RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde

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It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes.

Posted by Tadlo (A) on October 24, 2016 at 15:24:21

In Reply to: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde posted by George S. Roland on October 22, 2016 at 20:14:33:

This is one of those operas that requires at least three recordings. One needs the EMI Karajan version for the Vickers Tristan. It has far and away the most powerful, anguished rendering of the 3rd act, among modern recordings. But the Isolde is not so good. Bohm has the best modern Isolde in Birgit Nilsson. Bohm's conducting is okay, but not nearly as good as Furtwangler. The latter is probably the best overall performance if you can accept the 1951 mono sound. It is pretty decent sound for mono. If I had to settle for one recording, that would be the one. If you can deal with archaic sound quality, the Reiner, recording from the 1930's is worth a listen for the incomparable performance of Melchior and Flagstad in her prime. I am a big Kleiber fan, but I don't care much for his too fast Tristan und Isolde.

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Topic - Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - George S. Roland 20:14:33 10/22/16 (13)

RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - fstein 17:27:53 10/24/16 (0)

RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - Tadlo 15:24:21 10/24/16 (0)

RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - learsfool 13:38:42 10/23/16 (4)

RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - Kas 13:56:21 10/24/16 (3)

Reiner's Tristan... - kuma 22:52:44 10/24/16 (0)

Man, it's hard to imagine Suthaus's voice being even more attractive - jdaniel@jps.net 22:32:52 10/24/16 (1)

RE: Man, it's hard to imagine Suthaus's voice being even more attractive - Kas 07:50:57 10/25/16 (0)

Carlos Kleiber - andy evans 08:06:14 10/23/16 (2)

Does the CD sound any better? - kuma 12:42:02 10/23/16 (0)

His was my first exposure, Price has a beautiful voice--wish she recorded more Wagner! - jdaniel@jps.net 08:53:21 10/23/16 (0)

I've got Bohm and Furty LPs... - kuma 01:21:06 10/23/16 (0)

Between Bohm/Nilsson and Furt/Flagstad, I prefer the latter - jdaniel@jps.net 21:50:26 10/22/16 (0)

Can't help you with the relative merits of the LP and CD versions of the Böhm recording, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 21:24:50 10/22/16 (0)

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RE: Recordings of Tristan und Isolde - Tadlo 15:24:21 10/24/16 (0)

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