Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1

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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts Volume 1
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 30 July 2012

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"Originally released on Delos in the late 1980s and early '90s, these recordings have held up quite well sonically, sounding today more or less newly-minted. The Flying Dutchman overture makes for an imposing opening as it showcases the sweet, ringing sound of the Seattle Symphony strings. The Ring of the Nibelungen makes up the remainder of the program, and here the rest of the orchestra gets its turn to show off. The brass in particular impresses…In the midst of the wonderfully glittering winds and strings in Magic Fire Music, the brass interlude sounds with satisfying richness…this is…a highly enjoyable disc that, at the Naxos price, you shouldn't hesitate to add to your collection" ClassicsToday

Tracks:

Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture,

Das Rheingold, Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. H. Zumpe for orchestra)

Die Walküre, Act III: Leb' wohl … Loge hor! Lausche hieher, "Wotan's Farewell" - Feuerzauber (Magic Fire music)

Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs (arr. W. Hutschenruyter for orchestra)

Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Dawn - Siegfried's Rhine Journey - Act III: Siegfried's Funeral March - Finale