Composer: Richard Wagner
Performer: Nikolai Lugansky
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902393
Release: 2024
Size: 776 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Das Rheingold: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla
02. Die Walkure: Magic Fire Music
03. Götterdämmerung: Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde. Liebesduett von Brünnhilde und Siegfried
04. Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
05. Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Trauermarsch
06. Götterdämmerung: Brünnhildes Schlussgesang
07. Parsifal: Transformation Scene
08. Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise ‘Isolde’s Liebestod’
Wagner’s genius is often associated with his unique feeling for orchestration.
Yet the transcriptions and paraphrases for piano solo recorded here lay bare the beauty and boldness of his harmonic language, with an evocative power unrivalled at the time.
Nikolai Lugansky, at once narrator and virtuoso, immerses us in a world where the heroes of legend tell us – and with what loftiness of spirit! – of the torments and aspirations of humanity.