The sound of Stokowski and Wagner.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Contributor:

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, conductor.

Schuman, Henry, performer.

Wright, Marilyn, performer.

Granick, Arthur, performer.

Shapiro, Harvey, performer.

Froelich, Ralph, performer.

Symphony of the Air.

Standardized Title:

Operas. Selections

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Operas--Excerpts.

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Excerpts.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (48:45 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

12 in.

Contained In:

Stokowski-Gatewood Collection of Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 248

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : RCA Victor, 1961.

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

stereo

Contents:

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (5:42)

Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 3 (10:08)

Das Rheingold: Entrance of the gods into Valhalla (7:58)

Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg music (24:57) / Wagner.

Participant:

Henry Schuman, Englsih horn (2nd work) ; Marilyn Wright, violin ; Arthur Granick, viola ; Harvey Shapiro, cello ; Ralph Froelich, French horn (all in 4th work) Symphony of the Air, with various vocal soloists and chorus; Leopold Stokowski, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded December 28, 1960 and April 20/21, 1961.

Program notes by Charles O'Connell on container.

This recording was Record 358 in Gatewood's collection of recordings; a duplicate in Stokowski's collection, Record 128, is no longer in the collection.

Contains:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Walkürenritt

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 3. Aufzug. 1. Szene. Mässig langsam

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold. Einzug der Götter in Walhall

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser. Ouvertüre

Publisher Number:

LSC-2555 RCA Victor

Access Restriction:

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