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Martha Mödl

One of the most admired and dramatic of the postwar generation of German opera singers, Martha Mödl, died in 2001aged 89. She enjoyed an extraordinarily long career, beginning in 1942 and continuing for almost fifty years. She will be best remembered for her Wagnerian roles at Bayreuth in the 1950s, where her intense portrayals of Brünnhilde, Isolde, and above all Kundry epitomised Wieland Wagner’s New Bayreuth style. Like her rival, Astrid Varnay, she made audiences forget the strain sometimes evident in her singing, by virtue of her riveting interpretations. For although she valued musical accuracy, it was the dramatic potential of a role which interested her most of all.

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Wagner - The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival

Wagner - The Great Operas from the Bayreuth Festival

Containing the classic Nilsson/Windgassen/ Böhm complete Ring Cycle and legendary Tristan und Isolde, Sawallisch's famous Tannhäuser, Lohengrin and Der Fliegende Hollander + the Levine Parsifal and Varviso Meistersinger..


Wagner:

Das Rheingold

Theo Adam, Annelies Burmeister, Wolfgang Windgassen, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gustav Neidlinger, Anja Silja, Hermin Esser, Gerd Nienstedt, Vera Soukupová, Martti Talvela, Kurt Böhme, Dorothea Siebert, Helga Dernesch, Ruth Hesse

Karl Böhm

Die Walküre

James King, Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Theo Adam, Annelies Burmeister, Gerd Nienstedt, Daniza Mastilovic, Liane Synek, Helga Dernesch, Gertraud Hopf, Sona Cervená, Annelies Burmeister, Elisabeth Schärtel, Sieglinde Wagner

Karl Böhm

Siegfried

Wolfgang Windgassen, Theo Adam, Birgit Nilsson, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gustav Neidlinger, Vera Soukupová, Martti Talvela, Erika Köth

Karl Böhm

Tannhäuser

Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter, Gerhard Stolze, Franz Crass, Georg Paskuda, Gerd Nienstedt, Anja Silja, Grace Bumbry, Else-Margrete Gardelli

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Götterdämmerung

Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Gustav Neidlinger, Thomas Stewart, Ludmila Dvoráková, Martha Mödl, Dorothea Siebert, Helga Dernesch, Sieglinde Wagner, Marga Höffgen, Annelies Burmeister, Anja Silja

Karl Böhm

Der fliegende Holländer

Franz Crass, Anja Silja, Fritz Uhl, Josef Greindl

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Tristan und Isolde

Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Eberhard Waechter, Claude Heater, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gerd Nienstedt, Peter Schreier

Karl Böhm

Lohengrin

Jess Thomas, Anja Silja, Astrid Varnay, Ramon Vinay, Franz Crass, Tom Krause

Wolfgang Sawallisch

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Karl Ridderbusch, Jean Cox, Hannelore Bode, Hans Sotin, Klaus Hirte, Frieder Stricker, Anna Reynolds, Gerd Nienstedt, Heribert Steinbach

Silvio Varviso

Parsifal

Peter Hofmann, Waltraud Meier, Hans Sotin, Simon Estes, Franz Mazura, Matti Salminen

James Levine


Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

Speical Limited Edition while stocks last only

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Decca - 4780279

(CD - 33 discs)

£58.99 (£50.20 ex. VAT)

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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov


Hans Hotter, Martha Modl, Hans Hopf, Kim Borg & Lorenz Fehenberger

Chor & Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Myto - MCD00138

(CD - 3 discs)

£10.99 (£9.35 ex. VAT)

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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72


Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gottlob Frick, Otto Edelmann, Sena Jurinac

Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Recorded 1953

Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings - 8111020-21

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen


Das Rheingold

Theo Adam, Annelies Burmeister, Wolfgang Windgassen, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gustav Neidlinger, Anja Silja, Hermin Esser, Gerd Nienstedt, Vera Soukupová, Martti Talvela, Kurt Böhme, Dorothea Siebert, Helga Dernesch, Ruth Hesse

Die Walküre

James King, Leonie Rysanek, Birgit Nilsson, Theo Adam, Annelies Burmeister, Gerd Nienstedt, Daniza Mastilovic, Liane Synek, Helga Dernesch, Gertraud Hopf, Sona Cervená, Annelies Burmeister, Elisabeth Schärtel, Sieglinde Wagner

Siegfried

Wolfgang Windgassen, Theo Adam, Birgit Nilsson, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gustav Neidlinger, Vera Soukupová, Martti Talvela, Erika Köth

Götterdämmerung

Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Gustav Neidlinger, Thomas Stewart, Ludmila Dvoráková, Martha Mödl, Dorothea Siebert, Helga Dernesch, Sieglinde Wagner, Marga Höffgen, Annelies Burmeister, Anja Silja

Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Karl Bohm

“Windgassen creates a powerful image in sound as the enraptured Siegfried, while Böhm's wonderfully expansive account of the hero's Funeral March is, for me, one of the most moving accounts on disc.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008

Philips Collectors Edition - 4460572

(CD - 14 discs)

£80.99 (£68.93 ex. VAT)

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Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Verdi: La Forza del Destino

Recorded 1952, Sung in German


Carla Martinis, Rudolf Schock, Josef Metternich, Gottlob Frick, Gustav Neidlinger, Martha Mödl

NDR Orchestra, Hans Schmidt Isserstedt

Best of Opera sale

Walhall - WLCD0002

(CD - 2 discs)

Normally: £10.49 (£8.93 ex. VAT)

Special: £7.34 (£6.25 ex. VAT)

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Wagner: Siegfried

Wagner: Siegfried


Wolfgang Windgassen (Siegfried), Martha Mödl (Brünnhilde), Otto Edelmann (Wanderer), Norman Kelley (Mime), Gerhard Pechner (Alberich), Kurt Böhme (Fafner), Jean Madeira (Erda) & Laurel Hurley (Woodbird)

MET, Fritz Stiedry

New York 16/2/57

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Best of Opera sale

Walhall - WLCD0233

(CD - 3 discs)

Normally: £15.49 (£13.18 ex. VAT)

Special: £10.84 (£9.23 ex. VAT)

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Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron

Strauss, J, II: Der Zigeunerbaron

Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt


Siegfried Jerusalem, Ellen Shade, Ivan Rebroff, Janet Perry, Martha Mödl, Willi Brokmeier, Hans Kraemmer, Biserka Cvejic & Wolfgang Brendel

Südfunkchor Stuttgart & Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Kurt Eichhorn

Filmed and recorded in Hungary and Germany, Stuttgart, 1975

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: NTSC

Big DVD Sale

DG Unitel - 0734437

(DVD Video)

Normally: £19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT)

Special: £16.99 (£14.46 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Schoeck: Penthesilea, Op. 39

Schoeck: Penthesilea, Op. 39

Sung in German


Martha Mödl (Penthesilea), Paula Brivkalne (Prothoe), Paula Lenchner-Schmidt (Meroe), Res Fischer (High priestess), Eberhard Waechter (Achilles) & Stefan Schwer (Diomedes)

Stuttgart State Opera, Ferdinand Leitner

1957 Recording

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Best of Opera sale

Walhall - WLCD0225

(CD)

Normally: £5.49 (£4.67 ex. VAT)

Special: £3.84 (£3.27 ex. VAT)

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Wagner: Parsifal

Wagner: Parsifal


Martha Mödl (Kundry); Ramón Vinay (Parsifal); George London (Amfortas); Josef Greindl (Gurnemanz);Toni Blankenheim (Klingsor) & Arnold van Mill (Titurel)

Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch

Best of Opera sale

Walhall - WLCD0215

(CD - 4 discs)

Normally: £20.49 (£17.44 ex. VAT)

Special: £14.34 (£12.20 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder, etc.

Pfitzner:

Vier Lieder for Orchestra

Clara Ebers

Wagner:

Wesendonck-Lieder

Martha Mödl

Tannhäuser - Overture

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Overture


RIAS, Cologne and Bamberger Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth

Archipel Records - ARPCD0396

(CD)

£4.99 (£4.25 ex. VAT)

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

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