David Harbin wrote:

>I think Naxos is also releasing the Decca recording of Parsifal,
>live at Bayreuth opening night 1951.  The stellar cast includes Weber,
>Windgassen and Modl.  I wonder how the transfer compares to the Teldec
>CDs.

They are, although it's not actually opening night.  The Decca team
recorded all the performances and made a compiltaion.  This Naxos release
is taken from LPs as tapes were not, of course, available to them.  Naxos
Historical have now moved into the LP era.

Tony Duggan, England.
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