Description:

Pros:

• There will never be another Isolde like Birgit Nilsson and she is captured at her absolute best in this recording from 1967.
• Jess Thomas’s lyric tenor didn’t weather Wagnerian waters as well as some of his colleagues, but he is captured here at a point when he was first venturing into the very heavy dramatic roles and his voice had not lost its honey-toned sheen.
• Martti Talvela’s Marke is heartbreaking in its noble restraint.
• The miking of the orchestra really shows off the remarkable virtuosity and unique sound of the Vienna Philharmonic.
• The sound is excellent.

Cons:

• There are a few minutes of mild skipping in Act I

In Mono

OD 11487-3