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Wagner: Parsifal

James King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)

Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez

Wagner: Parsifal

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Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera.

James Longstaffe, Presto Music, March 2015

Wagner: Parsifal

James King (Parsifal), Gwyneth Jones (Kundry), Thomas Stewart (Amfortas), Franz Crass (Gurnemanz), Donald McIntyre (Klingsor), Karl Ridderbusch (Titurel)

Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Pierre Boulez

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Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera.

James Longstaffe, Presto Music, March 2015

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  • Release date: 9th Jun 1992
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Catalogue number: E4357182
  • Length: 3 hours 38 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Wagner: Parsifal
Work length3:38:27
Prelude
Track length10:27
"He! Ho! Waldhüter ihr"
Track length7:28
"Recht so! Habt Dank! Ein wenig Rast!" - "Gawan! - Herr! Gawan weilte nicht!"
Track length5:26
"Nicht Dank! Haha! Was wird es helfen?" - "He! Du da! Was liegst du dort wie ein wildes Tier?"
Track length7:12
"O wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer"
Track length3:52
"Titurel, der fromme Held"
Track length9:46
"Weh! - Hoho! - Auf! - Wer ist der Frevler?"
Track length6:53
"Nun sag'! Nichts weißt du, was ich dich frage"
Track length6:20
"Vom Bade kehrt der König heim"
Track length1:48
Verwandlungsmusik
Track length3:02
"Nun achte wohl und laß mich seh'n" - "Zum letzten Liebesmahle"
Track length6:04
"Mein Sohn Amfortas, bist du am Amt?"
Track length10:16
"Enthüllet den Gral!" - "Nehmet hin mein Blut"
Track length6:02
"Wein und Brot des letzten Mahles"
Track length10:12
Prelude - "Die Zeit ist da"
Track length5:10
"Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht! Wahnsinn!" - "Furchtbare Not!"
Track length9:45
"Hier war das Tosen!"
Track length4:05
"Komm, holder Knabe!"
Track length4:11
"Parsifal! Weile!"
Track length2:38
"Dies alles hab' ich nun geträumt?"
Track length3:00
"Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust"
Track length4:26
"Wehe! Was tat ich? Wo war ich?" - "Bekenntnis wird Schuld in Reue enden"
Track length4:37
"Amfortas! Die Wunde!"
Track length6:39
"Grausamer! Fühlst du im Herzen" - "Ich sah ihn" - "Nun such' ich ihn von Welt zu Welt"
Track length10:44
"Vergeh, unseliges Weib!"
Track length3:17
Prelude
Track length3:37
"Von dorther kam das Stöhnen"
Track length6:56
"Heil dir, mein Gast!"
Track length6:47
Heil mir, daß ich dich wiederfinde! (Parsifal, Gurnemanz)
Track length4:07
"O Herr! War es ein Fluch" - "Die heil'ge Speisung bleibt uns nun versagt"
Track length6:27
"Nicht so! Die heil'ge Quelle selbst erquicke unsres Pilgers Bad"
Track length3:28
Gesegnet sei, du Reiner, durch das Reine! (Gurnemanz, Parsifal)
Track length6:45
Du siehst, das ist nicht so (Gurnemanz, Parsifal)
Track length5:35
"Mittag. Die Stund' ist da" - Verwandlungsmusik (Gurnemanz)
Track length4:18
"Geleiten wir im bergenden Schrein den Gral zum "Geleit
Track length3:38
Ja, Wehe! Wehe! Weh' über mich! (Amfortas, Ritter)
Track length6:29
Nur eine Waffe taugt
Track length3:22
"Höchsten Heiles Wunder!" - "Erlösung dem Erlöser!"
Track length3:38

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Awards and reviews

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March 2015

Boulez refuses to wallow, but there's no lack of depth or profundity. He is aided by some fine singers...A fabulous, luminous recording of Wagner's final opera.
James Longstaffe
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