This discography is based on articles by Angel-Fernando Mayo
in Spanish magazines Ritmo and Scherzo, and on
reviews by himself in Boletín Diverdi (Newsletter of
Spanish importer of "live" labels). For complete
references, see the bottom of the page.
Compiled by Angel Riego Cue. Last update: June 2002
Recordings by Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV
1048(a)
with Vienna Philharmonic (24.06.1944)
Tahra TAH 320-322 (3 CDs)
Violin Concerto in a, BWV 1041
with Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Vienna Philharmonic
(01.07.1944)
Music & Arts CD-4897 (2 CDs)
King Records K30Y261
Tahra TAH 320-322 (3 CDs)
Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068
with Vienna Philharmonic (24.06.1944)
Music & Arts CD-4897 (2 CDs)
King Records K30Y261
Tahra TAH 320-322 (3 CDs)
History TIM 204580 (20 CDs, "Bach: Meisterwerke in historischen Einspielungen")
with Wolfgang Schröder, Munich Philharmonic
(06.01.1962)
King Records KICC 2374
Disques Refrain DR
920025
Six German Dances, K 509 and K 600
with Berlin State Opera/ Berlin Symphony
(21.04.1933)
Odeon (78)
Preiser 90183
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 10 (only K.
600)
Le Nozze di Figaro (Overture)
with Bavarian State Opera (1950s?)
Rare Moth RM 453-M
Le Nozze di Figaro (Act III, complete)
with Maria Reining, Ezio Pinza, Mariano Stabile,
Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO (Salzburg,
21.08.1939)
The Radio Years RY 75 [labelled
13.08.1939?]
Wing WCD 15
Die Zauberflöte Excerpts
(Act I: "Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren", "Ach, ich
fühl's"; Act II: "O Isis und Osiris", "Die Strahlen der Sonne") with
Berger, Reining, Manowarda, Vienna State Opera (04.12.1941)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
Otto Nicolai
Merry Wives of Windsor , Overture
with Berlin Philharmonic (04.01.1941)
Tahra TAH 309
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
with Berlin Philharmonic (02.02.1950)
Hunt 723
Arkadia CDGI 723
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (1960)
London CS-6192 or STS-15045
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2104
Polygram POCL 9764
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7024
Hans Pfitzner
Scherzo for Orchestra in C Major
with Munich Philharmonic (06.01.1957)
King Records KICC 2411
Palestrina , Prelude to Act I
with Berlin Philharmonic (1942)
HMV (78)
Preiser 90260
Tahra TAH 311-312 (2
CDs)
Magic Talent 48096
Max Reger
Variations & Fugue on a Theme by
Mozart
with Vienna Philharmonic (1944)
King Records KICC 2376
Disques Refrain DR
920029
Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs & Dances, Suite II
with Munich Philharmonic (06.01.1958)
King Records KICC 2377
Gioacchino Rossini
William Tell, Overture
with Bavarian State Opera (1928)
Preiser 90389
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 40 [labelled
1929]
Franz Schmidt
Variations on a Husar's song
with Vienna Philharmonic (20.10.1957)
DG 435 328 [ VPO 150th Anniversary
set ]
King Records K30Y 265
Franz Schubert
Symphony no. 8
with Berlin Philharmonic (29.01.1950)
Melodram MEL 216 (2 LPs) [labelled
Berliner Radiosinfonie-Orchester]
Chaconne CHCD 1001
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs)
En Larmes ELM 01-28
[labelled 09.1950, maybe the same]
with Berlin Philharmonic (30.01.1950)
Tahra TAH 417-418 (2
CDs)
with Bavarian State Opera (10.02.1958)
Disques Refrain DR 910005-2 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2375
Music & Arts CD 936
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Living Stage LS 4035152 (2 CDs)
Symphony no. 9
with Vienna Philharmonic (20.10.1957)
DG 435 328 [ VPO 150th Anniversary
set ]
King Records KICC 2158
Music & Arts CD-4936
with Munich Philharmonic (01.1959) (for Hans
Knappertsbusch Society, not released)
Marche militaire (arr. ? )
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.55)
Melodram 18033 [ labelled Munich
Philharmonic ]
Living Stage LS 1005
Marche militaire (arr. Weninger)
with Vienna Philharmonic (1960)
London CS-6192 or STS-15045 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs) or 452 208 ("The Magic of Schubert") or 466 241 (2 CDs, "40 Famous Marches")
King Records KICC 2104
Polygram POCL 9764
Belart 4610042
DG 469 289-2 (2 CDs, "Panorama-Colours of the Orchestra")
Robert Schumann
Symphony no. 4
with Staatskapelle Dresden (04.11.1956)
Seven Seas K20C-57 (LP)
Hunt CD-724 or Arkadia CDGI
724
Fonoteam CD 74802
King Records KICC 2161
with Munich Philharmonic (06.01.1962)
Hans Knappertsbusch Society HK
3005
King Records KICC 2374
with Vienna Philharmonic (16.12.1962)
Memories HR 4171/73
King Records KICC 2025
Disques Refrain DR-930048
[labelled 1953]
Rediscover RED 18
Enterprise Documents LV 903/904
Living Stage LS 4035152 (2 CDs)
Johann Strauss, Sr.
Radetzky March, Op. 228
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Teldec 6.41767 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7009
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Accelerationen - Waltz, Op. 234
with Berlin State Opera (02.1928)
Preiser 90236
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
Edition Berliner Musenkinder 05033
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7024
Annenpolka, Op. 117
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Melodram MEL 18033 [labelled
Munich Philharmonic]
King Records K30Y 268
Living Stage LS 1005
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Teldec 6.41767 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2
CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Danube maidens, Op. 427
with Berlin State Opera (02.1928)
Preiser 90236
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
Egyptian March, Op. 335
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Melodram MEL 18033 [labelled
Munich Philharmonic]
King Records K30Y 268
Living Stage LS 1005
Enjoice your Life, Op. 340
with Berlin State Opera (02.1928)
Preiser 90236
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
Fledermaus - Overture
with Berlin State Opera (05.09.1928)
Preiser 90236
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 10 [labelled
1933]
with Berlin Philharmonic (02.02.1950)
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs)
Kiss Waltz, Op. 400
with Berlin Symphony (21.04.1933)
Preiser 90236
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
Leichtes Blut - Polka, Op. 319
with Vienna Philharmonic (1940)
Preiser 90236 or 90116
or 90139 or 90090
EMI CDH 7 64299-2 [VPO
150th Anniversary set]
Shinsheido SGR 8228
[labelled 1942]
Classics da capo
171.914-2
Iron Needle
IN 1314
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
DG 435 335 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Roses of the South, Op. 388
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Melodram MEL 18033 [labelled
Munich Philharmonic]
King Records K30Y 268
Living Stage LS 1005
Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325
with Berlin State Opera (02.1928)
Preiser 90236
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Melodram MEL 18033 [labelled
Munich Philharmonic]
King Records K30Y 268
Living Stage LS 1005
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Teldec 6.41767 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
DG 435 335 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Thousand and one nights, Intermezzo
with Berlin Philharmonic (27.01.1952)
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs) [labelled as "La Danza",
by Laci Boldemann, 02.02.1950]
Green Hill GH 0006-7 (2
CDs)
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
Melodram MEL 18033 [labelled
Munich Philharmonic]
King Records K30Y 268
Living Stage LS 1005
Trisch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
with Vienna Philharmonic (10.1957)
London STS 15264 (LP)
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2103
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7024
With us, at home, Op. 361
with Berlin Symphony (21.04.1933)
Preiser 90236
Wing WCD 10
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
Johann & Josef Strauss
Pizzicato-Polca
with Vienna Philharmonic (1940)
Preiser 90236 or 90116 or 90139
EMI CDH 7 64299-2 [VPO
150th Anniversary set]
Shinsheido SGR 8228
[labelled 1942]
Tahra 358 361 (4 CDs, "J. Strauss, King of the Waltz")
with Berlin Philharmonic (02.02.1950)
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs)
with Bavarian State Opera (20.03.1955)
Orfeo d'Or C 426 981 B
King Records K30Y 168
Richard Strauss
Don Juan
with Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire
(Paris, 07-08.05.1956)
Teldec 6.41939 (LP)
London CM-9160 (LP)
Decca (LP)
King Records KICC 2107
or 2116
Polygram POCL 4599
Don Quixote
with Fritz Kiskalt, S. Meinecke, Munich
Philharmonic (06.01.1958)
King Records KICC 2363
Golden Melodram GM
4.0041
Elektra
with Goltz, Rysanek, Madeira, Uhde, Bavarian
State Opera (08.09.1952 or 02.09.1954) (not released)
Elektra, Excerpts
("Allein, weh, ganz allein" , "Die Hunde auf dem Hofe erkennen mich...-Orest! Es rührt sich niemand")
with Pauly, Schipper, Vienna State Opera (30.09.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
("Orest! Orest! Es rührt sich niemand" , "Elektra!
Elektra! Schwester!" , "Die uberschwenglich guten Gotter-Ich trage die
Last des Gluckes")
with Rünger, H. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera
(21.11.1941)
Koch Schwann 3-1466-2 (2 CDs)
Intermezzo (Waltz Scene)
with Berlin State Opera (04.09.1928)
Parlophone (78)
Preiser 90260
Salomé (Dance of the Seven Veils)
with Berlin State Opera (04.09.1928)
Parlophone (78)
Preiser 90260
Der Rosenkavalier
(Performers of: Marschallin - Octavian - Sophie - Ochs -
Faninal - Valzacchi - Annina - Italian Tenor)
RCA Red Seal 74321 69431-2 (3 CDs) or 74321 69428-2 (9 CDs)
with Schech, Töpper, Köth, Edelmann, Peter,
Kuën, Kadera, Fehenberger, Bavarian State Opera
(03.09.1957)
Melodram MEL-S 102 (4 LPs)
Der Rosenkavalier "Kann mich auch an ein
Madel erinnern"
with Maria Reining, Tonhalle, Zurich
(1949)
Decca LX3021 (LP)
Preiser 90083
Der Rosenkavalier "Heut oder Morgen "
with Maria Reining, Tonhalle, Zurich
(1949)
Decca LX3021 (LP)
Preiser 90083
Der Rosenkavalier Excerpts
(Act I: Prelude; "Wie du warst, wie du bist"; "(Ich
will) ihn nicht seh'n, solch schrecklichen Tag" ; Act II: Prelude, "Ein
erster Tag, Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren" ; Act III: "Leopold, wir
gehn-Es war halt nichts als eine Farce" ; "Hab mir's gelobt") with
Lehmann, Hadrabova, Schumann, Sterneck,
Vienna State Opera (19.10.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1462-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: Prelude; "Wie du warst, wie du bist"; Act III:
"Leupold, wir gehn") with Sterneck, A. Konetzni, Schumann, Flesch,
Paalen, Galos, Vienna State Opera (14.12.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Und heut nachmittag werd ich Ihm einen Laufer
schicken"; Act II: "...die Demut in mir zu erwecken" ; Act II: "Mir ist
die Ehre widerfahren") with H. Konetzni, Schumann, Bokor, Michalsky,
Vienna State Opera (13.06.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
Wing WCD 15 [labelled 13.01.1937 , but at the time, Knappertsbusch was at London conducting "Salome"]
Tod und Verklärung
with Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire
(Paris, 07-08.05.1956)
Teldec 6.41939 (LP)
London CM-9160 (LP)
Decca (LP)
King Records KICC 2316
Polygram POCL 4599
with Staatskapelle Dresden (28.11.1959)
Pilz 78003
Fonoteam CD 78003
Tahra TAH 303-304 (2
CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (16.12.1962)
Memories HR 4171/73
King Records KICC 2025
Living Stage LS 4035152 (2 CDs)
with Munich Philharmonic (16.01.1964)
Disques Refrain DR 920025
King Records KICC 2378/79
Golden Melodram GM
4.0041
Till Eulenspiegel
with Berlin State Opera (1928)
Preiser 90260
Piotr I. Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker Suite
with Berlin Philharmonic (02.02.1950)
Tahra TAH 214-215 (2
CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (02.1960)
London CS-6192 or STS-15045 (LP)
Teldec 6.41767 or
Decca 440 624 (2 CDs)
King Records KICC 2104
Polygram POCL 9764
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida, Triumphal March
with Vienna Philharmonic (1940)
Preiser 90116
Grammofono 2000 AB 78555
Shinsheido SGR-8228
Richard Wagner
Rienzi, Overture
with Vienna Philharmonic (1940)
Electrola (78)
Preiser 90116
Grammofono 2000 AB 78522 or 78678
Iron Needle IN 1330
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Shinsheido SGR 8228
Cantus Classics 5.00190 (2 CDs)
Classica d'Oro CDO 1010
Classics da Capo 171.916-2
History TIM 204551 (40 CDs, "20th century Maestros")
with London Philharmonic (31.12.1947)
Decca (78?, LP?)
Preiser 90189
Wing WCD 23
with Vienna Philharmonic (14-15.06.1950)
Decca 440 062
King Records KICC 2107
Polygram POCL 4303
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WST 17055 (LP) or
MVCW18002 or WP32KX-12
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs)
Fliegende Holländer
with Uhde, Varnay, Weber, Windgassen, Schärtel,
Traxel, Bayreuth (22.07.1955)
CetraL051 (3
LPs)
Melodram MEL 550 (3) (3 LPs)
Hunt 2CD LSMH 34021 (2 CDs)
Arkadia CDMP 421 (2 CDs)
[labelled 25.07]
Music & Arts CD-319 or 876 (2
CDs) [labelled 22.06]
Golden Melodram GM
1.0028 (2 CDs)
Fliegende Holländer, Overture
with Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
DG (78)
Preiser 90286
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (06-07.05.1953)
Decca 440 062
King Records KICC 2313
Polygram POCL 4304
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WST 17055 (LP) or
WP64KX-10/11 (2 CDs) or MVCW 18002
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs)
Fliegende Holländer "Die
Frist ist um"
with George London, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1958)
Decca SXL2068 (LP)
Decca 421 877 or 425 787 (2 CDs)
or 458 238 or 443 380
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs) (only Entrance of the Guests)
Wing WCD 40 (only
Entrance of the Guests?)
Classica d'Oro CDO 1010 (only Bacchanale)
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs) (only Bacchanale)
Tannhäuser "Dich, teure
Halle"
with Maria Reining, Tonhalle, Zurich
(1949)
Decca LX3021 (LP)
Preiser 90083
Tannhäuser "Allmächt'ge
Jungfrau"
with Maria Reining, Tonhalle, Zurich
(1949)
Decca LX3021 (LP)
Preiser 90083
Tannhäuser "Inbrunst im
Herzen"
with Max Lorenz, Vienna Philharmonic (1942)
EMI (Electrola) 1 C 147-29 154/55
M (2 LPs)
Preiser 90116 or 89232
Shinsheido SGR 8228
Tannhäuser Excerpts (Act I:
"Zu ihr, zu ihr"; Act II: "Dich, teure
Halle", "Ich fleh' für ihn", "Erbarm
dich mein", "Versammelt sind aus meinen
Landen"; Act III: "Von fern her tönten frohe
Gnadenlieder")
with Lorenz, Reining, Alsen, Schellenberg, A.
Konetzni, Vienna State Opera (20.11.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
The Radio Years RY 98
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I
with Tonhalle, Zürich (17.06.1947)
Preiser 90189
Preiser 90389
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WST 17055 (LP) or
WP32KX-12 or MVCW 18002
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs) or MCD 80089
(2 CDs)
Theorema TH 121.125
Westminster-DG 471 211-2
(2 CDs)
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III
with Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
Preiser 90286
with London Philharmonic (31.12.1947)
Preiser 90189
Wing WCD 23 [labelled
1948]
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
Lohengrin "Einsam in trüben
Tagen"
with Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1956)
Decca LXT5249 or SDD 212 (LP)
Decca 421 877 or 440 495 or 440
490 (5 CDs, Flagstad Edition) or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
Decca 468486
Lohengrin Excerpts
(Act I: "Du kündest nun dein wahr' Gericht - Gottesurteil - Durch Gottes Sieg") with Ralf, Helletsgruber, Hofmann,
Schipper, A. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera
(08.10.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1451-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Heil, König Heinrich"; Act
II: "Was er verbigt", "Du ärmste
kannst") with Kötter, Teschemacher, Alsen,
A. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera (19.12.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
The Radio Years RY 98
Tristan und Isolde
with Treptow, Braun, Klose, Schöffler, Frantz,
Kuën, Bavarian State Opera (23.07.1950)
Gala GL 100.651 (4 CDs)
Laudis LCD 44009 (4 CDs)
Orfeo d'Or C 395 433 D (3 CDs)
Arkadia 78075 (3 CDs)
Cantus Classics 5.00176 + 5.00177 (2 + 2 CDs)
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act
I & Liebestod (orchestral version)
with Berlin State Opera (19.11.1959) [according to another sources, with Berlin Philharmonic (27 or 28.01.1952) ]
King Records KICC 2030 [labelled 1951 ]
King Records K30Y 269
Music & Arts RR 535 (LP)
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WP 64KX-10/11 (2 CDs)
or MVCW18001
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs)
Theorema 121.125
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act
I & Liebestod (sung version)
with Helena Braun, Bavarian State Opera (23.07.1950 , from complete opera performing)
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs) [labelled Margarethe Klose]
with Birgit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic
(09.1959)
Decca SXL2184 (LP)
Decca 414 625 or 452 896
Decca 425 787 (2 CDs,
Prelude only) or 421 877 (Liebestod only)
or 458 238 (Liebestod only) or 460 596 (Liebestod only)
King Records K35Y 1010
or KICC 2106 (Liebestod only?)
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7046
with Birgit Nilsson, Vienna Philharmonic
(31.05.1962)
Disques Refrain DR 920026
Hosanna HOS 01
with Christa Ludwig, NDR Symphony [Hamburg Radio]
(24.03.1963)
Nuova Era NE 013.6304
Hunt 730 or 4CD LSMH 34051 (bonus)
Arkadia CDGI 730 or CDMP 451
Enterprise LV 903
Tahra TAH 132-135 (4 CDs)
En Larmes ELM 02-160
Tristan und Isolde, "Weh! ach
weh! Dies zu dulden"
with Birgit Nilsson, Grace Hoffmann, Vienna
Philharmonic (09.1959)
Decca SXL2184 (LP)
Decca 452 896 or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act
III
with Prussian State (1942) (Grundheber Sound
Archive, not released)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
(Performers of: Sachs - Pogner - Beckmesser - Kothner -
Walther - David - Eva - Magdalene - Nachtwaechter)
with Schöffler, Edelmann, Dönch, Poell,
Treptow, Dermota, Güden, Schürhoff,
Pröglhöff, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna
Philharmonic (1950/51)
Richmond 65002
Decca 440 057 (4 CDs)
Polygram POCL 4082/5 (4 CDs)
(Highlights) Decca 452 692
with Edelmann, Böhme, Pflanzl, Faulhaber, Hopf,
Unger, Della Casa, Malaniuk, Neidlinger, Bayreuth
(1952)
Melodram MEL 522 (5) (5 LPs)
Hunt 4 CD LSMH 34040 (4 CDs)
Arkadia CDMP 440.4 (4 CDs)
Music & Arts CD1014
(4 CDs)
Golden Melodram GM 1.0003 (4 CDs)
with Frantz, Frick, Pflanzl, Peter, Hopf, Kuën,
della Casa, Töpper, Schmitz, Bavarian State
Opera (Munich, 11.09.1955)
King Records KICC 2313 [labelled
09.1951, from complete opera recording?]
Polygram POCL 4303
[idem]
with Berlin State Opera (19.11.1959) in Music
& Arts RR 388 (LP)
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster (LP) or
MVCW18001 or WP32X2-12
Theorema TH 121.125
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs)
with NDR Symphony [Hamburg Radio] (24.03.1963)
Nuova Era NE 013.6304
Hunt CD 730 or 4CD LSMH 34051
(bonus)
Arkadia CDGI 730.1 or CDMP 451
Enterprise LV 903
Tahra TAH 132-135 (4 CDs)
Meistersinger, Prelude to Act III,
Dance of the Apprentices and March of the Corporations
with London Philharmonic (1948)
Decca (LP)
Meistersinger, Prelude to Act III
with Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
DG POCG 2128 (Japan)
Preiser 90286
Iron Needle IN 1330
Grammofono 2000 AB 78678
Fine Classics 4426-2
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Classica d'Oro CDO 1010
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
Gebhardt 0035 ("Michael Bohnen as Hans Sachs")
with Bavarian State Opera (Grundheber Sound
Archive, not released)
with Vienna Philharmonic (09.1951?) [from
complete opera recording?] on Polygram
POCL 4303
with NDR Symphony [Hamburg Radio] (24.03.1963)
Hunt CD 730 or 4CD LSMH 34051
(bonus)
Arkadia CDGI 730.1 or CDMP 451
Tahra TAH 132-135 (4 CDs)
Meistersinger, Dance of the
Apprentices
with Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
DG POCG 2128 (Japan)
Preiser 90286
Iron Needle IN 1330
Grammofono 2000 AB 78678
Fine Classics 4426-2
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
Meistersinger "Was duftet doch
der Flieder"
with Theodor Scheidl, Berlin Philharmonic
(1928)
DG (78 & LP)
with Paul Schoeffler, Tonhalle, Zurich
Decca (LP)
Preiser 90190
Dutton Laboratories CDLX 7034 ("Stars of International Opera, vol.1")
with George London, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1958)
Decca SXL2068 (LP)
Decca 425 787 (2 CDs) or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
Decca 467904
Meistersinger "Gut'n Abend,
Meister"
with Paul Schoeffler, Maria Reining, Tonhalle,
Zurich (1948)
Decca X312 (LP)
Preiser 90083 or 90190
Meistersinger "Wahn! Wahn!
überall Wahn!"
with George London, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1958)
Decca SXL2068 (LP)
Decca 425 787 (2 CDs) or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
Decca 467904
Meistersinger "Hat man mit dem
Schuhwerk"
with Paul Schoeffler, Maria Reining, Tonhalle,
Zurich (1948)
Decca (LP)
Meistersinger Excerpts
(Act I: "Was sollte man da noch hören?" ; Act III: "Selig wie die Sonne") with
Wiedemann, Hofmann, Kalenberg, Alsen, Madin,
Maikl, Arnold, Fritsch, Tomek, Muzzarelli, Reich,
Ettl, Mansinger,Thorborg, Sallaba, Vienna State Opera (19.10.1936)
with Windgassen, Mödl, Weber, London, Uhde, Van
Mill, Bayreuth (1951)
Decca LXT 2651-6 or GOM
504-8 or 411 786-1 (5 LPs)
Richmond RS 65001 (LP)
London LLPA 10 or A-4602
(LP)
Decca 425 976-2 (CD)
Teldec 9031 76047 (4 CDs)
History TIM 205087 (20
CDs, "Wagnermania")
Cantus Classics 5.00237 + 5.00238 (2 + 2 CDs)
with Windgassen, Mödl, Weber, London, Uhde,
Böhme, Bayreuth (1952)
Golden Melodram GM
1.0051 (4 CDs)
with Windgassen, Mödl, Greindl, Hotter,
Neidlinger, Adam, Bayreuth (1954)
(Highlights) Melodram
MEL 583 (5) (5 LPs)
King Records KICC
2341/44
Golden Melodram GM
1.0053 (4 CDs)
with Vinay, Mödl, Greindl, Fischer-Dieskau,
Blankenheim, Hotter, Bayreuth (1956)
Cetra LO 79 or Melodram
MEL 563 (5) (5 LPs)
Hunt 4CD LSMH 34035 (4 CDs)
Arkadia CDMP 435.4 (4 CDs)
with Beirer, Crespin, Greindl, Waechter,
Blakenheim, Hines, Bayreuth (1958)
Melodram MEL 583 (5) (5
LPs)
Golden Melodram GM 1.0058 (4 CDs)
with Beirer, Crespin, Greindl, Stewart,
Neidlinger, Ward, Bayreuth (1960)
Melodram MEL 018 (5) or
MEL 603 (5) (5 LPs) or Gala
100.655 (4 CDs)
with Thomas, Dalis, Hotter, London, Neidlinger,
Weber, Bayreuth (1961)
Golden Melodram GM
1.0049 (4 CDs)
with Thomas, Dalis, Hotter, London, Neidlinger,
Talvela, Bayreuth (1962)
Philips 6729 002 or 6747 250 or
PHM 5-550 (mono) or PHS 5-950 (stereo) or
Melodiya D 33809 (5 LPs)
Philips 416 390 (4 CDs)
or PHCP 24092 (4 CDs) or 464756 (4 CDs)
with Windgassen, Dalis, Hotter, London,
Neidlinger, Böhme, Bayreuth (1963)
Golden Melodram GM
1.0034 (4 CDs)
with Vickers, B. Ericson, Hotter, Stewart,
Neidlinger, Hagenau, Bayreuth (13.08.1964, Last
Knappertsbusch performance)
Hunt 4CD LSMH 34051 (4 CDs)
Arkadia CDMP 451.4 (4 CDs)
Golden Melodram GM 1.0004 (4 CDs)
Parsifal, Act III
with Reinmar, Weber, Hartmann, Larcen, Berlin
State Opera (31.03.1942)
Acanta 442100 [labelled 1943]
Grammofono 2000 78555
Preiser 90261
Music & Arts 1067
Parsifal, Prelude to Act I
with Berlin State Opera (31.03.1942)
Acanta AC 442100
King Records KICC 2023
Tahra TAH 417-418 (2 CDs)
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (24.06.1950)
Decca 440 062
King Records KICC 2313 or KICC
2107
Polygram POCL 4303
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WP 64XK-10/11 or MVCW
18002
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs) or MCD 80089
(2 CDs)
Theorema TH 121.125
Westminster-DG 471 211-2
(2 CD)
Parsifal, Prelude to Act I , rehearsal
with Munich Philharmonic (1950s?)
Rare Moth RM 453-M
Parsifal, Act I, Transformation
Music
with Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
DG POCG 2128 (Japan)
Preiser 90286
Pearl GEMS 0024 (2 CDs) ("Wagner conductors on record")
Iron Needle IN 1330
Archiphon ARC-110/111 (2
CDs)
Classica d'Oro CDO 1010
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (06-07.05.1953)
Decca (LP)
King Records KICC 2107
Polygram POCL 4303
Parsifal, "Das Weihgefässes
göttlicher Gehalt"
with Theodor Scheidl, Berlin Philharmonic (1928)
DG (78 & LP)
Preiser 89406 (4 CDs,
"Waldoper Zoppot")
Parsifal, Flower-maidens scene
with Treptow, Vienna Opera Chorus, Vienna
Philharmonic (23-24.06.1950)
Decca (LP)
Parsifal, "Ich sah das
Kind"
with Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic (1959)
Decca LXT5249 or SDD 212 (LP)
Decca 414 625 or 440 495 or 440
490 (5 CDs, Flagstad Edition) or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
or K35Y 1010
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7046
Decca 468486
Parsifal, Excerpts
(Act I: Transformation Music , "Nun achte wohl - Zum
letzen Liebesmahle", "Nehmet hin mein Blut" , "Wein und Brot des letzen
Mahles" , "Was stehst du noch da?"; Act III: Transformation Music , "Es
birgt den Helden der Trauerschrein - Zum letzten Mal - Ja, wehe" ,
"Höchsten Heiles Wunder") with Alsen, Destal, Zec, Nikolaidi, Vienna
State Opera (01.11.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1463-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: Prelude , "Nun achte wohl und lass mich
seh'n-Zum letzten Liebesmahle" ; Act II: Prelude, "Die Zeit ist da" ,
"Wie lachen ihm die Rossen der Wangen-Hier! Hier war das Tosen-Ihr
schönen Kinder" , "Und willst du uns nicht schelten-Komm, komm, holder
Knabe" , "Sie beut dir heut' als Muttersegens letzen Gruss-Amfortas! Die
Wunde" , "Hilfe! Hilfe! Herbei!" ; Act III: Prelude , "Du siehst, das
ist nicht so ", "Ich sah sie welken, die einst mir lachten" ,
Transformation Music , "Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein" , "Höchsten
Heiles Wunder") with Grahl, A. Konetzni, Alsen, Wiedermann, Vienna State
Opera (06.04.1939)
Koch Schwann 3-1452-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Nehmet hin mein Blut, nehmet hin mein Leib" ;
Act II: "Amfortas, die Wunde" , "Erlöser, Heiland, Herr der
Huld...Gelobter Held" , "Ich sah ihn...Und lachte" , "Nach dem ich
jammernd schmachten sah...Erlösung, Frevlerin") with Lorenz, Schöffler,
Roth, Braun, Vogel, Vienna State Opera (10.11.1942)
Koch Schwann 3-1456-2 (2 CDs)
(Act III: "Wehvolles Erbe" , "Von neuen sprengt es das
Tor" , "Mein Vater, hochgesegneter der Helden" , "Höchsten Heiles
Wunder") with Hotter, Vienna State Opera (10.11.1942)
with Rysanek , Bayreuth (1958, from complete Ring cycle)
Myto 89002 (3 CDs, bonus of "Lohengrin" performed by Konya and Rysanek, conducted by Cluytens in Bayreuth-1958)
Die Walküre "Der Männer
Sippe"
with Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1956)
Decca LXT5249 or SDD 212 (LP)
Decca 421 877 or 440 495 or 440
490 (5 CDs, Flagstad Edition) or 458 238
King Records KICC 2106
with Rysanek , Bayreuth (1958, from complete Ring cycle)
Myto 89002 (3 CDs, bonus of "Lohengrin" performed by Konya and Rysanek, conducted by Cluytens in Bayreuth-1958)
Die Walküre "Du bist der
Lenz"
with Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1956)
Decca LXT5249 or SDD 212 (LP)
Decca 440 495 or 440 490 (5 CDs,
Flagstad Edition) or 458238 or 458230 or 460596
King Records KICC 2106
Decca 468486
Die Walküre "Leb'wohl"
(Wotan's Farewell)
with George London, Vienna Philharmonic (06.1958)
Decca SXL2068 (LP)
Decca 414 625 or 425 787 (2 CDs)
King Records K35Y 1010
Decca 467904
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7046
Die Walküre Excerpts
("Nun zäume dein Ross - Hojotoho")
with Hofmann, A. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera
(12.06.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1456-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Heilig ist mein Herd" , "Dich selige
Frau-Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond" , "Bist du Siegmund-Siegmund
heiss' ich" ; Act II: "Zauberfest bezahmt ein Schlaf" , "Hojotoho!" ,
"Zu Wotans Willen sprichst du" , "Sieglinde lebe, und Siegmund lebe mit
ihr" ; Act III: "Fort denn eile-O hehrstes Wunder") with Rünger, Pölzer,
H. Konetzni, Vienna State
Opera (19.09.1938)
Koch Schwann 3-1466-2 (2 CDs)
(from Act I) with Svanholm, H. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera
(16.06.1941)
Koch Schwann 3-1469-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Wasser, wie du gewollt!" , "Eine Waffe lass
mich dir weisen" , "Du bist der Lenz - Was mich berückt..." , "Siegmund,
so nenn' ich dich" ; Act III: "Rette mich, Maid - O hehrstes Wunder" ,
"Nicht straf' ich dich erst" , "Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind")
with Hotter, Braun, Lorenz, H. Konetzni, Vienna
State Opera (01.12.1943)
Koch Schwann 3-1474-2 (2 CDs)
Siegfried "Das der mein Vater
nicht ist" (Forest Murmurs)
with Lechleitner, Vienna Philharmonic
(24.06.1950)
Decca 440 062
King Records KICC 2313
Polygram POCL 4303
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
Siegfried Excerpts
("Heil dir, Sonne!" to end of Act III)
with Kalenberg, A. Konetzni, Vienna State Opera
(18.04.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1456-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: Prelude - "Zwangvolle Plage! Müh ohne Zweck!" ;
Act II: "Fühltest du nie im finsteren Wald" ; Act III: Vorspiel -
"Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach!" , "Stark ruft das Lied" , "Mein Schlaf ist
Träumen" , "Männertaten umdämmern mir den mut" , "Wirr wird mir, seit
ich erwacht" , "Du bist nicht, was du dich nennst" , "Jetzt lock' ich
ein liebend' Gesell'") with Zimmermann, Kalenberg, Schipper, Száhntó,
Vienna State Opera (18.04.1936)
Koch Schwann 3-1474-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Wanderer heiss mich die Welt" , "Auf wolkigen
Höh'n wohnen die Götter" ; Act III: "Der Weckrufer bin ich" , "Dir
Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr" , "Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort") with
Hofmann, Lorenz, Wernigk, Száhntó, Vienna State Opera (16.06.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1460-2 (2 CDs)
(Act II: "Dein Hirn brütete nicht" , "Was ihr mir nützt,
weiss ich nicht - Hei!" , "....so recht ja rietest du schon. Nun
sing!") with Lorenz, Zec, Schumann, Vienna State Opera (16.06.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1474-2 (2 CDs)
(Act I: "Heil dir, weiser Schmied" , "Auf wolkigen
Höh'n wohnen die Götter" , "Hahaha, der Witzigste bist du unter den
Weisen" ; Act III: "Wache, Wala" , "Die Walküre meinst du" , "Du bist
nicht, was du dich wähnst" , "Wer sagt' es dir, den Fels zu suchen" ,
"Mit dem Auge, das als eines mir fehlt" , "Fürchte der Felsen Hüter")
with Hotter, Sattler, Wernigk, Bugarinovic,
Vienna State Opera (12.10.1941)
Koch Schwann 3-1472-2 (2 CDs)
(Act II: "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist" ; Act III: "Ein
Wunschmädchen gebar ich, Wotan" , "Du bist nicht, was du dich wähnst" ,
"Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort" , "Es floh dir zu seinem Heil") with
Svanholm, Schöffler, Bugarinovic, Kern,
Vienna State Opera (21.06.1941)
with Nilsson, Aldenhoff, Frick, Uhde, Rysanek, O.
Krauss, Malaniuk, Barth, Töpper, Schech,
Sommerschuch, Bavarian State Opera (1955)
Orfeo 365 944 (4 CDs)
Götterdämmerung, Prologue
with Windgassen, Varnay, etc., Bayreuth (1956)
[from complete Ring cycle] on Music &
Arts CD-319 (2 CDs)
Götterdämmerung, Act III
with the same Bayreuth cast that Testament SBT
4175, but labelled 21.08.1951 (¿¿??)
Wing WCD 53
Götterdämmerung Siegfried's Rhine
Journey and Funeral March
(only Rhine Journey) with Vienna Philharmonic
(12.05.1940)
Tahra TAH 309
Shinsheido SGR 8228
Acanta AC 442100-2
with Vienna Philharmonic (31.01.1942)
Preiser 90116
Grammofono 2000 AB 78522 or AB
78678
Iron Needle IN 1330
Classica d'Oro CDO 1010
Fine Classics 4426-2
Classics da Capo 171.916-2
Urania 22.127 (2 CDs)
with Vienna Philharmonic (06.1956)
Decca SXL2074 (LP)
London CSA-1204
Decca 414 625 or 452 896 or 448
581 (only Rhine Journey)
King Records K30Y 1010
Polygram POCL 9703
Decca (Japan) UCCD 7046
with Berlin State Opera (19.11.1959)
King Records KICC 2030 [labelled 1951]
Music & Arts RR 535 (LP)
Music & Arts CD-4257
King Records KICC 2153
Götterdämmerung "Starke
Scheite schichtet mir dort" (Inmolation Scene)
with Astrid Varnay, Bayreuth (1956) [from
complete Ring cycle] on Music & Arts
CD-319 (2 CDs)
with Christa Ludwig, NDR Symphony [Hamburg Radio]
(24.03.1963)
Music & Arts RR 535 (LP)
Nuova Era NE 013.6304
Hunt CD 730
Arkadia CDGI 730
Tahra TAH 132-135 (4 CDs)
Enterprise LV 903
King Records KICC 2030 or K30Y 269
En Larmes ELM 02-160
Götterdämmerung Excerpts
(Prologue: Prelude - "Welch Licht leuchtet dort?" ,
"Dämmert der Tag? Oder leuchtet die Lohe?" , "Mehr gabst du, Wunderfrau"
, "Durch deine Tugend allein" ; Act III: "Frau Sonne sendet lichte
Strahlen" , "Siegfried! Siegfried! Schlimmes wissen wir dir" , "Hoiho!" ,
"Von des Wurmes Blut mir brannten die Finger" , "In Leid zu dem Wipfel
lauscht' ich hinauf" , "Her den Ring - Schweigt eures Jammers,
jauchzenden Schwall!", "Zurück vom Ring") with Lorenz, A. Konetzni,
Destal, Prohaska, Kipnis, Achsel, Vienna
State Opera (24.01 & 19.06.1937)
Koch Schwann 3-1474-2 (2 CDs)
(Prologue: "Es ragt die Burg, von Riesen gebaut" , "Des
zerschlagen Speeres stechende Splitter") with Bugarinovic, With, Réthy,
Vienna State Opera (25.09.1938)
Koch Schwann 3-1460-2 (2 CDs)
(Prologue: "Welch Licht leuchtet dort" , "Mehr gabst du Wunderfrau") with Rünger, Pölzer, Bugarinovic, With, Réthy,
Vienna State Opera (25.09.1938)
Koch Schwann 3-1466-2 (2 CDs)
(from Act III) with Svanholm, Alsen, Schöffler, Rutgers,
Schürhoff, Bugarinovic, Vienna State Opera
(27.06.1941)
Koch Schwann 3-1469-2 (2 CDs)
(Prologue: "Dämmert der Tag", "Es
ragt die Burg", "Zu neuen Taten";
Act II: "Hoioho, Hagen") with A.
Konetzni, Svanholm, Alsen, Vienna State Opera
(30.06.1943)
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
The Radio Years RY 98
Wesendonck Lieder
with Flagstad, Vienna Philharmonic (1956)
Decca LXT5249 (LP)
London 5259 or OS-25101
Decca 440 491 or 440 490 (5 CDs,
Flagstad Edition)
Decca 448150 ("Great Voices of the Fifties, Vol.1")
Decca 468486
Siegfried Idyll
with Cologne Radio Symphony (07.05.1953)
King Records KICC 2030
Music & Arts CD-1014
(4 CDs) (bonus)
with Vienna Philharmonic (Salzburg, 30.08.1949)
Melodram (LP)
with Vienna Philharmonic (01.04.1955)
Decca (LP)
King Records KICC 2107
Polygram POCL 4304 or 4599
Decca 470254
with Munich Philharmonic (06.01.1962)
King Records KICC 2363
Disques Refrain DR
920025
with Munich Philharmonic (11.1962)
Westminster WST 17055 (LP) or
WP64KX-10/11 (2 CDs) or MVCW 18002
MCA MCD 99811 (2 CDs) or MCD 80089
(2 CDs)
Westminster-DG 471 211-2
(2 CDs)
with NDR Symphony [Hamburg Radio] (24.03.1963)
Hunt CD 730
Arkadia CDGI 730 or CDMP 451
Tahra TAH 132-135 (4 CDs)
King Records KICC 2030
with Vienna Philharmonic (21.05.1963)
Disques Refrain DR 920026
Hosanna HOS 01
Carl Maria von Weber
"Euryanthe" Overture
with Cologne Radio Symphony (14.05.1962)
IGI (LP)
Music & Arts RR-543
Music & Arts CD-4936
King Records KICC 2023
Der Freischütz Overture
with Bavarian State Opera (1928)
Preiser 90389
Wing WCD 40 [labelled
1929]
Der Freischütz Excerpts
(Act I: "O diese Sonne", "Hier im ird'schen Jammertal",
"Schweig, schweig, damit dich niemand warnt"; Act II: "Wie nahte mir
der Schlummer-Leise, leise", "Drei! Vier! Fünf! Wehe! Die wilde Jagd!";
Act III: "Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle") with Lemnitz, Völker, Bohnen,
Bissuti, VPO
(Salzburg, 03.08.1939)
The Radio Years RY 70
Wing WCD 15
Koch Schwann 3-1467-2 (2 CDs)
Gebhardt JG CD0015 [not all excerpts?]
Grammofono 2000 78017 (9 CDs, "The Salzburg Experience") [not all excerpts?]
(from Act I) with Svanholm, Normann, Rus, Vienna State Opera (18.06.1941)
The jewels of the Madonna (sung in German) Excerpts
(Act I: "Schon lange lieb' ich dich-Mein ist die Beute
dort" ; Act II: "Offne, du Holde, offne mir dein Fenster" , "Im Staube
lag ich dort")
with Ardelli, Bokor, Jerger, Maikl, Ettl, Vienna State Opera
(19.03.1937)
Symphony No. 3 with Berlin Philharmonic (Bavarian? Radio Archives, 1955?); referred at 1988 Ritmo article by Angel-Fernando Mayo. Never released, maybe erroneous data.
Bruckner
Symphony No. 8 with NDR Symphony, Hamburg (10.1961); referred at Henry Fogel's Record Collection as Discocorp IGI-375 (LP). Not found, maybe erroneous data.
Wagner
Parsifal, Excerpts with Vienna State Opera (no more data); referred at 1995 Scherzo
article by Angel-Fernando Mayo, as part of Volume 17 of Koch-Schwann
Edition "Vienna State Opera Live" (3-1467-2, 2 CDs). Not found, maybe
erroneous data.
REFERENCES:
"Hans Knappertsbusch Discography", by Angel-Fernando
Mayo, in Ritmo, nº 593, November 1988
"Hans Knappertsbusch Discography on CD", by
Angel-Fernando Mayo, in Scherzo, nº 100, December 1995
Reviews by Angel-Fernando Mayo in Boletín Diverdi,
1995 - 2002
Programs conducted by Knappertsbusch to Munich Philharmonic,
1945-65, in Ritmo, nº 593, November 1988
"An Introduction to 'New Bayreuth' Discography", by
Angel-Fernando Mayo, in Ritmo, nº 533, May 1983 (for LP
references of Bayreuth Wagner recordings)
Miguel Angel González Barrio made the first (though
incomplete) version of this discography. There were additions by
Jonathan Brown and Chiu Chi-Lin before I revised, completed and
updated it.
Marco Socías has given me his advice, as a connoisseur of
Knappertsbusch discography.
