Wagner: Parsifal (Complete Opera recorded in 1979/80)

"The finest of all the principal singers is surely the Gurnemanz of Kurt Moll, a wonderful blend of bel canto and Lieder singing, the voice a true bass, perfectly poised and projected, finely nuanced, ever attentive to the colour and meaning of words, witness his monologue about Amfortas's loss of the holy spear." Gramophone

"The spatial effects of the tolling bells and the distant boys' choir up in the dome of the abbey are extraordinarily atmospheric and there are several spine-tingling moments in this reading which are unequalled; I think particularly of the Transformation Music, the Good Friday Music and the moment of Parsifal's baptism when Gurnemanz intones the anthem "Gesegnet sei". Karajan achieves a cumulative intensity and, yes, a sense of spirituality which no other conductor, not even my beloved Knappertsbusch, engenders." (MusicWeb)