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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde [Box set]

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Performer: Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela
Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Conductor: Karl B�hm
Composer: Richard Wagner
Audio CD (22 Sep 1997)
SPARS Code: ADD
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Box set
Label: The Originals
ASIN: B000001GXS
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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Song Title Artist Time Price

1. Tristan und Isolde - Prelude to Act 1. Langsam und schmachtend Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 10:38 Album Only

2. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westw�rts schweift der Blick" Birgit Nilsson 5:33 �0.79

3. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu" Peter Schreier 9:17 Album Only

4. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden" Birgit Nilsson 18:33 Album Only

5. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!" Birgit Nilsson 6:50 �0.79

6. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Herr Tristan trete nah!" - "Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr w�nscht" Birgit Nilsson 17:56 Album Only

7. Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Tristan! - Isolde! Treuloser Holder!" Wolfgang Windgassen 6:19 �0.79

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Tristan und Isolde
Composed by Richard Wagner
Performed by Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
with Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Martti Talvela, Eberhard Waechter, Claude Heater, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gerd Nienstedt, Peter Schreier
Conducted by Karl B�hm

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5.0 out of 5 stars Bayreuth at its best, 15 Jun 2005

By	Klingsor Tristan (Suffolk) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

I was lucky enough to be present at the last outing of this Wieland Wagner production with essentially the same cast - the curtain calls went on for more than 45 minutes!

Undoubtedly, this is a totally exceptional performance - one of those live performances that catches fire from the first enigmatic rise and fall to the famous 'Tristan' chord and never lets you go until long after the last note of the Liebestod has died away. Bohm (often accused of being kapellmeisterish at the time) is electric - the music ebbs and flows with the passion of the protagonists, at times whipped up to almost hysterical proportions (Tristan's Act 2 arrival and the height of his dementia in Act 3 for example), at others achingly lonely (Marke's monologue or the shepherd's piping come to mind).

The singing, too, is unsurpassed. Nilsson and Windgassen are in superlative form throughout - Windgassen tired in Act 3? His character is dying, for God's sake - and he certainly rises to the excitements of Isolde's arrival and the ripping of the bandages from his wound. Christa Ludwig sings Brangane's warnings from the tower with a haunting rapture that matches that of the lovers downstage. The much-missed Martti Talvela sings his (presumably huge) socks off as Marke, turning a character who can be a bore into, for his moment, the most sympathetic and moving person in the opera.

I've never got it with Furtwangler and Flagstad by the time of that performance sounded too maternal for my taste. Bernstein is brave and at times fascinating but his cast aren't as good. Karajan is too overcooked and Vickers - often a great Tristan on stage - was too self-indulgent here. Kleiber (who I also heard, magnificently, at Bayreuth) conducts wonderfully and has a beautifully sung Isolde in Margaret Price, but his Tristan is the rather pedestrian Kollo.

For me, this Bohm recording is the yardstick Tristan and a great example of Bayreuth at its absolute best. The engineers capture the unique Bayreuth sound well, too.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Er...., 26 Oct 2001

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WHAT!? How can a reviewer writing below criticise Windgassen's performance in Act III?? It's perhaps the greatest display of vocal 'acting' you will ever hear anywhere. The intensity and passion of Windgassen's performance guarantees the reputation of this classic set. Bohm IS fast. He's sometimes hectic, wild and passionate. But, come on! this is 'Tristan' after all. Perhaps the MOST extreme, demanding, intense opera ever written. Just listen to the Act III moment where Tristan, in his madness, imagines seeing Isolde's ship on the horizon. Oh boy...such music and such an incredible performance. Or listen to Nilsson and Windgassen in the wondeful Act II duet: 'O Sink Herneider'. Worth the price of the set on its own. The sound quality is, for Bayreuth, totally satisfactory with very few stage intrusions and a natural, warm ambience. The Bayruether Festspiele orchestra is accurate and respond to Bohm's thrilling direction wonderfully.
Wagner himself stated that, after the score was completed, he was scared of the finished result and the intensity of the emotion enshrined therein. And, listening to this performance, you can understand his concerns. It's an extraordinary performance of an extraordinary opera.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Intensity personified., 10 Nov 2000

By	alastairlord@chethams.com (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

Because Bohm decided to record each act individually there are none of the problems of stamina that can affect other live performances. Nilsson is ecstatic and incredibly moving and Windgassen, while sometimes at a sonic disadvantage to her, provides a reading of such intensity that there can be few to match him. There are no weeknesses in the cast and Bohm, while sometimes on the urgent side builds climaxes wonderfully well. The final Liebestod is so moving that it becomes almost overwhelming and the sound quality is superb. For raw emotional intensity this version cannot be beaten.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent album notes
We were given tickets to see Tristan und Isolde at Covent Garden and were keen to educate ourselves in advance so to make the most of the opportunity. Read more

Published 11 days ago by J. F. H. Snowden

5.0 out of 5 stars BAYREUTH'S BEST
Much as I revere Wagner generally and this great work in particular, I am not the Complete Wagnerite. Read more

Published 11 months ago by DAVID BRYSON

5.0 out of 5 stars White hot and superbly sung
No need to write much here as other reviewers have done an excellent job. I can think of no better place to go to understand the unique and wonderful spell that Wagner casts in... Read more

Published 11 months ago by enthusiast

5.0 out of 5 stars why not give it 5 stars?
Though I haven't heard Karajan's and Furtwangler's,I imagine that Bohm's should be the best.I can imagine a better one.The cast is superb. Read more

Published on 13 Jun 2003 by dgg32

5.0 out of 5 stars A Moving Tristan
Recorded live at Bayreuth in 1966, this recording has stood the test of time. Some wagnerians may find the tempi a little quick at times, but there is no denying the fact that it... Read more

Published on 9 Jul 2002 by E. A. Redfearn

5.0 out of 5 stars Can there be a better recording of a better opera?
From the opening Prelude to the final chords of the Liebestodt this performance radiates power and beauty. Nilsson excels, after 3 hours of work reaching a spectacular finale. Read more

Published on 17 May 2001 by S. M. Hagget

5.0 out of 5 stars "In my beginning is my end..."
This recording, surely, on its own, guarantees Karl Bohm's status as a great conductor. His vision of the opera is ultimately dramatic, concentrating upon the inevitability of... Read more

Published on 8 May 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Karl B�hm. A remarkable Bruckner interpreter at Dresden.
To some, this seems an ideal interpretation of " Tristan ". It's merits are many ,such as a good orchestral performance and flamboyant Nilson ,almost as extrovert as her... Read more

Published on 26 May 2000 by B. Gudgeirsson

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