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Wagner: Martha Mödl 1955 / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
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Wagner: Martha Mödl 1955 / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus

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Composer
Richard Wagner
Artist
Martha Mödl, Orchester Der Bayreuther Festspiele, Chor Der Bayreuther Festspiele
Format
CD
Label
Profil
Released
Feb 04, 2022
Catalog #
PH21055
UPC
881488210552

About

The recordings here by Martha Mödl from 1955 document not only her impeccable rendering of the German, but also her singular singing status. She started out as a mezzo-soprano, but in 1949, with her first Kundry, she switched to the vocal range midway between mezzo and dramatic soprano, and in March 1952 she sang her first Brünnhilde. She was there from the very start in Neubayreuth: From 1951 to 1955, Mödl sang Kundry in all of the Parsifal performances and only began alternating with Astrid Varnay from 1956. She was also cast in the Ring from 1951, first as Gutrune and the Third Norn, and from 1953 also as Brünnhilde and in 1954 as Sieglinde as well. There, too, she alternated with Varnay, who had been performing almost without pause as Brünnhilde since 1951. Mödl sang Isolde in 1952 and 1953. To the director Wieland Wagner she was a “high dramatic soprano free of pathos”. He valued the way her “voice, personality and performance formed an absolutely inseparable whole”. Her stage presence can no longer be experienced through the recordings, but the vocal penetration of the roles can be.

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act III: Vorspiel 02:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act III: Vorspiel
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  3. 2 Act III: Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach'! (The Wanderer) 01:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act III: Wache, Wala! Wala! Erwach'! (The Wanderer)
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Hans Hotter
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  4. 3 Act III: Stark ruft das Lied (Erda, The Wanderer) 05:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act III: Stark ruft das Lied (Erda, The Wanderer)
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Mária von Ilosvay, Hans Hotter
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  5. 4 Act III: Die Walküre meinst du (Wanderer, Erda) 04:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act III: Die Walküre meinst du (Wanderer, Erda)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Hans Hotter, Mária von Ilosvay
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  6. 5 Act III: Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr (The Wanderer) 04:49
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act III: Dir Unweisen ruf' ich ins Ohr (The Wanderer)
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Hans Hotter
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  7. 6 Act III: Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort! (Siegfried) 05:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act III: Mein Vöglein schwebte mir fort! (Siegfried)
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  8. 7 Act III: Kenntest du mich, kühner Spross (Siegfried, Wanderer) 07:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act III: Kenntest du mich, kühner Spross (Siegfried, Wanderer)
    Duration
    07:23
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen, Hans Hotter
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  9. 8 Act III: Orchesterzwischenspiel (Entr'acte) 03:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act III: Orchesterzwischenspiel (Entr'acte)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  10. 9 Act III: Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh'! (Siegfried) 04:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act III: Selige Öde auf sonniger Höh'! (Siegfried)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  11. 10 Act III: Das ist kein Mann! (Siegfried) 08:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act III: Das ist kein Mann! (Siegfried)
    Duration
    08:40
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  12. 11 Act III: Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried) 04:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act III: Heil dir, Sonne! Heil dir, Licht! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  13. 12 Act III: Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried) 06:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act III: Siegfried! Siegfried! Seliger Held! (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  14. 13 Act III: Dort seh' ich Grane (Brünnhilde, Siegfried) 07:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act III: Dort seh' ich Grane (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  15. 14 Act III: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Brünnhilde, Siegfried) 04:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act III: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Brünnhilde, Siegfried)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  16. 15 Act III: Dich lieb' ich, o liebtest mich du! (Siegfried, Brünnhilde) 04:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act III: Dich lieb' ich, o liebtest mich du! (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  17. 16 Act III: Wie des Blutes Ströme sich zünden (Siegfried, Brünnhilde) 03:49
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act III: Wie des Blutes Ströme sich zünden (Siegfried, Brünnhilde)
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Wolfgang Windgassen, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Joseph Keilberth
  18. Disc 2
  19. 1 Act II: Prelude 02:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Prelude
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  20. 2 Act II: Die Zeit ist da (Klingsor) 03:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Die Zeit ist da (Klingsor)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Gustav Neidlinger
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  21. 3 Act II: Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht (Kundry, Klingsor) 03:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht (Kundry, Klingsor)
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  22. 4 Act II: Furchtbare Not! (Klingsor, Kundry) 04:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: Furchtbare Not! (Klingsor, Kundry)
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Gustav Neidlinger, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  23. 5 Act II: Ho! Ihr Wachter! Ho! Ritter! (Klingsor) 03:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Ho! Ihr Wachter! Ho! Ritter! (Klingsor)
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Gustav Neidlinger
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  24. 6 Act II: Hier war das Tosen (Zaubermadchen) 03:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Hier war das Tosen (Zaubermadchen)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Elisabeth Schärtel, Dorothea Siebert, Paula Lenchner, Friedl Poltinger, Jutta Vulpius, Ilse Hollweg
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  25. 7 Act II: Komm'! Komm'! Holder Knabe! (Chorus, Blumenmädchen, Parsifal) 05:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Komm'! Komm'! Holder Knabe! (Chorus, Blumenmädchen, Parsifal)
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Friedl Poltinger, Paula Lenchner, Ilse Hollweg, Dorothea Siebert, Ramón Vinay
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  26. 8 Act II: Parsifal! Weile! (Kundry, Parsifal, Blumenmädchen, Chorus) 02:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Parsifal! Weile! (Kundry, Parsifal, Blumenmädchen, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Ramón Vinay, Dorothea Siebert, Paula Lenchner, Jutta Vulpius, Elisabeth Schärtel, Friedl Poltinger, Ilse Hollweg
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  27. 9 Act II: Dies alles … hab' ich nun geträumt? (Parsifal, Kundry) 03:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Dies alles … hab' ich nun geträumt? (Parsifal, Kundry)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Ramón Vinay, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  28. 10 Act II: Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Kundry) 05:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Kundry)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  29. 11 Act II: Wehe! Wehe! (Parsifal, Kundry) 05:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Wehe! Wehe! (Parsifal, Kundry)
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Ramón Vinay, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  30. 12 Act II: Amfortas! Die Wunde! Die Wunde! (Parsifal) 06:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Amfortas! Die Wunde! Die Wunde! (Parsifal)
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Ramón Vinay
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  31. 13 Act II: Gelobter Held! Entflieh dem Wahn! (Kundry, Parsifal) 01:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Gelobter Held! Entflieh dem Wahn! (Kundry, Parsifal)
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl, Ramón Vinay
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  32. 14 Act II: Grausamer! Fuhlst du im Herzen (Kundry) 06:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Grausamer! Fuhlst du im Herzen (Kundry)
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  33. 15 Act II: Auf Ewigkeit wärst du verdammt (Parsifal, Kundry) 05:50
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Auf Ewigkeit wärst du verdammt (Parsifal, Kundry)
    Duration
    05:50
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Ramón Vinay, Martha Mödl
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch
  34. 16 Act II: Vergeh, unseliges Weib! (Parsifal, Kundry, Klingsor) 04:04
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II: Vergeh, unseliges Weib! (Parsifal, Kundry, Klingsor)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Ramón Vinay, Martha Mödl, Gustav Neidlinger
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Hans Knappertsbusch