Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts, Vol. 3

$13.99
Label
Naxos
Release Date
September 25, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WAGNER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Gerard Schwarz, Alessandra Marc
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Tannhauser: Overture - Venusberg Music

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Prelude - Dance of the Apprentices - Procession of the Meistersingers

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. Act II: Einsam wachend in der Nacht (Brangane)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Alessandra Marc

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. Act III: Mild und leise wie er lachelt, "Liebestod" (Isolde)

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Performer: Alessandra Marc

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


Themes of love and passion dominate these orchestral excerpts from Wagner's music dramas. The legend of Tannhauser contrasts the sensual allure of Venus with the ideals of courtly love and religious devotion. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg pits an inspired but rash young singer against the traditions of the old masters in a song competition, with a beautiful girl as the prize. Tristan und Isolde, based on one of the world's great love stories, is considered Wagner's most revolutionary work, seamlessly blending themes of love and death into a shattering apotheosis. Gerard Schwarz's other selections of Wagner excerpts can be found on 8.572767 and 8.572768.