Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
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Label: Brilliant Classics - Opera Collection
Cat No: 93933
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 4
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 23rd March 2009
Contents
Artists
Kirsten FlagstadLudwig Suthaus
Blanche Thebom
Josef Greindl
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Wilhelm FurtwanglerWorks
Tristan und IsoldeArtists
Kirsten FlagstadLudwig Suthaus
Blanche Thebom
Josef Greindl
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor
Wilhelm FurtwanglerAbout
One of a series called the 'Opera Collection' – an extensive new collection of operas, ranging from baroque to the twentieth century, many of which are award winners.
The famous ‘Tristan chord’ that begins this work was claimed by some to be a new harmonic language. Wagner was ever the musical magpie, and his mature style culminated from a close study of the music of Beethoven, Weber, Marschner, Spohr, Bellini, Mendelssohn and Liszt. This is not to underestimate the remarkable achievement that is Tristan und Isolde, and when placing it in the pantheon of compositions that changed the musical landscape, it ranks alongside the Eroica Symphony, The Rite of Spring, and Pierrot Lunaire. Tristan und Isolde is a love story set to some of the most erotic and passionate music ever composed.
This first recording, made by EMI in 1952 for the new LP format and produced by the legendary Walter Legge, was the first major recording to feature the young baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Conducting, Wilhelm Furtwängler excelled himself.
Although there have been fine recordings since, this recording has been the benchmark for them all, and arguably has not been surpassed.
‘Furtwängler’s firm control and masterly conception of the score and his unfailing response to the subtleties of Wagner’s writing are shown in page after page … I have already praised the choice of Ludwig Suthaus for Tristan … and Flagstad. It is moving beyond words to hear the great singer, with her art at the height of its maturity, as time bids her say farewell to Tristan.’ - Gramophone
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