Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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Active: Bayreuth, Germany -
Richard Wagner's dream of a festival house for the performance of his music dramas took years to come to fruition. But when his vision was finally realized, the world's most-celebrated festival orchestra was also born. For the ceremonial laying of the theater's cornerstone on May 22, 1872, Wagner himself conducted a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, a tradition that is continued to this day by the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra each summer. Read more The members of the festival orchestra are chosen from among Europe's best musicians, with certain traditions holding sway for generations, such as the use of horn players from the Vienna Philharmonic. The orchestra members are positioned in the theater as Wagner insisted: in a cavernous room below the stage, completely invisible to the audience. The special acoustics of this configuration make each performance at Bayreuth a unique experience. Read less

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Wagner: Das Rheingold Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuther
Wagner: Das Rheingold Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuther
Release Date: 08/01/1995   Label: Teldec  
Catalog: 97906   Number of Discs: 1
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Wagner: Siegfried Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuther
Wagner: Siegfried Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuther
Release Date: 08/01/1995   Label: Teldec  
Catalog: 97908   Number of Discs: 1
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Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuth
Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung Highlights / Barenboim, Bayreuth
Release Date: 08/01/1995   Label: Teldec  
Catalog: 97909   Number of Discs: 1
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Wagner: Die Walkure / Barenboim, Bayreuther Festspiele
Wagner: Die Walkure / Barenboim, Bayreuther Festspiele
Release Date: 09/07/1993   Label: Teldec  
Catalog: 91186   Number of Discs: 4
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Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Bohm, Bayreuther Festspiele [14-CD Collector's Edition]
Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Bohm, Bayreuther Festspiele [14-CD Collector's Edition]
Release Date: 10/19/2010   Label: Decca  
Catalog: 001479602   Number of Discs: 14
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    Wagner: Das Rheingold / Kempe, Wiener, Stolze, Kraus, Janowitz
    Wagner: Das Rheingold / Kempe, Wiener, Stolze, Kraus, Janowitz
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 323 Release Date: 05/28/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Grace Hoffman,  Gerhard Stolze,  Otakar Kraus,  Erich Klaus  ... 
    Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Die Walkure / Kempe, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 324 Release Date: 05/28/2013   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Gottlob Frick,  Astrid Varnay,  Fritz Uhl,  Otto Wiener  ... 
    Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Kempe, Hopf, Cordes, Kraus, Frick, Nilsson
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 326 Release Date: 05/28/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Jutta Meyfarth,  Margarethe Bence,  Birgit Nilsson,  Gottlob Frick  ... 
    Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Siegfried / Kempe, Hopf, Klaus, Wiener, Kraus
    Label: Myto Records   Catalog: 325 Release Date: 05/28/2013   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Birgit Nilsson,  Marga Höffgen,  Otakar Kraus,  Peter Roth-Ehrang  ... 
    Conductor:  Rudolf Kempe
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Great Wagner Singers [6-CD Set]
    Great Wagner Singers [6-CD Set]
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 001826302 Release Date: 04/30/2013   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Hans Hotter,  Sieglinde Wagner,  Dame Gwyneth Jones,  Gundula Janowitz  ... 
    Conductor:  Heinrich Hollreiser,  Wilhelm Pitz,  Ferdinand Leitner,  Richard Kraus  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus  ... 
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    Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Great Scenes
    Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen - Great Scenes
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 9011 Release Date: 04/30/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Andrew Shore,  Albert Dohmen,  Ralf Lukas,  Endrik Wottrich  ... 
    Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Das Rheingold / Bohm, Windgassen, Adam
    Wagner: Das Rheingold / Bohm, Windgassen, Adam
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001820702 Release Date: 04/09/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Wolfgang Windgassen,  Theo Adam,  Gustav Neidlinger,  Annelies Burmeister  ... 
    Conductor:  Karl Böhm
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwangler, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwangler, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Label: Orfeo   Catalog: 851121 Release Date: 03/26/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer:  Gré Brouwenstijn,  Ira Malaniuk,  Wolfgang Windgassen,  Ludwig Weber
    Conductor:  Wilhelm Furtwängler
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Varnay, Hotter, Windgassen, Krauss
    Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Varnay, Hotter, Windgassen, Krauss
    Label: Opera D'oro   Catalog: 1504 Release Date: 01/22/2013   Number of Discs: 14
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Hans Hotter,  Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,  Josef Greindl,  Astrid Varnay  ... 
    Conductor:  Clemens Krauss
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival [blu-ray]
    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival [blu-ray]
    Label: Kultur Video   Catalog: 4755 Release Date: 10/30/2012   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  John Tomlinson,  Birgitta Svendén,  Graham Clark,  Günter von Kannen  ... 
    Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Lohengrin / Jochum, Windgassen, Nilsson, Varnay, Adam, Fischer-Dieskau, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
    Wagner: Lohengrin / Jochum, Windgassen, Nilsson, Varnay, Adam, Fischer-Dieskau, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus
    Label: Opera D'oro   Catalog: 7086 Release Date: 09/11/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Wolfgang Windgassen,  Franz Crass,  Birgit Nilsson,  Toni Blankenheim  ... 
    Conductor:  Eugen Jochum
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Voices Of German Opera
    Voices Of German Opera
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 40497 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Carl Maria von Weber,  Heinrich Marschner  ... 
    Performer:  Natalie Dessay,  Edda Moser,  Kurt Moll,  Walter Berry  ... 
    Conductor:  Louis Langrée,  Wolfgang Sawallisch,  Berislav Klobucar,  Rudolf Moralt  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,  Bavarian State Opera Orchestra,  Berlin Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsons, Vogt, Zeppenfeld, Dasch, Rasilainen [blu-ray]
    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsons, Vogt, Zeppenfeld, Dasch, Rasilainen [blu-ray]
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 7103 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Jukka Rasilainen,  Klaus Florian Vogt,  Georg Zeppenfeld,  Annette Dasch  ... 
    Conductor:  Andris Nelsons
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsons, Vogt, Zeppenfeld, Dasch, Rasilainen, Lang
    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsons, Vogt, Zeppenfeld, Dasch, Rasilainen, Lang
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 1071 Release Date: 07/31/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Annette Dasch,  Georg Zeppenfeld,  Klaus Florian Vogt,  Jukka Rasilainen  ... 
    Conductor:  Andris Nelsons
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Bohm, Nilsson, Windgassen, Greindl
    Wagner: Gotterdammerung / Bohm, Nilsson, Windgassen, Greindl
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001651702 Release Date: 03/13/2012   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Josef Greindl,  Wolfgang Windgassen,  Sieglinde Wagner,  Marga Höffgen  ... 
    Conductor:  Karl Böhm
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Die Walkure / Bohm, Nilsson, Rysanek, King, Adam
    Wagner: Die Walkure / Bohm, Nilsson, Rysanek, King, Adam
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001615502 Release Date: 12/06/2011   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Birgit Nilsson,  Gerd Nienstedt,  Theo Adam,  James King  ... 
    Conductor:  Karl Böhm
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsson, Hofmann, Armstrong, Connell, Vogel, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Wagner: Lohengrin / Nelsson, Hofmann, Armstrong, Connell, Vogel, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 7527342 Release Date: 11/22/2011   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Bernd Weikl,  Karan Armstrong,  Peter Hofmann,  Elizabeth Connell  ... 
    Conductor:  Woldemar Nelsson
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: The Complete Operas / Daniel Barenboim [34-CD Set]
    Wagner: The Complete Operas / Daniel Barenboim [34-CD Set]
    Label: Teldec   Catalog: 66834 Release Date: 11/15/2011   Number of Discs: 34
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Falk Struckmann,  Peter Sieffert,  Jane Eaglen,  Robert Holl  ... 
    Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus,  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra,  Berlin State Opera Chorus  ... 
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    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim [11-DVD Set]
    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim [11-DVD Set]
    Label: Kultur Video   Catalog: 4755 Release Date: 10/25/2011   Number of Discs: 11
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  John Tomlinson,  Birgitta Svendén,  Graham Clark,  Günter von Kannen  ... 
    Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Parsifal / Sinopoli, Struckmann, Watson, Elming, Holle
    Wagner: Parsifal / Sinopoli, Struckmann, Watson, Elming, Holle
    Label: C Major   Catalog: 705908 Release Date: 05/31/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Hans Sotin,  Linda Watson,  Falk Struckmann,  Poul Elming  ... 
    Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Die Walkure / Thielemann, Botha, Dohmen, Youn, Haller
    Wagner: Die Walkure / Thielemann, Botha, Dohmen, Youn, Haller
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 1045 Release Date: 04/26/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Edith Haller,  Kwangchul Youn,  Johan Botha,  Albert Dohmen  ... 
    Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Chorus,  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Die Walkure / Thielemann, Botha, Dohmen, Youn, Haller [blu-ray]
    Wagner: Die Walkure / Thielemann, Botha, Dohmen, Youn, Haller [blu-ray]
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 7081 Release Date: 04/26/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Albert Dohmen,  Johan Botha,  Kwangchul Youn,  Edith Haller  ... 
    Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Siegfried / Bohm, Windgassen, Nilsson, Adam
    Wagner: Siegfried / Bohm, Windgassen, Nilsson, Adam
    Label: Philips   Catalog: 412483 Release Date: 01/31/2011   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Theo Adam,  Erwin Wohlfahrt,  Erika Köth,  Vera Soukupová  ... 
    Conductor:  Karl Böhm
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival
    Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival
    Label: Teldec   Catalog: 77140 Release Date: 01/25/2011   Number of Discs: 14
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  John Tomlinson,  Birgitta Svendén,  Eva Johansson,  Jane Turner  ... 
    Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus
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    Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg / Hawlata, Vogt, Kaune, Weigle
    Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg / Hawlata, Vogt, Kaune, Weigle
    Label: Opus Arte   Catalog: 1041 Release Date: 01/25/2011   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Friedemann Röhlig,  Michaela Kaune,  Andreas Macco,  Edward Randall  ... 
    Conductor:  Sebastian Weigle
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Chorus,  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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