WAGNER, R.: Great Composers in Words and Music

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发行时间：2024-05-10

Introduction - Nicholas Boulton
Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude (excerpt) - Russian State Symphony Orchestra
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…' - Nicholas Boulton
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (excerpt) - Kodály Quartet
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. - Nicholas Boulton
Symphony in C Major: I. Sostenuto e maestoso - Allegro con brio (excerpt) - Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra
Given his family's theatrical pursuits, it is perhaps no surprise that Wagner turned his attention from the concert hall to the stage. - Nicholas Boulton
Die Feen (The Fairies) , Act I: Overture (excerpt) - Leipzig MDR Symphony Orchestra
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… - Nicholas Boulton
Rienzi, Act II: Chor der Friedensboten (Chorus of the Messengers of Peace) (excerpt) - Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Triumph, however, did not ensue. Rather, calamity, disillusionment and failure. - Nicholas Boulton
Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) , Act I: Aria: Die Frist ist um (The time has come) (excerpt) - Alfred Muff
Success with Rienzi brought immediate benefits, not least the premiere on 2 January 1843 - also at the Dresden Hoftheater - of The Flying Dutchman… - Nicholas Boulton
Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
There was a reason that Wagner did not conduct, or even attend, the Weimar premiere of Lohengrin in the late summer of 1850. - Nicholas Boulton
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) , Act III: Ride of the Valkyries (excerpt) - Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
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. - Nicholas Boulton
Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold) , Scene 4: Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh' des Ringes Fluch! (Yield, Wotan, yield! Escape from the ring's curse!) (excerpt) - Deborah Humble
Wagner's symphonic-style orchestral writing has been thought to betray the influence of a composer mentioned at the start of this biography: Beethoven. - Nicholas Boulton
Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude (excerpt) - Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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… - Nicholas Boulton
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) - Royal Opera Chorus
Wagner had begun the music to Die Meistersinger in February 1862 while living temporarily in Mainz. - Nicholas Boulton
Tannhäuser, Act I: Venusberg Music (Paris 1861 version) (excerpt) - Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
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. - Nicholas Boulton
Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) , Act III Scene 2: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch (Siegfried's Funeral March) (excerpt) - Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
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… - Nicholas Boulton
Parsifal, Act III: Höchsten Heiles Wunder! (Highest holy Wonder!) (excerpt) - Teatro la Fenice Orchestra