Hans Knappertsbusch Conducting at Bayreuth 1959

[TheAestheticTruth]

Hello,

could you tell me where does this footage come from. Is there a dvd?

Thanks in advance.

[toranuguitars]

I've listend Parsifal1962 for long time, I believed it's one of the greatest music. But this 1959 can be greater than 1962.... Really amazing guy, Knappertsbusch!!!

[pointreyes6]

HK trained with Richter.

[callasnuts]

Sad that it´s half a bar out of synk

[juanbayreuth]

el mas grande de los grandes en verdad yo lo adoro!!!...si se puede hablar de purismo en materia de wagner el lo encarna...!

[pimarulla29]

It is incredible WOW

[kiasmus]

The whole thing seems not only from another age, but from another planet.

[Shogunmiyuchan]

meanie, you cut it off just before the bells came in! *sniff*

[raticida123456]

very beautyful

[nakkyfan]

Overwhelming and absolute performance!

[58wotan]

golden times in Bayreuth, unlucky it,s not in presents days

[rvwmania]

English subtitles (written by Japanese in the video)

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(0:00~)

the first day of "Parsifal" in 1959

"Flowermaidens" waiting for their turn in backstage

(0:14~)

Hans Knappertsbusch conducts

"Parsifal" erster Aufzug in 1959(Verwandlungsmusik*)

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*notes by the translator

[Mitch7799]

Just incredible. Wagner should have heard that!

[amfortas1978]

there must be some special magic between kna and his orchestra... i am not sure if today orchestra members can understand that hand direction....

[petrof4056]

what passion!! i love Knappertsbusch, thanks!

[etiterum]

This sounds so much like the 1958 recording that I happen to know. The 1956 and 1957 recordings are really totally different. I wonder how reliable the 1959 information on that video is. Or did walhalla records sell me the 1959 version ?

[34skidoo]

Fabuleux.

[billyguns2]

The greatest conductor of PARSIFAL I have ever heard.

[ludwigna78]

Concordo pienamente con lei: il "Parsifal" diretto dal grande Knappertsbusch a Bayreuth nel 1951 con marta Modl è senza alcun dubbio il migliore che ci abbia tramandato la discografia; ottimo ancje quello con Ramon Vinay del 1953.

[pinintra]

@billyguns2 Vero!!!

[melchior67]

I met the tenor Jess Thomas a few years before he passed away and told him how much I enjoyed his Parsifal under Knappertsbusch from '62. He looked at me and said, "I loved working with Kna."

[Pfordresher]

here finally we can see how Kna's physical movements created those enormous slabs of pure dissonant sound which carry the listener deep into the mystery of Wagner's power.