Wagner: Tristan und Isolde/ Prelude

10’10 – 12’17

Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Sir. Georg Solti Wiener Philharmoniker 3. Oct. 1994 Suntory hall, Tokyo

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude · Berliner Philharmoniker · Herbert von Karajan

Wagner – Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod – Philharmonia orchestra WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Recorded in 1952 New mastering in 2017 by AB for CMRR

Wiener Philharmoniker Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch Recorded in 1960 New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR

Wagner – Tristan und Isolde Vorspiel – Berliner Philharmoniker Wilhelm Furtwängler Live recording, Berlin, 27.IV.1954

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act 1. Langsam und schmachtend · Staatskapelle Dresden · Giuseppe Sinopoli 1994

Wagner Tristan und Isolde Act 1- Prelude Karl Böhm Bayreuth Festival Orchestra 1966

Tristan und Isolde, Act 1: Prelude – Berliner Philharmoniker – Daniel Barenboim 1995

Und zum Schluss – wie immer – das Allerbeste (in meinen Ohren) ex aequo:

Carlos Kleiber Conducts Tristan und Isolde: Prelude; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (Recorded 30th July, 1976, Bayreuth Festival Theatre) [Improved Sound] The pianist Sviatoslav Richter, who attended one of Kleiber’s performances at Bayreuth in 1976, wrote in his private notebooks: „I fear that as long as I live I shall never hear another „Tristan“ like this one. This was the real thing. Carlos Kleiber brought the music to a boiling point, and kept it there throughout the whole evening, unleashing an interminable ovation at the end. There’s no doubt he’s the greatest conductor of our day.“ After the performance Richter sought him out backstage: „He seemed rather depressed and displeased with himself. I told him what I thought and he suddenly leapt into the air with joy, like a child. „Also wirklich gut?“ he asked („So it was really good?“). Such a titan, and so unsure of himself.“

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude · Herbert von Karajan · Bayreuth Festival Orchestra 1950

Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Liebestod Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Celibidache Live recordings: 6.XII 1983, Herkulessaal der Munchner Residenz

Furtwängler most lively: Tristan Prelude & Liebestod. Special transfer. Berlin Philharmonic 1942

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