Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Luisi, De La Salle, Philharmonia Zurich

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Label
Accentus Music
Release Date
February 24, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WAGNER, RICHARD
    • PERFORMER
      Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2015
    • UPC
      7640165881026
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PHR0102
    • LABEL
      Accentus Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Parsifal, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    2. Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    3. Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    4. Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    5. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    6. Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    7. Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Isolde's Liebestod

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    8. Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    9. Tannhauser: Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    10. Rienzi: Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    11. Das Liebesverbot, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi

    12. Die Feen, Act I: Overture

      Composer: Richard Wagner

      Ensemble: Philharmonia Zürich

      Conductor: Fabio Luisi


The Zurich Opera Orchestra recently re-branded itself as the Zurich Philharmonia. Along with its relaunch it launched its own CD label. With an energized, undistracted Fabio Luisi at the helm, this is paying big dividends in this CD of popular Wagner overtures. The sensual, calm flow of the Rienzi Overture is exemplary for his Wagner: Luisi unfolds the music with a resting, slow magnificence before rolling out the full brunt of this powerful overture. The whole two-CD album continues in this vein. Indeed, this is now my favorite disc of orchestral Wagner!

– Forbes (Jens F. Laurson)