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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

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the two leads have never been equalled. The Phiharmonia Orchestra is at its absolute peak, too; and, working in long takes, the result is that the unique intensity and continuity of this score...

BBC Music Magazine, January 2012

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Blanche Thebom (Brangaene), Josef Greindl (Konig Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Edgar Evans (Melot), Rudolf Schock (Hirt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler

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the two leads have never been equalled. The Phiharmonia Orchestra is at its absolute peak, too; and, working in long takes, the result is that the unique intensity and continuity of this score...

BBC Music Magazine, January 2012

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Excerpt,Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Work length11:01
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Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1: Vorspiel (Langsam und schmachtend - Belebend)
Track length11:01
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1 Scene 1
Work length6:26
"Westwärts schweift der Blick" (Ein junger Seemann, Isolde)
Track length1:18
"Brangäne, du? Sag - wo sind wir?" (Isolde, Brangäne)
Track length2:51
"O weh! Ach! Ach, des Übels, das ich geahnt!" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length2:17
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1 Scene 2
Work length10:01
"Frisch weht er Wind der Heimat zu" (Der junge Seemann)
Track length0:49
"Mir erkoren, mir verloren" (Isolde, Brangäne)
Track length3:24
"Hab acht, Tristan! Botschaft von Isolde" (Kurwenal, Tristan, Brangäne)
Track length4:08
"Darf ich die Antwort sagen?" (Kurwenal, Tristan, Männer)
Track length1:40
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1 Scene 3
Work length21:43
"Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden!" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length2:02
"Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen" (Isolde)
Track length2:25
"Von seinem Lager blickt' er her" (Isolde)
Track length2:10
"O Wunder! Wo hatt'ich die Augen?" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length2:39
"Da Friede, Sühn' und Freundschaft" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length2:52
"O Süsse! Traute! Teure! Holde! Goldne Herrin!" (Brangäne)
Track length3:08
"Ungeminnt den hehrsten Mann" (Isolde, Brangäne)
Track length2:23
"Kennst du der Mutter Künste nicht?" (Brangäne, Isolde, Männer)
Track length4:04
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1 Scene 4
Work length8:16
"Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!" (Kurwenal)
Track length1:11
"Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruss" (Isolde, Kurwenal)
Track length2:18
"Nun leb wohl, Brangäne!" (Isolde, Brangäne, Kurwenal)
Track length4:47
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 1 Scene 5
Work length28:03
Introduktion (Langsam)
Track length2:02
"Begehrt, Herrin, was ihr wünscht" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length1:48
"Da du so sittsam, mein Herr Tristan" (Isolde, Tristan)
Track length2:17
"Nun will ich des Eides walten" (Isolde, Tristan)
Track length3:19
"War Morold dir so wert" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length3:42
"Ho! He! Ha! He! Am Obermast die Segel ein!" (Männer, Tristan, Isolde)
Track length1:26
"Du hörst den Ruf?" (Isolde)
Track length2:36
"Auf das Tau!" (Männer, Tristan, Isolde)
Track length3:47
"Tristan! … Isolde!" (Isolde, Tristan, Männer, Brangäne)
Track length2:47
"Was träumte mir von Tristans Ehre?" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length1:41
"Schnell, den Mantel, den Königsschmuck!" (Brangäne, Männer, Kurwenal, Tristan, Isolde)
Track length2:38
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 2: Introduktion (Sehr lebhaft)
Work length1:59
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 2 Scene 1
Work length14:28
"Hörst du sie noch?" (Isolde, Brangäne)
Track length3:50
"Der deiner harrt - o hör mein Warnen!" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length4:11
"O lass die warnende Zünde" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length3:14
"Und musste der Minne tückischer Trank" (Brangäne, Isolde)
Track length3:13
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 2 Scene 2
Work length44:27
"Isolde! Geliebte! … Tristan! Geliebter!" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length2:33
"Das Licht! Das Licht!" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length2:28
"Der Tag! Der Tag!" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length3:50
"O eitler Tagesknecht!" (Isolde)
Track length2:40
"In deiner Hand den süssen Tod" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length3:26
"O nun waren wir Nachtgeweihte!" (Tristan)
Track length3:37
"O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length5:41
"Einsam wachend in der Nacht" (Brangäne)
Track length3:29
"Lausch, Geliebter!" (Isolde, Tristan)
Track length2:20
"Unsre Liebe? Tristans Liebe?" (Tristan)
Track length2:55
"Doch unsre Liebe" (Isolde, Tristan)
Track length2:30
"So stürben wir, um ungetrennt" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length2:25
"Habet acht! Habet acht!" (Brangäne, Tristan, Isolde)
Track length2:36
"O ew'ge Nacht, süsse Nacht!" (Isolde, Tristan)
Track length3:57
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 2 Scene 3
Work length25:50
"Rette dich, Tristan!" (Kurwenal, Tristan, Melot)
Track length1:59
"Tatest du's wirklich? Wähnst du das?" (Marke, Tristan)
Track length3:57
"Wozu die Dienste ohne Zahl" (Marke)
Track length3:47
"Dies wunderhehre Weib" (Marke)
Track length2:13
"Nun, da durch solchen Besitz mein Herz" (Marke)
Track length3:55
"O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen" (Tristan)
Track length1:52
"Wohin nun Tristan scheidet, willst du, Isolde" (Tristan)
Track length3:09
"Als für ein fremdes Land" (Isolde)
Track length2:35
"Verräter! Ha! Zur Rache, König!" (Melot, Tristan)
Track length2:23
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3: Vorspiel (Mässig langsam)
Work length4:05
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3 Scene 1
Work length51:40
Hirtenreigen auf einer Schalmei (Langsam)
Track length3:16
"Kurwenal! He! Sag, Kurwenal!" (Hirt, Kurwenal)
Track length3:17
"Öd und leer das Meer!" (Hirt) … "Die alte Weise" (Tristan, Kurwenal)
Track length3:09
"Wo du bist? In Frieden, sicher und frei!" (Kurwenal, Tristan)
Track length4:40
"Dünkt dich das? Ich weiss es anders" (Tristan)
Track length4:01
"Isolde noch im Reich der Sonne!" (Tristan, Kurwenal)
Track length4:31
"Noch losch das Licht nicht aus" (Tristan, Kurwenal)
Track length2:54
"Mein Kurwenal, du trauter Freund!" (Tristan)
Track length2:49
"Noch ist kein Schiff zu sehn!" (Kurwenal, Tristan)
Track length4:47
"Nein! Ach nein! So heisst sie nicht!" (Tristan)
Track length3:20
"Der Trank! Der Trank! Der furchtbare Trank!" (Tristan)
Track length3:05
"Mein Herre Tristan! Schrecklicher Zauber!" (Kurwenal)
Track length2:29
"Das Schiff? Siehst du's noch nicht?" (Tristan, Kurwenal)
Track length2:13
"Wie sie selig, hehr und milde" (Tristan)
Track length3:42
"O Wonne! Freude!" (Kurwenal, Tristan)
Track length3:27
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3 Scene 2
Work length10:13
"O diese Sonne! Ha, dieser Tag!" (Tristan, Isolde)
Track length3:49
"Ich bin's, ich bin's, süssester Freund!" (Isolde)
Track length2:20
"Die Wunde? Wo? Lass sie mich heilen!" (Isolde)
Track length4:04
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act 3 Scene 3
Work length17:05
"Kurwenal! Hör! Ein zweites Schiff" (Hirt, Kurwenal, Der Steuermann, Brangäne, Melot, Marke)
Track length4:21
"Tot denn alles! Alles tot!" (Marke)
Track length2:04
"Sie wacht! Sie lebt!" (Brangäne, Marke)
Track length3:28
"Mild und leise wir er lächelt" (Isolde)
Track length3:43
"Heller schallend, mich umwallend" (Isolde)
Track length3:29

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January 2012

the two leads have never been equalled. The Phiharmonia Orchestra is at its absolute peak, too; and, working in long takes, the result is that the unique intensity and continuity of this score is caught as it has never been again.

2010

Furtwängler's concept is spacious from the opening Prelude onwards, but equally the bite and the drama are vividly conveyed, matching the nobility of Flagstad's portrait of Isolde...It stands among Furtwängler's finest memorials, still unsurpassed by later versions in its spacious concentration and intensity.
3 out of 4 stars

March 2015

Even with incredibly strong competition, to say the least, from Karl Böhm and Carlos Kleiber, this 1954 Tristan conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler can easily lay claim to be top of the pile, with unforgettable performances by Kirsten Flagstad as Isolde and Ludwig Suthaus as Tristan, and stellar support from a young Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Kurwenal.
James Longstaffe
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