R. Wagner - Orchestral Highlights - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Act 1. Prelude 2. Act 3. Good Friday Music 3. Overture 4. Act 3. Prelude 5. Act 1. Prelude 6. Prelude 7. Liebestod

The essential meaning of Wagner's magnum opus 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' is wrapped up in the composer's own lifetime pursuit of transcendent romance, with the redemption of eternal love one of the primary tenets of this and his other music dramas. Wagner's gift for orchestral color and scenic characterization make his operas highly suited to the genre of the tone poem, and these seven tableaus evoke major scenarios in the saga, as well as providing a sense of the course and spirit of the greatest operatic drama ever written. JoAnn Falletta serves as music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony, and is the principal guest conductor of the Brevard Music Center of North Carolina. She has guest conducted over a hundred orchestras in North America, and many of the most prominent orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America, and Africa. Album Tracks 1. Das Rheingold (1951-54) 2. Scene 4 Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla 3. Die Walküre (1856-70) 4. Act III The Ride of the Valkyries 5. Act III Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music 6. Siegfried (1851-71) 7. Act II Forest Murmurs 8. Götterdämmerung (1869-74) 9. Prologue Siegfried's Rhine Journey 10. Act III Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music 11. Act III Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene

Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. Wess 3. Khulende 4. Einen