About the content: Tristan, a supposedly particularly virtuous knight, is tasked with bringing the beautiful daughter of King Isolde of Ireland to her future husband Marke, the King of Cornwall. During the crossing to Britain, the two accidentally drink a love potion that was actually intended for Isolde and Marke. Tristan and Isolde immediately fall madly in love with each other. In the aftermath, the lovers break all social and religious laws, bringing ruin on themselves and those around them. After several, increasingly unlikely adventurous entanglements, the lovers finally succumb to a deception, because of which Tristan first dies and then Isolde dies of grief. The 4 CD box presented here was recorded by the Chorus Of the Royal Opera House, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Covent Garden an.
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