Richard Wagner
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Wagner
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Tracks
- Introduction
Nicholas Boulton
0:10
- Lohengrin ; Sel.
Richard Wagner, John McGlinn, Russisch Staats Symfonieorkest
1:32
- On laying the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 22 May 1872
Nicholas Boulton
7:07
- Kwartet voor violen [2], altviool en cello nr.14, op.131 in cis kl.t. ; Presto (sel.)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Kodály Kwartet
0:42
- An extract from Ludwig van Beethoven's string quartet in C sharp minor, op.131
Nicholas Boulton
2:19
- Symfonie WWV.29 in C gr.t. ; Sel.
Richard Wagner, Jun Märkl, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony
0:52
- Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage
Nicholas Boulton
2:38
- Die Feen ; Ouverture (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Jun Märkl, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony
1:24
- Wagner's second completed opera Das Liebesverbot...
Nicholas Boulton
4:47
- Rienzi ; Chor der Friedensboten (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Leif Segerstam, Zweeds Operakoor
1:14
- Triumph, however, did not ensue. Rather, calamity, disillusionment and failure
Nicholas Boulton
3:46
- Der fliegende Holländer ; Die Frist ist um (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Alfred Muff, Pinchas Steinberg, Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien
2:03
- Success with Rienzi brought immediate benefits
Nicholas Boulton
3:26
- Lohengrin ; Prelude akte 1 (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Michael Halász, Slowaaks Filharmonisch Orkest
1:29
- There was a reason that Wagner did not conduct, or even attend, the Weimar premiere of Lohengrin in the late summer of 1850
Nicholas Boulton
2:47
- Die Walküre ; Walkürenritt (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Uwe Mund, Slowaaks Radio Symfonieorkest
1:11
- It would be some time before music such as this, Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's Die Walküre, would be heard in the theatre
Nicholas Boulton
4:49
- Das Rheingold ; Weiche, Wotan, weiche! (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Deborah Humble, Jaap van Zweden, Hong Kong Filharmonisch Orkest
1:47
- Wagner's symphonic-style orchestral writing has been thought to betray the influence of a composer mentioned at the start of his biography: Beethoven
Nicholas Boulton
4:38
- Tristan und Isolde ; Vorspiel (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
2:25
- A second major work by Wagner created during the lengthy hiatus in the composition of the Ring provided a stark contrast: this was Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Nicholas Boulton
1:18
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ; Wach auf (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Bernard Haitink, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra
2:28
- Wagner had begun the music to Die Meistersinger in February 1862 while living temporarily in Mainz
Nicholas Boulton
2:19
- Tannhäuser ; Venusbergmuziek (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Michael Halász, Slowaaks Filharmonisch Orkest
0:58
- A period of relative calm and contentment was to ensue, thanks entirely to the intervention of the eighteen-year-old Ludwig II, King of Bavaria
Nicholas Boulton
5:44
- Götterdämmerung ; Trauermarsch (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Jaap van Zweden, Hong Kong Filharmonisch Orkest
1:14
- Following the premiere of the complete Ring cycle - comprising no less than sixteen hours of music (...) - Wagner remained for the rest of his life at Wahnfried
Nicholas Boulton
3:21
- Parsifal ; Höchsten Heiles Wunder (sel.)
Richard Wagner, Gabor Ötvös, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
2:02