Crespin, Beirer, Waechter, Hines, Uhl; Knappertsbusch - RICHARD WAGNER: Parsifal

�Knappertsbusch in the year of his seventieth birthday conducted this opera to a greater glory.The new Gurnemanz was the American bass-baritone Jerome Hines. Tall and handsome , he had a fine presence and a noble voice for the part.His interpretation was quite different from that of most artists. Gurnemanz is usually the wise , fatherly old man. Hines was ascetic, rather withdrawn, and more the monk than a former knight, but it was interesting performance. Some of the most beautiful singing came from the new Amfortas, Eberhard Waechter. �Penelope TuringTaken from the Bayreuth performance of 1958, this newly remastered recording also features the Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuther Festspieler.