Program notes by Barry Millington (4 p.) inserted in container.
Contents
CD 1. Tannhäuser. Overture (14:23) ; Grand march (6:28) -- Der Fliegende Holländer. Overture (10:35) -- Tristan und Isolde. Prelude to Act 1 (10:34) ; Prelude to Act 3 (7:39) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Overture (10:01) ; Prelude to Act 3 (6:24) -- Lohengrin. Prelude to Act 1 (8:22).
CD 2. Lohengrin. Prelude to Act 3 (3:20) -- Parsifal. Prelude to Act 1 (12:41) ; Act 1 Transformation scene (5:04) ; Prelude to Act 3 (5:16) ; Good Friday music (8:46) -- Das Rheingold. Entrance of the gods (8:44) -- Die Walküre. Ride of the Walkyries (5:21) -- Siegfried. Forest murmurs (7:35) -- Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's Rhine journey (9:14) ; Siegfried's funeral march (8:14).
Performer
New Philharmonia Orchestra ; London Symphony Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Adrian Boult, conductor.
Event
Recorded: London, Abbey Road Studio no. 1, XII. 1971-1974.