[SixFootScowl]

 

[Itullian]

Love it

 

[Itullian]

You know folks, i get tired of critics minimizing this opera.
This opera has fantastic music and drama.
Maybe next to Tristan or Gotterdammerung it is.
Yes, its more traditional, but so what!
In its own rite, i think irs a wonderful opera.
It never gets old to me.

 

[SixFootScowl]

Love it

I only have Barenboim and Swallisch. Maybe I need this one. I like Meier a lot.

 

[Itullian]

I only have Barenboim and Swallisch. Maybe I need this one. I like Meier a lot.

Is there a Sawallisch Parsifal?

 

[SixFootScowl]

Is there a Sawallisch Parsifal?

Oops, yes and no. Its an Opera Depot set. I didn't realize when I posted that it was from OD. So for commercial releases I only have Barenboim.

 

[starthrower]

I just dug out three Meistersingers. Playing Karajan tonight. I have Sawallisch, and Kna 1960 on deck.

 

[SixFootScowl]

Oops, yes and no. Its an Opera Depot set. I didn't realize when I posted that it was from OD. So for commercial releases I only have Barenboim.

Oh wow, I forgot about those Wagner box sets I purchased here and there. I also have Parsifal with Goodall, Karajan, and Knappertsbusch. Giving Goodall a listen now since it has Meier.

 

[SixFootScowl]

I think I am liking this one better than the Barenboim set. This one is from a Wagner box set.

 

[SixFootScowl]

Interesting Goodall is 4 hrs 29 minutes. Barenboim 4 hrs 10 minutes.

 

[Itullian]

Be interesting to separate by acts to see where the differences are.

 

[SixFootScowl]

Be interesting to separate by acts to see where the differences are.

Very interesting. Both off the Warner Classics re-releases.

 

[Itullian]

Very interesting. Both off the Warner Classics re-releases.
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I meant the timing of act act, not each disc.

 

[SixFootScowl]

I meant the timing of act act, not each disc.

I meant the timing of act act, not each disc.

Oops. Well if this is a three act (i see three voorspiels) then Barenboim Act 1 is disks 1&2 and then the remaining disks are each an act. For Goodall 20:59 minutes of disk 2 is Act 2; 15.09 of disk 3 is Act 3. So if I did my math right,

Acts 1/ 2/ 3
Barenboim: 111.29 / 67:52 / 77:20
__Goodall: 117.21 / 81:30 / 85:46

 

[SixFootScowl]

Oops. Well if this is a three act (i see three voorspiels) then Barenboim Act 1 is disks 1&2 and then the remaining disks are each an act. For Goodall 20:59 minutes of disk 2 is Act 2; 15.09 of disk 3 is Act 3. So if I did my math right,

Acts 1/ 2/ 3
Barenboim: 111.29 / 67:52 / 77:20
__Goodall: 117.21 / 81:30 / 85:46

Ralph Moore says,

The mid-80’s saw the two longest recordings of Parsifal by Goodall and Levine. Goodall here seems to me to the more successful practitioner of the patient approach; the WNO plays beautifully and Goodall always had a gift for leisurely yet portentous phrasing so that the sonority and rich harmonisation of Wagner’s music are constantly to the fore.

My numbers match the disk times for totals, but not the totals posted here, which was from PrestoMusic site listings. I would go with the back of the CDs for greater accuracy so the total difference is closer to half an hour:

Interesting Goodall is 4 hrs 29 minutes. Barenboim 4 hrs 10 minutes.

 

[Itullian]

I like all the Parsifals, but prefer the longer ones,Goodall both recordings, Levine both recordings.

 

[Becca]

Those numbers don't add up, the CD timings for Goodall are over 4hrs 40 mins

 

[Becca]

I will have to try the Goodall

 

[SixFootScowl]

Those numbers don't add up, the CD timings for Goodall are over 4hrs 40 mins

I guess I flunk math. Maybe someone else would give it a shot.

 

[SixFootScowl]

I like all the Parsifals, but prefer the longer ones,Goodall both recordings, Levine both recordings.

I should try Levine. It is nice to take it slow and savor every note!