Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 2
Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Eyvind Laholm (Tristan), Enid Szántho (Brangäne) John Gurney (King Marke), Daniel Harris (Kurwenal, Melot)
New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli
Barbirolli and the NY Phil respond enthusiastically to the music’s erotic excitement. The other roles are decently sung — Tristan by the Swedish-American Eyvind Laholm — but the glory is Flagstad’s.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 2
Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde), Eyvind Laholm (Tristan), Enid Szántho (Brangäne) John Gurney (King Marke), Daniel Harris (Kurwenal, Melot)
New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli
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Barbirolli and the NY Phil respond enthusiastically to the music’s erotic excitement. The other roles are decently sung — Tristan by the Swedish-American Eyvind Laholm — but the glory is Flagstad’s.
About
First complete performance in the U.S. of Act II; a rare opportunity to hear Barbirolli conducting a substantial portion of this opera of which he left no commercial recording. A co-production with The Barbirolli Society.
Contents and tracklist
- Kirsten Flagstad, Eyvind Laholm, Enid Szantho, John Gurney, Daniel Harris
- New York Philharmonic
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 16 April 1939
- Recording Venue: Carnegie Hall, New York
Awards and reviews
10th June 2012
Barbirolli and the NY Phil respond enthusiastically to the music’s erotic excitement. The other roles are decently sung — Tristan by the Swedish-American Eyvind Laholm — but the glory is Flagstad’s.
