Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Parsifal by Clemens Krauss / New Mastering 🎧 Qobuz bit.ly/3Bzs8Bz Tidal bit.ly/3s69bU0 🎧 Spotify spoti.fi/3JHpWut KZread Music bit.ly/3BFQZ6D 🎧 Apple Music apple.co/3BAeIFe Amazon Music amzn.to/3I9oLUe 🎧 Deezer bit.ly/3oYCaHl Amazon Store amzn.to/3p49Nrg 🎧 Napster bit.ly/3gZEDNe Soundcloud bit.ly/3LOoAQA 🎧 LineMusic日本 bit.ly/3H7gkHZ Awa日本 mf.awa.fm/3v5CCaz Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-10:55) 00:00 Act 1: Orchestervorspiel - Parsifal, WWV 111 - Richard Wagner 12:16 Act 1: He! Ho! Waldhüter Ihr 17:33 Act 1: Seht Dort, Die Wilde Reiterin 20:34 Act 1: Recht So! Habt Dank! Ein Wenig Rast! 26:26 Act 1: Nicht Dank! Haha! Was Wird Es Helfen? 33:36 Act 1: O Wunden-Wundervoller Heiliger Speer 37:34 Act 1: Titurel, Der Fromme Held 47:58 Act 1: Weh! Weh! Ho! Ho! Auf! 55:16 Act 1: Nun Sag'! Nichts Weißt Du, Was Ich Dich Frage 1:01:52 Act 1: Vom Bade Kehrt Der König Heim 1:03:53 Act 1: Verwandlungsmusik 1:07:42 Act 1: Nun Achte Wohl Und Lass Mich Sehn 1:14:46Act 1: Mein Sohn Amfortas, Bist Du Am Amt? 1:18:04 Act 1: Wehvolles Erbe, Dem Ich Verfallen 1:25:33 Act 1: Enthüllet Den Gral! 1:33:07 Act 1: Wein Und Brot Des Letzten Mahles 1:38:17 Act 1: Was Stehst Du Noch Da? 1:45:07 Act 2: Orchestervorspiel, Die Zeit Ist Da 1:50:37 Act 2: Ach! Ach! Tiefe Nacht! 1:57:51 Act 2: Ho! Ihr Wächter! Ho! Ritter! 2:01:34 Act 2: Hier! Hier War Das Tosen! 2:05:11 Act 2: Komm, Holder Knabe! 2:09:47 Act 2: Parsifal! Weile! 2:12:11 Act 2: Dies Alles Hab'Ich Nun Getraumt? 2:15:03 Act 2: Ich Sah Das Kind An Seiner Mutter Brust! 2:19:32 Act 2: Wehe! Was Tat Ich? Wo War Ich? 2:24:15 Act 2: Amfortas! Die Wunde! 2:30:59 Act 2: Grausamer! Fuhlst Du Im Herzen 2:41:50 Act 2: Vergeh, Unseliges Weib 2:45:21 Act 3: Orchestervorspiel 2:50:10 Act 3: Von Dorther Kam Das Stöhnen 2:56:55 Act 3: Wer Nahet Dort Dem Heil’gen Quell 3:03:46 Act 3: Heil Mir, Dass Ich Dich Wiederfinde! 3:05:05 Act 3: Zu Ihm, Des Tiefe Klagen 3:07:51 Act 3: O Herr! War Es Ein Fluch 3:14:42 Act 3: Nicht So! Die Heil’ge Quelle Selbst 3:18:37 Act 3: Gesegnet Sei, Du Reiner, Durch Das Reine! 3:23:06 Act 3: Wie Dünkt Mich Doch Die Aue, Karfreitagszauber 3:26:26 Act 3: Du Siehst, Das Ist Nicht So 3:32:13 Act 3: Mittag. - Die Stund' Ist Da, Verwandlungsmusik 3:37:33 Act 3: Geleiten Wir Im Bergenden Schrein 3:41:42 Act 3: Ja, Wehe! Wehe! Weh’ Über Mich! 3:48:25 Act 3: Nur Eine Waffe Taugt 3:53:21 Act 3: Höchsten Heiles Wunder! Parsifal: Ramon Vinay Amfortas: George London Titurel: Josef Greindl Gurnemanz: Ludwig Weber Kundry: Martha Mödl Klingsor: Hermann Uhde Erster Gralsritter: Eugene Tobin Zweiter Gralsritter: Theo Adam Vier Knappen: H.Plümacher, G.Litz, H.Kratz, G.Stolze Klingsors Zaubermädchen: R.Streich, E.Zimmerman, H.Plümacher, A.Tassopulos, G.Wismar, G.Litz Altsolo: Maria von Ilosvay Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus Clemens KRAUSS Live recording in 1953, at Bayreuth New mastering in 2022 by AB for CMRR 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr Parsifal is Wagner's last opera. It has such an intense spiritual and mystical depth that it is comparable to a Mass. I have a particular attachment to this Opera. It is the first opera that I listened to in one sitting without being able to pause it, so powerful was its impact on me. Parsifal was composed by Wagner taking into account the acoustic of the theatre he created to perform his own operas: the Bayreuther Festspielhaus. The transformation passages (Verwandlungsmusik), accompanied by bells and followed by the powerful choirs are part of the timeless moments of this work. Who says Parsifal says Hans Knappertsbusch. He is the true champion of this opera. However, in 1953 Clenmens Krauss, with a different approach, realized a miracle of interpretation in public. It is a recording that belongs to the pillars of the Wagnerian record library, just like his Ring from the same year. The vocal cast is exceptional. Weber's sublime Gurnemanz and London's Amfortas are classics; Uhde can join them in one scene. Vinay is tortured, visionary and adds an unforgettable figure to his series of portraits and Mödl is an intense Kundry, inexhaustible with energy. Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-10:55) Richard Wagner PLAYLIST (reference recordings): kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4uMsLd6dMuzqtI.html

@jean-mariemorel3026

2 жыл бұрын

Pourquoi pas traduction en français ?. ..

Wagner, Wagner, Wagner, forever Wagner.

Mancano commenti italiani. Perciò i wagneriani italiani sono grati al resto del mondo per l'entusiasmo con cui commentano il sommo capolavoro in questa esecuzione magistrale

Pure beauty...

Wunderschöne und detaillierte live Aufführung dieses romantischen und großartigen Singspiels mit gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente sowie herrlichen Stimmen aller Solisten und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichneten Chors. Der intelligente und unvergleichliche Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im gut analysierten Tempo und mit möglichst effekitiver Dynamik. Die verbesserte Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als eine Originalaufnahme von fast siebzig Jahren vor. Alles ist wundervoll und tiefempfunden!

.THERE IS NO WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW WONDERFUL WAGNER'S PARSIFAL IS,FOR ME THIS IS THE PERFECT AND PURE OF ALL HIS OPERAS..THIS IS A WONDERFUL RECORDING...THANK-YOU...WAGNER LIVES FOREVER IN MY HEART AND MIND.............

WOOOOOOW THIS IS A MAJOR UPLOAD, sounds great and stounding, I'm not religious in anything, but I really feel redeemed listening to this epic legend, especially in the 3rd act, I feel accompanied by BEAUTY, I feel like my soul has been cleaned, I listened to every Wagner dozens of times since I have 13 years old, now I'm 18, I have more knowledge and I feel mature, like Parsifal at the 3rd act, thank you for allowing us to listening this music festival, with this great cast and a great conductor like Clemens Krauss. Me, an Asperger boy, a lover of Knowledge, Arts and Music, I salute everyone who is listening to this BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL MUSIC, from the bottom of my beloved Venezuela. THANKS THANKS THANKS.

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

It's great to appreciate this music as a young adult :) Bravo !

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

wow, lucky you. i had to wait til 20. you sound julliard.

@edwardamosbrandwein3583

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalmusicreference Congrats!

Parsifal is Wagner's last opera. It has such an intense spiritual and mystical depth that it is comparable to a Mass. I have a particular attachment to this Opera. It is the first opera that I listened to in one sitting without being able to pause it, so powerful was its impact on me. Parsifal was composed by Wagner taking into account the acoustic of the theatre he created to perform his own operas: the Bayreuther Festspielhaus. The transformation passages (Verwandlungsmusik), accompanied by bells and followed by the powerful choirs are part of the timeless moments of this work. Who says Parsifal says Hans Knappertsbusch. He is the true champion of this opera. However, in 1953 Clenmens Krauss, with a different approach, realized a miracle of interpretation in public. It is a recording that belongs to the pillars of the Wagnerian record library, just like his Ring from the same year. The vocal cast is exceptional. Weber's sublime Gurnemanz and London's Amfortas are classics; Uhde can join them in one scene. Vinay is tortured, visionary and adds an unforgettable figure to his series of portraits and Mödl is an intense Kundry, inexhaustible with energy. Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation (00:00-10:55) 🔊 FOLLOW US on SPOTIFY (Profil: CMRR) : spoti.fi/3016eVr 🔊 Download CMRR's recordings in High fidelity audio (QOBUZ) : bit.ly/2M1Eop2 ❤️ If you like CM//RR content, please consider membership at our Patreon page. Thank you :) www.patreon.com/cmrr

@industrialengineer3269

2 жыл бұрын

Fully agree Classical Music/ /Reference Recording. Sincerely, my favourite Wagner's work. That it's regarded like his ''summit''. I know musical works with an important charge of spirituality such as Bach's Passions, Bruckner's late symphonies and sacred music( specially, mass nº. 2 in E minor)...But frankly Parsifal it goes further of those works. This is saying a lot. Simply, it's mystery done music. This performance I don't know. When I have a time will listen it because I read that it's among the most prominent. Thanks in advance!.

@FernandoGomes-hm3ih

2 жыл бұрын

I subscrive all you said. The spiritual and mystical portions of the work are unique. And Parsifal and Knappertsbusch are synonims. So, another great upload of yours, CM/RR, from Clemens Krauss, another Wagner great as always. But, when a complete Ring???

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

@@industrialengineer3269 thank you for your comment, good listening in advance :)

@karldelavigne8134

2 жыл бұрын

A wonderful performance indeed. Krauss was an exceptional conductor. Bear in mind, however, that Parsifal is NOT an opera. Wagner made that quite clear, and described it as a Bühnenweihfestspiel.

@erstenorn

Жыл бұрын

blablabla...

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

Thank you!

Como um comentário alemão disse: "Era uma vez... Um tempo abençoado!". Deus abençoe e assegure a todos pelo sangue e pão de Jesus o perdão e remissão a todos! Amém!

Es war einmal...Eine gesegnete Zeit.

感謝精彩分享~~~

Herr Wagner is going to guide me into dreamland tonight. Good night!

This is such a unique performance. Listening to Kna’s 1951 performance and this one reveals such different qualities to this work, and I wouldn’t want to be without either. Thank you for this superb remastering!

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

similar cast if i recall. vinay vs gass.

This and Kna's 1951 are my benchmarks. This performance has an impetus that compels me to follow the action, while Kna's requires my complete surrender.

Hans Knapperbusch's 1951 recording on a completely empty stage at Bayreuth cannot be recommended strongly enough. Here Parsifal is taken to the next level. Every note is ecked out and given an ecstatic resounding tone, producing near delirium of the senses. A Vivifying exultation of one's planetary body occurs during this apotheosis of an interpretation. As Goethe said on hearing Beethoven's fifth for the first time, "when I went to put my hat on I didn't know where my head was"

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@hermesnoelthefourthway

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalmusicreference Thank you for the superb channel you run. The wide range of material on here is deeply appreciated 🎻

Who is listening to this masterpiece on good friday?

Thanks. Clemens Krauss was a great conductor of Wagner.

I bought this very performance on vinyl a few months ago. Thank you so much for posting it. London especially is a marvel!

It's perfect, divine performance, next to Kna's... Thank you so much for sharing anther musical gem with all of us.

🕊🌟🕊 This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 🙏💜🙏 💜🎵💜

Your channel is magnificent. Always a treat. Thank you.

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Clemens Krauss: il primo a eseguire "Metamorphosen" di Richard Strauss! "Parsifal" è un'opera permeata di sacralità, come il "Tristan" prorompe di passione disperata. La gioiosità dei "Maestri Cantori" è lontana.....

Trully an epic, a visionary work. Thanking you

37:35: "Titurel, der fromme Held" Ludwig Weber

Als 15jährige hörte ich meine erste Wagner Oper, es war das Rheingold, und ich war total gefangen! Als Schülerin und Studentin ging ich in jede Wagner Oper, die ich nur finden konnte. Und heute, im Alter höre ich sie mir auf meinen CD's und DVD's an. Wagner ist mein absoluter Lieblingskomponist. Vielen herzlichen Dank für diese großartige Überraschung und LG aus Montreal, Qc, Canada

@helmuthuber766

3 ай бұрын

Ohne Wagner darf man nicht sterben! ❤

@ingemayodon5128

3 ай бұрын

@@helmuthuber766 Da haben Sie aber vollkommen recht!

wow , thanks for this. alwats loved modl and london. perhaps greatest opera ever. have seen twice at bayreuth

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

actualy three times. getting old.

@ingemayodon5128

2 жыл бұрын

@@siamcharm7904 Lucky you!! I wish I could have been with you! Happy Sunday and greetings from Montreal, Qc, Canada

@aliena2979

2 жыл бұрын

@@siamcharm7904 Wonderful, indeed! I wish I could have seen them once! Did you see Windgassen as well?

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

@@aliena2979 no , a bit early. domingo, jerusalem, vickers. spent a weekend once in nyc hosting wolf and gudrun wagner for tristan (heppner) at met. he said his favorite was domingo. mine too. grandfather desired italianate singers but alas very rare in his time. wolf was rather charming, she was not.

Sublime! 👏👏👏

A wonderful upload of the most profound and magical opera of Wagner with a performance to cherish for ever. The New Mastering is perfect. Thank you very much CM/RR !

Hermann Uhde, one of the very best Klingsor's EVER, and Mödl and Vinay and Krauss, how could one top that, only Kna in 1962

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

thank you, we have just completed the list in the description

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

london too

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

yes kna a tad better.

@johnpickford4222

2 жыл бұрын

Kna’51 is considered better per OPERA ON RECORD but all recordings have something to offer.

@johnpickford4222

2 жыл бұрын

@@siamcharm7904 paris also

Eternal music, pleases the soul and heart. Thanks!!!❤️❤️❤️

first thank you for posting this interpretation of a masterpiece. i can completely understand your experience of listening from beginning to end without interruption. (we are much less enthralled and captivated nowadays by such beauty sadly). it must be very challenging to digitally master this kind of a masterpiece. the dynamic range, the tone colors, the human voice all must present such a challenge to get the right balance.

Splendid !🙏💐

Essa beleza por pouco não me faz sair atrás do Santo Graal. Já ia montar em Rocinante e empreender a busca, mas lembrei que não sou tão puro, assim. Obrigado pela postagem.

@johnpickford4222

2 жыл бұрын

I hope that Rocinante isn’t a human (“I was about to mount Rocinante . . . “) 🥸

@AulicExclusiva

9 ай бұрын

​@@johnpickford4222 Rocinante is Don Quixote's horse.

Not an opera, but an epiphany

@alfredoechevarrieta7512

2 жыл бұрын

En realidad (según mi memoria) el Marstro Wagner definía esta obra como "Festival Sagrado " y expresaba también que no quería aplausos al final de su representación.

my favorite gurnemanz is stil moll.

Muchas gracias Classical Music.

Yes... I miss Windgassen, though and I wish we could enjoy a performance by Krauss and Wolfy's sensitive title-role.

@BritinIsrael

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Windgassen in Kna's 1951 performances was unbeatable. London, Weber and Modl were part of a perfect cast. Interesting to see that this performance is over 30 minutes faster than Kna's sublime tempi.

@erstenorn

Жыл бұрын

Vinay is a great singer, Tannhäuser, Siegmund, Tristan, Parsifal...

🥀🌹🌷

The prompters have louder voices than the singers.

Krauss converteix el Parsifal en una obra més dramàtica que transcendent. Hans Knappertsbusch li donava el plus de transcendència i dramatisme que requereix

Here is the krauss revolution on Wagner ' s sound . Nobody like him after this miracle.

This is the pure wagnerian christian gnostic spirit (Lohengrin) with the infinite melody sound,It was a personal search of the Graak through his creations redemption by love (Love against the malediction of world desires)The beginning is close to some bars of Mendelssohn fifth symphony Reform.May be a religious hymn theme,This is no really an opera,it is liturgic music celebrating struggle and freedom of the spirt of all matter and redemption by divine love. .Niesztche wrote against this work about the Wagner case, It was the rupture point between them.

❤

Can you tell us more about your remastering of this opera? did you get a hold of the original Bavarian Radio tapes? or did you transfer this from LP? If LP, which label gave you the best sound that you could build on? Thanks.

There are other posts of this performance on KZread with much better sound.

You forgot Klingsor,Hermann Udeth in these great Festival team.

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

thank you, we have just completed the list in the description

@piergiorgiomei3648

2 жыл бұрын

Edizione da mettere insieme alle 2 dirette da Knapperbush, da portarsi sulla isola deserta. Difficilmente si arriva a tali vette

@erstenorn

Жыл бұрын

you mean Hermann Uhde ???

Some of the comments here are hilarious! There have been quite a few fine recordings of this work; the Krauss is certainly one of them. If anyone wants a more "modern" studio recording, check out the Solti-Decca, with the glorious Vienna Philharmonic, with great singing also.

@siamcharm7904

2 жыл бұрын

fischer, ludwig, hotter yes, kollo maybe.

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In the next remasters, could you project a more defined sound, not highlighting the low frequencies so much and giving more clarity to the mid frequencies? My idea is to try to suggest a sound that allows you to hear all frequencies well, an analog sound, or at least as close to that kind of sound as possible. Thanks for another post! Hug!

@josedeanchietaerthalmonner2595

2 жыл бұрын

Seus comentários são de um expert. Parabéns por sua sensibilidade musical e de gravação!

@classicalmusicreference

2 жыл бұрын

Dear friend, thanks for your message. Mastering is a difficult job, especially on old recordings where the quality of the tapes and recordings are very different in quality. Moreover, few people today have a hi-fi system but listen to music on the computer, tablet, wireless speakers, or headphones. The majority of these listening media naturally accentuate the medium. It is thus necessary to be very vigilant in the work of these frequencies. As far as Krauss' Parsifal is concerned, the tapes and the sound recording are mediocre. The medium (precisely) breaks the ears and it is not possible to listen to 4 hours of Opera in these conditions. Moreover one should not judge the medium part on the orchestral part but especially on the voices. You will notice that the neutral sound allows the voice to come out clearly without being strident. The bass is also very important, especially with the Germans, it was the basis of the Furtwangler conducting which is our model. If you listen to Rosenthal's remastering of Debussy or Ravel, you will find that the midrange is much more prominent.

@jesseoliveira123

2 жыл бұрын

@@josedeanchietaerthalmonner2595 Obrigado, querido! Forte abraço!

@jesseoliveira123

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalmusicreference Thank you!

@achmedmohamed4708

2 жыл бұрын

@@classicalmusicreference Radio Bavaria has all the old tapes in best quality in the archives as original master-tapes. I visited the archives long time ago. Jürgen Grundhebe, nephew from Franz Grundheber, had an acess to the archive via Berlin Radio. But Grundheber is dead. So I want to ask you from where you got your recordings? I live in Bavaria since 1967.

Das ist sehr schlechte Klangqualität