Frida Leider and Wilhelm Furtwängler: Covent Garden, 1938

Excerpts from Covent Garden's 1938 Ring Cycle, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler: 0:00 Die Walküre (Richard Wagner), Act 2, Scene 1 (excerpt): "Hojotoho" to "...des frech frevelnden Paars" Frida Leider (Brünnhilde); Karl Kamann (Wotan); Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka); the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Rec. Live from Broadcast, 1 June 1938, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 3:38 Götterdämmerung (Richard Wagner), Act 2, Scenes 4 & 5: "Heil dir, Gunther! Heil dir und deiner Braut!" to "...dir zu gehorchen, des Ringes Herrn!" Frida Leider (Brünnhilde); Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried); Herbert Janssen (Gunther); Wilhelm Schirp (Hagen); Anny von Stosch (Gutrune); the Chorus of the Royal Opera House (Chorus Master- Robert Ainsworth); the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Rec. Live from Broadcast, 7 June 1938, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden