Wagner: Die Walküre Act I: (1954) Furtwängler

Richard Wagner
Die Walküre
Act I
1. Prelude
2. Scene I
3. Scene II
4. Scene III
Siegmund: Ludwig Suthaus
Sieglinde: Leonie Rysanek
Wotan:Ferdinand Frantz
Brünnhilde:Martha Mödl
Hunding :Gottlob Frick
Fricka:Margarete Klose
Gerhilde:Gerda Scheyrer
Ortlinde: Judith Hellwig
Waltraute:Dagmar Schmedes
Schwertleite: Ruth Siewert
Helmwige:Erika Köth
Siegrune:Hertha Töpper
Grimgerde:Johanna Blatter
Roßweiße:Dagmar Hermann
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Conductor
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded on September 28 - October 6, 1954
at the Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna
The original intention was to record a complete Ring Cycle, but Furtwängler passed away less than two months after this session in November, 1954. What remains is not only Furtwangler's last major studio recording, but an immortal, and often talked about, performance. It is presented here for the first time in full acoustic resolution.
Digital transfer (2021): Studio Art & Son, Annecy
Field acoustic restoration (2024): Paul Howard - The Yucaipa Studio
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