Parsifal (excerpts), rec. 1925-28 / Widdop, Ljungberg, Coates

Sung in English (1-6, 9 - recorded 1925) and German (7-8 - recorded 1927/8). From the database at charm.rhul.ac.uk; HMV D 1025-1031 and 1651-1652.
Act I:
1. Prelude
2. Gurnemanz reproaches Parsifal for slaying the swan
3. Gurnemanz leads Parsifal to Monsalvat; the Knights of the Grail assemble
4. Amfortas' lament
5. Grail Scene
Act II:
6. Klingsor's Magic Garden and the Flower Maidens` Scene
7. Kundry`s Herzeliede (Heart`s suffering) ``Ich sah das Kind``
8. Kundry describes the curse laid upon her ``Seit Ewigkeiten harre ich Deiner``
Act III:
9. Good Friday music
Parsifal: Walter Widdop
Gurnemanz: Robert Radford
Kundry: Göta Ljungberg
Amfortas: Percy Heming
Titurel: George Baker
Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Albert Coates
Photos are of Widdop, Radford, Ljungberg, Baker and Coates, respectively. Illustrations are from Willy Pogány`s ``Parsifal`` (1912), in public domain archive on www.fairyworx.net/Parsifal.html

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 Wow! My favorite opera... and sung in English! 🎹

[@AulicExclusiva]

Very fine posting! Thank you Aaron.

[@aherzog32]

At CHARM the recording was transferred from several individual 78 sides to .flac files; I stitched them together using Audacity for this post

[@aherzog32]

Yes, in the CHARM sound file database (email address in the description). I don't know if there is a CD release.

[@DAVIDBRUNNER2]

Ok, aherzog32, do you know if some discography launched these records in cd or digital archives?

[@DAVIDBRUNNER2]

Hello, do you found this recording in one archive in internet?

[@aherzog32]

no worries

[@aherzog32]

oh whoops, i meant to say web address