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Wagner: The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure - Arranged by Henk de Vlieger
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Wagner: The Ring - An Orchestral Adventure - Arranged by Henk de Vlieger

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Details

Composer
WAGNER VLIEGER
Artist
Renes
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 28, 2014
Catalog #
BIS-2052
UPC
7318599920528

About

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

Henk de Vlieger's orchestral arrangement of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle boils down this monumental music drama in four parts to a symphonic poem with a duration of a fifteenth of the original score. Unlike certain other arrangements, de Vlieger's follows the chronology of the operas so that the irrevocable process towards the twilight of the gods is clearly delineated. His method has been to select and link together the most important orchestral passages in the score, already closely interconnected as a result of Wagner’s leitmotif technique The excerpts have in most cases been taken over without alterations; only occasionally has an essential vocal line been replaced by wind instruments. Quite possibly, Wagner himself would have objected to the undertaking, but in fact one of his own strongly held convictions was that the text – or rather its content – should be continuously present, by means of the hidden-away orchestra exploring the dramatic background to the action presented on stage. With this orchestral arangement the turn has thus come for the Royal Swedish Orchestra to take its place on centre stage, in music which has been part of its repertoire for close to 120 years at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. (Some of that impressive history is reflected in the CD booklet through images from Ring productions past and present.) The conductor Lawrence Renes, recently named music director at the Royal Swedish Opera, has admired de Vlieger's arrangement since it was premièred, in 1991, by his own mentor, the conductor Edo de Waart. The arrangement has been recorded previously, but never before by a bona fide opera orchestra. The result is indeed an adventure, as well as a sonic spectacular, and an excellent calling card for a fine orchestra all too often relegated to the shadows.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Vorspiel 04:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Vorspiel
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  2. 2 II. Das Rheingold 02:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Das Rheingold
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  3. 3 III. Nibelheim 02:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Nibelheim
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  4. 4 IV. Walhall 03:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Walhall
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  5. 5 V. Die Walküren 03:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Die Walküren
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  6. 6 VI. Feuerzauber 03:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Feuerzauber
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  7. 7 VII. Waldweben 02:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Waldweben
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  8. 8 VIII. Siegfrieds Heldentat 06:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Siegfrieds Heldentat
    Duration
    06:37
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  9. 9 IX. Brünnhildes Erwachen 06:16
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Brünnhildes Erwachen
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  10. 10 X. Siegfried und Brünnhilde 04:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Siegfried und Brünnhilde
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  11. 11 XI. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt 05:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  12. 12 XII. Siegfrieds Tod 05:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. Siegfrieds Tod
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  13. 13 XIII. Trauermusik 06:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    XIII. Trauermusik
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes
  14. 14 XIV. Brünnhildes Opfertat 08:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIV. Brünnhildes Opfertat
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Ensemble
    Royal Swedish Orchestra
    Conductor
    Lawrence Renes