Wagner / Munich Radio Sym Orch / Kout / Seiffert - Magische Tone - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Margaret Rizza sang professionally for twenty-five years before teaching at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has directed music groups making many recordings. She began composing in 1997 and has since earned huge admiration for her 'Classical Contemporary' sound world works of spiritual contemplation and great beauty. Hers is music of great spiritual depth and whether a cappella or for vocal and instrumental forces it generates a sense of lyricism and healing resolution.

Laurence Trott - Works for Piccolo & Flutes, Harp & Percussion [COMPACT DISCS] date 03/15/2000

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.