Tristan et Isolde

Album by Richard Wagner & Wolfgang Windgassen & Birgit Nilsson & Christa Ludwig & Eberhard Wächter & Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele & Karl Böhm

Tristan und Isolde is an opera by German composer Richard Wagner, premiered in 1865. The work employs extended chromatic harmonies, unresolved dissonances and an expanded orchestral palette that blurred traditional tonal boundaries, representing a major development in Wagner's late style and in the evolution of harmonic language in Western art music.
First released: 1968

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prélude du 1er acte
  2. 2.
    Duo d'amour du 2ème acte (Scène 2)
  3. 3.
    Prélude du 3ème acte
  4. 4.
    Délire de Tristan (3ème acte)
  5. 5.
    Mort d'amour d'Isolde