Tristan und Isolde discography

Historical selections

1989, "Great Operas at the Met - Tristan und Isolde"

This set, published by the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc. in 1989, contains the following excerpts recorded between 1913 and 1986. All the excerpts are listed separately in the discography. For further details, search on the catalogue number given below.

a. Act 2: Brangäne's watch
Maragete Ober (1913)

b. Act 2: "Wohin un Tristan scheidet" (Tristan)
Jacques Urlus (1910)

c. Act 3: Liebestod
Joahanna Gadski (1913)

d. Act 2: "Isolde! Tristan!"
Frida Leider, Lauritz Melchior (1929)

e. Act 2: Brangäne's watch
Kerstin Thorborg (1940)

f. Act 2: "Lausch', Geliebter!"
Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior (1939)

g. Act 2: King Marke's monologue
Ivar Andrésen (1927)

h. Act 2: "O König"
Lauritz Melchior (1942)

i. Act 1: Isolde's Narration and Curse
Astrid Varnay, Hertha Töpper (1954)

(see above under "Principal Selections")

j. Act 1, Scene 2 (complete)
Kirsten Flagstad, Blanche Thebom (1952)

k. Act 3: "Die alte Weise" (Tristan)
Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen (1942/43)

l. Act 3: Liebestod
Helen Traubel (1945)

m. Act 1: Isolde's Narration and Curse
Birgit Nilsson, Grace Hoffman (1959)

n. Act 3: "Todt den Alles" (King Marke)
Martti Talvela, Christa Ludwig (1966)

o. Act 3: Liebestod
Hikldegard Behrens (1986)

CD: "Great Operas at the Met: Tristan und Isolde: MET 506-CD (2 CDs) (1989)