Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld and his wife Malwina were Wagner's original Tristan and Isolde in 1865. Joseph Albert/Wikimedia Commons

This episode of Between Birds of Prey pays homage to Richard Wagner and his great breakthrough opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which was premiered 150 years ago today.

‘Tristan und Isolde’, a 4-hour meditation in love and death was a musical revolution that, with its famous Tristan Chord, paved way for the atonal music of the early 20th century.

To pay a complete homage to 150 years of this great opera, this and the next episode of Between Birds of Prey will stream the full opera. This week we have the first act and half of the second:

  1. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Prelude (Tristan und Isolde)
  2. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 1. Westwarts schweift der Blick (Tristan und Isolde)
  3. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 2 – 1. Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat (Tristan und Isolde)
  4. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 2 – 2. Hab acht, Tristan (Tristan und Isolde)
  5. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 3 – 1. Weh, ach wehe (Tristan und Isolde)
  6. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 3 – 2. Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (Tristan und Isolde)
  7. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 3 – 3. O blinde Augen (Tristan und Isolde)
  8. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 4 – 1. Auf Auf Ihr Frauen (Tristan und Isolde)
  9. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 4 – 2. Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Grusz (Tristan und Isolde)
  10. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 5 – 1. Begehrt, Herrin, was Ihr wunsch (Tristan und Isolde)
  11. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 5 – 2. War Morold dir so wert (Tristan und Isolde)
  12. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 5 – 3. Tristan Isolde (Tristan und Isolde)
  13. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Prelude (Tristan und Isolde)
  14. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Scene 1. Horst du sie noch (Tristan und Isolde)
  15. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Scene 2 – 1. Isolde Tristan (Tristan und Isolde)
  16. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Scene 2 – 2. O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Tristan und Isolde)

Between Birds of Prey #168 – Tristan und Isolde.mp3

Between Birds of Prey #168 – Tristan und Isolde.cue

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