Recommended recordings: Die Walkure: Knappertsbusch – Rysanek, Varnay, Vinay Die Walkure: Leinsdorf – Nilsson, Brouwenstijn, Vickers Wagner : Siegfried (1876) The third of the four operas of the epic Ring cycle, inspired by the story of the legendary hero Sigurd in Norse mythology.
, Grümmer, Schock Der Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Karajan – Edelmann, Schwarzkopf, Hopf Der Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Karajan – Adam, Donath, Kollo Der Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Kubelik – Stewart, Janowitz Der Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Solti – van Dam, Mattila, Heppner, Lippert Wagner : Das Rheingold (1869) The first and the shortest part of the monumental, musically and thematically complex Ring Cycle.