Great to meet you: definitely following you now! I take it you mean the Prelude to Act 1 of Parsifal, which is indeed amazing (there's no "overture" as such). Which performances do you like? Kna (Knappertsbusch) and Goodall are pretty much top of my list! ( saw Goodall conduct act III at the Proms one year).
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Yes, my bad! I meant the Prelude ;) Oh, Kna is incredible, he can be so full of pathos at one moment, and then light as a feather right after... I never heard the Goodall version! Must have been so beautiful to see him live! I do like Karajan's take as well. Of course, my favourite Wagner work is "Tristan und Isolde".
Deffo search out the Goodall if you can find it. It's incredibly slow, but no-one did slow quite like Reggie. I grew up with the Karajan Parsifal (an amazing Kundry in that cast). Tristan is astonishing, too. Where do you stand on Carlos Kleiber?
I'm gonna look out for Goodall! There's nothing like a well constructed slow tempo shivering you little by little hehe! To me C. Kleiber is probably the best Beethoven, I know I'm not being particulary original saying this but honestly I feel he just deliver like no one else! Do you listen to Mahler?
I do listen to Mahler although not as much as I once did. I think we all overdosed on Mahler in the 1980s to about 10 years ago. There was a time you could hardly move for performances of the Second Symphony in London. Agree re Carlos Kleiber in what Beethoven he recorded; I'm not convinced his Tristan is the best though.
Oh, I didnt knew Kleiber had a Tristan! Another one to look out for! I have a special place for Mahler within me; in Brazil its dreadfully rare to catch a Mahler performancw... I sure would like to overdose on him! Specially with his 5th and 7th! haha Wonderful to have this conversation with you, @parsifalangel!
Ps interesting you like the Seventh; not so many people do. I remember a performance conducted by Salonen in I think the 1980s that convinced me of its worth; from there to Tennsyedt'd EMI recording ....
May I ask what your thoughts on Bernstein's Mahler are?
I appreciate Bernstein's Mahler very much, he was pivotal in popularizing Mahler's works, I guess... but its not my favorite Mahler. I may favor his rival Karajan! What about you, what do you think on Bernstein's Mahler?