110091-92 rr SiegfrdX EU 25/05/2004 02:00pm Page 1 N 8.110091-92 Richard ADD AXOS Historical 2 CDs WAGNER Playing h THIS COMPACTAND COPYING OF BROADCASTING DISC PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, RESERVED. TRANSLATIONS ALLAND TEXTS ARTWORK, THIS SOUND RECORDING, RIGHTS IN (1813-1883) & Time © 2:31:30 2004 Naxos Rights International Ltd. 8.110091-92 Siegfried (Excerpts) Siegfried . Lauritz Melchior In the early days of electrical recording, it would have been Mime . Heinrich Tessmer logistically and economically Mime . Albert Reiss unthinkable to produce complete W Wanderer (Wotan) . Friedrich Schorr Wagner operas on disc. Nevertheless, AGNER: Siegfried (Excerpts) Wanderer (Wotan) . Emil Schipper extended excerpts were feasible and, between 1925 and 1932, the Wanderer (Wotan) . Rudolf Bockelmann Gramophone Company gradually Fafner and Alberich . Eduard Habich assembled a substantial catalogue of Waldvogel . Nora Gruhn Wagner operatic highlights. The ‘plum’ parts of Siegfried contained in Erda . Maria Olszewska this two disc set were made over a Brünnhilde . Florence Easton period of four years in two cities and three venues. Three conductors London Symphony Orchestra contributed to the project together Vienna State Opera Orchestra with an impressive roster of prominent Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Covent Garden Wagnerian singers (including not one but three Wotans and two Mimes) led Conducted by Robert Heger • Albert Coates • Karl Alwin by Lauritz Melchior, the foremost AGNER: Siegfried (Excerpts) Recorded 1929-32 Wagnerian tenor of his time. W CD 1 79:04 CD 2 72:26 1-0 Act I 52:06 1-2 Act II (continued) 7:58 MADE IN !-^ Act II 26:47 3-% Act III 64:21 THE EU Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston 8.110091-92 www.naxos.com Adetailed artist and track list can be found in the booklet Cover Image: Lauritz Melchior as Siegfried (date unknown) AXOS Historical (Private Collection) N.