Wagner: Parsifal: Excerpts; Windgassen, Strauss, Frick (1964)

Georges Sébastian, National Orchestra of the ORTF (Recorded 17th March, 1964, Pleyel Hall, Paris) Gurnemanz — Gottlob Frick Parsifal — Wolfgang Windgassen Kundry — Isabel Strauss =============== 00:00 — Introduction 05:50 — Act 2: “Parsifal! — Weile!“ 07:16 — Act 2: “Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust“ 12:00 — Act 2: “Wehe! Wehe! Was tat ich?“ 14:27 — Act 2: “Amfortas! Die Wunde!“ 20:39 — Act 3: “So ward es uns verhiessen“ 23:45 — Act 3: “Wie dünkt mich doch die Aue heut so schön!“ 26:28 — Act 3: “Du siehst, das ist nicht so“ 33:10 — Act 3: “Mittag. Die Stund’ ist da“ 36:54 — Act 3: “Nur eine Waffe taugt“ 41:15 — Act 3: “Höchsten Heiles Wunder!“ =============== “Parsifal“ is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, with a German libretto by the composer. The libretto is based on the medieval romance “Parzival“ by Wolfram von Eschenbach. It was first performed at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre on 26th July, 1882.