Karl Böhm, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele - Richard Wagner: Tristano e Isotta / Tristan und Isolde (1987)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.04 Gb | Total time: 219:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Frequenz | # 051.051 | Recorded: 1966
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.04 Gb | Total time: 219:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Frequenz | # 051.051 | Recorded: 1966
When we turn to live recordings, we enter another world, one in which the performances have, on the whole, a greater consistency of thought and execution. That applies in spades to the famous Bayreuth set of 1966. Karl Böhm's swift, incandescent, very theatrical interpretation isn't to everyone's liking. Yet, for all the fast speeds, the charge of superficiality is misplaced. Böhm's direct, cogently thought through reading, in which tempo relationships, inner figures (as one might expect from a Mozart and Strauss specialist), and instrumental detail are all carefully exposed and related to each other, offers rich rewards. Expressive intensity is here married ideally to a transparency of texture.