Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Caution: legendary album! This 1952 recording of Tristan und Isolde, to which all the superlatives apply, gathers together the most illustrious Wagnerian soprano of her time Kirsten Flagstad – at the twilight of her career –, Ludwig Suthaus (very familiar with the role of Tristan), and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is his first main role on record. This album, born in pain due to numerous conflicts between the conductor, the cast and His Master’s Voice, remains a historical account of Furtwängler’s conducting in his most beloved opera.