Which Parsifal will you play this weekend? There are no wrong answers!

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  • umslopogaas
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    • Nov 2010
    • 1977

    #91
    Oh dear, thanks for reminding me that as a devoted Wagnerian, I should be playing 'Parsifal' in the next couple of days. I have three versions on LP, Kna 1951, Kna 1964 and Solti 1973, but I would always turn to the Karajan version on DG as a first choice. In fact, I will now start on the CDs of that version, if you dont hear from me for the next four or five hours, I'm communing with Wagner.

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    • Beef Oven!
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      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      #92
      Originally posted by umslopogaas View Post
      Oh dear, thanks for reminding me that as a devoted Wagnerian, I should be playing 'Parsifal' in the next couple of days. I have three versions on LP, Kna 1951, Kna 1964 and Solti 1973, but I would always turn to the Karajan version on DG as a first choice. In fact, I will now start on the CDs of that version, if you dont hear from me for the next four or five hours, I'm communing with Wagner.

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      • EdgeleyRob
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        • Nov 2010
        • 12180

        #93
        Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
        Which Parsifal will you play this weekend? There are no wrong answers!

        None (I haven't got any Parsifals).
        Still no Parsifals here.

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        • Dave2002
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          • Dec 2010
          • 18013

          #94
          Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
          Still no Parsifals here.
          There probably is at least one version somewhere here, in a box set, but I have no intention of playing it in a hurry, and certainly not this weekend. Sorry to the Wagnerites around.

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          • Beef Oven!
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            • Sep 2013
            • 18147

            #95
            Originally posted by EdgeleyRob View Post
            Still no Parsifals here.
            That was two years ago

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            • DracoM
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              • Mar 2007
              • 12965

              #96
              Solti / Kollo / VPO

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              • Beef Oven!
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                • Sep 2013
                • 18147

                #97
                Originally posted by DracoM View Post
                Solti / Kollo / VPO
                Same as your choice on 26th March, 2013.

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                • Roehre

                  #98
                  This weekend: none

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                  • Beef Oven!
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                    • Sep 2013
                    • 18147

                    #99
                    Originally posted by Roehre View Post
                    This weekend: none
                    Rebel without a pause

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                    • Bryn
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                      • Mar 2007
                      • 24688

                      Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

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                      • ostuni
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                        • Nov 2010
                        • 550

                        I've just downloaded the Tribune des Critiques podcast of Act 3 for my 5-day holiday coming up tomorrow; I normally then investigate the versions that I like on Spotify or Qobuz, so I'll wait and see...

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                        • gradus
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 5606

                          I was expecting Parsifal chunks from R3 but no play and its a bit late now for Good Friday music. My turntable being hors de combat I have only Spotify if I feel the need - don't at the moment my ear being preoccupied with Nina Simone's version of Strange Fruit (arr. Butterworth) and Better Luck Next Time (I Berlin) which also has the virtue of being timely.

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                          • DracoM
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                            • Mar 2007
                            • 12965

                            Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                            Same as your choice on 26th March, 2013.
                            And your point is?

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                            • Beef Oven!
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                              • Sep 2013
                              • 18147

                              Wagner - Parsifal, Act III
                              Chorus and Orchestra Of the Bayreuth Festival, Boulez et al. Deutsche Grammophon.

                              Not having listened to Parsifal in a while, returning to it in this pacey, direct performance makes a refreshing change from my usual Goodall, Knappertsbusch, Karajan go-to recordings.

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                              • Flosshilde
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                                • Nov 2010
                                • 7988

                                Friday evening I listened to Act III from the Thielman/Domingo recording. Not sure that I like Domingo in the role, & he's certainly too old to be convincing on stage - there's no way he could have enough make-up to look youthfull enough for Act I.

                                I would have chosen Knappertsbusch/Windgassen 1951 performnace from Bayreuth, but the prelude is on one CD & the rest of the act on another, & I didn't want to jump up after a few minutes to change CDs. I don't know why the whole act couldn't have been fitted on one CD, since CD 3 is 78 minutes long and CD 4 76 minutes.

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