BaL 18.06.11 - Wagner: Tristan & Isolde

[Flosshilde]

Mandryka, thanks for the endorsement of the Glyndebourne. MDT have it on offer at the moment at £26, so I think I shall 'invest', as they say. I do remember some discussion of it on the old boards, saying that the opening credits were shown during the prelude, but I think that I can ignore that more than I can Maestro Barenboim's grimace.

[BBMmk2]

Another DVD to buy then> :)

[Black Swan]

I agree on all points. I had the great pleasure to hear and see her sing Kundry at the MET. Not only a great singer, actress but one could believe she could have seduced someone. A great singer one of my favorites as you can tell.

John

[Guest]

ERm...........who is 'her'?

[Black Swan]

Sorry, was referring to previous post on W. Meier.

J

[Colonel Danby]

Well, Jon Vickers may have been difficult at times, yet the Screaming Skull was hardly the most compromising chap around at Covent Garden, and with Vickers' recording of 'Tristan' with Dernesch and Karajan, he probably gave the best performance of his career. He's also a mean 'Peter Grimes' under Sir Col, on DVD which was a sound investment on my part (though I still love Philip Langridge in the same role RIP).

With the Domingo/Pappano 'Tristan' as a good CD alternative in my collection, I reckon I'm quite happy with what I've got. I don't really approve of multiple purchases of the same work...

[Chris Newman]

I have a soft spot for the Goodall WNO T & I which I have on cassettes, though I have to keep a libretto at hand as sometimes when the dark voiced Tristan (John Mitchenson) sings with Kurwenal (Philip Joll) they sound so alike I loose track of who is singing.

[Barbirollians]

The Furtwangler is £4.99 !!!! in the HMV sale . I have accordingly succumbed . I should have never have thought I would have three recordings of this piece .

[Barbirollians]

Make that four - added the 1966 Bohm love how it does not hang about thrilling stuff and Nilsson and Ludwig are stupendous.

[gradus]

Make that four - added the 1966 Bohm love how it does not hang about thrilling stuff and Nilsson and Ludwig are stupendous.

Bohm 1966, a vintage unlikely to be surpassed imv.

[Keraulophone]

Excellent as Mr Vignoles was, I got the impression that he was unaware that Böhm's 'live' Bayreuth Tristan was a concert performance with each act given on a separate day; hence why the singers weren't as knackered as others may have been for the love duet.

For the completely live experience, there is an unedited recording of the performance from Bayreuth on 13/8/66 on an Italian label Europa Musica 051-051 released in 1987. Voices show remarkable resilience right to the end, with Nilsson stupendous at the last.

[Petrushka]

For the completely live experience, there is an unedited recording of the performance from Bayreuth on 13/8/66 on an Italian label Europa Musica 051-051 released in 1987. Voices show remarkable resilience right to the end, with Nilsson stupendous at the last.

I also have that performance though mine is on the Frequenz label 011-016.

[Barbirollians]

Heavens Windgassen profoundly moving in Act 3 - not sure this is not now my favourite Tristan recording - well until I listen to the Fürtwangler again …

[vinteuil]

For the completely live experience, there is an unedited recording of the performance from Bayreuth on 13/8/66 on an Italian label Europa Musica 051-051 released in 1987. Voices show remarkable resilience right to the end, with Nilsson stupendous at the last.

... and available for a very reasonable price -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000VKBR4W

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[Richard Barrett]

I got to know the piece through the Böhm recording, which apart from anything else really sounds like I imagine the Festspielhaus to sound (for example the strings at the beginning of act 3), but Kleiber is the one I listen to these days. For me Margaret Price has exactly the sort of sound I like to hear as Isolde, even if (as yet?) there's been nobody with a voice like that who could perform the whole thing in one evening; and the Dresden Staatskapelle is at its best and beautifully recorded. And then there's Kleiber's vision of the piece. Nothing (as yet?) comes close to this recording of the work as far as I'm concerned.