JOHNSON, S.: Wagner, His Life and Music (Unabridged)

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Stephen, Author.

Contributor:

Wagner, Richard, Composer.

Naxos Digital Services US.

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library.

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spoken Word.

Local Subjects:

Spoken Word.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Incorporated, 2013.

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Preface ( 09 min., 04 sec. ) / Wagner

The Life: Chapter 1. A Child of His Time ( 03 min., 52 sec. ) / Wagner

Artistic Ancestry ( 03 min., 18 sec. ) / Wagner

Paternity and Prejudice ( 03 min., 48 sec. ) / Wagner

A Disturbed Imagination ( 04 min., 07 sec. ) / Wagner

Musician or Poet? ( 05 min., 34 sec. ) / Wagner

First Compositions ( 03 min., 23 sec. ) / Wagner

Youthful Idealism ( 03 min., 20 sec. ) / Wagner

A Devouring Flame ( 05 min., 12 sec. ) / Wagner

Chapter 2. The Road to Paris ( 03 min., 35 sec. ) / Wagner

Young Germany ( 06 min., 51 sec. ) / Wagner

Minna ( 02 min., 12 sec. ) / Wagner

The Composer Takes the Stage ( 04 min., 38 sec. ) / Wagner

The Flight from Riga ( 04 min., 04 sec. ) / Wagner

An Auspicious Meeting? ( 07 min. ) / Wagner

New Friends, New Ideas ( 07 min., 04 sec. ) / Wagner

'Through Adversity to the Stars' ( 02 min., 24 sec. ) / Wagner

Return to the Fatherland ( 05 min., 35 sec. ) / Wagner

Chapter 3. Triumph and Disaster ( 04 min., 06 sec. ) / Wagner

A 'Storm-Swept Ballad' ( 05 min., 28 sec. ) / Wagner

Holy German Art ( 05 min., 50 sec. ) / Wagner

The Greek Ideal ( 03 min., 18 sec. ) / Wagner

The Revolutionary ( 11 min., 03 sec. ) / Wagner

A Wanted Man ( 04 min., 32 sec. ) / Wagner

Chapter 4. Exile ( 02 min., 15 sec. ) / Wagner

Bright Sounds, Dark Thoughts ( 04 min., 56 sec. ) / Wagner

Evolution of the Ring ( 09 min., 34 sec. ) / Wagner

'Friend Schopenhauer' ( 07 min., 39 sec. ) / Wagner

Tackling Tradition ( 02 min., 03 sec. ) / Wagner

The Ring Strikes a Reef? ( 02 min., 30 sec. ) / Wagner

'In the Hothouse' ( 06 min., 25 sec. ) / Wagner

Chapter 5. 'A Light Must Show Itself' ( 02 min., 55 sec. ) / Wagner

Growing Hopes ( 07 min., 14 sec. ) / Wagner

A Marriage of Minds ( 03 min., 45 sec. ) / Wagner

Scandal ( 06 min., 20 sec. ) / Wagner

Shattered Dreams ( 02 min., 17 sec. ) / Wagner

A New Champion? ( 04 min., 25 sec. ) / Wagner

The Ring Resumed ( 05 min., 44 sec. ) / Wagner

Chapter 6. 'A Safe Stronghold' ( 07 min., 48 sec. ) / Wagner

The Cathedral of Art ( 05 min., 16 sec. ) / Wagner

Power Courted and Questioned ( 04 min., 33 sec. ) / Wagner

Religion and Art ( 04 min., 12 sec. ) / Wagner

Redemption through Blood ( 02 min., 40 sec. ) / Wagner

Compassion and Renunciation ( 03 min., 48 sec. ) / Wagner

Coming to Terms with Richard Wagner ( 05 min., 06 sec. ) / Wagner

The Music: Prelude ( 02 min., 15 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Eine Faust-Overture ( 12 min., 14 sec. ) / Wagner

Wesendonck Lieder ( 44 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Wesendonck Lieder: No. 3. 'Im Treibhaus' ( 05 min., 51 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Wesendonck Lieder: No. 5. 'Traume' ( 04 min., 17 sec. ) / Wagner

Siegfried Idyll ( 05 min., 54 sec. ) / Wagner

The Operas ( 44 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Rienzi: Overture ( 11 min., 07 sec. ) / Wagner

Der Fliegende Hollander ( 47 sec. ) / Wagner

Synopsis: Act I ( 51 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 03 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 57 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 01 min., 51 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Der Fliegende Hollander: Overture ( 11 min., 31 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 08 min., 49 sec. ) / Wagner

Tannhauser ( 01 min., 45 sec. ) / Wagner

Synopsis: Act I ( 01 min., 32 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 09 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 21 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 01 min. ) / Wagner

[Music] Tannhauser: Overture ( 13 min., 58 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 02 min., 22 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Tannhauser: Venusberg Music ( 12 min., 20 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 05 min., 02 sec. ) / Wagner

Lohengrin Synopsis: Act I ( 01 min., 43 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Lohengrin: Act II, Scene 4. Bridal Procession ( 06 min., 24 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 27 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 01 min., 36 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Lohengrin: Prelude ( 09 min., 53 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 03 min., 11 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III ( 02 min., 32 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 03 min., 07 sec. ) / Wagner

From Opera to Music Drama ( 03 min., 44 sec. ) / Wagner

Der Ring des Nibelungen ( 05 min., 16 sec. ) / Wagner

Das Rheingold Synopsis: Scene 1 ( 01 min., 01 sec. ) / Wagner

Scene 2 ( 01 min., 05 sec. ) / Wagner

Scene 3 ( 59 sec. ) / Wagner

Scene 4 ( 01 min., 55 sec. ) / Wagner

Die Walkure Synopsis: Act I ( 02 min., 27 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 45 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 22 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Walkure: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Nicht streb, o Maid, den Mut mir zu storen' (Wotan, Brunnhilde) ( 04 min., 31 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Walkure: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Leb wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind!' (Wotan) ( 05 min., 02 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Walkure: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Der Augen leuchtendes Paar' (Wotan) ( 05 min., 51 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Walkure: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Loge, hor! Lausche hieher!' (Wotan) ( 01 min., 27 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Walkure: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Wer meines Speeres Spitze furchtet' (Wotan) ( 03 min., 41 sec. ) / Wagner

Siegfried Synopsis: Act I ( 02 min., 21 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 50 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 30 sec. ) / Wagner

Gotterdammerung Synopsis: Prologue ( 01 min., 02 sec. ) / Wagner

Act I ( 01 min., 50 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 21 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 02 min., 04 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Gotterdammerung: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Mein Erbe nun nehm' ich zu eigen' (Brunnhilde) ( 02 min., 59 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Gotterdammerung: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). 'Fliegt heim, ihr Raben!' (Brunnhilde) ( 03 min., 56 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Gotterdammerung: Act III, Scene 3 (Conclusion). Conclusion (Hagen) ( 05 min., 04 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 08 min., 40 sec. ) / Wagner

'At the climax of Das Rheingold...' ( 07 min., 28 sec. ) / Wagner

Tristan und Isolde Synopsis: Act I ( 02 min., 07 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 52 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 44 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 04 min., 41 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I ( 08 min., 39 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 08 min., 01 sec. ) / Wagner

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Synopsis: Act I ( 01 min., 46 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 51 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 02 min., 55 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 01 min., 19 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Prelude ( 09 min., 45 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 10 min., 27 sec. ) / Wagner

Parsifal Synopsis: Act I ( 01 min., 55 sec. ) / Wagner

Act II ( 01 min., 22 sec. ) / Wagner

Act III ( 01 min., 54 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music ( 01 min., 20 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Parsifal: Prelude to Act I ( 10 min., 27 sec. ) / Wagner

The Drama in Music continued ( 11 min., 08 sec. ) / Wagner

[Music] Parsifal: 'Good Friday Spell' from Act III ( 11 minutes, 14 sec. ) / Wagner

Participant:

Johnson, Stephen, Reader -- Wagner, Richard, Composer

Notes:

Naxos Digital Services electronic collection.

Streaming audio.

Publisher Number:

9781843797517

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.