Customer Review: There is not really much that I can add on to what other reviewers have already said, but I can chime in regarding the different issues of this cycle. Considering the limitations of the source material the Gebhardt edition sounds amazing! I would advise you in a heartbeat to chose that one over this... more info
Customer Review: This live performace is without doubt one of the most intense and moving of all Tristan recordings ever made. But in this particular issue the sound is unbearable with distortions in all climaxes and at all higher notes. Try to find another issue.
Customer Review: This CD is one of my desert island discs. Martha Mödl and Wolfgang Windgassen are superb. Mödl's account of the Liebestod is the most moving I have heard. Others may do it better technically, but she gets it in the larger cosmic sense. In the love duet, Mödl and Windgassen match... more info
Customer Review: Most people would say that Solti's ring is the best recording of Wagner's monumental work, and while I say that it is the best studio recording in terms of authenticity (hint: Culshaw's use of steerhorns, tuned anvils, and ignots and other sound devices plus his alteration of Windgassen's voice in... more info
Customer Review: Don't let the wrong language deter you from this recording. The sound shows its age a bit, but the performance is vital and impressive. Lorenz Fehenberger (my favorite Lohengrin) is Riccardo and sings it brilliantly, with grace and passion. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is Renato, and he convinces that... more info
Customer Review: This "live" Martha Mödl/Ramón Vinay/Herbert von Karajan Tristan und Isolde, not the greatest in each and every respect, hangs together in a marvelous way as a whole. Available in a number of pressings (avoid the Opera d'Oro), this broadcast preserves Wieland Wagner's first Tristan... more info
