With it's plot derived from Arthurian legend, Tristan und Isolde is considered by many to be the most harmonically daring and overtly sensual of the composer's operas. From the famous opening 'Tristan chord' of the Prelude, repeated at key points in the drama, to it's over-powering harmonic resolution at the end of the Liebestod (Love-Death), the opera is remarkable for the hypnotic power, physical longing and intense human emotion sustained over more than three years.
1 Prelude - Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus and Orchestra
2 Westarts Schweif Der Blick
3 Frisch Weht Der Wind
4 Hab' Acht Wehe! - Martina Dike
5 Weh, Ach Wehe!
6 O Wunder! Wo Hatt' Ich Die Augen? - Martina Dike
7 O Sube, Traute!
8 Kennst Du Der Mutter
9 Auf! Auf! Ihr Frauen!
10 Begehrt, Herrin
- Disc 2 -
1 War Morold Dir So Wert
2 Ho! He! Ha! He!
3 Auf Das Tau!
4 Heil! Konig Marke Heil!
5 Prelude - Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus and Orchestra
6 Horst Du Sie Noch?
7 Isolde! Geliebte!
8 O Sink' Hernieder
9 Einsam Wachend in Der Nacht
10 Lausch', Geliebter!
11 Doch Unsre Liebe
12 Soll Ich Lauschen?
13 Rette Dich, Tristan! - Magnus Kyhle
14 O Konig, Das Kann Ich Dir Nicht Sagen
15 Verrater! Ha! - Magnus Kyhle
- Disc 3 -
1 Prelude - Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus and Orchestra
2 Scene I - Royal Swedish Opera Male Chorus and Orchestra
3 Kurwenal! He! - Gunnar Lundberg
4 Dunkt Dich Das? - Wolfgang Millgram
5 Der Einst Ich Trotzt - Gunnar Lundberg
6 Noch Ist Kein Schiff Zu Sehn! - Gunnar Lundberg
7 Mein Herre! Tristan! - Gunnar Lundberg
8 O Wonne! Freude! - Gunnar Lundberg
9 O Diese Sonne!
10 Ich Bin's, Ich Bin's
11 Kurwenal! Hor! - Gunnar Lundberg
12 Mild Und Leise Wie Er Lachelt - Magnus Kyhle
With it's plot derived from Arthurian legend, Tristan und Isolde is considered by many to be the most harmonically daring and overtly sensual of the composer's operas. From the famous opening 'Tristan chord' of the Prelude, repeated at key points in the drama, to it's over-powering harmonic resolution at the end of the Liebestod (Love-Death), the opera is remarkable for the hypnotic power, physical longing and intense human emotion sustained over more than three years.
