Wagner: Parsifal – review

Vogt/Struckman/Holl/Dalayman/Netherlands Radio Choir & PO/Van Zweden (Challenge Classics, four SACDs and DVD)Valery Gergiev's recording of Parsifal, taken from concert performances in St Petersburg, was one of last year's outstanding new releases, and was the first version in years to stand comparison with the recordings from the middle decades of the 20th century. Now, extraordinarily, another equally fine alternative comes along. As with Gergiev's, there are shortcomings to Jaap van Zweden's ...

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