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Review title: Desert Island Tristan
Product review: Bernstein conducts this score like no other - this is the most intensely beautiful reading on record. Behrens was in great voice in 1980 and perfectly captures the conflicting emotions of Isolde. Her Liebestod is one of the most emotional on disc (and I have about 7 Tristans so far...), the voice in gleaming form, quite effortless on high. Hofmann strains some in Act III, but who doesn't? His voice has a nice ring to it and he is definitely "into" the character of Tristan - an impressive performance overall. Yvonne Minton is an effective Brangane, if slightly light-voiced for the role. The live recording is from a concert reading, so the early digital sound is excellent with virtually no audience or stage noise. Bernstein's measured, agonized interpretation is the real star here though, with the opera's final chords sounding as no one else ever has, a timeless coming together, the four notes seeming to somehow play themselves... Don't miss this one!
