Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1962, Innsbruck

Lorenz Fehenberger, Tristan
Mina Bolotine, Isolde
Friedrich Leigemann, Kurwenal
Maura Moreira, Brangäne
Innsbruck Chorus and Orchestra,
Robert Wagner

a. Act 1: Prelude (10' 26")

b. Act 1, Scene 2: from "Mir erkoren, mir verloren" (Isolde) to "Furcht der Herrin ich, Isolde" (Isolde) (3' 24")

c. Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5: from "O tiefstes Weh'!" (Brangäne) to the end of the Act, with two cuts: from "Wüsstest du nicht was ich begehre" (Isolde) to"Was schwurt Ihr Frau?" (Tristan), and "Geleitest du mich... zu sühnen alle Schuld" (Isolde) (20' 30")

d. Act 2, Scene 2: beginning with the Act 2 Prelude, cutting to Tristan's entrance ("Isolde! Geliebte!") and continuing to the end of the scene ("Rette dich, Tristan!" (Kurwenal)), with "Dem Tage! Dem Tage! Dem tückischen Tage" (Tristan) to "dass nachtsichtig mein Auge wahres zu sehen tauge" (Tristan) omitted) (30' 51")

e. Act 2, Scene 3: from "Verräther! Ha!" (Melot) to the end of the Act (2' 04")

f. Act 3, Prelude and Scene 1: commencing with the Prelude, and at the beginning of the Shepherd's piping, cutting to "Die alte Weise - was weckt sie mich? Wo bin ich?" (Tristan), then cutting to "Bin ich in Kornwall?" (Tristan) and concluding with "Wie kam ich her?" (5' 37")

g. Act 3, Scene 1: from "Die besten Ärtzin bald ich fand" (Kurwenal) to "Muss ich dich so versteh'n, du alte, ernst Weise, mit deiner Klage Klang?" (Tristan), then cutting to "mich sehnen - und sterben! ... dass nie ich sollte sterben mich ew'ger Qual vererben!" (Tristan), then cutting to and concluding at "verflucht sei furchtbareer Trank! Verflucht, wer dich gebraut!" (Tristan) (8' 41")

h. Act 3, Scenes 1, 2 and 3: from "Bist du nun todt?" (Kurwenal) to "Die Flagge? Die Flagge?" (Tristan), from "Im Hafen der Kiel!" (Kurwenal) to "nur eine Stunde bliebe mir wach!" (Isolde), then cutting to "Nur einmal, ach! Nur einmal, noch! Tristan - ha! - horch' - er wacht! Geliebter" (Isolde), and from "Sie wacht! Sie lebt!" to "dir zu zuführenden Freund" (Brangäne) (13' 43")

i. Act 3, Scene 3: from "Hörst du uns nicht? Isolde! Traute!" (Brangäne) to the end of the Act (6' 14")

LP: Vox OPL 123 (3 LPs); OPBX 123/1-2 (3 LPs) (1964); STOPBX 50123/1-3 (3 LPs) (1964); STLP-515.160 (1970)
CD: on Volumes 2 and 3 (Mediaphon 12.168/9) of "Wagner: Les oeuvres célèbres - Most famous works - Berühmte Werke": Mediaphon 92.149 (4CDs) (1991); Pilz 44 9081-2 (2 CDs), 160329/30 (2 CDs) (1992); Vols. II and III of "I Grandi Della Musica Classica" - No. 26 - "Wagner": Pilz/Hobby & Work HW CD 026A- C (3 CDs) (1994) [sold with booklet, in Italian, of same name © Hobby & Work/Time-Life Books, 1994]

Excerpts from this recording:

a. Act 1: Prelude
b. Act 1, Scene 2: from "Mir erkoren, mir verloren" (Isolde) to "Furcht der Herrin ich, Isolde" (Isolde)
c. Act 1, Scene 5: from "Ho! he! ha! he! Am Obermast die Segel ein!" (Sailors) to end of the Act
d. Act 2, Scene 2: from "O sink' hernieder" (Tristan, Isolde) to "Rette dich, Tristan!" (Kurwenal)
e. Act 3, Scene 3: from "Hörst du uns nicht?" (Brangäne) to the end of the Act
LP: in "Wagner Opera Highlights": Murray Hill 920425 (5 LPs)

f. Act 1, Prelude, and Act 3, Liebestod
LP: in "The Great Musicians No. 64 - Wagner (Part Two)": [Fabbri] TGM-064 (1 LP) (1970)