Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Thomas Beecham, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera
(Recorded 11th December, 1943, Metropolitan Opera House, New York)

Tristan — Lauritz Melchior
Isolde — Helen Traubel
Brangäne — Kerstin Thorborg
Kurwenal — Herbert Janssen
Marke — Norman Cordon
Melot — Emery Darcy

The production was directed by Lothar Wallerstein, with stage designs by Joseph Urban.

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0:00:00​ — Vorspiel
0:02:34​ — Scene 1: “Hörst du sie noch?”
0:06:46​ — Scene 1: “Meinst du Herrn Melot?”
0:09:59​ — Scene 1: “Dein Werk? O tör’ge Magd!”
0:13:49​ — Scene 2: “Isolde! Geliebte!”...“Tristan! Geliebter!”
0:18:34​ — Scene 2: “O nun waren wir Nacht-Geweihte!”
0:21:19​ — Scene 2: “O sink’ hernieder, Nacht der Liebe”
0:26:20​ — Scene 2: “Einsam wachend in der Nacht”
0:29:01​ — Scene 2: “Lausch’, Geliebter!”
0:31:18​ — Scene 2: “So starben wir, um ungetrennt”
0:35:34​ — Scene 2: “O ew’ge Nacht, süße Nacht!”
0:38:45​ — Scene 3: “Rette dich, Tristan!”
0:40:38​ — Scene 3: “Tatest du’s wirklich?”
0:45:00​ — Scene 3: “Dies wundervolle Weib”
0:48:50​ — Scene 3: “O, König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen”
0:52:59​ — Scene 3: “Als für ein fremdes Land”

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Tristan und Isolde is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich on 10th June, 1865.