Tristan und Isolde discography

This is an audio and video discography of Tristan und Isolde, an opera by Richard Wagner which was first performed on 10 June 1865 in Munich.

Recording history

Tristan und Isolde has a long recorded history. In the years before World War II, Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior were considered to be the prime interpreters of the lead roles, and mono recordings exist of this pair in a number of live performances led by conductors such as Thomas Beecham, Fritz Reiner, Artur Bodanzky and Erich Leinsdorf. Flagstad recorded the part commercially only near the end of her career in 1952, under Wilhelm Furtwängler for EMI, producing a set which is considered a classic recording.[1] Following the war, the performances at Bayreuth with Martha Mödl and Ramon Vinay under Herbert von Karajan (1952) were highly regarded, and these performances are now available as a live recording. In the 1960s, the soprano Birgit Nilsson was considered the major Isolde interpreter, and she was often partnered with the Tristan of Wolfgang Windgassen. Their performance at Bayreuth in 1966 under the baton of Karl Böhm was captured by Deutsche Grammophon—a performance often hailed as one of the best Tristan recordings.[2] Some collectors prefer the pairing of Nilsson with the Canadian tenor Jon Vickers, available in "unofficial" recordings from performances in Vienna or Orange.

There are several DVD productions of the opera including Götz Friedrich's production at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin featuring the seasoned Wagnerians René Kollo and Dame Gwyneth Jones in the title roles. Deutsche Grammophon released a DVD of a Metropolitan Opera performance featuring Jane Eaglen and Ben Heppner, conducted by James Levine, in a production staged by Jürgen Rose, and a DVD of the 1995 Bayreuth Festival production with conductor Daniel Barenboim and featuring Waltraud Meier as Isolde and Siegfried Jerusalem as Tristan, staged by Heiner Mueller.

Audio recordings
Year cast:
(Tristan, Isolde, Brangäne, King Marke, Kurwenal)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[3]
1928 Gunnar Graarud,
Nanny Larsen-Todsen,
Anny Helm,
Ivar Andresen,
Rudolf Bockelmann		 Karl Elmendorff,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus
(abridged)		 Naxos Historical,[4]
Cat: 8.110200-02
1935 Lauritz Melchior,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Karin Branzell,
Ludwig Hofmann,
Friedrich Schorr		 Artur Bodanzky,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus		 Immortal Performances,
Cat: IPCD 1078–3
1936 Lauritz Melchior,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Sabine Kalter,
Emanuel List,
Herbert Janssen		 Fritz Reiner,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
(Live recording and the sound is good considering the age of the recording)		 VAI Audio:
VAIA 1004-3,
Naxos «Historical,
Cat: 8.110068.70
1937 Lauritz Melchior,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Ludwig Hofmann,
Julius Huehn		 Artur Bodanzky,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus		 Immortal Performances,
Cat: IPCD 1040–3
1937 Lauritz Melchior,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Margarete Klose,
Sven Nilsson,
Herbert Janssen		 Thomas Beecham,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus,
(Only part of the EMI recording is conducted by Beecham; the rest is conducted by Reiner)		 EMI Classics,
Cat: 64037
1943 Lauritz Melchior,
Helen Traubel,
Kerstin Thorborg,
Alexander Kipnis,
Julius Huehn		 Erich Leinsdorf,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus		 Naxos Historical,
Cat: 8.110010-2
1943 Max Lorenz,
Paula Buchner,
Margarete Klose,
Ludwig Hofmann,
Jaro Prohaska		 Robert Heger,
Berlin State Opera Orchestra and Chorus		 Preiser,
Cat: 90243
1948 Set Svanholm,
Kirsten Flagstad,
Viorica Ursuleac,
Ludwig Weber,
Hans Hotter		 Erich Kleiber,
Buenos Aires Opera		 Myto,
Cat: H031
1950 Gunther Treptow,
Helena Braun,
Margarete Klose,
Ferdinand Frantz,
Paul Schöffler		 Hans Knappertsbusch,
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra		 Orfeo,
Cat: C355 943 D
1951 Max Lorenz,
Gertrude Grob-Prandl,
Elsa Cavelti,
Sven Nilsson,
Sigurd Björling		 Victor de Sabata,
Orchestra of La Scala Milan		 Archipel,
Cat: ARPCD 0027[5]
1952 Ramón Vinay,
Martha Mödl,
Ira Malaniuk,
Ludwig Weber,
Hans Hotter		 Herbert von Karajan,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Arkadia,
Cat: CDHP 528.4 and other labels[6]
1952 Ludwig Suthaus,
Kirsten Flagstad (with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf providing some top notes in the Act II Love Duet),[7]
Blanche Thebom,
Josef Greindl,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau		 Wilhelm Furtwängler,
Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus		 EMI Classics
Naxos Historical
Cat: 8.110321-24
1955 Set Svanholm,
Astrid Varnay,
Blanche Thebom,
Jerome Hines,
Josef Metternich		 Rudolf Kempe,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus		 Walhall,
Cat: WLCD0135
1958 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Grace Hoffman,
Josef Greindl,
Erik Saedén		 Wolfgang Sawallisch,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Orfeo,
Cat: 951 183 D
1959 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Hilde Rössel-Majdan,
Hans Hotter,
Gustav Neidlinger		 Herbert von Karajan,
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala		 Golden Melodram,
Cat: GM 1.0080
1961 Fritz Uhl,
Birgit Nilsson,
Regina Resnik,
Arnold van Mill,
Tom Krause		 Georg Solti,
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein		 Decca,
Cat: 470814
1966 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Christa Ludwig,
Martti Talvela,
Eberhard Wächter		 Karl Böhm,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival, August)		 Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 449772
1971 Jon Vickers,
Birgit Nilsson,
Grace Hoffman,
Franz Crass,
Norman Mittelman		 Horst Stein,
Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra		 VAI,
Cat: VAIA 1178-3
1971-72 Jon Vickers,
Helga Dernesch,
Christa Ludwig,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Walter Berry		 Herbert von Karajan,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus		 EMI Classics,
Cat: 69319
1976 Spas Wenkoff,
Caterina Ligendza,
Yvonne Minton,
Karl Ridderbusch,
Donald McIntyre		 Carlos Kleiber,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Chorus
(Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival)		 Opera Depot,
Cat: OD 10262-3
1980-81 John Mitchinson,
Linda Esther Gray,
Anne Wilkens,
Gwynne Howell,
Phillip Joll		 Reginald Goodall,
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera		 Decca,
Cat: 443682
1981 Alberto Remedios,
Linda Esther Gray,
Felicity Palmer,
John Tomlinson,
Norman Bailey		 Reginald Goodall,
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera,
Performance in English		 Oriel Music Society,
OMS 181
1981 Peter Hofmann,
Hildegard Behrens,
Yvonne Minton,
Hans Sotin,
Bernd Weikl		 Leonard Bernstein,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus		 Philips,
Cat: 2PH5410-447
1980/82 René Kollo,
Margaret Price,
Brigitte Fassbaender,
Kurt Moll,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau		 Carlos Kleiber,
Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle		 Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 403202
1995 Siegfried Jerusalem,
Waltraud Meier,
Marjana Lipovšek,
Matti Salminen,
Falk Struckmann		 Daniel Barenboim,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus		 Teldec,
Cat: 94568
2003 Thomas Moser,
Deborah Voigt,
Petra Lang,
Robert Holl,
Peter Weber		 Christian Thielemann,
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus (Live)		 Deutsche Grammophon,
Cat: 474 974
2004 Plácido Domingo,
Nina Stemme,
Mihoko Fujimura,
René Pape,
Olaf Bär		 Antonio Pappano,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus		 EMI Classics,
Cat: 5.58006

Video recordings
Year Cast:
(Tristan, Isolde, Brangäne, King Marke, Kurwenal)		 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra		 Label[8]
1967 Wolfgang Windgassen,
Birgit Nilsson,
Hertha Töpper,
Hans Hotter,
Frans Andersson		 Pierre Boulez,
NHK Symphony Orchestra, Osaka International Festival Choir
(Directed by Wieland Wagner; recorded live [in black-and-white] at the Festival Hall, Osaka, on 10 April)		 DVDs: TOL, Premiere, HO, Encore[9]
1973 Jon Vickers,
Birgit Nilsson,
Ruth Hesse,
Bengt Rundgren,
Walter Berry		 Karl Böhm,
Orchestre National de l’ O.R.T.F., New Philharmonia Chorus
(Directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded live at the Théatre Antique d’Orange on 7 July)		 DVD: Hardy Classic Video[10]
1981 Peter Hofmann,
Hildegard Behrens,
Yvonne Minton,
Hans Sotin,
Bernd Weikl		 Leonard Bernstein,
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
(Semi-staged concert version with set and costumes by Gerd Krauss; recorded live at the Herkulessaal, Munich, on 13 January, 27 April, and 10 November)		 DVD and Blu-ray (NTSC, 4:3): Unitel[11]
1983 René Kollo,
Johanna Meier,
Hanna Schwarz,
Matti Salminen,
Hermann Becht		 Daniel Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Staged and directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival on 1–9 October)		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon[12]
1993 René Kollo,
Gwyneth Jones,
Hanna Schwarz,
Robert Lloyd,
Gerd Feldhoff		 Jiří Kout,
Orchestra & Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
(Staged and directed by Götz Friedrich; recorded live at NHK Hall, Tokyo, on 24 and 29 September)		 DVD: TDK, Kultur, Arthaus Musik; Blu-ray: Arthaus Musik[13]
1995 Siegfried Jerusalem,
Waltraud Meier,
Uta Priew,
Matthias Hölle,
Falk Struckmann		 Daniel Barenboim,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus
(Staged by Heiner Müller; recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival 3–9 July)		 DVD: Deutsche Grammophon[14]
1998 Jon Frederic West,
Waltraud Meier,
Marjana Lipovšek,
Kurt Moll,
Bernd Weikl		 Zubin Mehta,
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper
(Stage director: Peter Konwitschny, recorded live at the Nationaltheater, Munich on 4 July)		 DVD: Arthaus Musik[15]
1999 Ben Heppner,
Jane Eaglen,
Katarina Dalayman,
René Pape,
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Stage director: Dieter Dorn; TV director: Brian Large\; recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, 18 December)		 SD video: Met Opera on Demand[16]
2007 Robert Gambill,
Nina Stemme,
Katarina Karnéus,
René Pape,
Bo Skovhus		 Jiří Bělohlávek,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
(Stage director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff; recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House on 1 and 6 August)		 Blu-ray/DVD: Opus Arte[17]
2007 Ian Storey
Waltraud Meier,
Michelle DeYoung,
Matti Salminen,
Gerd Grochowski		 Daniel Barenboim,
Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala
(Director: Patrice Chéreau; recorded live on 7 December)		 Blu-ray: Erato[18]
2008 Robert Dean Smith,
Deborah Voigt,
Michelle DeYoung,
Matti Salminen,
Eike Wilm Schulte		 James Levine,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Stage director: Dieter Dorn; recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, on 22 March)		 HD video: Met Opera on Demand.[19]
2009 Robert Dean Smith,
Iréne Theorin,
Michelle Breedt,
Robert Holl,
Jukka Rasilainen		 Peter Schneider,
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; recorded live at the Bayreuth Festival on 9 August)		 Blu-ray: Opus Arte[20]
2016 Stuart Skelton,
Nina Stemme,
Ekaterina Gubanova,
René Pape,
Evgeny Nikitin		 Simon Rattle,
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
(Stage director: Mariusz Treliński; TV director: Gary Halvorson; recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House on 8 October)		 HD video: Met Opera on Demand[21]
2018 Andreas Schager,
Anja Kampe,
Ekaterina Gubanova,
Stephen Milling,
Boaz Daniel		 Daniel Barenboim,
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
(Stage director: Dmitri Tcherniakov; recorded live in Berlin in April)		 Blu-ray: Bel Air Classiques[22]

References
Notes
  1. Holloway, Robin (1982) in "Opera on Record", Harper and Row ISBN 0-06-090910-2, page 367.
  2. Blyth, Alan (1992), "Opera on CD" Kyle Cathie Ltd, ISBN 1-85626-056-9 page 65.
  3. Recordings of Tristan und Isolde on Wagner Discography
  4. Brown, p. 36
  5. Brown, p. 13
  6. Brown, p. 16
  7. Naxos, Notes to Tristan und Isolde. Retrieved 11 December 2015
  8. Recordings of Tristan und Isolde on Wagner Discography
  9. Source is probably an old VHS tape. Tristan und Isolde, 10 April 1967, on Wagner Discography.
  10. Tristan und Isolde, 7 July 1973, on Wagner Discography.
  11. 1981 Bayerischen Rundfunk production: Blu-ray: Unitel, 2018 (ASIN B07C5LQ7VJ); DVD: Unitel, 2018 (OCLC 1051771933). Tristan und Isolde, 13 January 1981 (act 1), 27 April 1981 (act 2), 10 November 1981 (act 3), on Wagner Discography.
  12. Tristan und Isolde (October 1–9, 1983), Bayreuth (OCLC 169905845).
  13. Tristan und Isolde, 24/29 September 1993, on Wagner Discography.
  14. Tristan und Isolde (July 3–9, 1995), Bayreuth (OCLC 257597509); Tristan und Isolde, 3–9 July 1995, on Wagner Discography.
  15. 1998 Munich video: DVD, OCLC 46772470; Tristan und Isolde, 4 July 1998, on Wagner Discography.
  16. "Tristan und Isolde" (18 December 1999), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:332246", Met Opera Archive.
  17. 2007 Glyndbourne production: Multiformat (Blu-ray/NTSC), Opus Arte, 2009 (ASIN B002KLGLV4); online HD video, Glyndebourne (OCLC 1154384502, 1365100023; doi:10.5040/9781350894983).
  18. Tristan und Isolde, 7 December 20007, on Wagner Discography.
  19. "Tristan und Isolde" (22 March 2008), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:352434", Met Opera Archive.
  20. Tristan und Isolde, 9 August 20009, on Wagner Discography.
  21. "Tristan und Isolde" (8 October 2016), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356491", Met Opera Archive.
  22. 2018 Berlin video: ; Blu-ray (OCLC 1319168280); DVD (OCLC 1347347957).
Sources
  • Brown, Jonathan (2000). Tristan und Isolde on record: a comprehensive discography of Wagner's music drama with a critical introduction to the recordings. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-31489-6.
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