Album

Die Walküre

Wagner • Birgit Nilsson • Gré Brouwenstijn • Rita Gorr • Jon Vickers • George London • David Ward / Erich Leinsdorf • London Symphony Orchestra

1962 · Classical, Stage & Screen

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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Die Walküre by Wagner • Birgit Nilsson • Gré Brouwenstijn • Rita Gorr • Jon Vickers • George London • David Ward / Erich Leinsdorf • London Symphony Orchestra

Die Walküre is a Classical album by Wagner • Birgit Nilsson • Gré Brouwenstijn • Rita Gorr • Jon Vickers • George London • David Ward / Erich Leinsdorf • London Symphony Orchestra, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 28 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. Die Walküre

Sound DNA

  • Classical
  • Romantic Era
  • dense
  • theatrical
  • intense

Album notes

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Recorded in September 1961 at Walthamstow Assembly Hall (Town Hall), London.
℗ 1962
LD6706/1-5, LDS6706/1-5 - reviewed in Gramophone, September 1962, p. 157-8.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Birgit NilssonSOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • David WardBASS VOCALS VOCALS
  • Erich LeinsdorfADVISOR, CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR, LINER NOTES
  • George LondonBASS VOCALS BASS VOCALS, BARITONE VOCALS BASS-BARITONE VOCALS
  • Gré BrouwenstijnSOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Joan EdwardsCONTRALTO VOCALS MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS
  • Jon VickersTENOR VOCALS VOCALS
  • Josephine VeaseyMEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Judith PierceSOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Julia MalyonSOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • London Symphony OrchestraORCHESTRA
  • Margreta ElkinsMEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Marie CollierSOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Maureen GuyCONTRALTO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS
  • Noreen BerryCONTRALTO VOCALS MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS SOPRANO VOCALS, MEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS
  • Rita GorrMEZZO-SOPRANO VOCALS VOCALS

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