Wagner: Great Composers in Words & Music
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Wagner: Great Composers in Words & Music

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Composer
Richard Wagner
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Naxos
Released
May 10, 2024
Catalog #
8578377
UPC
747313837779

About

This latest instalment in the Great Composers series focuses on the life and times of Richard Wagner. Written by Davinia Caddy, narrated by Nicholas Boulton and featuring excerpts from Wagner’s best-loved operas and more.

Tracklist 28 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction 00:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction
    Duration
    00:09
  2. 2 Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt) 01:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Russian State Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    John McGlinn
  3. 3 On laying the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 22 May 1872, Richard Wagner - who turned 59 years old that day - declared: 'I need a theatre such as I alone can build…' 07:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    On laying the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 22 May 1872, Richard Wagner - who turned 59 years old that day - declared: 'I need a theatre such as I alone can build…'
    Duration
    07:07
  4. 4 String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt) 00:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Kodály Quartet
  5. 5 An extract from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 is a useful place to start to sketch Wagner's life history. 02:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    An extract from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 is a useful place to start to sketch Wagner's life history.
    Duration
    02:19
  6. 6 Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt) 00:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    MDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  7. 7 Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage. 02:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage.
    Duration
    02:37
  8. 8 Die Feen (The Fairies), Act I: Overture (excerpt) 01:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    Die Feen (The Fairies), Act I: Overture (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    MDR Sinfonieorchester
    Conductor
    Jun Märkl
  9. 9 Wagner's second completed opera Das Liebesverbot ('The Ban on Love'), a comic opera in two acts modelled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, was written during the composer's brief tenure as… 04:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Wagner's second completed opera Das Liebesverbot ('The Ban on Love'), a comic opera in two acts modelled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, was written during the composer's brief tenure as…
    Duration
    04:46
  10. 10 Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt) 01:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
    Conductor
    Leif Segerstam
  11. 11 Triumph, however, did not ensue. Rather, calamity, disillusionment and failure. 03:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Triumph, however, did not ensue. Rather, calamity, disillusionment and failure.
    Duration
    03:46
  12. 12 Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (The time has come) (excerpt) 02:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (The time has come) (excerpt)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Alfred Muff
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
    Conductor
    Pinchas Steinberg
  13. 13 Success with Rienzi brought immediate benefits, not least the premiere on 2 January 1843 - also at the Dresden Hoftheater - of The Flying Dutchman… 03:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    Success with Rienzi brought immediate benefits, not least the premiere on 2 January 1843 - also at the Dresden Hoftheater - of The Flying Dutchman…
    Duration
    03:25
  14. 14 Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) 01:28
    Track
    14
    Title
    Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  15. 15 There was a reason that Wagner did not conduct, or even attend, the Weimar premiere of Lohengrin in the late summer of 1850. 02:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    There was a reason that Wagner did not conduct, or even attend, the Weimar premiere of Lohengrin in the late summer of 1850.
    Duration
    02:46
  16. 16 Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt) 01:11
    Track
    16
    Title
    Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Uwe Mund
  17. 17 It would be some time before music such as this, Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's Die Walküre, would be heard in the theatre. 04:49
    Track
    17
    Title
    It would be some time before music such as this, Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's Die Walküre, would be heard in the theatre.
    Duration
    04:49
  18. 18 Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch! (Yield, Wotan, yield! Escape from the ring's curse!) (excerpt) 01:47
    Track
    18
    Title
    Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch! (Yield, Wotan, yield! Escape from the ring's curse!) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Deborah Humble
    Ensemble
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaap van Zweden
  19. 19 Wagner's symphonic-style orchestral writing has been thought to betray the influence of a composer mentioned at the start of this biography: Beethoven. 04:38
    Track
    19
    Title
    Wagner's symphonic-style orchestral writing has been thought to betray the influence of a composer mentioned at the start of this biography: Beethoven.
    Duration
    04:38
  20. 20 Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) 02:25
    Track
    20
    Title
    Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude (excerpt)
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  21. 21 A second major work by Wagner created during the lengthy hiatus in the composition of the Ring provided a stark contrast: this was Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg… 01:18
    Track
    21
    Title
    A second major work by Wagner created during the lengthy hiatus in the composition of the Ring provided a stark contrast: this was Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg…
    Duration
    01:18
  22. 22 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Wacht auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Awake! The dawn of day is nearing) (excerpt) 02:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Wacht auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Awake! The dawn of day is nearing) (excerpt)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Opera Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bernard Haitink
  23. 23 Wagner had begun the music to Die Meistersinger in February 1862 while living temporarily in Mainz. 02:19
    Track
    23
    Title
    Wagner had begun the music to Die Meistersinger in February 1862 while living temporarily in Mainz.
    Duration
    02:19
  24. 24 Tannhäuser, Act I: Venusberg Music (Paris 1861 version) (excerpt) 00:58
    Track
    24
    Title
    Tannhäuser, Act I: Venusberg Music (Paris 1861 version) (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Michael Halász
  25. 25 A period of relative calm and contentment was to ensue, thanks entirely to the intervention of the eighteen-year-old Ludwig II, King of Bavaria. 05:44
    Track
    25
    Title
    A period of relative calm and contentment was to ensue, thanks entirely to the intervention of the eighteen-year-old Ludwig II, King of Bavaria.
    Duration
    05:44
  26. 26 Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III Scene 2: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried's Funeral March) (excerpt) 01:14
    Track
    26
    Title
    Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III Scene 2: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried's Funeral March) (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Jaap van Zweden
  27. 27 Following the premiere of the complete Ring cycle - comprising no less than sixteen hours of music extended over four evenings in mid-August 1876 - Wagner remained for the rest of his life… 03:21
    Track
    27
    Title
    Following the premiere of the complete Ring cycle - comprising no less than sixteen hours of music extended over four evenings in mid-August 1876 - Wagner remained for the rest of his life…
    Duration
    03:21
  28. 28 Parsifal, Act III: Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (Highest holy Wonder!) (excerpt) 02:02
    Track
    28
    Title
    Parsifal, Act III: Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (Highest holy Wonder!) (excerpt)
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Teatro La Fenice Orchestra
    Conductor
    Gabor Ötvös