Barenboim conducts Wagner: Parsifal

Wagner's final masterpiece, Parsifal, is a work like no other: the realization of a long-held dramatic idea, which mixes religion and sensuality together into a very human tale of the redemptive power of hope and love. Dmitri Tcherniakov's compelling 2013 staging for the Staatsoper in Berlin takes all this and adds new layers of meaning and complexity, simultaneously questioning and reinforcing the work's message, while Daniel Barenboim's conducting – captured with an outstanding cast and a Staatskapelle Berlin on world-beating form – conveys a lifetime's experience to capture the work's inexorable musical power. A thought-provoking, moving and ultimately unmissable performance of a uniquely thought-provoking and moving work.