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Richard Wagner

Wagner: The Ring Without Words

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Released: 22nd January 2027. Edward Gardner, reunites with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra for 'Wagner: The Ring Without Words', a 70-minute orchestral work, compiled by the legendary conductor Lorin Maazel, distilling Wagner's entire operatic 'Ring Cycle' into a purely orchestral piece. This album combines some of the cycle's most memorable orchestral passages into a continuous symphonic work, without adding a single note of music not written by Wagner.

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  • Details

    Released:
    22nd January 2027
    Category:
    Classical, Orchestral
    Format:
    CD Album
    Barcode:
    28948726073
  • Description

    Edward Gardner, reunites with the Norwegian National Opera Orchestra for 'Wagner: The Ring Without Words', a 70-minute orchestral work, compiled by the legendary conductor Lorin Maazel, distilling Wagner's entire operatic 'Ring Cycle' into a purely orchestral piece. This album combines some of the cycle's most memorable orchestral passages into a continuous symphonic work, without adding a single note of music not written by Wagner.
    Manufacturer:
    Universal Music UK
    [email protected]
    4 Pancras Sq, London N1C 4AG
    020 3932 6000
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Thus, We Begin in the Greenish Twilight of the Rhine
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    2.Float Up to the Home of the Gods (Entrance of the Gods Into Valhalla)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    3.Fall Amongst Hammering Dwarfs Smithying Away
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    4.Ride Donner's Thunderbolt, Crawl With the Thirst-crazed Siegmund to the Haven...
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    5.In the Sound Code, We See His Loving Gaze
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    6.Their Flight
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    7.Wotan's Rage
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    8.The Cavalcade of Brünnhilde's Sisters (Ride of the Valkyries)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    9.Wotan's Farewell to His Favorite Daughter (Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    10.Mime's Fright
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    11.Siegfried's Forging of the Magic Sword
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    12.His Wanderings Through the Forest (Forest Murmurs)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    13.His Slaying of the Dragon
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    14.The Dragon's Lament
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    15.Day Breaking 'Round Siegfried's and Brünnhilde's Passion
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    16.Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    17.Hagen's Call to His Clan
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    18.Siegfried and the Rhinemaidens
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    19.His Death and the Funeral Music (Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
    20.Immolation (Immolation Scene)
    Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
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