Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1959, Bamberg

Wolfgang Windgassen, Tristan
Astrid Varnay, Isolde
Hertha Töpper, Brangäne
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra,
Ferdinand Leitner

Recorded Kulturraum, Bamberg, 14-16 April 1959

a. Act 2, Scene 2 complete: beginning with Prelude to Act 2, cutting to Tristan's entry ("Isolde! Geliebte!") to end of scene "höchste Liebes-Lust!" (Tristan, Isolde), and concluding with final bars from Act 2 (40' 26")

b. Act 3, Scene 3: from "Mild und leise" to "höchste Lust!" (Isolde) (6' 56")

LP: DGG 136 030 SLPEM (1960); DGG 19193; DG 2538 058 (excerpt from a., from "O sink hernieder" (Tristan, Isolde) to "Bald entweicht die Nacht!" (Brangäne), and the whole of b.)
CD: DG 423 955-2 (1 CD) (1988) (from "O sink' hernieder" only; also includes Isolde's narrative from Act 1, Scene 3, recorded on 4 June 1954 - see above); DG 474 410-2 (3 CDs) (2003)