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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedPlacido Domingo (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Mihoko Fujimura (Brangäne), René Pape (König Marke), Olaf Bär (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Ian Bostridge (Hirt), Matthew Rose (Steuermann) & Rolando Villazon (Seemann)
Orchestra & Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano
At its best this 'Tristan' is overwhelming, leaving the listener shaken — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2005, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2005, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
RecommendedRobert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal), René Pape (König Marke), Stephen Gadd (Melot), Timothy Robinson (Hirt/Junger Seemann)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek, Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Stemme's fiery Irish princess is even finer than on the Domingo CD… Gambill's burly Tristan projects a darker, more resigned intensity… Pape's black-voiced Marke rightly dominates the stage…... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, First Choice (Blu-ray)
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber
Kleiber directs a compellingly impulsive reading, crowned by the glorious Isolde of Margaret Price, the most purely beautiful of any complete interpretation on record — More…
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Grace Hoffmann (alto), Josef Traxel (tenor), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Erik Sædén (baritone), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Josef Greindl (bass), Hermann Winkler (tenor), Egmont Koch (baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Nilsson is heard at a pre-Wieland staging of her Isolde – more flashily indulgent (the tope notes are presented as big events) but already loving and passionate in a unique way (try ‘Tod uns... — More…
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
John Treleaven (Tristan), Christine Brewer (Isolde), Dagmar Peckova (Brangaene), Peter Rose (Konig Marke), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Jared Holt (Melot), Eugene Ginty (Hirt), Jonathan Lemalu (Steuerman), Mark Le Brocq (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles
…the Tristan of John Treleaven… makes a great deal of the part, and rises to noble heights in Act III. Christine Brewer is quite stupendous, the finest Isolde I have heard for decades… There... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Opera Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, Opera Choice
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Barenboim's] contribution is masterly, especially in terms of the impeccable balance and refinement of the orchestral playing and the steady momentum of his finely shaped interpretation, which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Fritz Uhl (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass), Tom Krause (baritone), Regina Resnik (mezzo-soprano)
Singverein Der Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, etc.
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Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm
Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles. — More…
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
René Kollo, Johanna Meier, Matti Salminen, Hermann Becht & Hanna Schwarz
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Daniel Barenboim
For a supposedly 'difficult' opera, there's a fair choice of DVD Tristans… But this 1983 Bayreuth version, reappearing at last here on DVD, remains the finest. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's staging... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, DVD Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, DVD of the Month
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Barenboim's] contribution is masterly, especially in terms of the impeccable balance and refinement of the orchestral playing and the steady momentum of his finely shaped interpretation, which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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