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- Notes
- ↑ Holloway, Robin (1982) in "Opera on Record", Harper and Row ISBN 0-06-090910-2, page 367.
- ↑ Blyth, Alan (1992), "Opera on CD" Kyle Cathie Ltd, ISBN 1-85626-056-9 page 65.
- ↑ Recordings of Tristan und Isolde on Wagner Discography
- ↑ Brown, p. 36
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- ↑ Brown, p. 16
- ↑ Naxos, Notes to Tristan und Isolde. Retrieved 11 December 2015
- ↑ Recordings of Tristan und Isolde on Wagner Discography
- ↑ Source is probably an old VHS tape. Tristan und Isolde, 10 April 1967, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde, 7 July 1973, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ 1981 Bayerischen Rundfunk production: Blu-ray: Unitel, 2018 (ASIN B07C5LQ7VJ); DVD: Unitel, 2018 ( OCLC 1051771933). Tristan und Isolde, 13 January 1981 (act 1), 27 April 1981 (act 2), 10 November 1981 (act 3), on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde (October 1–9, 1983), Bayreuth ( OCLC 169905845).
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde, 24/29 September 1993, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde (July 3–9, 1995), Bayreuth ( OCLC 257597509); Tristan und Isolde, 3–9 July 1995, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ 1998 Munich video: DVD, OCLC 46772470; Tristan und Isolde, 4 July 1998, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ "Tristan und Isolde" (18 December 1999), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:332246", Met Opera Archive.
- ↑ 2007 Glyndbourne production: Multiformat (Blu-ray/NTSC), Opus Arte, 2009 (ASIN B002KLGLV4); online HD video, Glyndebourne ( OCLC 1154384502 , 1365100023; doi : 10.5040/9781350894983).
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde, 7 December 20007, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ "Tristan und Isolde" (22 March 2008), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:352434", Met Opera Archive.
- ↑ Tristan und Isolde, 9 August 20009, on Wagner Discography.
- ↑ "Tristan und Isolde" (8 October 2016), Met Opera on Demand; "CID:356491", Met Opera Archive.
- ↑ 2018 Berlin video: ; Blu-ray ( OCLC 1319168280); DVD ( OCLC 1347347957).
- Sources
- Brown, Jonathan (2000). Tristan und Isolde on record: a comprehensive discography of Wagner's music drama with a critical introduction to the recordings. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-31489-6.
