Description |
2 audio discs (137 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Chiefly opera excerpts. |
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Compact discs. |
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Material previously released 1968-1996. |
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Program notes and credits ([3] p.) inserted in container. |
Contents |
Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries (5:05) -- Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's funeral march (excerpt) (5:30) -- Lohengrin. Prelude to Act III (3:15) -- Der fliegende Holländer. Overture (excerpt) (7:45) ; Sailors' chorus (excerpt) (3:05) -- Das Rheingold. Journey down to Nibelheim (excerpt) (2:45) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Overture (excerpt) (4:05) -- Tannhäuser. Overture (excerpt) (7:35) ; Entry of the guests (7:10) ; Tannhäuser's pilgrimage (excerpt) (6:15) -- Siegfried. Act III orchestral interlude (excerpt) (3:15) -- Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's Rhine journey (excerpt) (5:30) ; Finale (4:35) -- Das Rheingold. Entry of the gods into Valhalla (excerpt) (1:50) -- Lohengrin. Prelude to Act I (9:50) ; Bridal chorus (excerpt) (2:45) -- Parsifal. Prelude to Act I (excerpt) (7:30) ; Good Friday music (excerpt) (5:30) ; Transformation scene (excerpt) (4:05) -- Tannhäuser. Venusberg music (excerpt) (6:37) ; Pilgrims' chorus (excerpt) 2:50) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Prelude to Act III (6:25) -- Das Rheingold. Vision of Valhalla (Scene II introduction) (excerpt) (1:20) -- Siegfried Idyll (excerpt) (7:45) -- Siegfried. Brunnhilde's awakening (excerpt) (2:20) -- Tristan und Isolde. Prelude to Act III (4:15) ; Death of Isolde (7:25). |
Performer |
Various choruses, orchestras, and conductors. |
Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
Subject |
Operas -- Excerpts.
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Overtures.
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Added Title |
Works. Selections. 1998
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Essential Wagner collection |
Music No. |
289 459 141-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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289 459 142-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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289 459 143-2 Deutsche Grammophon |
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