Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1933, New York

Lauritz Melchior, Tristan
Ludwig Hofmann, King Marke
Frida Leider, Isolde
Friedrich Schorr, Kurwenal [3 March]
Gustav Schützendorf, Kurwenal [11 March]
Maria Olszewska, Brangäne
Arnold Gabor, Melot
James Wolfe, Steersman
Hans Clemens, Shepherd & Sailor
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra,
Artur Bodanzky

Recorded 3 and 11 March 1933 from broadcasts of matinee performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York

Excerpts - or fragments - from the broadcast of 3 March 1933:

a. Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2: from"[Weh'! Ach] wehe, mein Kind!" (Sailor) to "Was wohl erwiedertest du?" (Tristan) (7' 30")
b. Act 1, Scene 3: from "Tod uns Beiden!" (Isolde) to "Wie magst du dich bethören" (Brangäne) (0' 45")
c. Act 1, Scenes 3, 4 and 5: from "Kennst du der Mutter Künste nicht?" (Isolde) to "Ehr-Furcht hielt mich in Acht" (Tristan) (13' 22")
d. Act 2, Scene 1: from "Dem Freund zu lieb'..." (Isolde) to "die sie webt aus Lust [und Leid]" (Isolde) (3' 10")

Excerpts - or fragments - from the broadcast of 11 March 1933:

e. Act 1: fragment from the beginning of the Prelude (1' 00")
f. Act 1, Scene 1: from "Nimmermehr!" (Isolde) to "zerschlag'es, [dies trotzige Schiff]" (Isolde) (1' 15")
g. Act 1, Scene 2: from "Weh'! Ach wehe, mein Kind!" (Sailor) to "Was wohl erwiedertest du?" (Tristan) (7' 17")
h. Act 1, Scene 3: from "Fluch dir, Verruchter!"(Isolde) to "Welcher Wahn?" (Brangäne) (0' 58")
i. Act 1, Scene 4: from "Wähnst du die Alles Klug erwägt" (Brangäne) to Tristan's entry, "Herr Tristan trete nah" (Isolde) (12' 20")
j. Act 2, Scene 1: from "Dem Freund zu lieb'" (Isolde) to "Dein Werk? O thör'ge Magd!" (Isolde) (2' 21")
k. Act 2, Scene 2 (Liebesnacht): from "Soll der Tag noch Tristan wecken?" (Tristan) to "Hehr erhab'ne, Liebes-nacht!" (Tristan, Isolde) (1' 12")
l. Act 2, Scene 3: from a few bars before "Rette dich, Tristan!" (Kurwenal) to "Das sollst du, Herr, mir sagen, ob [ich ein recht verklagt?]" (Melot) (1' 12")
m. Act 2, Scene 3: from "[meiner Ehren Ende] erreiche?" to "Warum mir diese Schmach?" (King Marke) (1' 15")
n. Act 2, Scene 3: from "[Dein Blick, Isolde,] blendet' auch ihn" (Tristan) to the end of the Act, and applause (0' 41")
o. Act 3, Scene 1: from "Ich war - wo ich von je gewesen" (Tristan) to "noch dir, Isolden, scheint!" (Tristan) [then cut in the performance until] "Ach, Isolde! Süsse! Holde!" (Tristan) to "Noch ist kein Schiff zu seh'n" (Kurwenal) [then cut in the performance until] "Die alte Weise" (Tristan) to "vor Sehnsucht nicht zu sterben!" (Tristan) [then cut in the performance until] "Wie vom Herz zum Hirn" (Tristan) to "was je Minne sich gewinnt!" (Kurwenal) (12' 21")
p. Act 3, Scenes 1, 2 and 3: from "Und Kurwenal, wie?" (Tristan) to "Gebrochen der Blick!" (Isolde) ) [then cut in the performance until] "Tristan ha! horch' - er wacht! Geliebter" (Isolde), to "Todt denn Alles! Alles todt" (King Marke) [then cut in performance until] "Der Wahn häufte die Not!" (King Marke) to the end of the Act (21' 30")

LP: The Golden Age of Opera EJS 499 (2 LPs) (1970)

CD: Edition Frida Leider FLG 11031933 (1 CD) (2003)