Here are the extended excerpts:Act 1, s.1 - from Gurnemanz's "Jetzt auf, ihr Knaben" to the Transition music with a snippet missing as Parsifal attacks Kundry; Act 1, s.2 - from Titurel's "Mein Sohn" to the end of the act.Act 2, s.2 - from just before Kundry's "Parsifal! Weile!" to the end of Act 2.Act 3, s.1- from Gurnemanz's monologue after Parsifal 's entrance to the Transition music (all of the Good Friday music is present);Act 3, s.2 - from Amfortas' monologue to the end of the opera.Shuard is superb, both vocally and dramatically. Her laugh at "Die Törin!" in Act 1 is deliciously witchy. Her Kundry is angry, the bitterness vividly communicated. As a soprano, she has no difficulty with the high tessitura at the end of Act 2. She is also one of the few Kundrys who follows Wagner's stage directions and shrieks as Klingsor's power is destroyed. Would that the Klingsor scene had been preserved as well!Hering is a strong Parsifal with a lovely voice: whatever happened to him? Von Rohr is past his vocal prime, but is still effective and Godfrey is a believable Amfortas.The sound, probably recorded from the stage manager's box (we hear him give directions to the chorus), is clear with voices closer than the orchestra. The children's chorus at the end of Act 1 sings in French.For fans of the singers and conductor.