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.,. an elegant piece of impressive scholarship, meticulously researched and no well off Wagner enthusiast should miss it, -Wagner News .,. Brown provides a superb evaluation of Wagnerian singing and interpretation in the twentieth century. Recommended. -The Opera Journal ?...an elegant piece of impressive scholarship, meticulously researched and no well off Wagner enthusiast should miss it, ?-Wagner News ?...Brown provides a superb evaluation of Wagnerian singing and interpretation in the twentieth century. Recommended.?-The Opera Journal ?Brown's comments reveal thorough and careful listening to the recordings in question: his views are typically well founded and often insightful....collectors of Wagner recordings, both individuals and music libraries, will find this volume invaluable.?-Notes ?Discographic information is admirably complete....This work will appeal to Tristan lovers.?-Fanfare ?This excellent book, which follows the same author's exemplary Parsifal on Record of 1992, provides all the discographical information on Wagner's masterpiece that anyone except an insanely competitive fellow discographer could possibly want, and arranged in the most lucid way....Brown displays his taste, passion and depth of concern with the work, in prose which is invariably fresh, often witty, and shows an enviable gift for the telling, evocative phrase....The author deserves our warmest gratitude.?-International Record Review ?This is a comprehensive discography with lots of detail and a critical introduction to the recordings.... If Tristan is a special interest for you, you'll want it.?-American Record Guide ?This is an invaluable edition to Greenwood Press's growing list of discographies....Altogether a must for Wagner collectors.?-Gramaphone ... an elegant piece of impressive scholarship, meticulously researched and no well off Wagner enthusiast should miss it, -Wagner News ... Brown provides a superb evaluation of Wagnerian singing and interpretation in the twentieth century. Recommended. -The Opera Journal Brown's comments reveal thorough and careful listening to the recordings in question: his views are typically well founded and often insightful....collectors of Wagner recordings, both individuals and music libraries, will find this volume invaluable. -Notes Discographic information is admirably complete....This work will appeal to Tristan lovers. -Fanfare This is a comprehensive discography with lots of detail and a critical introduction to the recordings.... If Tristan is a special interest for you, you'll want it. -American Record Guide This is an invaluable edition to Greenwood Press's growing list of discographies....Altogether a must for Wagner collectors. -Gramaphone This excellent book, which follows the same author's exemplary Parsifal on Record of 1992, provides all the discographical information on Wagner's masterpiece that anyone except an insanely competitive fellow discographer could possibly want, and arranged in the most lucid way....Brown displays his taste, passion and depth of concern with the work, in prose which is invariably fresh, often witty, and shows an enviable gift for the telling, evocative phrase....The author deserves our warmest gratitude. -International Record Review

.,. Brown provides a superb evaluation of Wagnerian singing and interpretation in the twentieth century. Recommended. -The Opera Journal

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JONATHAN BROWN is freelance writer and the author of Parsifal on Record: A Discography of Complete Recordings, Selections, and Excerpts of Wagner's Music Drama (Greenwood, 1992)./e

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