Hans Knappertsbusch - Wagner: Gotterdammerung

Testament is proud to announce the first ever release of the legendary recording of Wagner's Gotterdammerung, made by John Culshaw and the Decca Recording team at the re-opening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1951. Under the direction of Wagner's grandsons Wolfgang and Wieland, the Bayureuth Festival re-opened after the Second World War on 29 July 1951 with a gala performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler. The principal conductor of the Festival was the highly revered Hans Knappertsbusch, assisted by the brilliant young Herbert von Karajan.

1. Opera in a prologue and three acts

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