This was my weekend's playlist (not recommended for audiophiles!!):
Wagner:
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Das Rheingold
Loge- Rene Maison (tenor)
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr (baritone)
Fricka - Karin Branzell (contralto)
Alberich - Eduard Habich (baritone)
Mime - Karl Laufkötter (tenor).
Erda – Doris Doe (mezzo soprano)
Fasolt - Norman Cordon (bass)
Fafner - Emanuel List (bass)
Donner - Julius Huehn (bass)
Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Artur Bodanzky
Recorded live on 3 April 1937
Die Walküre
Sieglinde - Astrid Varnay (soprano)
Brünnhilde - Helen Traubel (soprano)
Fricka - Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo)
Siegmund - Lauritz Melchior (tenor)
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr (baritone)
Hunding - Alexander Kipnis (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/ Eric Leinsdorf
Recorded live on 6 December 1941
Siegfried
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior (tenor)
Wotan - Friedrich Schorr (bass-baritone)
Brünnhilde - Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
Mime - Karl Laufkötter (tenor)
Alberich- Eduard Habisch (bass-baritone)
Erda - Kerstin Thorborg (contralto)
Fafner - Emanuel List (bass)
Woodbird - Stella Andreyeva (soprano)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Artur Bodanzky
Recorded live on 30 January 1937
Götterdämmerung
Siegfried - Lauritz Melchior (tenor)
Brünnhilde – Marjorie Lawrence (soprano)
Hagen – Ludwig Hofmann (bass)
Alberich – Edouard Habich (bass-baritone)
Gunther - Friedrich Schorr (baritone)
Gurtune, Norn – Dorothee Manski (soprano)
Waltraute – Katheryn Meisle (mezzo soprano)
Woglinde – Edithea Fleischer (soprano)
Wellgunde, Norn – Irra Petina (mezzo soprano)
Flosshilde, Norn – Doris Doe (contralto)
Vassals – Max Altglass (tenor), Arnold Gabor (baritone)
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York/Artur Bodanzky
Recorded 11 January 1936
Some real nice playing on this selection of pieces. Handel didn't write any trumpet concertos, so some of these are transcriptions of music written for other instruments, may played by Maurice Andre, one of the best!!! Others are misc orchestral movements (like from Water Music) that were collect to make a nice set of Handel for trumpet. Still great listening.
Jon Vickers: Florestan
Sena Jurinac: Leonore
Gottlob Frick: Rocco
Hans Hotter: Pizarro
Elsie Morrison: Marzelline
John Dobson: Jaquino
Forbes Robinson: Fernando