
The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra performs the selections from Wagner's operas on this album.
The recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 was made in Vienna in May 1952.
The recordings of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and Götterdämmerung were made in Paris in June 1954.
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performs Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 on this album.
Carl Schuricht, the conductor for all works on this album, led both the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.