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Herbert von Karajan, Richard Wagner, Walter Berry, Christa Ludwig, Eberhard Wächter, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hotter, Fritz Uhl, Tugomir Franc Parsifal, Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, 1.4.1961
1990 3x CD
1990 3x CD Opera
Romantic
Hunt Productions
art direction Nikos Velissiotis
chorus Wiener Staatsopernchor
composed by Richard Wagner
conductor Herbert von Karajan
graphic design Bruno van Dyck
orchestra Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper
remastered by Hunt Productions
vocals [amfortas] Eberhard Wächter
vocals [blumenmädchen] Anneliese Rothenberger
vocals [blumenmädchen] Biserka Cvejić
vocals [blumenmädchen] Gerda Scheyrer
vocals [blumenmädchen] Gundula Janowitz
vocals [blumenmädchen] Hilde Güden
vocals [blumenmädchen] Margarete Sjöstedt
vocals [gralsritter] Ermanno Lorenzi
vocals [gralsritter] Kostas Paskalis
vocals [gurnemanz] Hans Hotter
vocals [klingsor] Walter Berry
vocals [knappen] Erich Majkut
vocals [knappen] Kurt Equiluz
vocals [knappen] Liselotte Maikl
vocals [knappen] Margarete Sjöstedt
vocals [kundry - act 1 and act 3] Elisabeth Höngen
vocals [kundry - act 2] Christa Ludwig
vocals [parsifal] Fritz Uhl
vocals [stimme von oben] Hilde Rössel-Majdan
vocals [titurel] Tugomir Franc
Made By PhonoComp
Recorded 1 April 1961 at the Vienna State Opera. The discs state A Hunt Production ℗ 1990 Made in Italy by Phono Comp. This is consistent with the PHC after the matrix numbers. The back cover states New digital remastering Hunt Productions ℗ 1990 Manufactured in Italy by Phono Comp spa Italy.
The set may not be all Karajan conducting, as Jonathan Brown notes in his Parsifal on Record (Greenwood Press, 1992), p. 36: In the first scene, from Gurnemanz's opening lines 'He! Ho!' to Kundry's dismissal of Amfortas ('Fort, fort - ins Bad!'), the voices of Gurnemanz and Kundry appear to be those of Jerome Hines and Martha Mödl; the scene is possibly taken from a performance at Bayreuth conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. The credits do not actually include Herbert von Karajan as conductor, though it is implied by the KARAJAN beneath the graphic on the front and back covers. Brown also mentions that Karajan's assistant in 1961, Dr Richard Bletschacher, had informed him that Karajan chose two Kundries for theatrical effect, and explains why. The credits with the set incorrectly give both Christa Ludwig and Elisabeth Höngen as singers of Kundry in Act 2.
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: (CD1) KAR 219.3 CD1 PHC 14
Matrix / Runout: (CD2) KAR 219.3 CD2 PHC 14
Matrix / Runout: (CD3) KAR 219.3 CD3 PHC 14
chorus Wiener Staatsopernchor
composed by Richard Wagner
conductor Herbert von Karajan
graphic design Bruno van Dyck
orchestra Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper
remastered by Hunt Productions
vocals [amfortas] Eberhard Wächter
vocals [blumenmädchen] Anneliese Rothenberger
vocals [blumenmädchen] Biserka Cvejić
vocals [blumenmädchen] Gerda Scheyrer
vocals [blumenmädchen] Gundula Janowitz
vocals [blumenmädchen] Hilde Güden
vocals [blumenmädchen] Margarete Sjöstedt
vocals [gralsritter] Ermanno Lorenzi
vocals [gralsritter] Kostas Paskalis
vocals [gurnemanz] Hans Hotter
vocals [klingsor] Walter Berry
vocals [knappen] Erich Majkut
vocals [knappen] Kurt Equiluz
vocals [knappen] Liselotte Maikl
vocals [knappen] Margarete Sjöstedt
vocals [kundry - act 1 and act 3] Elisabeth Höngen
vocals [kundry - act 2] Christa Ludwig
vocals [parsifal] Fritz Uhl
vocals [stimme von oben] Hilde Rössel-Majdan
vocals [titurel] Tugomir Franc
Made By PhonoComp
Recorded 1 April 1961 at the Vienna State Opera. The discs state A Hunt Production ℗ 1990 Made in Italy by Phono Comp. This is consistent with the PHC after the matrix numbers. The back cover states New digital remastering Hunt Productions ℗ 1990 Manufactured in Italy by Phono Comp spa Italy.
The set may not be all Karajan conducting, as Jonathan Brown notes in his Parsifal on Record (Greenwood Press, 1992), p. 36: In the first scene, from Gurnemanz's opening lines 'He! Ho!' to Kundry's dismissal of Amfortas ('Fort, fort - ins Bad!'), the voices of Gurnemanz and Kundry appear to be those of Jerome Hines and Martha Mödl; the scene is possibly taken from a performance at Bayreuth conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. The credits do not actually include Herbert von Karajan as conductor, though it is implied by the KARAJAN beneath the graphic on the front and back covers. Brown also mentions that Karajan's assistant in 1961, Dr Richard Bletschacher, had informed him that Karajan chose two Kundries for theatrical effect, and explains why. The credits with the set incorrectly give both Christa Ludwig and Elisabeth Höngen as singers of Kundry in Act 2.
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: (CD1) KAR 219.3 CD1 PHC 14
Matrix / Runout: (CD2) KAR 219.3 CD2 PHC 14
Matrix / Runout: (CD3) KAR 219.3 CD3 PHC 14