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WAGNER: Orchestral Excerpts 3 |
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Composer: |
Richard Wagner |
Artist: |
Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Set Svanholm, Frida Leider, Anny Helm, Helen Traubel, Ivar Andresen, Ulrik Qvale, Gunnar Lundberg, Elfriede Marherr-Wagner, Nanny Larsen-Todsen, Gunnar Graarud, Rudolf Bockelmann, Joachim Sattler, Gustav Rodin, Hans Beer, John Horton Murray, Margaret Jane Wray, Magnus Kyhle, John Erik Eleby, Martina Dike, Hedwig Fassbender, Maria Callas, Josef Greindl, Ludwig Suthaus, Blanche Thebom, Nina Stemme, Rudolf Schock, Edgar Evans, Rhoderick Davies, Nancy Maultsby, Lennart Forsen, Camilla Nylund, Wolfgang Millgramm, Alessandra Marc, Pablo Casals |
Conductor: |
Gaetano Merola, Richard Hayman, Willem Mengelberg, Michael Halasz, Georges Sebastian, Erich Leinsdorf, Klaus Tennstedt, Rudolf Kempe, John McGlinn, Fritz Reiner, John Barbirolli, Arturo Basile, Karl Elmendorff, Hannu Lintu, Karl Muck, Leif Segerstam, Johannes Wildner, Carl Schuricht, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Leo Blech, Gerard Schwarz, Albert Coates, Edwin McArthur, Reginald Goodall |
Choir: |
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus |
Orchestra: |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, RAI Symphony Orchestra, Turin, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Royal Swedish Opera Orchestra, Swedish Opera Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Studio orchestra, English National Opera Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , Berlin Stadtischen Opera Orchestra |
Lyricist: |
Richard Wagner |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.572769 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0747313276974 |
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Themes of love and passion dominate these orchestral excerpts from Wagner’s music dramas. The legend of Tannhäuser contrasts the sensual allure of Venus with the ideals of courtly love and religious devotion. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 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.
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