Richard Wagner. Tristan und Isolde. Excerpts
Kirsten Flagstad (Isolde); Max Lorenz (Tristan); Rosette Anday (Brangäne); Paul Schöffler (Kurwenal); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala; Victor de Sabata, conductor
Recorded live at La Scala, Milan, 14 April 1948
Six bleeding chunks of a complete performance, as laid out below.
ACT I
0:00
Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruß (Isolde)
[through]
Ohne Rat in fremdes Land hätt' sie mit dir mich entsandt? (Isolde)
4:33
War Morold dir so wert (Tristan)
[through]
Tristan, gewinn ich die Sühne? Was hast du mir zu sagen? (Isolde)
9:01
(In the grip of terror, they gaze steadily into each other's eyes in utmost agitation, but unmoving. In their eyes deadly defiance gives way to the glow of love. They are seized with trembling. They clutch convulsively at their hearts and raise their hands to their heads. Then their eyes seek out one another, are cast down again in confusion, and meet again with growing desire)
Tristan! - Isolde! (Isolde/Tristan)
[through]
Wehe! Weh! Unabwendbar ew'ge Not für kurzen Tod! (Brangäne)
ACT II
13:13
(Isolde listens and looks, timidly at first, along an avenue of trees. Moved by a growing desire she approaches the trees and looks more carefully. She waves with a kerchief, a little at first, then, with passionate impatience, more and more quickly. A gesture of sudden delight proclaims that she has noticed her beloved in the distance. She stands on tip-toe, and, in order to see further, hurries back to the steps, from the top of which she waves to the approaching figure)
Isolde! - Tristan! - Geliebe!
[through]
Um einsam in öder Pracht
[with the standard cut from “bot ich dem Tage Trutz!†to “Doch es rächte sich der verscheuchte Tagâ€]
17:38
Wonne-hehrstes Weben (Tristan/Isolde) -
18:36
Einsam wachend in der Nacht (Brangänes Ruf)
[through]
Bald entweicht die Nacht (Brangäne)
Act III
21:40
Mild und leise (Isolde’s Liebestod)
[to end of opera]