Richard Wagner conduts Tristan Und Isolde - Love Duet (fragment) | Bayreuth Festival, c. 1882 (Rare)

Richard Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Opera, WWV 90. This rare recording with Wagner conducting is the only recorded example of the composer interpreting one of his own works. Only one single recording has survived as a testimony of Wagner’s art as a conductor: 00:00 Act II. Love Duet (fragments), original 04:05 Act II. Love Duet (fragments), restored (audio restauration using the cedar process) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra conducted by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) with Amalie Materna, soprano, Albert Niemann,