WAGNER: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - WINDGASSEN, NILSSON, BOHM, BAYREUTH ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS (3 CDS + BLU-RAY)

“Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles.”

Live recording from the 1966 Bayreuth Festival.

3CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio presenting the complete opera in 24-bit Hi-Res Audio.

Includes 30 minutes of footage of “Karl Böhm in Rehearsal”.

124pp booklet with original essay “Thoughts on the Mythical Element in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde” by Wieland Wagner.

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
3CD + Blu-ray Audio
Wolfgang Windgassen (Tristan), Birgit Nilsson (Isolde), Christa Ludwig (Brangäne), Martti Talvela (King Marke), Eberhard Waechter (Kurwenal), Claude Heater (Melot), Erwin Wohlfahrt (Hirt), Gerd Nienstedt (Steuermann), Peter Schreier (Seemann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther, Karl Böhm