Tristan Und Isolde

Amazon.com A lot of ink has been spilled about child prodigies like Mozart, but little attention has been paid to the phenomenon of the late bloomer. Clearly Wagner belongs to the latter group: had he died at 50, with the premiers of Tristan, Meistersinger, the Ring, and Parsifal before him, he would be considered only a musical middleweight. Tristan marks his first fully mature work and establishes Wagner as a composer of the first rank. This digital recording from the early 1980s features a good, experienced cast. Rene Kollo is nearing the end of his effective career, but turns in a workmanlike performance, while Margaret Price sounds fresh and young. During his career, Maestro Carlos Kleiber has not competed with Herbert von Karajan or Georg Solti in the number of his recordings, but the quality of his output has always been among the best, and here he offers an exceptionally delicate orchestral reading. --Christian C. Rix Product description Richard Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde - Margaret Price, René Kollo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kurt Moll, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber / Deutsche Grammophon 4x Audio CD Stereo / 413 315-2 UPC 028941331526 //// Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting. Wagner referred to the work not as an opera, but called it "eine Handlung" (literally a drama, a plot or an action). Wagner's composition of Tristan und Isolde was inspired by the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer (particularly The World as Will and Representation), as well as by Wagner's affair with Mathilde Wesendonck. Widely acknowledged as a pinnacle of the operatic repertoire, Tristan was notable for Wagner's unprecedented use of chromaticism, tonal ambiguity, orchestral colour and harmonic suspension. The opera was enormously influential among Western classical composers and provided direct inspiration to composers such as Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Benjamin Britten. Other composers like Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and Igor Stravinsky formulated their styles in contrast to Wagner's musical legacy. Many see Tristan as a milestone on the move away from common practice harmony and tonality and consider that it lays the groundwork for the direction of classical music in the 20th century. Both Wagner's libretto style and music were also profoundly influential on the symbolist poets of the late 19th century and early 20th century. /// Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 413 315-2 Format: 4 x CD, Stereo, Box Set Country: Germany Released: 1986 Genre: Classical Style: Romantic, Opera //// Tracklist: CD1 I. Akt, 1-4. Szene / 5. Szene (II) 1:10:30 CD2 I. Akt, 5. Szene (II) / II. Akt, 1. Szene / 2. Szene (II) 53:40 CD3 II. Akt, 2. Szene (II) / 3. Szene III. Akt, 1. Szene (II) 58:48 CD4 III. Akt, 1. Szene (II) / 2. & 3. Szene 50:35 Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Bass Vocals – Kurt Moll Conductor – Carlos Kleiber Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Brigitte Fassbaender Orchestra – Staatskapelle Dresden Soprano Vocals – Margaret Price Tenor Vocals – René Kollo
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