Tristan und Isolde

...divide, celebrates its tenth anniversary tonight. The programme includes Liszt's Les Preludes, torrid extracts from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Quite apart from being an electrifying conductor,...

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...seemed a bit kaleidoscopic. On Friday excerpts from Berlioz's dramatic symphony "Romeo et Juliette" led first to the Prelude and "Liebestod" from Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," then to "La Mer," by Debussy. Yes, Wagner expressed admiration...

In this article: Vienna Philharmonic, Claude Debussy, Valery Gergiev, Hector Berlioz, Sergei Prokofiev, Yefim Bronfman, and Carnegie Hall

He became known as a gifted conductor of Wagner 's music, and assisted Hans Richter in the preparations for the first complete Ring Cycle at Bayreuth; in 1886 he directed the performance of Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuth Festival. From...

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Schumann raved about her artistry in his journal. Wagner enlisted her services for a backer's preview of Act 2 of "Tristan und Isolde" in which she took the female roles and he sang the men. Perhaps her greatest triumph, though, was as...

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...Dvorak. The four Mephistophelean arias that open the disc (by Gounod, Boito and Berlioz) challenge Samuel Ramey on his own turf, but the richest gem here is Pape's signature account of King Marke's monologue from "Tristan und Isolde." This...

In this article: God, Hector Berlioz, and Samuel Ramey

...Italian opera arias; aficionados will want to track down the tenor's complete recordings of Verdi's "Aida" and "Otello," Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," Berlioz's "Les Troyens" and Britten's "Peter Grimes," all of which are currently available.

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...something very special indeed. The purely orchestral programme crowned beautifully played accounts of Liszt's most popular tone poem, Les preludes, and the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. It featured a rollercoaster...

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...of movements and the performing force. From Romeo et Juliette Wagner absorbed so much about the ideals of dramatic music that the work can be considered a major influence on Tristan und Isolde. When Wagner first heard the work in 1839 he...

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...of what you are doing. The concert-opening Prelude and "Liebestod" from "Tristan und Isolde" would have been amateurish if the players had not rescued the piece from alternately frantic and disconnected direction. Similarly, the much too...

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