Fritz Reiner - Reiner conducts Wagner (1938-41) [2017]

Fritz Reiner was esteemed as one of the première interpreters of Wagner of his time, both in the opera house and on the concert stage. Yet, his recorded legacy of the Bayreuth master’s works is surprisingly small. Besides the selections in this reissue, Reiner’s only other commercially released Wagner were an RCA Victor SO 45 rpm single coupling the Tannhäuser Fest March with a remake of the Lohengrin Act 3 Prelude, and a lone RCA “Living Stereo” LP with the Chicago Symphony with the same Meistersinger selections presented here along with excerpts from Götterdämmerung. By contrast, RCA allotted Charles Munch, who was not known for his opera conducting, two LPs devoted to Wagner.

Collected on this release are all of Reiner’s commercially-issued 78-era recordings of Wagner.



Tracks:

WAGNER excerpts from
Die Meistersinger,
Parsifal,
Die Walküre,
Tannhäuser,
Lohengrin,
Siegfried

Personnel:

Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Fritz Reiner