{"product_id":"furtwangler-wagner-tristan-und-isolde-1952-paco067","title":"FURTWÄNGLER Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1952) - PACO067","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 4hr 16:25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eChorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003ePhilharmonia Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econductor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Wilhelm Furtwängler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f The orchestral colors are richer, the voices bloom more, and the whole is more satisfying than it has ever been578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003eIn Fanfare 28:1 I reviewed two reissues of this 1952 HMV recording,\none on EMI, the other on Naxos. I noted that like the Callas Tosca,\nsince it was first issued this has been defined as a classic of the\nrecording industry by just about every commentator who has written about\nit. It is, quite simply, one of the greatest Wagner performances ever\npreserved on disc. I won’t take valuable Fanfare space by repeating what\nI said there, other than to note again the greatness of Furtwängler’s\nconducting here. Every single phrase is connected to what precedes it\nand what follows it. Although the phrasing is supple, and there are many\nsubtle variations of tempo, everything is perfectly prepared. The music\nbreathes, breathes in a way that is so natural that we are ultimately\nunaware of the act of performance, and aware only of Wagner’s great\nachievement. Every aspect of the conductor’s craft and art is present\nand is applied to this whole—color, balance, tempo, texture,\nchord-voicing, shaping, articulation—all of this and more are sewn\ntogether to make this miracle of a performance. Add Kirstin Flagstad’s\nexalted Isolde, Ludwig Suthaus’s richly sung (and often underrated)\nTristan, and fine performances by Blanche Thebom, Dietrich\nFischer-Dieskau, and Josef Greindl, and you have a recording that merits\nthe almost universal praise it has garnered. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe real question\nfor collectors is whether this Pristine transfer is significantly\nsuperior to the earlier ones. I had praise for both EMI’s and Naxos’s\nversions, giving a very slight edge to the Naxos transfer by Mark\nObert-Thorn. I was not expecting a meaningful difference in Andrew\nRose’s effort for Pristine, but in fact it is enough of an improvement\nto warrant its purchase by any serious collector. In addition to\nlistening to it all the way through, I did a number of spot A-B\ncomparisons to the EMI and Naxos. It seems to me that Rose has managed\nto come up with a sound picture that is fuller at both the upper and\nlower extremes of frequency, without ever turning the sound harsh. It is\nthe bass that is particularly impressive here—never boomy, but\nsatisfyingly solid with an impact missing until now. The orchestral\ncolors are richer, the voices bloom more, and the whole is more\nsatisfying than it has ever been. I heard the ambient stereo version,\nbut assume the monaural version that Pristine also issues is of equal\nquality. Pristine’s ambient stereo bears no relation to the\npseudo-stereo that the record companies tried to peddle in the 1970s,\nbut instead manages to create just a bit more of a sense of space around\nthe sound. Of course Pristine’s version is also available as a FLAC\ndownload from its website. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere can be little doubt that this\nFurtwängler-led Tristan recording belongs in the Classical Hall of Fame,\nand Pristine Audio’s stunning restoration gives me good reason to put\nit there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Fogel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 35:5 (May\/June 2012) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO067.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurtwängler's legendary Tristan and Isolde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePossibly its finest recording - new 32-bit XR remaster\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nThis recording surely stands as one of the first truly great opera\nrecordings of the era of tape recording - at last Furtwängler was free\nin the studio from the stifling requirements of 4-minute 78rpm sides,\nand what a fabulous result he and the EMI engineers made with this\nopportunity. My role here has been chiefly to clean up some of the murk\nand noise present in the original, and to extend both the top end and\nvery deep bass. I was also able to address some pitch anololies\npreviously ignored or undetected, most notably the first tape reel of\nAct 2, which has been heard quite a bit sharp (until now) for nearly 60\nyears...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Cast Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"bodybigblue\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWAGNER \u003c\/b\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden\u003cbr\u003e Philharmonia Orchestra \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e conductor \u003cb\u003e Wilhelm Furtwängler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodymidarial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recording producer: Walter Legge \u003cbr\u003e Recording Engineer: Douglas Larter \u003cbr\u003e Recorded 10-21 \u0026amp; 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