Re-pitched TRISTAN UND ISOLDE Nilsson, Hoffman, Windgassen, Neidlinger - Sawallisch Bayreuth 23VII57

This was the opening night of Wolfgang Wagner's new Tristan production, presenting for the first time Birgit Nilsson and Wolfgang Windgassen in their roles in Bayreuth, after singing them in Florence a few months prior. Sadly no direct mater tape copy from the Bayerische Rundfunk is available, but fortunately someone recorded live off the air from the BBC relay in rather decent quality and judging by the background hums I seem to have received a first generation copy as source material.

Unfortunately the tape speed was inconsistent to the extreme: pitch varied by almost a semitone and constantly changed. Fortunately the clear 50 Hz hum helped visualising pitch drift with greatest precision. Still, I needed to measure pitch at more than 50 points for each act. This performance is now for the first time available perfectly and consitently pitched.

A second Tristan broadcast from this season exists in better quality (with Hans Hotter replacing Gustav Neidlinger).

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Handlung in drei Akten von Richard Wagner.

Tristan: Wolfgang Windgassen
König Marke: Arnold van Mill
Isolde: Birgit Nilsson
Kurwenal: Gustav Neidlinger
Melot: Fritz Uhl
Brangäne: Grace Hoffman
Ein Hirt: Hermann Winkler
Ein Steuermann: Egmont Koch
Stimme eines jungen Seemanns: Walter Geisler

Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, 23. July 1957

Opening Announcements: 00:00
Prelude: 01:41
Act 1: 14:01
Act 2: 1:22:38
Act 3: 2:38:54

FM broadcast recording, pitch corrected to a=446 Hz
3 FLAC files https://1fichier.com/?mvpr7hzytd5ydnc...