Curved Air presents:
Highlights from Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, and Der Ring Des Nibelungen recorded in Wagner’s own Bayreuth Festspielhaus between 1927 and 1985, with conductors Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm, and others. Learn about Richard Wagner and Bayreuth here. Learn about the 2023 Bayreuth Festival here.
Photo by Rico Neitzel. 1875 engraving of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre by Édouard Schuré.
Pierre Boulez & Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, “Vorspiel”
from Parsifal
Deutsche Grammophon - 1971
Hans Knappertsbusch & Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, “Act II, Scene 2 'Hier war das Tosen!'”
from Parsifal
Teldec - 1993
recorded 1951
Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf & Rudolf Kempe, “Siegfried: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich”
from Birgit Nilsson sings Richard Wagner & Richard Strauss
Gala - 1999
recorded 1954
Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Siegfried: Act II, scene 2”
Decca - 1967
Karl Muck, “Transformation Music & Grail Scene”
from The Complete Karl Muck Parsifal Recordings (1927-8)
Naxos - 2011
recorded 1927
Herbert von Karajan, “Tristan und Isolde, Act II: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe”
from Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
United Classics - 2013
Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Siegfried's Funeral March”
Decca - 1967
Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Act III Liebestod”
from Wagner: Tristan und Isolde 1966
Deutsche Grammophon - 1966
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