 | Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Buy used from: $12.00 The first great opera by Wagner. Klemperer is a master of the strings; Silja's only real success in Wagner, but wow what a success it is.
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 | Wagner: Tannhäuser
Buy new: $48.99 / Used from: $30.00 The next great Wagner masterpiece. Solti is a true Wagnerian, and it shows in the "Paris" version recorded here.
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 | Lohengrin
Buy used from: $35.00 Jess Thomas is amazing here; I have yet to hear a more convincing Lohengrin.
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 | Wagner: Lohengrin / Solti by Placido Domingo
Buy new: $67.98 / Used from: $49.98 A great second choice to the Kempe recording.
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 | Tristan Und Isolde
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $15.49 Ok, here it is, the Tristan for all time. Bohm has been criticized for his quick tempi, but i think it works wonders. Nilsson and Windgassen here have ruined me for all other recordings.
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 | Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Buy used from: $40.00 For many this is the first choice (for me, a close second to Bohm).
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 | Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Kollo · Donath · Adam · G. Evans · Schreier · Hesse· Riderbusch · Karajan by Richard Wagner
Buy new: $46.98 / Used from: $19.49 Well, we have reached the summit of Wagnerian art (for me anyways, I am sure that Tristan or the Ring takes this title for others). Karajan is unrivaled here - this is lengendary for a reason.
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 | Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Sir Georg Solti by Sir Georg Solti
Buy new: $147.99 / Used from: $89.95 One of the truly great accomplishments of the gramophone. This is still the greatest recording of the most ambitious musical composition ever.
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 | Der Ring des Nibelungen / Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Buy new: $181.98 / Used from: $95.00 A totally different view than the one listed above. Karajan takes a softer side than Solti (and itÂ’s still damn loud, just not so bombastic). Another great recoding.
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Buy new: $51.47 / Used from: $41.18 I love this Ring. It may be my favorite -(after Solti of course)- Janowski is a master, and the digital sound is a relief to the ears. However, Jeannine Altmeyer is no good as Brünnhilde.
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 | Wagner - Parsifal / Knappertsbusch by Richard Wagner
Buy used from: $28.94 This is how Wagner's most meditative composition should sound. Excellent all around.
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 | Parsifal by Wagner
Buy new: $31.98 / Used from: $35.00 This is another way to do it, and it works really (and surprisingly) well. Boulez knows how to do contemporary music, and these qualities work to the score's advantage.
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 | Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $8.48 All should have one album of Wagner in "bleeding chunks", and although Boult and the British seem unlikely, they are absolutely unsurpassed.
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 | Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll; Gould: Transcriptions from Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger' & 'Götterdämmerung'
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $5.97 A really delightful disc, Gould is the master contrapuntalist and in Wagner he gets a chance to demonstrate this. His transcription of Siegfried-idyll is amazing.
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 | Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Wagner / Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.30 Speaking of Siegfried-idyll. This is a perfect recording of Wagner's gift, and this recording is preferred over his later one as here we also get a Strauss masterpiece.
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 | Wagner: Die Walküre (Act 1; Act 2, Scenes 3 & 5)
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.95 And to top it off. This is truly an essential recording if there ever was one. All true Wagnerites are obligated.
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