Composer: Richard Wagner
Performer: Stephen Gould, Nina Stemme, Kwangchul Youn, Johan Reuter, Michelle Breedt, Simon Pauly, Clemens Bieber, Arttu Kataja, Timothy Fallon, Berlin Radio Choir
Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Marek Janowski
Number of DIscs: 3
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186404
Release: 2012
Size: 3.76 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tristan und Isolde
CD 01
Act I
01. Prelude
02. Scene 1: Westwarts schweift der Blick (A Young Sailor, Isolde, Brangane)
03. Scene 2: Frisch weht der Wind (A Young Sailor, Isolde, Brangane, Tristan, Kurwenal, Sailors)
04. Scene 3: Weh! Ach wehe! Dies zu dulden! (Brangane, Isolde)
05. Scene 4: Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen! (Kurwenal, Isolde, Brangane)
06. Scene 5: Begehrt, Herrin (Tristan, Isolde, Brangane, Kurwenal)
CD 02
Act II
01. Prelude
02. Scene 1: Horst du sie noch? (Isolde, Brangane)
03 .Scene 2: Isolde! Geliebte! (Tristan, Isolde)
04. Scene 2: O sink’ hernieder, Nacht (Tristan, Isolde, Brangane)
05. Scene 3: Rette dich, Tristan! (Kurwenal, Tristan, Melot)
06. Scene 3: Tatest du’s wirklich? (Marke, Tristan, Isolde, Melot)
CD 03
Act III
01. Prelude
02. Scene 1: Kurwenal! He! (A Shepherd, Tristan, Kurwenal)
03. Scene 1: Die alte Weise sagt mir’s wieder (Tristan, Kurwenal)
04. Scene 2: O, die Sonne! Ha, dieser Tag! (Tristan, Isolde)
05. Scene 2: Ha! Ich bin’s, sussester Freund! (Isolde)
06. Scene 3: Kurwenal! Hor! (A Shepherd, Kurwenal, Brangane, Melot, Marke)
07. Scene 3: Mild und leise wie er lachelt, “Isoldes Liebestod” (Isolde)
PentaTone continues its highly successful Wagner Opera series with the next installment, Tristan and Isolde. The series so far has been unanimously welcomed by the press; Meistersingers is nominated for this year’s Gramophone Award, was The Sunday Times joint Disc of the Week along with Parsifal, and the most recent release, Lohengrin is the Gramophone Awards Edition Opera Disc of the Month. Marek Janowski again conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, this time joined by soloists Nina Stemme and Stephen Gould in the title roles.