Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Placido 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
Awards:
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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
At its best this 'Tristan' is overwhelming, leaving the listener shaken
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Placido 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
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Awards:
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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
At its best this 'Tristan' is overwhelming, leaving the listener shaken
About
This new studio recording brings together the world’s greatest tenor Placido Domingo and the brilliant young Swedish soprano Nina Stemme.
Under the baton of one of the finest conductors of the century, this all-star cast includes two other exclusive EMI/Virgin artists - Ian Bostridge and Rolando Villazon.
Undoubtedly one of the most highly-anticipated recordings of the year, this three-disc set also includes a free bonus audio DVD which contains the entire opera, unbroken, in 5.1 DTS surround, together with an on-screen libretto.
Contents and tracklist
- Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano), Nina Stemme (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Olaf Bär (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Jared Holt (baritone), René Pape (bass), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Opera Chorus, Covent Garden
- Antonio Pappano
- Recorded: 2005-01-09
- Recording Venue: 23 November 2004 - 9 January 2005. No 1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London.
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineAugust 2005Opera Choice
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Gramophone MagazineSeptember 2005Editor's Choice
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Penguin GuideRosette
1st August 2005
At its best this 'Tristan' is overwhelming, leaving the listener shaken
it is the conducting of Antonio Pappano and the Isolde of Nina Stemme that truly put this in the highest league...Stemme is everything an Isolde needs to be: singing with radiant grandeur, she is rare in being able to sound sensuous even on the high notes.
12th August 2005
The music's narcotic quality is very much to the fore... Like any major interpreter of the work, Pappano understands the crucial difference between tempo and pace, frequently holding you in what feels like suspended animation while the music presses onwards.
16th August 2005
Domingo suggests an ardent youth trapped in early middle age, a lyrical, decidedly Latin Tristan...Tristan's impact relies as much on the conductor as on the singers, and Antonio Pappano proves a robust and sympathetic interpreter, volatile within the bounds of decency
27th August 2005
Power and stamina are givens with [Domingo], but there is also tenderness in his duetting with the alluring Isolde of Nina Stemme, and a touching fragility at the start of his Act 3 delirium...Antonio Pappano's energised conducting... puts this up there with the best Tristans on disc.
