Wagner: Ring Odyssey

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Alpha
Release Date
October 18, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Richard Wagner
    • PERFORMER
      Joseph Swensen, Christiane Libor, Michael Weinius, Derek Welton, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitai
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 18, 2024
    • UPC
      3701624510728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1072
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Das Rheingold: Scene 1: Prelude - Song of the Rhine Maidens

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    2. Das Rheingold: Scene 1: Alberich Renounces the Power of Love, Seizes the Rheingold and Forges the Ring

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    3. Das Rheingold: Scene 2: Valhalla, Castle of the Gods

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    4. Das Rheingold: Scene 2: Wotan and Loge Descend into the Nibelheim

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    5. Das Rheingold: 4: Donner Summons the Thunderstorm to Reveal Valhalla

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    6. Die Walküre, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    7. Die Walküre, Act I: Der Männer Sippe … Dich selige Frau

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor, Michael Weinius

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    8. Die Walküre, Act I: Winterstürme wichen dem … Du bist der Lenz

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Weinius, Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    9. Die Walküre, Act II: Prelude

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Opera Chorus, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    10. Die Walküre, Act II: Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiaha! Heiaha!

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    11. Die Walküre, Act III: Feuerzauber (Magic fire music)

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    12. Die Walküre, Act III: Loge, hör'! Lausche hieher!

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Derek Welton

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    13. Siegfried, Act I: Prelude

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    14. Siegfried, Act II: Du holdes Vöglein

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Michael Weinius

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    15. Siegfried, Act II: Kampf mit dem Drachen

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    16. Siegfried, Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    17. Siegfried, Act III: Ewig war ich

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    18. Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Sunrise

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    19. Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor, Michael Weinius

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    20. Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Siegfried's Rhine Journey)

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    21. Götterdämmerung, Act II: Hoiho! Hoihohoho!

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Derek Welton

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    22. Götterdämmerung, Act III: Prelude

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    23. Götterdämmerung, Act II: Was höre ich ? Erräth't du auch dieser Raben Geraun’?

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Derek Welton, Michael Weinius

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    24. Götterdämmerung, Act III: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried's Funeral March)

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    25. Götterdämmerung, Act III: Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    26. Götterdämmerung, Act III: Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!

      Composer: Joseph Swensen

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Christiane Libor, Derek Welton

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen


'If, in a parallel universe, Wagner wrote a symphony rather than a sixteen-hour Ring, it might actually resemble my Ring Odyssey.' These are the words used by the new music director of the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen, to present this anthology of Der Ring des Nibelungen for soprano, tenor, bass-baritone, male chorus and orchestra, which he composed on the basis of Wagner's monumental tetralogy. The American conductor confesses that, during a performance of Tristan, Wagner was suddenly revealed to him as 'a dreamer' full of 'humility, tenderness, vulnerability and generosity'. Swensen has made a point of following the chronology of the operas and respecting the original music: 'My solemn promise to Wagner was that, aside from the occasional solo timpani roll denoting the passage of time, I would not change or add a single note to his masterpiece.' An enthralling traversal, recorded at a memorable concert and delivered by exceptionally committed singers and instrumentalists.