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Rudolf Kempe - Parsifal - Import 4 CD
Rudolf Kempe - Parsifal - Import 4 CD
CD
Classical Music
Conductor
June 30, 2026
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Catalog No.: SBT41455
JAN/ISBN: 749677145521
Number of Discs: 4
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Rudolf Kempe
Description:
The long-awaited follow-up to *The Ring* from the TESTAMENT label! Kemp and the Royal Opera House’s Wagner recordings—specifically the complete *Ring* cycle from 1959, released by Testament the year before Kemp made his Bayreuth debut in 1960—were met with high acclaim. Now, for the first time ever, *Parsifal*, which Kempe conducted at Covent Garden in 1959—the same year as the previous *Ring* cycle—is being released. This is a live recording of an overwhelming masterpiece that reveals the true value of *Parsifal*, an opera that stands head and shoulders above the rest of Wagner’s works, under the baton of Kempe, who enjoyed the absolute trust of London audiences, singers, and orchestra members alike. Please take your time to savor the truly exceptional ensemble performance of the singers and orchestra, brought to life under Kempe’s unadorned conducting. ■ Excerpt from the liner notes Wagner’s final opera, *Parsifal*, was staged at Covent Garden for the first time after World War II under the baton of Music Director Karl Runkel, with Kirsten Flagstad as Kundry, Ludwig Weber as Gurnemanz, and a cast of renowned singers—though not all were perfectly cast for their roles—and was revived in 1951 using the same stage sets as the opera’s 1914 premiere at this venue. It is worth noting that while a 1928 recording of Act 3 by the great “Parsifal” conductor Karl Muck survives, no complete recording of the work was made in the late 1940s. Nevertheless, setting it apart from Wagner’s other works—which were often described as grandiose, fanatical, and particularly slow—*Parsifal* continued to enjoy high acclaim. A magnificent 1951 recording, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch—the successor to Muck, who was the preeminent authority on *Parsifal*—at the Bayreuth Festival, which resumed after the war, was released by DECCA in 1952. (Knappertsbusch conducted at Bayreuth 55 times between 1951 and 1964, the year before his death.) That 1951 recording is magnificent and deeply moving; one reason for this is that the DECCA recording team perfectly captured the overwhelming splendor of the acoustics at the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. ...[omitted]... In the 1950s, the “New Bayreuth” style of staging was becoming increasingly prevalent in Wagner productions at Covent Garden, and this “Parsifal” was considerably more radical than previous productions. Critical reception was mixed; while the majority of reviews argued that Walter, the stage director, had tried to avoid naturalism in this production but failed to find a satisfactory alternative—thus chasing two rabbits and catching neither—there were also reviews that supported his ideas. A reviewer for the Daily Mail wrote, “The trees in the forest in Act III looked like the piers of Hungerford Bridge,” and other writers similarly cited a wide range of metaphors. While reviews of the music were mixed, the majority were generally favorable. This was Kempe’s first “Parsifal,” and he staged revivals in 1960 and 1966. Universal Music/IMS
Tracklisting:
1. Parsifal: Vorspiel
2. Parsifal: Act 1. He! Ho! Waldhuter ihr
3. Parsifal: Act 1. Seht dort, die wilde Reiterin
4. Parsifal: Act 1. Recht so! Habt Dank! Ein wenig Rast
5. Parsifal: Act 1. He, du da! Was liegst du dort wie ein wildes Tier?
6. Parsifal: Act 1. O wunden-wundervoller heiliger Speer!
7. Parsifal: Act 1. So kanntest du Klingsor?
8. Parsifal: Act 1. Titurel, der fromme Held
9. Parsifal: Act 1. Drum blieb es dem, nach dem ihr fragt
10. Parsifal: Act 1. Vor allem nun: der Speer kehr' uns zuruck!
11. Parsifal: Act 1. Weh! Weh!... Hoho!... Auf!
12. Parsifal: Act 1. Du konntest morden, hier, im heil'gen Walde
13. Parsifal: Act 1. Wo bist du her?
14. Parsifal: Act 1. Den Vaterlosen gebar die Mutter
15. Parsifal: Act 1. So recht! So nach des Grales Gnade
1. Parsifal: Act 1. Vom Bade kehrt der Konig heim
2. Parsifal: Act 1. Verwandlungsmusik
3. Parsifal: Act 1. Nun achte wohl, und lab mich seh'n
4. Parsifal: Act 1. Mein Sohn Amfortas, bist du am Amt?
5. Parsifal: Act 1. Nein! Labt ihn unenthullt!
6. Parsifal: Act 1. Des Weihgefabes gottlicher Gehalt
7. Parsifal: Act 1. Nehmet hin meinen Leib
8. Parsifal: Act 1. Wein und Brot des letzten Mahles
9. Parsifal: Act 1. Was stehst du noch da?
1. Parsifal: Act 2. Vorspiel
2. Parsifal: Act 2. Die Zeit ist da
3. Parsifal: Act 2. Erwachst du? Ha!
4. Parsifal: Act 2. Ach! - Ach! Tiefe Nacht!
5. Parsifal: Act 2. Furchtbare Not! So lacht nun der Teufel
6. Parsifal: Act 2. Jetzt schon erklimmt er die Burg
7. Parsifal: Act 2. Hier war das Tosen!
8. Parsifal: Act 2. Ihr schonen Kinder
9. Parsifal: Act 2. Komm, komm, holder Knabe!
10. Parsifal: Act 2. Parsifal! - Weile!
11. Parsifal: Act 2. Dies alles - hab ich nun getraumt?
12. Parsifal: Act 2. Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust
13. Parsifal: Act 2. Wehe! Wehe! Was tat ich? Wo war ich?
14. Parsifal: Act 2. Bekenntnis wird Schuld in Reue enden
15. Parsifal: Act 2. Amfortas! - Die Wunde!
16. Parsifal: Act 2. Gelobter Held! Entflieh dem Wahn!
17. Parsifal: Act 2. Grausamer! Fuhlst du im Herzen nur and'rer Schmerzen
18. Parsifal: Act 2. Ich sah Ihn
19. Parsifal: Act 2. Auf Ewigkeit warst du verdammt
20. Parsifal: Act 2. Erlosung, Frevlerin, biet ich auch dir
21. Parsifal: Act 2. Vergeh, unseliges Weib!
22. Parsifal: Act 2. Mit diesem Zeichen bann' ich deinen Zauber
1. Parsifal: Act 3. Vorspiel
2. Parsifal: Act 3. Von dorther kam das Stohnen
3. Parsifal: Act 3. Du tolles Weib! Hast du kein Wort fur mich?
4. Parsifal: Act 3. ...in dustrem Waffenschmucke?
5. Parsifal: Act 3. Erkennst du ihn?
6. Parsifal: Act 3. Heil, mir, dab ich dich wiederfinde!
7. Parsifal: Act 3. O Gnade! Hochstes Heil!
8. Parsifal: Act 3. Die heil'ge Speisung bleibt uns nun versagt
9. Parsifal: Act 3. Und ich, ich bin's, der all dies Elend schuf!
10. Parsifal: Act 3. Nicht so! - Die heil'ge Quelle selbst
11. Parsifal: Act 3. Du wuschest mir die Fube
12. Parsifal: Act 3. Wie dunkt mich doch die Aue heut so schon!
13. Parsifal: Act 3. Du siehst, das ist nicht so
14. Parsifal: Act 3. Mittag. die Stund ist da
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