Solti conducts Wagner

Tristan und Isolde & Die Walküre

On the plus side are Birgit Nilsson's fabulously detailed Isolde, René Reznik's impassioned Brangäne and much of Solti's sensuously moulded conducting; on the minus is Fritz Uhl's Tristan and... — The Guardian, 28th March 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: M5CD501
Label: Major Classics

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

recorded in 1960
Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold Van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Peter Klein (Hirt), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti

Wagner: Die Walküre

recorded in 1957
Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Otto Edelmann (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Siegmund), Marianne Schech (Sieglinde), Oda Balsborg (Gerhilde), Ilona Steingruber-Wildgans (Ortlinde), Grace Hoffman (Waltraute), Margarethe Bence (Schwertleite), Claire Watson (Helmwige), Anny Delorie (Siegrune), Frieda Roesler (Grimgerde), Hetty Plümacher (Roßweiße)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Sir Georg Solti

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By the time Solti came to record Tristan und Isolde in 1960, he had already recorded Das Rheingold , the first installment of his Decca Ring Cycle. Solti had come to be ranked amongst the foremost Wagner interpreters of his day, and his recordings were in demand worldwide.

The Solti/Decca story would continue to create great recordings for almost three decades more. The recordings on this keenly priced boxed set are a vital early chapter in the story, important in their own right and a harbinger of so much more to come.

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Fritz Uhl (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Regina Resnik (Brangaene), Arnold Van Mill (Konig Marke), Tom Krause (Kurwenal), Ernst Kozub (Melot), Peter Klein (Hirt), Theodor Kirschbichler (Steuermann), Waldemar Kmentt (Stimme eines jungen Seemanns), Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde), Otto Edelmann (Wotan), Set Svanholm (Siegmund), Marianne Schech (Sieglinde), Oda Balsborg (Gerhilde), Ilona Steingruber-Wildgans (Ortlinde), Grace Hoffman (Waltraute), Margarethe Bence (Schwertleite), Claire Watson (Helmwige), Anny Delorie (Siegrune), Frieda Roesler (Grimgerde), Hetty Plümacher (Roßweiße)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

Reviews

28th March 2013

On the plus side are Birgit Nilsson's fabulously detailed Isolde, René Reznik's impassioned Brangäne and much of Solti's sensuously moulded conducting; on the minus is Fritz Uhl's Tristan and the interventionist recording itself, with its exaggerated changes of perspective and position

Solti conducts Wagner

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