The table below is arranged by date of recording; issue dates were often many years after the recording itself. Some of the items have been subject to multiple reissues; generally, recording label details relate to currently available CD versions.
Year | Cast Alberich Wotan Fricka Loge Freia Fasolt Fafner Donner Froh Erda Mime | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label[1] |
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1937 | Eduard Habich Friedrich Schorr Karin Branzell René Maison Dorothee Manski Norman Cordon Emanuel List Julius Huehn Hans Clemens Doris Doe Karl Laufkötter | Artur Bodanzky Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110047-48 Mono |
1947 | Fred Destal Herbert Janssen Elsa Cavelti Set Svanholm Nilda Hofmann Jorge Dantón Emanuel List Angelo Mattiello Umberto di Toto Lydia Kinderman Roberto Maggiolo | Erich Kleiber Teatro Colón orchestra and chorus | CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0036 |
1948 | Jean Stern Carl Kronenberg Carin Carlsson Joachim Sattler Meta Maria Kopp Otto von Rohr Wolfgang Etterer Günther Ambrosius Kurt Wolinsky Maria-Luise Schirp Willy Hofmann | Winfried Zillig Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks | CD: Cantus Classics Cat: 500074 |
1948 | Adolf Vogel Ferdinand Frantz Elisabeth Höngen Julius Pölzer Ilona Steingruber Marjan Rus Herbert Alsen Alfred Poell Willy Friedrich Rosette Anday William Wernigk | Rudolf Moralt Vienna Symphony | CD: Myto Cat: MCD00188 Mono |
1950 | Alois Pernerstorfer Ferdinand Frantz Elisabeth Höngen Joachim Sattler Walburga Wegner Ludwig Weber Albert Emmerich Angelo Mattiello Günther Treptow Margret Weth-Falke Emil Markwort | Wilhelm Furtwängler Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Opera d'Oro / Archipel Records Cat: OPD1501[2] / ARPCD0413 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
1950 | Rolf Heide Ferdinand Frantz Aga Joetsen Joachim Sattler Hertha Wilfert Otto von Rohr Helmut Fehn Sanders Schier Heinrich Bensing Marie-Luise Schilp Willy Hofmann | Kurt Schröder Orchester des Hessischen Rundfunks | CD: Preiser Records Cat: 90450 |
1952 | Gustav Neidlinger Hermann Uhde Ira Malaniuk Erich Witte Inge Borkh Ludwig Weber Josef Greindl Werner Faulhaber Wolfgang Windgassen Melanija Bugarinović Paul Kuën | Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: EMI Cat: CZS 7 67124 2 Mono, Live |
1952 | Gustav Neidlinger Ferdinand Frantz Res Fischer Wolfgang Windgassen Lore Hoffmann Gottlob Frick Josef Greindl Josef Metternich Rudolf Schock Res Fischer Paul Kuën | Wilhelm Schüchter NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra | CD: Gebhardt Cat: JGCD 0054-2 |
1953 | Gustav Neidlinger Ferdinand Frantz Ira Malaniuk Wolfgang Windgassen Elisabeth Grümmer Josef Greindl Gottlob Frick Alfred Poell Lorenz Fehenberger Ruth Siewert Julius Patzak | Wilhelm Furtwängler Orchestra Sonfonica e Coro della RAI | CD: Angel, Cat: CDZM 67213 (complete Ring) Mono |
1953 | Gustav Neidlinger Hans Hotter Ira Malaniuk Erich Witte Bruni Falcon Ludwig Weber Josef Greindl Hermann Uhde Gerhard Stolze Erika Zimmermann Paul Kuën | Clemens Krauss Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Gala, Cat: 100.519 Mono, Live |
1955 | Gustav Neidlinger Hans Hotter Georgine von Milinkovič Rudolf Lustig Hertha Wilfert Ludwig Weber Josef Greindl Toni Blankenheim Josef Traxel Maria von Ilosvay Paul Kuën | Joseph Keilberth Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Testament Cat: SBT21390 Stereo, Live |
1957 | Gustav Neidlinger Hans Hotter Georgine von Milinkovič Ludwig Suthaus Elisabeth Grümmer Arnold van Mill Josef Greindl Toni Blankenheim Josef Traxel Maria von Ilosvay Paul Kuën | Hans Knappertsbusch Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0216 Mono, Live |
1957 | Otakar Kraus Hans Hotter Georgine von Milinkovič Erich Witte Elisabeth Lindermeier Kurt Böhme Friedrich Dalberg Robert Allman Maria von Ilosvay Peter Klein | Rudolf Kempe Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Testament Cat: SBT131426 (complete Ring) Mono, Live |
1957 | Lawrence Davidson Hermann Uhde Blanche Thebom Ramón Vinay Mariquita Moll Kurt Böhme Dezső Ernster Arthur Budney James McCracken Jean Madeira Norman Kelley | Fritz Stiedry Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 232 |
1958 | Gustav Neidlinger George London Kirsten Flagstad Set Svanholm Claire Watson Walter Kreppel Kurt Böhme Eberhard Wächter Waldemar Kmentt Jean Madeira Paul Kuën | Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic | CD: Decca Cat: 4780382 Stereo |
1958 | Frans Andersson Hans Hotter Rita Gorr Fritz Uhl Elisabeth Grümmer Theo Adam Josef Greindl Eric Saedén Sándor Kónya Maria von Ilosvay Gerhard Stolze | Hans Knappertsbusch Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD 0246 Mono, Live |
1959
| Otakar Kraus Hans Hotter Ursula Boese Richard Holm Una Hale Kurt Böhme Michael Langdon David Kelley Edgar Evans Marga Höffgen Peter Klein | Franz Konwitschny Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0334 Live 18 Sept 1959 |
1962 | Zoltán Kelemen George London Elisabeth Schärtel Herbert Schachtschneider Ingeborg Kjellgren Gerd Nienstedt Heiner Horn Karl Sablotzke Hermann Winkler Helen Raab Erwin Wohlfahrt | Wolfgang Sawallisch Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne | CD: Living Stage Cat: LS 1004 Mono, Live |
1963 | Otakar Kraus Otto Wiener Grace Hoffman Gerhard Stolze Jutta Mayfarth Walter Kreppel Peter Roth-Ehrang Marcel Cordes Horst Wilhelm Marga Höffgen Eric Klaus | Rudolf Kempe Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | Published by houseofopera.com Mono, Live |
1966 | Gustav Neidlinger Theo Adam Annelies Burmeister Wolfgang Windgassen Anja Silja Martti Talvela Kurt Böhme Gerd Nienstedt Hermin Esser Věra Soukupová Erwin Wohlfahrt | Karl Böhm Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Philips Cat: 412 475-2 Stereo, Live |
1967 | Zoltán Kelemen Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Josephine Veasey Gerhard Stolze Simone Mangelsdorff Martti Talvela Karl Ridderbusch Robert Kerns Donald Grobe Oralia Domínguez Erwin Wohlfahrt | Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 457 781-2 Stereo |
1968 | Theo Adam Zoltán Kelemen Janis Martin Herbert Schachtschneider Leonore Kirschstein Gerd Nienstedt Karl Ridderbusch Thomas Tipton Hermann Winkler Oralia Domínguez Erwin Wohlfahrt | Wolfgang Sawallisch RAI Roma | CD: Myto Cat: MCD 054 316 |
1974 | Franz Mazura Donald McIntyre Anna Reynolds Hermin Esser Hannelore Bode Karl Ridderbusch Kurt Moll Gerd Nienstedt Heribert Steinbach Marga Höffgen Heinz Zednik | Horst Stein Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Opera Depot Cat: OD 10185-2 |
1974 | Derek Hammond-Stroud Norman Bailey Katherine Pring Emile Belcourt Lois McDonall Robert Lloyd Clifford Grant Norman Welsby Robert Ferguson Anne Collins Gregory Dempsey | Reginald Goodall English National Opera Recorded in English | CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN 3054 |
1980 | Hermann Becht Donald McIntyre Hanna Schwarz Heinz Zednik Carmen Reppel Matti Salminen Fritz Hübner Martin Egel Siegfried Jerusalem Ortrun Wenkel Helmut Pampuch | Pierre Boulez Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Philips Cat: 434 422-2 Stereo |
1983 | Siegmund Nimsgern Theo Adam Yvonne Minton Peter Schreier Marita Napier Roland Bracht Matti Salminen Karl-Heinz Stryczek Eberhard Büchner Ortrun Wenkel Christian Vogel | Marek Janowski Staatskapelle Dresden orchestra and chorus | CD: RCA Cat: B00011MJV6 (RCA reissue) (complete Ring) Stereo |
1988 | Ekkehard Wlaschiha James Morris Christa Ludwig Siegfried Jerusalem MarieAnne Häggander Kurt Moll Jan-Hendrik Rootering Siegfried Lorenz Mark Baker Birgitta Svendén Heinz Zednik | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 445 295-2 Stereo |
1989 | Theo Adam James Morris Marjana Lipovšek Heinz Zednik Eva Johansson Hans Tschammer Kurt Rydl Andreas Schmidt Peter Seiffert Jadwiga Rappé Peter Haage | Bernard Haitink Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayerischen Rundfunks chorus | CD: EMI Cat: CDS 7 49853 2 Stereo |
1991 | Ekkehard Wlaschiha Robert Hale Marjana Lipovšek Robert Tear Nancy Gustafson Jan-Hendrik Rootering Kurt Moll Florian Cerny Josef Hopferwieser Hanna Schwarz Helmut Pampuch | Wolfgang Sawallisch Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus Recording at National Theater, Munich, November | CD: EMI Cat: 724357273121 (complete Ring) Stereo, Live |
1991 | Günter von Kannen John Tomlinson Linda Finnie Graham Clark Eva Johansson Matthias Hölle Philip Kang Bodo Brinkmann Kurt Schreibmayer Birgitta Svendén Helmut Pampuch | Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus | CD: Teldec Cat: 4509 91185 2 Stereo, Live |
1993 | Franz-Josef Kapellmann Robert Hale Hanna Schwarz Kim Begley Nancy Gustafson Jan-Hendrik Rootering Walter Fink Eike Wilm Schulte Thomas Sunnegårdh Elena Zaremba Peter Schreier | Christoph von Dohnányi Cleveland Orchestra | CD: Decca Cat: 443 690-2 Stereo |
2002 | Esa Ruuttunen Wolfgang Probst Michaela Schuster Robert Künzli Helga Rós Indridadóttir Roland Bracht Phillip Ens Motti Kastón Bernhard Schneider Mette Ejsing Eberhard Francesco Lorenz | Lothar Zagrosek Staatsoper Stuttgart orchestra and chorus Recordings at Württembergische Staatsoper | CD: Naxos Records Cat: 8.660170-71 Stereo, Live |
2003 /2004 | Günter von Kannen Falk Struckmann Lioba Braun Graham Clark Elisabete Matos Kwangchul Youn Matthias Hölle Wolfgang Rauch Jeff Dowd Andrea Bönig Francisco Vas | Bertrand de Billy Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu Recordings at the Liceu, Barcelona | DVD: Opus Arte ASIN: B000IFRPY6 Surround Sound, Live |
2004 | John Wegner John Bröcheler Elizabeth Campbell Christopher Doig Kate Ladner Andrew Collis David Hibbard Timothy DuFore Andrew Brunsdon Liane Keegan Richard Greager | Asher Fisch Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | CD: Melba Recordings Cat: 301089-90 |
2007 | Franz-Josef Kapellmann Juha Uusitalo Anna Larsson John Daszak Sabina von Walter Matti Salminen Stephen Milling Ilya Bannik Germán Villar Christa Mayer Gerhard Siegel | Zubin Mehta Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciano | DVD and Blu-ray: C Major Cat: 700508 Surround Sound, Live |
2008 | Wolfgang Koch Falk Struckmann Katja Pieweck Peter Galliard Hellen Kwon Tigran Martirossian Alexander Tsymbalyuk Jan Buchwald Ladislav Elgr Deborah Humble Jürger Sacher | Simone Young Philharmoniker Hamburg | CD: Oehms Classics CAT: OC 929 Stereo, Live |
2009 | Andrew Shore Albert Dohmen Michelle Breedt Arnold Bezuyen Edith Haller Kwangchul Youn Hans-Peter König Ralf Lukas Clemens Bieber Christa Mayer Gerhard Siegel | Christian Thielemann Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and chorus Recording at Bayreuth Festival | CD: Opus Arte Cat: OACD9000BD Stereo (SACD), Live |
2010 | Jochen Schmeckenbecher Terje Stensvold Martina Dike Kurt Streit Barbara Zechmeister Alfred Reiter Magnus Baldvinsson Dietrich Volle Richard Cox Meredith Arwady Hans-Jürgen Lazar | Sebastian Weigle Frankfurt Opera orchestra | CD: Oehms Cat: OC 935 Stereo Live |
2011 | Tomasz Konieczny Albert Dohmen Janina Baechle Adrian Eröd Alexandra Reinprecht Lars Woldt Ain Anger Markus Eiche Herbert Lippert Anna Larsson Wolfgang Schmidt | Christian Thielemann Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Stereo, Live |
2012 | Nikolai Putilin René Pape Ekaterina Gubanova Stephan Rügamer Viktoria Yastrebova Jewgeni Nikotin Mikail Petrenko Alexei Markov Sergei Semishkur Zlata Bulycheva Andrei Popov | Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra | CD: Mariinsky Cat: MAR 0526 Stereo |
2013 | Jochen Schmeckenbecher Tomasz Konieczny Iris Vermillion Christian Elsner Ricarda Merbeth Günther Groissböck Timo Riihonen Antonio Yang Kor-Jan Dusseljee Maria Radner Andreas Conrad | Marek Janowski Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Radio Choir Live recording at Berlin Philharmonie, 22 November 2012 | SACD: Pentatone Cat: PTC 5186406 Stereo (SACD), Live |
2013 | Richard Paul Fink Greer Grimsley Stephanie Blythe Mark Schowalter Wendy Bryn Harmer Andrea Silvestrelli Daniel Sumegi Markus Brück Ric Furman Lucille Beer Dennis Peterson | Asher Fisch Seattle Symphony orchestra and chorus | CD: Avie Records Cat: AVR 2313 Stereo, Live |
2015 | Peter Sidhom Matthias Goerne Michelle DeYoung Kim Begley Anna Samuil Kwangchul Youn Stephen Milling Oleksandr Pushniak Charles Reid Deborah Humble David Cangelosi | Jaap van Zweden Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra | CD: Naxos Cat: 866037475 Stereo, Live |
2015 | Tomasz Konieczny Michael Volle Elisabeth Kulman Burkhard Ulrich Annette Dasch Peter Rose Eric Halfvarson Christian van Horn Benjamin Bruns Janina Baechle Herwig Pecoraro | Simon Rattle Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | CD: BR Klassics Cat: 900133 Stereo, Live |
2016 | Samuel Youn Iain Paterson Susan Bickley Will Hartmann Emma Bell Reinhard Hagen Clive Bayley David Stout David Butt Philip Susanne Resmark Nicky Spence | Mark Elder The Hallé | CD: Hallé Cat: CDHLD 7549 Stereo, Live |
2020 | Jochen Schmeckenbecher James Rutherford Katarzyna Kuncio Raymond Very Sylvia Hamvasi Thorsten Grümbel Łukasz Konieczny David Jerusalem Bernhard Berchtold Ramona Zaharia Florian Simson | Axel Kober Duisburg Philharmonic | CD: cAvi |
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