Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1937, Los Angeles

Lauritz Melchior, Tristan
Kirsten Flagstad, Isolde
Emanuel List, King Marke
Katherine Meisle, Brangäne
George Cehanovsky, Melot
Julius Huehn, Kurwenal
San Francisco Opera Orchestra,
Fritz Reiner

Act 2 (abridged) complete (59' 23")

Recorded on 15 November 1937 from a performance given at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and broadcast direct (Act 2 only) on Radio KECA from 9 pm to 10.30 pm

CD: Legato Classics LCD-145-1 (1 CD) (1989)

Note: there are two cuts in this performance: in Scene 2, from "Dem Tage! Dem Tage!" (Tristan) to "dass nachtsichtig mein Auge wahres zu sehen tauge" (Tristan), and in Scene 3, from "Wozu die Dienste ohne Zahl" to "Da liess er's denn so sein" (King Marke).