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RICHARD WAGNER: Orchestral Excerpts 2 |
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Composer: |
Richard Wagner |
Artist: |
Jussi Bjorling, Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior, Nellie Melba, Pia Tassinari, Eleanor Steber, Kerstin Thorborg, Astrid Varnay, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Janko, Gerhard Stolze, John Horton Murray, Margaret Jane Wray, Folke Alin, Christina Hornell, Josef Greindl, Hans Braun, Hermann Uhde, Alfons Herwig, Theo Adam, Wilhelm Pitz, Camilla Nylund, Alessandra Marc, Sandor Sved, Norman Cordon, Mack Harrell, Emmy Bettendorf, Peter Anders, Martin Ritzmann, Hannelore Kuhse |
Conductor: |
Sten Frykberg, Gaetano Merola, Arturo Toscanini, Sergey Koussevitzky, Willem Mengelberg, Michael Halasz, Erich Leinsdorf, Antonello Gotta, John McGlinn, Jascha Horenstein, Frieder Weissmann, Hannu Lintu, Karl Muck, Eugene Ormandy, Alexander Rahbari, Leif Segerstam, Johannes Wildner, Carl Schuricht, Michael Gielen, Joseph Keilberth, Otto Ackermann, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Gerard Schwarz, Albert Coates, Edwin McArthur, Ivan Anguelov, Otmar Suitner |
Choir: |
Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Berlin State Opera Chorus, New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, San Francisco Opera Company Women's Chorus, Bolshoi Theatre Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Bratislava National Opera Choir |
Orchestra: |
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Malaga Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Victor Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, NBC Symphony Orchestra, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Royal Swedish Orchestra, Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Staatskapelle , Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Milan La Scala Orchestra , Studio orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra , Compagnia d'Opera Italiana Orchestra, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra |
Lyricist: |
Richard Wagner |
Label: |
Naxos |
Catalogue No.: |
8.572768 |
Format: |
CD |
Barcode: |
0747313276875 |
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Under the dual influences of Goethe and Berlioz, Wagner wrote A Faust Overture in Paris. Years later, in 1855, he returned to the work, revising it to create an even greater sense of drama and narrative conviction. In the excerpts from his romantic opera Lohengrin we hear the visionary Prelude to Act I and the Act III Prelude, which includes the well-known Wedding March. Elsa’s Dream is sung by the internationally acclaimed soprano, Alessandra Marc. The orchestral music from Parsifal contains some of the most transcendent music Wagner ever wrote. Volumes 1 and 3 in this series are available on 8.572767 and 8.572769.
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