Tristan und Isolde discography

Principal Selections

1973, Monte Carlo

Stanley Unruh, Tristan
Gerry de Groot, Isolde
Ralph Telasko, Kurwenal
Barbara Pressler, Brangäne
Piero Vezzani, Shepherd
Choeur d'Opéra de Genève
Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo
conducted by Boris Mersson

An abridged "version de concert"

Recorded Alcatraz, Beausoleil, Monte-Carlo, 12 June 1973

a. Act 1 (38' 58"): Prelude; Scene 1, from "Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu" (Sailor) to "Lieb' Isolde! Hör' mich! Komme! Setz' dich her'" (Brangäne); Scene 5, from "Tristan!" (Isolde) "Isolde!" (Tristan) to the end of the Act.

b. Act 2 (39' 58"): Prelude (abridged); Scene 1, from "Hörst du sie noch?" (Isolde) to :willst du ihn fern mir halten" (Isolde); Scene 2, from "Isolde! Geliebter!" (Tristan) to "in Frau Minne's Macht und Schutz bot ich dem Tage Trutz" (Isolde), from "Doch es rächte sich der verscheuchte Tag" (Isolde) to "Rette dich, Tristan!" (Kurwenal).

c. Act 3 (31' 41"): Prelude (abridged); Scene 1, from "Kurwenal! He! Sag' Kurwenal!" (Shepherd) to "Nicht doch: in Kareol" (Kurwenal); from "Das Schiff - siehst du's noch nicht?" (Tristan) to "Doch du, Tristan, bleib' mir treulich am Bett!" (Kurwenal); Scene 2, "Isolde!" (Tristan), "Ah!" (Isolde); Scene 3, from "Hörst du uns nicht?" (Brangäne) to the end of the Act.

LP: four sides (SMS 6308/09) of "L'Univers féerique de l'Opéra - Wagner - Lohengrin - Tristan et Isolde - Les Maîtres Chanteurs de Nuremberg": Guilde Internationale du Disque et Concert Hall SMS 6306 (6 LPs) (1974); Guilde 150.7050 (6 LPs) (1977)
CD: "Les Genies de l'Opéra - Les chefs-d'oeuvre de l'art lyrique: Richard Wagner - Tristan et Isolde":
Editions Atlas (OPE-CD 1068) (1991) (an abridgement of the LP version, comprising 16' 03" from Act 1,
30' 09" from Act 2, and 23' 37" from Act 3)