Composer: Richard Wagner
Performer: Catharine Woodward, Keel Watson, Philip Modinos, Holden Madagame, Edwin Kaye, Regents Opera Ensemble
Conductor: Ben Woodward
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0673
Release: 2022
Size: 885 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Die Walküre, WWV 86b (Excerpts Arr. B. Woodward for Chamber Orchestra)
01. Nun zäume dein Roß
02. Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!
Siegfried, WWV 86C (Arr. B. Woodward for Chamber Orchestra)
03. Ewig war ich
Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D (Arr. B. Woodward for Chamber Orchestra)
04. Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Arr. B. Woodward for Chamber Orchestra)
05. Mild und leise
Necessity being the mother of invention, the English conductor Ben Woodward has arranged the full-symphonic textures of some of Wagner’s operas for eighteen-part chamber orchestra to bring them within range of the forces available to Regents Opera in London – arrangements which should, indeed, put them with the reach of smaller companies everywhere. This new ‘room-sized Wagner’ enhances the sense of scale of the originals with a striking degree of clarity.