Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde

Richard Wagner (Composer), Leonard Bernstein (Conductor), Hildegard Behrens (Performer), Peter Hofmann (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Hildegard Behrens, Peter Hofmann
• Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Audio CD (September 17, 1984)
• Number of Discs: 5
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000E2NB
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,302 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Vorspiel

2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 1. Westwärts schweift der Blick

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 2. Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu

4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3. Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden

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Disc: 2

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 3. Der Mutter Rat gemahnt mich recht

2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 4. Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 1. Scene 5. Begehrt, herrin, was Ihr wünscht

Disc: 3

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Vorspiel

2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 1. Hörst du sie noch?

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2. Isolde! Geliebte!

4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2. O sink hernieder, Nacht der Lieb / Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Disc: 4

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 2. So stürben wir, um ungetrennt

2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3. Rette dich, Tristan

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 2. Scene 3. Tatest du's wirklich?

4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Vorspiel

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Disc: 5

1. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 1. Der einst ich trotzt aus Treu zu dir / Noch losch das Licht nicht aus

2. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 2. O diese Sonne

3. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 2. Ich bin's, ich bin's

4. Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90: Act 3. Scene 3. Kurwenal! Hör! Ein zweites Schiff

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sleep Inducing Tristan, November 23, 2007

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This review is from: Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde (Audio CD)

This is the very first recording of Tristan I enountered, and I can still remember the excitement and expectation for devastatingly dramatic and powerful reading by Bernstein, and how disappointed I was when I listened to the Prelude and Liebestod. This must be one of Bernstein's great flops (a bit similar to his Tchaikovsky Pathetique DG recording) he stretches the whole music so much that it loses tension completely and the whole opera becomes sleep inducing dirge.

If you want really great Wagner recordings by Bernstein, get the Sony recordings of Wagner Orchestral music, including overwhelmingly powerful Prelude and Liebestod, immensely grand performance of Tanhauser Overture, Deeply moving rendition of Wesendonk Lieder and Immolation scene from Gotterdamerung.