"It will be no surprise to anyone who knows Schuricht's Bruckner that these are flowing, beautifully balanced, serious readings. I don't know any quite like them. As I listen to them, it seems to me that there is no other way to do justice to Wagner's noble genius. Whether it is in the intimate tenderness of the Siegfried Idyll as warm as Walter (but better proportioned) or Solti (but more relaxed), or the sheer luxury of the Tristan Prelude, this is exalted music-making." - American Record Guide

This assemblage of Wagner excerpts from the archives (XVI, the Schuricht Edition) of conductor Carl Schuricht (1880-1967) traverses sixteen years of work with the SouthWest German Radio Stuttgart, the earliest inscriptions being the 29 April 1950 Tristan Prelude; the latest the Parsifal Act I and Act III sequences from 17-19 March 1966. The Twilight of the Gods excerpts from 28 September 1955 are particularly powerful, with Siegfried’s Funeral March in towering motion against the Valhalla motif in the trumpets. The Rhine Journey is no less plastic and arched, with the vocal lines preserved right up to Brunnhilde’s high C from Zu Neuen Thaten.

• Wagner: Götterdämmerung
• Wagner: Götterdämmerung: excerpts
• Wagner: Parsifal
• Wagner: Parsifal (excerpts)
• Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
• Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (excerpts)