Posted by Anonymous 4 on March 22, 2006, 18:41:27, in reply to "Re: Tristan from Paris on DVD?" The leads are Rene Kollo and Gwyneth Jones, who are both way, way, way beyond their best voice, but who nevertheless give a lesson in beautiful singing. Of course you have to have know and like their voices when they were in their prime (so that you can sort of extrapolate from the 'old' voices on this recording), but the Liebestod is still magnificent + Jones produces pianissimi that many sopranos were not even able to do in their prime (note esp. here perfectly pitched vibrato-less pp final note, coming from a still impressive forte on the top notes).
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With regard to video Tristan there is one release which is certainly not 'for everyone', but which I dearly love, conducted by Jiri Kout and staged by Ponelle;
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