Victor matrix CS-048859. Erdas Warnung - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (from Das Rheingold) / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Dr. Karl Reidel ; Kerstin Thorborg

TitleSource
Erdas Warnung - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (from Das Rheingold) (Primary title)Disc label
Erda's warning - waver, Wotan, waver! (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Das Rheingold (Work title)Disc label
Ring des Nibelungen. Rheingold. Weiche, Wotan! Weiche! (Uniform title)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Richard Wagner (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Musical group)
Kerstin Thorborg (vocalist : contralto)
Dr. Karl Reidel (conductor)
Ronald E. Wise (session supervisor)
Additional Information
  • Description: Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra
  • Instrumentation: 8 first violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 2 basses, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 4 horns, tuba, harp, and tympani
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: German
  • Master Size: 12-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "R.Wise present."
Ledgers: "Harp for two hours." Ledgers instrumentation list includes a contractor and librarian."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/8/1940 New York, New York. Carnegie Hall 1 Destroy
5/8/1940 New York, New York. Carnegie Hall 2 Master Victor 17221 12-in.
5/8/1940 New York, New York. Carnegie Hall 2 Master Victor M-707 12-in. Album set
5/8/1940 New York, New York. Carnegie Hall 2 Master Gramophone (Australia) ED-333 12-in.
5/8/1940 New York, New York. Carnegie Hall 2A Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CS-048859. Erdas Warnung - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (from Das Rheingold) / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Dr. Karl Reidel ; Kerstin Thorborg," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043596/CS-048859-Erdas_Warnung_-_Weiche_Wotan_weiche_from_Das_Rheingold.

Victor matrix CS-048859. Erdas Warnung - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (from Das Rheingold) / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Dr. Karl Reidel ; Kerstin Thorborg. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043596/CS-048859-Erdas_Warnung_-_Weiche_Wotan_weiche_from_Das_Rheingold.

"Victor matrix CS-048859. Erdas Warnung - Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (from Das Rheingold) / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; Dr. Karl Reidel ; Kerstin Thorborg." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

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