This page lists all recordings of Tannhäuser: Overture, by Richard Wagner (1813-83) on CD, SACD, DVD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Essential Wagner
Hildegard Behrens, Jessye Norman, Helga Dernesch, Cheryl Studer, Birgit Nilsson (sopranos), Marjana Lipovsek, Christa Ludwig (mezzos), Siegfried Jerusalem, Jon Vickers, Nicolai Gedda, Ben Heppner (tenors), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Kurt Moll (bass) Bernard Haitink, Klaus Tennstedt, Herbert von Karajan, Andre Cluytens, Sir Adrian Boult The best-loved and most popular works by Richard Wagner, performed by the world’s leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wagner: Orchestral Highlights
“There is not one performance on this set that is less than eloquent. It is plain from these recordings that Klemperer is a great Wagner conductor, probably the greatest in the world.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wagner: Favourite Overtures and Preludes
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| |  | Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
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| |  | Toscanini conducts WagnerThe final concert given 4th April 1954 in Carnegie Hall
This is Toscanini’s only concert in stereo that survives complete. This long-time best seller has been reissued in response to widespread demand and has been digitally remastered. This final concert was recorded in Carnegie Hall on 4th April 1954 and includes Lohengrin Prelude to Act I, Siegfried Forest Murmurs and Götterdämmerung Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey. The final concert given 4th April 1954 in Carnegie Hall, recorded in high fidelity stereo. Originally issued under same number in 1984, this is Toscanini's only concert recorded in stereo that survives complete. Deleted six years ago, this long-time best seller has been reissued in response to widespread demand, with new graphics. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Furtwängler conducts Wagner
Wagner: | Tannhäuser: Overture Recorded at the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 2-3 December, 1952 Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 Recorded at the Musikvereinssaal,Vienna, 4 March, 1954 Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey Recorded at the Musikvereinssaal,Vienna, 8 March, 1954 Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Funeral March Recorded at the Musikvereinssaal,Vienna, 2 March, 1954 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (from Götterdämmerung) Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, 23 June, 1952 |
This disc of music by Wagner, very much a staple of Furtwängler’s repertoire, draws from recordings that would be amongst the conductor’s last. As always, the great German conductor ensures maximum expression while allowing the music to move forward in an organic way. The legendary Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad and Furtwängler were close as musicians over an extended period of time. Her beauty of tone, unforced strength, accurate intonation and ability to spin a long and precise vocal line are exemplified in this unforgettable performance of Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene from Götterdämmerung. Reissue Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Karajan - In Concert
“Herbert von Karajan's conducting achieves a fascinating synthesis of dynamism, discipline, and a diverse palette of gestures.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 **** “this DVD brings compelling accounts of the master at work, visually as well as aurally. There is a powerful intensity to the Beethoven overtures and the opening of William Tell is beautifully done, with glorious playing from the Berliners...There is plenty of fascinating archival material to see; and within the maestro's obviously glamorous, jet-set lifestyle, he emerges as a musical communicator of warmth - and humour too. A most revealing issue.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wagner - Overtures
Recorded at the Sofiensaal, Vienna, October 1961 & November 1965 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Wagner: Overtures & Preludes
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| |  | Wagner - Overtures & Preludes
Böhm, Kubelik, Gerdes, Jochum & Karajan | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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