PHILIPS 5-LPs A02342/46L: WAGNER - Parsifal - KNAPPERTSBUSCH - 1962 HOLLAND NM
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Background -
Hans Knappertsbusch was one of the most renowned and beloved conductors of the German Romantic repertoire in the middle twentieth century. Although he grew up playing and loving music, his parents objected to the notion of a musical career. Thus Knappertsbusch studied philosophy at Bonn University. In 1908, however, he entered the Cologne Conservatory and took conducting courses with Fritz Steinbach.Knappertsbusch began his career as a staff conductor at the Mülheim-Ruhr Theater (1910-1912) and then as opera director in his home town of Elberfeld. Equally important to his development were his forays into the temple of Wagnerism. He spent several summers as an assistant to director Siegfried Wagner and conductor Hans Richter at the Bayreuth Festival and took part in the Netherlands Wagner Festivals in 1913 and 1914. After the end of World War I Knappertsbusch worked in Dessau and Leipzig, and in 1922 he was asked to succeed Bruno Walter as music director of the Munich Opera.
Knappertsbusch's personality was easy going; he was notably free of the restlessness and undue ambition that often attended a rising career such as his. He was content mainly to stay in Munich, with the result that he never became as well-known as many of his colleagues. In any case, Munich fully appreciated Knappertsbusch's talents, and he was named conductor for life. However, he refused several demands made by the Nazis and was fired from his lifetime post in 1936. He conducted a memorable Salome in Covent Garden in 1936 and 1937, and made some guest appearances elsewhere in Germany, but was content to maintain a low profile during the Nazi regime. He left Germany after the Munich debacle, settling in Vienna where he frequently conducted the Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera. Knappertsbusch's career was again affected by the Nazis when Germany took over Austria over in 1938, but he was mostly able to steer clear of trouble.
Knappertsbusch gained a reputation for broad, magisteral performances of Bruckner and, more and more, seemed emerge as the representative of the traditional style of unhurried Wagner performances. He was famous for disliking rehearsals, often cutting them short; his orchestral players maintained that this was not the result of laziness, but of complete security in his interpretation and trust of the players. His performances were therefore not rigidly preconceived, but instead had a remarkable freshness and spontaneity.
When the Bayreuth Festival reopened in 1951, Knappertsbusch worked closely with Wieland Wagner on orchestral matters (though the conductor was known to dislike the director's spare, revolutionary stage productions). Perhaps Knappertsbusch's most notable recording is his stereo account of Wagner's Parsifal from the Bayreuth stage. - Joseph Stevenson
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LPs made by PHILIPS Records, in the NETHERLANDS / HOLLAND / DUTCH
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LPs released in 1962
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LPs recorded in MONO
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Record Catalog Number: A 02342 / 46 L
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Record Labels are primarily RED with SILVER lettering - featuring the PHILIPS records logo.
Wagner // Hans Knappertsbusch
Wagner: Parsifal
Tracks - Wagner - Parsifal
1-1 Prélude - Acte 1 (début)
1-2 Acte 1 (suite)
2-1 Acte 1 (suite)
2-2 Acte 1 (fin)
3-1 Acte 2 (début)
3-2 Acte 2 (début)
4-1 Acte 2 (fin)
4-2 Acte 3 (début)
5-1 Acte 3 (suite)
5-2 Acte 3 (fin)
Performers / Credits / Other Information -
• Recorded At – Festspielhaus, Bayreuth
• Artwork – Franz Von Lenbach
• Baritone Vocals – George London
• Bass Vocals – Gerd Nienstedt, Gustav Neidlinger, Hans Hotter, Martti Talvela
• Choir – Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
• Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
• Composed By – Richard Wagner
• Conductor – Hans Knappertsbusch
• Contralto Vocals – Ursula Boese
• Liner Notes – Deryck Cooke, Dr. H. W. Steinhausen, Jean Dupart, Willy Haas
• Liner Notes [Translated By] – Alfred Ernst, Lionel Salter
• Orchestra – Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
• Painting – Paul Von Joukowsky
• Photography By – Erich Böhm, Ferdy Dittmar, Ilse Buhs, Rudolf Betz, Siegfried Lauterwasser, Werner Neumeister, Wilhelm Rauh
• Production Manager – Wieland Wagner
• Soprano Vocals – Anja Silja, Dorothea Siebert, Else-Margrete Gardelli, Gundula Janowitz, Irene Dalis, Rita Bartos, So?a ?ervená
• Tenor Vocals – Georg Paskuda, Gerhard Stolze, Jess Thomas, Niels Möller
MONO Recording
Recorded Live at the Beyreuth Festival, 1962.
Comes with a 44 page booklet (same size as box set) with liner notes in German, French and English. Libretto in German only, but full description in French and English.
Each record comes in 2 inner sleeves - the outer is a heavy stock cardboard and the inner sleeve is less heavier stock
CONDITION Details:
The 5-LP LINEN COVERED box is in near mint minus condition! The box has NO splits or crushed corners - just gorgeous! The corners and seams are solid with just some light shelf wear. There is a small issue at the front, top, right corner of the box, nothing serious. The colors on the box are sharp but may be a bit dirty (see pictures with this listing as they are of the actual item).
The set comes complete with a large format paper insert / libretto.
The 5-LPs are in near mint minus condition! We found that the vinyl looked superb on this vintage LP set - the vinyl gleams! There are no significant marks and the LPs retain much of the original gloss and sheen! They do have a bit of dust and perhaps a finger print or two on them so they should be cleaned before playing. There are NO serious spindle marks on the record labels either. Just beautifully made vinyl.
A Short Note About LP GRADING -
- Mint = Only used for sealed items.
- Near Mint = Virtually flawless in every way.
- Near Mint Minus = Item has some minor imperfections, some audible.
- Excellent = Item obviously played and enjoyed with some noise.
- Very Good Plus = Many more imperfections which are noticeable and obtrusive.
For best results, always thoroughly clean your LPs before playing them.
LPs can be audiophile quality pressings (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).
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