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Hans Knappertsbusch

    Hans Knappertsbusch The Opera Edition (19CD)

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    Product Code: 0028948418008

    This Original Jackets collection offers the opportunity to celebrate the art of Hans Knappertsbusch, held in the deepest affection by many of the musicians and singers who worked with him. He was considered by many as High Priest of Bayreuth, and accordingly this edition includes his 1951 and 1962 Bayreuth traversals of Parsifal as well as the heartwarming Vienna Meistersinger of 1950–51, the Munich Fidelio of 1961 and several highlights with notable opera stars of his time.

    Tracklist

    CDs 1–2:

    BEETHOVEN
    Fidelio

    ARTISTS:
    Jan Peerce
    Sena Jurinac
    Deszö Ernster
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CD 3:

    WAGNER
    Tristan und Isolde: excerpts

    ARTISTS:
    Birgit Nilsson
    Grace Hoffman
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CD 4:

    WAGNER
    Die Walküre: Act I

    ARTISTS:
    Kirsten Flagstad
    Set Svanholm
    Arnold van Mill
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CDs 5–8:

    WAGNER
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

    ARTISTS:
    Paul Schöffler
    Hilde Gueden
    Günther Treptow
    Karl Dönch
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CDs 9–12:

    WAGNER
    Parsifal
    Bayreuth, 1951

    ARTISTS:
    Wolfgang Windgassen
    George London
    Hermann Uhde
    Martha Mödl
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CDs 13–16:

    WAGNER
    Parsifal
    Bayreuth, 1962

    ARTISTS:
    Jess Thomas
    George London
    Gustav Neidlinger
    Irene Dalis
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CD 17:


    Kirsten Flagstad sings Wagner


    ARTISTS:
    Kirsten Flagstad
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CD 18:

    George London sings Wagner

    ARTISTS:
    George London
    Hans Knappertsbusch

    CD 19:

    RICHARD STRAUSS
    Der Rosenkavalier

    WAGNER
    Tannhäuser
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
    Excerpts

    ARTISTS:
    Maria Reining
    Paul Schöffler
    Hans Knappertsbusch