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Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 1
Naxos

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 1

$19.99

Details

Composer
WAGNER, RICHARD
Artist
Schwarz
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Aug 28, 2012
Catalog #
8572767
UPC
747313276776

About

This selection of some of Wagner's finest orchestral excerpts opens with the 'storm-swept ballad' of Der fliegende Holleñnder, the opera which launched his epoch-defining later masterpieces. The entire span of Der Ring des Nibelungen is represented in this program, from the luminous rainbow bridge which leads the gods to Valhalla in Das Rheingold, the urgent drama of Die Walkure, and the atmospheric repose of the Forest Murmurs in Siegfried, to the tragic depths of Siegfried's Funeral March. This recording has been praised for it's 'radiant sensuousness'. (Gramophone) Volumes 2 and 3 in this series are available on 8.572768 and 8.572769.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture 11:35
    Track
    1
    Title
    Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman): Overture
    Duration
    11:35
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  2. 2 Das Rheingold, Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. H. Zumpe for orchestra) 07:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    Das Rheingold, Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. H. Zumpe for orchestra)
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  3. 3 Die Walküre, Act III: Leb' wohl … Loge hor! Lausche hieher, "Wotan's Farewell" - Feuerzauber (Magic Fire music) 15:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Die Walküre, Act III: Leb' wohl … Loge hor! Lausche hieher, "Wotan's Farewell" - Feuerzauber (Magic Fire music)
    Duration
    15:29
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  4. 4 Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs (arr. W. Hutschenruyter for orchestra) 07:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs (arr. W. Hutschenruyter for orchestra)
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  5. 5 Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Dawn - Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March - Finale 26:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Dawn - Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March - Finale
    Duration
    26:32
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz