Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1952-54, Berlin

Wolfgang Windgassen, Tristan
Martha Mödl, Isolde
Johanna Blatter, Brangäne
Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin,
Artur Rother

a. Act 1: Prelude (9' 27")

b. Act 1, Scene 3 complete: from "Weh'! Ach, wehe! dies zu dulden!" (Brangäne) to "Der Todestrank!" (Brangäne) (21' 04")
Recorded Berlin, 24 November 1954

c. Act 2, Scene 2: from "Isolde! Geliebte!" (Tristan) to "Bald entweicht die Nacht!" (Brangäne) (with the lines "Dem Tage! Dem Tage! Dem tükischen Tage" (Tristan) to "dass nachtsichtig mein Auge wahres zu sehen tauge" (Tristan) omitted) (17' 56")
Recorded Berlin, 24 October 1954

d. Act 2, Scene 2: from "Lausch', Geliebter!" (Isolde) to "höchste Liebes-Lust!" (Tristan, Isolde) (17' 00")
Recorded Berlin, 24 October 1954

e. Act 3, Scene 3: from "Mild und leise" to "höchste Lust!" (Isolde) (7' 09")
Recorded Berlin, 22 October 1952

78: Telefunken VSK 9021 (e. only)
45: Telefunken UV 102 (1961) (e. only)
LP: Telefunken 26.48020 (2 LPs); TM 68003 (1954)
(c. and d. only); TM 68050 (1956) (a. only); TW 30028 (1960) (a. only); LGX 66004 (1 LP) (1954), and Radiola-Telefunken LSK 7017 (1 LP) (c. and d. only); Telefunken LGX 66036 (1954); GMA 15 (1 LP) (1960); BLE 14505 (1963) (b. only); KT 11037/1-2 (2 LPs) (1974); Preiser PR 135012 (c. and d. only)
CD: Preiser 90136 (1992) (c. and d. only); Teldec 4509-95516-2 (1994) (b. to e. only); Atlantic Classics 95516 (1995); Preiser 89565 (2002) (Brangäne's "Einsam wachend" (3' 14") from c.; the notes accompanying the disc state, incorrectly, "Recorded in 1952 during a concert performance")

Note: the timings are taken from the Teldec CD, except for the Prelude, which is taken from the Telefunken LP: KT 11037/2.