PARSIFAL (WWV 111) by Richard Wagner {Audio + Full score}
pf: Horst Stein cond/ Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Year/Date of Composition: 1882
Amfortas: Bernd Weinkl
Titurel: Matti Salminen
Gurnemanz: Hans Sotin
Parsifal: Siegfried Jerusalem
Klingsor: Leif Roar
Kundry: Eva Rondova
SYNOPSIS:
LIBRETTO:
00:00 - Prelude (Act 1)
ACT 1
12:28 - The squire’s prayer
19:18 - Amfortas’ dream
24:19 - Amfortas’ gratitude
35:07 - Gurnemanz talks about the legend of Titurel
47:00 - Gurnemanz scolds Parsifal and talks about the swan
57:47 - Gurnemanz invites Parsifal to the Grail rite
59:35 - Verwandlungsmusik (Transformation music)
1:04:02 - The entrance of the knights
1:10:32 - Amfortas cries out for forgiveness
1:25:58 - Communion
ACT 2
1:37:09 - Prelude (Act 2)
1:41:15 - Klingsor awakens Kundry
1:49:09 - Parsifal slays Klingsor’s minions
1:56:19 - Flow