Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), George London (Amfortas), Arnold van Mill (Titurel), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Hans Knappertsbusch
Windgassen sing[s] with warmth as well as power and mak[es] other Heldentenors seem rough by comparison...the orchestral texture is full and pleasing, the sense of atmosphere is palpable, voices...
Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
Wolfgang Windgassen (Parsifal), Martha Mödl (Kundry), Ludwig Weber (Gurnemanz), George London (Amfortas), Arnold van Mill (Titurel), Hermann Uhde (Klingsor)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus, Hans Knappertsbusch
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Windgassen sing[s] with warmth as well as power and mak[es] other Heldentenors seem rough by comparison...the orchestral texture is full and pleasing, the sense of atmosphere is palpable, voices...
About
Recorded 1951 at the Festspielhaus Bayreuth
Contents and tracklist
- Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Martha Mödl (soprano), Ludwig Weber (bass), George London (baritone)
- Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Hans Knappertsbusch
- Recorded: July and August 1951
- Recording Venue: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth
Act I Part 1: Prelude
Track length14:16
Act I Part 1: He! Ho!
Track length5:55
Act I Part 1: Seht dort, die wilde Reiterin!
Track length3:19
Act I Part 1: Recht so! Habt Dank!
Track length7:01
Act I Part 1: He! Du da!
Track length7:46
Act I Part 1: Das ist ein and'res
Track length5:06
Act I Part 1: Titurel, der fromme Held
Track length11:51
Act I Part 2: Weh! Weh!
Track length7:38
Act I Part 2: Nun sag! Nichts weisst du, was ich dich frage
Track length7:26
Act I Part 2: Vom Bade kehrt der König heim (Transformation Music)
Track length7:47
Act I Part 2: Zum letzten Liebesmahle
Track length6:28
Act I Part 2: Mein Sohn Amfortas
Track length11:28
Act I Part 2: "Durch Mitleid wissend, der reine Tor"
Track length8:54
Act I Part 2: Wein und Brot des letzten Mahles
Track length5:22
Act I Part 2: Liebesmahle Music
Track length4:32
Act I Part 2: Was stehst du noch da?
Track length2:32
Act II: Die Zeit ist da
Track length6:39
Act II: Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht
Track length3:46
Act II: Furchtbare Not!
Track length8:14
Act II: Hier! - Hier war das Tosen
Track length4:22
Act II: Komm'! Komm'! Holder Knabe!
Track length5:36
Act II: Parsifal! Weile!
Track length6:48
Act II: Ich sah das Kind
Track length5:41
Act II: Wehe! Wehe!
Track length5:15
Act II: Amfortas! Die Wunde!
Track length9:20
Act II: Grausamer! Fühlst du im Herzen
Track length10:06
Act II: Erlosung, Frevlerin, biet' ich auch dir
Track length6:51
Act III Part 1: Prelude
Track length5:44
Act III Part 2: Von dort her kam das Stohnen
Track length4:28
Act III Part 2: Du tolles Weib! Hast du kein Wort fur mich?
Track length4:33
Act III Part 2: Heil dir, mein Gast!
Track length6:55
Act III Part 2: Heil mir, dass ich dich wieder finde!
Track length4:22
Act III Part 2: O Gnade! Hochstes Heil
Track length8:02
Act III Part 2: Nicht so!
Track length6:33
Act III Part 2: So ward es uns verheissen (Good Friday Spell)
Track length13:59
Act III Part 2: Mittag: die Stund' ist da (Transformation Music)
Track length5:19
Act III Part 2: Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein
Track length4:44
Act III Part 2: Ja, Wehe! Wehe!
Track length8:08
Act III Part 2: Nur eine Waffe taugt
Track length9:18
Awards and reviews
2010
Windgassen sing[s] with warmth as well as power and mak[es] other Heldentenors seem rough by comparison...the orchestral texture is full and pleasing, the sense of atmosphere is palpable, voices come over well, and the chorus is well caught.
