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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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Disc 1:

  1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1.: Prelude
  2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 1.: "Westw�rts schweift der Blick"
  3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 1.: "Brang�ne, du? Sag - wo sind wir?"
  4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 1.: "O weh! Ach! Ach, des �bels, das ich geahnt!"
  5. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 2.: "Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu"
  6. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 2.: "Mir erkoren, mir verloren"
  7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 2.: "Hab acht, Tristan! Botschaft von Isolde"
  8. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 2.: "Darf ich die Antwort sagen?"
  9. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Weh, anh wehe! Dies zu dulden!"
  10. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen"
  11. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Von seinem Lager blickt' er her"
  12. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "O Wunder! Wo hatt' ich die Augen?"
  13. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Da Friede, S�hn' und Freundschaft"
  14. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "O S��e, Traute! Teure! Holde! Goldne Herrin!"
  15. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Ungeminnt den hehrsten Mann"
  16. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3.: "Kennst du der Mutter K�nste nicht?"
  17. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 4.: "Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!"
  18. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 4.: "Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gru�"
  19. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 4.: "Nun leb wohl, Brang�ne!"
  20. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: Langsam
  21. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Begehrt, Herrin, was ihr w�nscht"
  22. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Da du so sittsam, mein Herr Tristan"
  23. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Nun will ich des Eides walten"

Disc 2:

  1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "War Morold dir so wert"
  2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Ho! He! Ha! He! Am Obermast die Segel ein!"
  3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Du h�rst den Ruf?"
  4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Auf das Tau! Anker los!"
  5. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Tristan! ... Isolde!"
  6. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Was tr�umte mir von Tristans Ehre?"
  7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5.: "Schnell, den Mantel, den K�nigsschmuck!"
  8. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2.: Prelude
  9. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 1.: "H�rst du sie noch?"
  10. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 1.: "Der deiner harrt - o h�r mein Warnen!"
  11. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 1.: "O la� die warnende Z�nde"
  12. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 1.: "Und mu�te der Minne t�ckischer Trank"
  13. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Isolde! Geliebte! ... Tristan! Geliebter!"
  14. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Das Licht! Das Licht!"
  15. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Der Tag! Der Tag"
  16. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "In deiner Hand den s��en Tod"
  17. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "O nun waren wir Nacht-Geweihte!"
  18. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe"
  19. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Einsam wachend in der Nacht"
  20. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Lausch, Geliebter!"
  21. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Unsre Liebe? Tristans Liebe?"

Disc 3:

  1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Doch unsre Liebe"
  2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "So st�rben, wir, um ungetrennt"
  3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "Habet acht! Habet scht!"
  4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2.: "O ew'ge Nacht, s��e Nacht!"
  5. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Rette dich, Tristan!"
  6. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "tatest du's wirklich?"
  7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Wozu die Dienste ohne Zahl"
  8. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Dies wunderhehre Weib"
  9. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Nun, da durch solchen Besitz mein Herz"
  10. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "O K�nig, das kann ich dir nicht sagen"
  11. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Wohin nun Tristan scheidet, willst du, Isold', ihm folgen?"
  12. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Als f�r ein fremdes Land"
  13. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3.: "Verr�ter! Ha! Zur Rache, K�nig!"
  14. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: Hirtenreigen auf einer Schalmei
  15. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Kurwenal! He! Sag, Kurwenal!"
  16. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "�d' und leer das Meer! ..."
  17. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Wo du bist? In Frieden, sicher und frei!"
  18. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "D�nkt dich das? Ich wei� es anders"
  19. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Isolde noch im Reich der Sonne!"

Disc 4:

  1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Noch Iosch das Licht nicht aus"
  2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Mein Kurwenal, du trauter Freund!"
  3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: Hirtenreigen auf einer Schalmei
  4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Nein! Ach nein! So hei�t sie nicht!"
  5. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Der Trank! Der Trank! Der furchtbare Trank!"
  6. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Mein Here! Tristan! Schrecklicher Zauber!"
  7. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Das Schiff? Siehst du's noch nicht?"
  8. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: "Wie sie selig, hehr und milde"
  9. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1.: Hirtenreigne auf einer Schalmei
  10. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 2.: "O diese Sonne! Ha, dieser Tag!"
  11. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 2.: "Ich bin's, ich bin's, s��ester Freund!"
  12. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 2.: "Die Wunde? Wo? La� sie mich heilen!"
  13. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 3.: "Kurwenal! H�r! Ein zweites Schiff"
  14. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 3.: "Sie wacht! Sie lebt! Isolde!"
  15. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 3.: "Mild und leise wir er l�chelt"
  16. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 3.: "Heller schallend, mich umwallend"

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #140972 in Music
  • Released on: 2001-09-11
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Dimensions: .96 pounds

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording
It's not surprising that this sublime performance of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde has remained on the market for so long: Wilhelm Furtwängler's reading of the tale with Ludwig Suthaus, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Kirsten Flagstad is probably definitive. The conductor is peerless at achieving a strong sense of direction throughout the epic length. Carlos Kleiber's controversial version with the Dresden State Orchestra might boast orchestral fireworks (abetted by modern recording technology), but if you're looking for a Tristan in which the singing takes center stage, this is the recording to buy. Newly remastered with Abbey Road Technology as part of EMI's Great Recordings of the Century series. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews

Five Stars are Not Enough for the Essential "Tristan"5
There are a number of notable recordings of "Tristan und "Isolde"; the Bohm recording from Bayreuth, the (sadly) abridged EMI version (on Preiser and Naxos) from the 1928 Bayreuth Festival, another Bayreuth performance from 1952, with Karajan conducting and Modl and Vinay in the title roles (Modl is one of the most underrated Wagnerian sopranos, a singer with temperament and superb acting ability). I personally have raved over the 1928 Bayreuth set under Elmendorff with Larsen-Todsen and Graarud. But still, as a totality, the Furtwangler "Tristan" maintains its lead as one of the very few opera recordings that can be called "definitive" (the other Wagner sets in this category would include Kempe's "Meistersinger" and Furtwangler's "Walkure"). This reissue is brighter in sound thatn previous ones, and allows for more clarity both in the singers and the orchestral sound. Flagstad's portrayal now emerges as passionate, yet reserved and regal, as an Isolde should be. Suthaus is a really great Tristan, in some ways reminiscent of my favorite Wagnerian tenor, Max Lorenz. Although it would have been exciting to have Margarete KLose as Brangane, I have no reservations about Blanche Thebom in the role. Rudolf Schock is wonderful as both the sailer and the shepherd, and Josef Greindl sings with more dignity and refinement than usual. But Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Kurvenal really belongs in a class by itself. But of course, the main reason for this album's success all of these decades is the intense, surging conducting of Wilhelm Furtwangler, directing an orchestra that although worked intermittantly with him, understood him as well as any other orchestra. I end by nominating this as the ESSENTIAL "Tristan."

IT'S AS GREAT AS EVER -- WITH IMPROVED SOUND5
This recording has led a charmed life since its original release, and why not? Surely it remains as arguably the greatest complete "Tristan Und Isolde" ever preserved in any recording. The sound has been even further improved over the previous EMI incarnation on CD, which was itself an improvement over the long playing vinyl format ---- which remained in the catalogue since its original release in 1953. Furtwangler's way of capturing the black magic of this fabulous score remains a marvel, yet it is in the lyrical portions, such as in the long love duet in Act II, where he weaves an expansive web of sound that, to my ears, comes close to a musical transfiguration. In this, he is aided greatly by the Isolde of Kirsten Flagstad. While it is true that by the time she made this recording in 1952, at age fifty-seven, her voice had passed it's most resplendent prime, it is also true that virtually no one (with the exception of Birgit Nilsson) has come within miles her her accomplishment here. Her Isolde is perhaps somewhat matronly, but it is certainly magnificently sung --- and who really cares about the two interpolated top C's that Elisabeth Schwarzkopf inserted in Act II? It simply doesn't matter --- the role has been masterfully performed with those two notes completely omitted. What matters here is that Flagstad on this recording still was in possession of a glorious and shining instrument. Her Tristan, Ludwig Suthaus, obviously is not in her league, but he is no slouch either, and is certainly preferable to most, if not all of the recorded Tristans (save possibly for Jon Vickers) already heard. He sings beautifully with Flagstad in Act II --- and their voices blend rhapsodically when they must. The very young Dietrich Fischer-Diskeau is heard as Kurwenal --- and I've yet to hear anyone better in this role. I am considerably less impressed with the Brangane of Blanche Thebom, whose singing to me has a blanched and faded quality. But of course, she is swept along by Flagstad, who would probably have blown anyone away anyway. The price of this recording has been moderately reduced, and the packaging is elegant, as are all of the releases in this EMI Great Recordings of the Century series --- with a smaller but quite nostalgic reproduction of the cover art which graced the original LP recording. If you don't already own this recording, you need it. If you already own the previous incarnation on CD, you might want to buy this one anyway for the improvement in the sonics. Whatever the case, it's one of the giants!

The supremacy of Furtwangler5
The great dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf herself said about Wilhelm Furtwangler that he was the greatest conductor who ever lived. The soprano quoted that Furtwangler knew how to make the music flow...that he made the music live. Yehudi Menuhin, the great Jewish violinist, praised Furtwangler as the one conductor who knew how to shape music into a fluid--a feat that Furtwangler could do so well without resorting into shaping static, solid phrases of music. Werner Tharichen, a long time timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, had this to say about Furtwangler. "One day I was sitting beside my timpani while a guest conductor was reheasing...Suddenly the sound changed. There was warmth and intensity as if everything were at stake. Astonished, I looked up from my score to seee if some new baton acrobatism had brought about this miracle. But it was still the same conductor. I looked at my colleagues. They were all staring at the door at the far end of the hall. There stood Furtwangler. His mere presence suffered to draw those sounds from the orchestra."

Imaginative...fluid, and lyrical. Sublime, passionate, erotic...rapture...these mere words fail to express the beauty that shrouds this recording of Tristan und Isolde. For many years, I have held out on this recording due to my thought that Karajan's Tristan was supreme over Furtwangler's. I was not mistakened, for stereo, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig, and a youthful Dernesch all made K's Tristan a wonder to behold. Then, I put this record back onto my player, and before I knew it I was enraptured by the sweet music flowing from Act II. Then I heard the dementia elucidated by the orchestra in Act III and lo and behold, I was seduced. Furtwangler really knew how to conduct Wagner's most passionate score, and without a doubt his Tristan is supreme over others in interpretation of music.

Kirsten Flagstad sings Isolde in this recording. She has distilled this Isolde from the many years she has performed it, and it is indeed a golden one. It may sound matronly at first, but you tend to overlook this once you are swept away by Furtwangler's greatness. No one phrases Isolde the way she does, and no one is as musical either. This is an Isolde of perfect pitch and tenderness and lyricism. Augment that to her enormous voice and you have the perfect Wagnerian singer. Ludwig Suthaus is an amazing heldentenor, one of the most beautiful voices to take on the role. Blanche Thebom, like a former reviewer said, is the perfect foil to Flagstad's outstanding Isolde, floating Brangäne's lyrical lines with a lithe, limber tone so fitting for the role. The young Fischer-Dieskau with his energetic vivacity and his lieder singer nuances complements the role of Kurwenal perfectly.

With more than 50 years behind it, this recording still takes first place as an essential Tristan.