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Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die Walküre
Richard Wagner
, 1851–56
Recommended Recordings
London Symphony
orchestra
George London
baritone
Brigit Nilsson
soprano
Erich Leinsdorf
conductor
Jon Vickers
tenor
Decca
1961
3h 35m
Georg Solti
conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
orchestra
Christa Ludwig
mezzo-soprano
James King
tenor
Hans Hotter
bass-baritone
Brigit Nilsson
soprano
Régine Crespin
soprano
Decca
1963
3h 49m
Berliner Philharmoniker
orchestra
Herbert von Karajan
conductor
Gundula Janowitz
soprano
Martti Talvela
bass
Régine Crespin
soprano
Jon Vickers
tenor
Thomas Stewart
baritone
Josephine Veasey
mezzo-soprano
Deutsche Grammophon
1966
3h 57m
Theo Adam
bass
Annelis Burmeister
mezzo-soprano
James King
tenor
Karl Böhm
conductor
Leonie Rysanek
soprano
Brigit Nilsson
soprano
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
orchestra
Gerd Nienstedt
bass
Decca
1967
3h 30m
Staatskapelle Dresden
orchestra
Siegfried Jerusalem
tenor
Theo Adam
bass-baritone
Kurt Moll
bass
Jessye Norman
soprano
Marek Janowski
conductor
Yvonne Minton
mezzo-soprano
Jeannine Altmeyer
soprano
Sony
1981
3h 40m
Christa Ludwig
mezzo-soprano
James Levine
conductor
Hildegard Behrens
soprano
Kurt Moll
bass
Jessye Norman
soprano
Metropolitan Opera
orchestra
James Morris
bass-baritone
Gary Lakes
tenor
Deutsche Grammophon
1987
4h 4m
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
orchestra
Bernard Haitink
conductor
Cheryl Studer
soprano
Waltraud Meier
mezzo-soprano
Matti Salminen
bass
James Morris
bass-baritone
Reiner Goldberg
tenor
Éva Marton
soprano
EMI
1988
3h 51m
Daniel Barenboim
conductor
John Tomlinson
bass
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
orchestra
Linda Finnie
mezzo-soprano
Matthias Hölle
bass
Poul Elming
tenor
Nadine Secunde
soprano
Anne Evans
soprano
Teldec
1992
3h 52m
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
bass
Robert Gambill
tenor
Renate Behle
soprano
Lothar Zagrosek
conductor
Staatsoper Stuttgart
choir
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
orchestra
Tichina Vaughn
mezzo-soprano
Angela Denoke
soprano
Attila Jun
bass
Naxos
2003
3h 44m
Vasily Petrenko
bass
Simone Young
conductor
Philharmoniker Hamburg
orchestra
Falk Struckmann
baritone
Yvonne Naef
alto
Deborah Polaski
soprano
Stuart Skelton
tenor
Jeanne Piland
mezzo-soprano
Oehms
2008
3h 49m
Seattle Symphony
orchestra
Stuart Skelton
tenor
Asher Fisch
conductor
Greer Grimsley
baritone
Stephanie Blythe
mezzo-soprano
Alwyn Mellor
soprano
Margaret Jane Wray
soprano
Avie
2013
3h 43m
Michelle DeYoung
mezzo-soprano
Matthias Goerne
baritone
Petra Lang
soprano
Stuart Skelton
tenor
Jaap van Zweden
conductor
Hong Kong Philharmonic
orchestra
Heidi Melton
soprano
Naxos
2016
3h 56m
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
orchestra
Simon Rattle
conductor
Elisabeth Kulman
mezzo-soprano
Eric Halfvarson
bass
James Rutherford
baritone
Stuart Skelton
tenor
Eva Maria Westbroek
soprano
Iréne Theorin
soprano
BR-Klassik
2019
3h 38m