Title: If I had to choose...
Product review: ...only one favorite recording of Parsifal, it would be Karajan on DG. But it's a narrow margin above the Solti, and there are many things I prefer about Solti (his pacing, the audibility of minute details, the greater power of the brass section). By virtue of sheer overall beauty, sublimely spiritual atmosphere and hair raising choral climaxes, Karajan wins, but barely! Solti may have better overall singing, and the sound is a bit warmer (Karajan's early digital can be slightly bright at times). I've heard many recordings of this music drama (it is perhaps my favorite opera), and while some occasionally receive higher critical praise, I'd rather listen to these two repeatedly. The only one that approaches them (in my opinion) is Sinopoli on DVD.
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