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Review title: Unmatched orchestral performance but...
Product review: The Berlin Philharmonic is undoubtedly one of the world's great orchestras, some say the greatest. Indeed, their distinguished playing renders this Parsifal with an unmatched orchestral performance on record, as only the sharpest of players will do for Karajan's surgical precision.Sadly, it is the singers missing that last sparkle needed to carry this work to the realm of fantasy. That is not say they are lackluster or incompetent, these are very fine performances: Kurt Moll sings with command, if not power; and Peter Hofmann is memorable, if not special. Perhaps I'm just spoiled by Knapperbtusch's 1962 Bayreuth performance. Either way, that is not much more that I can add to what other reviewers have already noted. Only that the Knap. version is now out of print. Get it while you can! If your unable to secure the Kna. rendition, then Mr. Karajan will still indeed take you further than everyone else.
