Composer: Richard Wagner
Orchestra: Philharmonia Zurich
Conductor: Fabio Luisi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accentus
Catalogue: CDPHR0102
Release: 2015
Size: 2.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Parsifal – Prelude
02. Götterdämmerung – Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
03. Götterdämmerung – Siegfried’s Funeral March
04. Die Walküre – Ride of the Valkyries
05. Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg – Prelude
06. Tristan Und Isolde – Prelude
07. Tristan Und Isolde – Isoldes Liebestod
08. Lohengrin – Prelude
09. Tannhäuser – Overture
10. Rienzi – Overture
11. Das Liebesverbot – Overture
12. Die Feen – Overture
The overtures and preludes by Richard Wagner not only are masterly composed openings to his dramatic works – as independent pieces they are also among the most popular compositions of the 19th century. For the first studio record of the new label Philharmonia Records general music director of the Opernhaus Zürich and the Philharmonia Zürich Fabio Luisi made his personal selection: it leads from the early overtures to Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot, in which Wagner still was oriented towards paragons such as Berlioz or Meyerbeer, through masterpieces as the preludes to Lohengrin and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the famous «Walkürenritt» up to the mystically transfigured prelude from Parsifal. The record offers a cross section through Richard Wagner’s orchestral work and presents one of the most distinguished European opera orchestras – the Philharmonia Zürich.