Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1939, New York

Eyvind Laholm, Tristan
John Gurney, King Marke
Kirsten Flagstad, Isolde
Daniel Harris, Melot and Kurwenal
Enid Szantho, Brangäne
New York Philharmonic Orchestra,
John Barbirolli

Act 2 complete (71' 56")

Recorded 16 April 1939 from a broadcast of a concert performance given at Carnegie Hall, New York

LP: [Roger Franck] MR-2002 (1 LP) (1973)

Note: in this recording, 37 bars in Scene 1, from "Lass' meinen Liebsten ein!" (Isolde) to "mein Werk muss ich Schuld'ge es wissen!" (Brangäne), have been inserted from a performance of 21 December 1939 At the beginning of the record the radio commentator annouces: "this is the first American radio performance of the unabridged version of Act Two of Tristan und Isolde".