
The Paris Opera 1900-1960 (Malibran Music)
Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Decca)
A recording for the ages, revealed in full splendour in a new re-mastering [JQ]
Wagner: Orchestral Music (Beulah)
Neglected Gallic Wagner from Detroit proves a winner [DMD]
Wagner: Die Walküre (Altus)
Schippers’s great Osaka Die Walküre is one of the great treasures of the Wagner discography [MB]
Wagner: Orchestral Selections from Der Ring des Nibelungen (RCA/Sony)
It would be hard to find a more sumptuously played and superbly recorded Wagner disc than this one [MB]
The Zurich Affair – Wagner’s One and Only Love (Naxos)
A worthwhile effort is sadly – but seriously – flawed [RMay]
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