Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 2 / Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 28, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WAGNER, RICHARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Schwarz, Marc
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. A Faust Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. Lohengrin, Act I: Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Alessandra Marc

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude - Wedding March

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    7. Act III: Good Friday Spell

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


Under the dual influences of Goethe and Berlioz, Wagner wrote A Faust Overture in Paris. Years later, in 1855, he returned to the work, revising it to create an even greater sense of drama and narrative conviction. In the excerpts from his romantic opera Lohengrin we hear the visionary Prelude to Act I and the Act III Prelude, which includes the well-known Wedding March. Elsa’s Dream is sung by the internationally acclaimed soprano, Alessandra Marc. The orchestral music from Parsifal contains some of the most transcendent music Wagner ever wrote.