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[ephraemsyrus]

Greater than Nilsson/Windgassen, greater than Nilsson/Vickers, I bring you Flagstad/Melchior

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[lhasa7]

“The last of the Faustian arts died in Tristan. This work is the giant keystone of Western music. Painting achieved nothing like this as a finale.”-Oswald Spengler

[lhasa7]

Karl Muck’s Parsifal is well worth knowing as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDGMV1tVPmY&fmt=18

[quettandil]

And now for something completely off-topic, but related to the discussion on aradayn's blog a week or so ago about phonetic spelling, following the Related Videos links a couple of steps brings one to, and I quote,

B. Nilsson & W. Windgassen "Love Filter's Scene"