Richard Wagner: Operatic Excerpts - Leopold Stokowski

Richard Wagner: Operatic Excerpts (CBH172)

• 1. Ride the Walkyries (Act III from Die Walkuere) (5’48) Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassay, Doris Yarick, sopranos Betty Allen, Doris Okerson, Regina Sarfaty, Shirley Verrett, contraltos

• 2. Entrance of the Goods into Valhalla (Closing scene from Rheingold) (8’03) Martina Arroyo, Carlotta Ordassay, sopranos; Louse Parker, mezzo soprano

• 3. Tannhauser, Overture e Venusberg Music (Paris version) (25’05) 

Symphony of the Air York

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Chorus directed by Margaret Hillis

Recordings:  New York, Manhattan Center, December 28, 1960; April 20 & 21, 1961

Producer: Richard Mohr and Peter Delheim

Sound Engineer: Antony Salvatore, Robert Leyton, Rovert Auger

• 4. Die Walkuere (Closing scene) Magic Fire Music (Act III) (07’11) 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Recording:  London, October 1973

• 5. Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act I (10’04)
• 6. Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod (06’45)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Leopold Stokows

Recording:  London, October 1973

• 7. Goetterdaemmerug, Funeral march (08’12)

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Leopold Stokows

Recording:  London, November 1974