WAGNER, R.: Great Composers in Words and Music

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Caddy, Davinia, Author.

Contributor:

Wagner, Richard, Composer.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, Composer.

Naxos Digital Services US

Series:

Naxos Spoken Word Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical Music.

Local Subjects:

Classical Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Naxos Digital Services US Inc. 2024

System Details:

Mode of access: Available online.

Contents:

Introduction ( 09 sec. )

Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt) ( 01 min., 32 sec. ) / Wagner

On laying the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 22 May 1872, Richard Wagner - who turned 59 years old that day - declared: 'I need a theatre such as I alone can build...' ( 07 min., 07 sec. )

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt) ( 42 sec. ) / Beethoven

An extract from Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 is a useful place to start to sketch Wagner's life history. ( 02 min., 19 sec. )

Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt) ( 51 sec. ) / Wagner

Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage. ( 02 min., 37 sec. )

Die Feen (The Fairies), Act I: Overture (excerpt) ( 01 min., 24 sec. ) / Wagner

Wagner's second completed opera Das Liebesverbot ('The Ban on Love'), a comic opera in two acts modelled on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, was written during the composer's brief tenure as... ( 04 min., 46 sec. )

Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 14 sec. ) / Wagner

Triumph, however, did not ensue. Rather, calamity, disillusionment and failure. ( 03 min., 46 sec. )

Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (The time has come) (excerpt) ( 02 min., 03 sec. ) / Wagner

Success with Rienzi brought immediate benefits, not least the premiere on 2 January 1843 - also at the Dresden Hoftheater - of The Flying Dutchman... ( 03 min., 25 sec. )

Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) ( 01 min., 28 sec. ) / Wagner

There was a reason that Wagner did not conduct, or even attend, the Weimar premiere of Lohengrin in the late summer of 1850. ( 02 min., 46 sec. )

Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt) ( 01 min., 11 sec. ) / Wagner

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. ( 04 min., 49 sec. )

Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch! (Yield, Wotan, yield! Escape from the ring's curse!) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 47 sec. ) / Wagner

Wagner's symphonic-style orchestral writing has been thought to betray the influence of a composer mentioned at the start of this biography: Beethoven. ( 04 min., 38 sec. )

Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) ( 02 min., 25 sec. ) / Wagner

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... ( 01 min., 18 sec. )

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Wacht auf, es nahet gen den Tag (Awake! The dawn of day is nearing) (excerpt) ( 02 min., 28 sec. ) / Wagner

Wagner had begun the music to Die Meistersinger in February 1862 while living temporarily in Mainz. ( 02 min., 19 sec. )

Tannhäuser, Act I: Venusberg Music (Paris 1861 version) (excerpt) ( 58 sec. ) / Wagner

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. ( 05 min., 44 sec. )

Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act III Scene 2: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried's Funeral March) (excerpt) ( 01 min., 14 sec. ) / Wagner

Following the premiere of the complete Ring cycle - comprising no less than sixteen hours of music extended over four evenings in mid-August 1876 - Wagner remained for the rest of his life... ( 03 min., 21 sec. )

Parsifal, Act III: Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (Highest holy Wonder!) (excerpt) ( 02 min., 02 sec. ) / Wagner

Participant:

Boulton, Nicholas, Reader -- McGlinn, John, Conductor -- Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Kodály Quartet, Ensemble -- Märkl, Jun, Conductor -- Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Choir -- Segerstam, Leif, Conductor -- Muff, Alfred, Artist -- Steinberg, Pinchas, Conductor -- ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Halász, Michael, Conductor -- Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Mund, Uwe, Conductor -- Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra -- Humble, Deborah, Artist -- Zweden, Jaap van, Conductor -- Schwarz, Gerard, Conductor -- Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Haitink, Bernard, Conductor -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden, Orchestra -- Royal Opera Chorus, Choir -- Ötvös, Gabor, Conductor -- Teatro la Fenice Orchestra, Orchestra -- Wagner, Richard, Composer -- Beethoven, Ludwig van, Composer -- Caddy, Davinia, Author

Notes:

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Publisher Number:

747313837779

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