Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod (Furtwängler)

[achim56nrw]

Thank you very much for uploading. This music is wonderful and Furtwängler was a great conductor. At the end of the movie (5:18-5:48) there are very interesting old pictures from my hometown Nuernberg/Bavaria. Love and greetings from Germany.

[bleon8st]

Is the city in this video Berlin? What is the name of the documentary this clip was taken from? This pairing of the post-war photography and the music is simply heartbreaking. This clip illustrates so poignantly the dead world the Western Marxist ideologies are creating in the West, by any means necessary. If the West is to live into the next century and strive for the highest aspirations of the human spirit, WE, European people, must defy all materialistic ideas and assert our Will to Live.

[nycolas1712]

Excellent.

[ChloeDust]

love the build up ending, so beautiful

[PPanncho]

En todo momento hablan de Wilhelm Furtwängler

[aitorpoter]

¿Alguien sabe decirme de quien es del que hablan al principio?

(Me refiero al que cogió la neumonía por quitarse la camisa en el tren)

[Acquacheta]

@aitorpoter

He's speaking, obviously, about Furtwangler who is buried in Heidelberg. 

[gerardbedecarter]

Wonderful!

[Silverhalide60]

Hearing this captivating music is like opening a sensual dream box to another life were a blissful balm is applied by voices of angels.

[isabelle070209]

Le dernier aigue c'est pas elle.

[vocede]

Erstaunlich mit wieviel dunkler, weicher Klangfarbe sie schon zu der Zeit gesungen hatte.

[gabriellerosas]

VivaRenata, could you tell me the name of the film? where can I find it ? who produces it ?

[58wotan]

1952, coro del Covent Garden, Orquesta Philarmonia, 4 CD,s ( ADD ), EMI

[j72050]

..chocolate...I can tell you were never in a war.....or near death therein...those innocent little children and civilians often had grenades and guns to kill the allied forces.....war is not a fun business....the so called "innocent" are not so innocent after all.....

[Oschn]

This is great, what a voice

[tysgodhi]

"Best" is relative, and this isn't the instrumental version. How intimately does one understand the interplay between love and death? Certain "cultural" experiences intensify that experience beyond what most of us would care to deal with. The video expresses that quite well.

[lcozzarelli]

Certain cultures call an orgasm "the little death"...and in my opinion this is just that set to music (especially the floatier instrumental versions)..

[joeocho88]

The conductor that conducts an instrumental version of this best is,believe it or not, Leopold Stowkowski.

[nycolas1712]

Baden-Baden, Austria, dos anos 30. Nostalgia, História e amostra dos anos inesquecíveis. Muito obrigado por estes momentos. Inigualavel.

[Johnny1206]

Two titans of Wagner opera : Flagstad and Furtwängler !!!

[Ankhsnammon]

Deutschland über alles!

FURTWÄNGLER MAXIMUS DUX!!!!

Ankhsnammon(Nina)

[00ceroalaizquierda00]

Me confundí...upps el mejor liebestod que he escuchado es este, no el de los años 30 ni el de los 40 sino el del 54!!!

The greatest Liebestod that I've ever listened!!!!!

[Aventao]

este es del 52. Es el del 52.

[paulostroff99]

Flagstad was a bit past prime here,though still wonderful.Furtwangler was great on this piece.Was this the mid 40's?

[VivaRenata]

The recording is from 1952, if I'm not mistaken; one of the first complete stereophonic recordings of a complete opera. There is a lot of echo in the background which is very annoying, and Flagstad's voice actually sounds much better in some of her earlier recordings and live performances. However, this is a complete Tristan with Flagstad and Furtwängler together, and also the first time Fischer-Dieskau recorded an operatic role as Kurwenal. Just a shame the technique was in its early stages.

[LegalizeCapitalism]

Interesting... still a gem in its own right.

[shellac1925]

You are mistaken- stereo recordings weren't produced until 1954.  We don't have a single stereo recording from Furtwangler. (And yes, this is the 1952 recording.)

[VivaRenata]

Thanks for correcting me. It was a while since I read up on this. Was this not, however, one of the first studio recordings of a complete opera? Anyway, I'll go back and check the leaflet in my old LP.

[AOG93]

@VivaRenata No, the first complete opera recording was ''Pagliacci", made in circa 1906. When this was made (1952), recording complete operas was much more common.

[1965ph]

That is wrong. The first stereo recodings were made in 1938 at BASF, the company that made the first Tapes, which were then used on AEG Taperecorders. You are able to download the first Stereorecordings for the RRG (German Broadcast Socity) from 1943. They sound as they were made today, if not better....

[chocolatebobka]

Fascinating, ambiguous imagery. Berlin bombed. Isolde dying on Tristan's funeral pyre. The sheer horror of Nazi Germany to the sheer beauty of Wagner; the US' killing innocent children and other civilians saving not a single Jewish life and the death of Hitler on the hillside. The horror, the horror!

[weepingforbrunnhilde]

I trust you've seen "Taking Sides?"

[VivaRenata]

An excellent, intelligent film based on a very fine theatrical drama. Everyone who loves music should see this film, and weep for the fate of the great son of the founding figure of modern archaeology - and boycott Von Karajan recordings, just as a matter of principle! And kudos to Stellan Skarsgård and the rest of the cast for incredible performances!

[latinaloveruk]

Hi, What is the name of this Film please ?

[vittoriostoraro]

@chocolatebobka

Oh thats' right The US were the REAL villains of WWII... NOT The Germans or The Japanese. Revisionist history at it's finest.

[Fu1886]

Cual es el titulo de este documental? Estaria muy interesado en verlo en el canal internacional.

Que grande es Furtwangler

[majosace]

Muy interesante. Gracias por éste video.

[Gabino17]

Fantàstic, un vídeo preciós, amb unes belles paraules finals del mestre Furtwängler.

[willyyrenato]

desde un balneario en austria a baden baden

[Namuchat]

to the translator from tve: Baden-Baden is not in Austria as he said, but close to Heidelberg which is alos mentionned

[willyyrenato]

desde un balneario en austria a baden baden

[Namuchat]

Have a nice trip!

[beautygal1]

is this the opera song from romeo and juliet death scene?

[PPanncho]

Pues evidentemente no es Romeo y Julieta, se trata de "Muerte de amor", final de la ópera de Tristán e Isolda de Wagner, como he puesto en los créditos.

[MiSebastianT]

Yes, this is the same song used in the latest film.

[criss2209]

@beautygal1

if u are talking about romeo and juliet's movie with leonardo dicaprio and claire danes, yes it is.

[SnackBoard]

Is anyone from the LA area going to watch it live at the Disney Concert Hall on April 12-14? i can't wait!

[popogolly]

If you're excited about the 12-14 - get this... LA Opera announced 2007-2008 awhile ago - and I havent been paying attention until i got my subscription mailing and they are doing Tristan in January 08. I know - far away but how excited am I!

[lericus]

extrana combinación pero eficaz a su manera.

strange combination but somewhat moving.