Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1943, New York

Lauritz Melchior, Tristan
Helen Traubel, Isolde
Herbert Janssen, Kurwenal
Norman Cordon, King Marke
Emery Darcy, Melot
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra,
Thomas Beecham

Act 2 (abridged) (57' 02")

recorded from a matinee broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 11 December1943

CD: in Great Conductors at the Metropolitan Opera - Fritz Busch, Sir Thomas Beecham, George Szell: Guild Historical GHCD 2300/2 (3 CDs) (2004)

Note: there are several cuts in this performance: in Scene 2, from "Dem Tage! Dem Tage!" (Tristan) to "dass nachtsichtig mein Auge wahres zu sehen tauge" (Tristan), from "Tag und Tod" (Isolde) to "Tristan der Tod gegeben?" (Isolde), and in Scene 3 from "Wozu die Dienste ohne Zahl" to "Da liess er's denn so sein" (King Marke), and from "Nun, da durch solchen Besitz" to "meiner Ehren Ende erreiche?" (King Marke). The notes accompanying the CDs state that an Act 3 of this performance also survives, but in poorer sound.