WAGNER, R: Ultimate Opera Album (The)

Wagner’s epic music dramas revolutionised the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and intense psychological power.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Wagner, Richard
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
1 Der fliegende Holländer: Overture 11:30
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
2 Die Walküre, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries 05:24
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Budapest Radio Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
3 Der fliegende Holländer, Act I: Mit Gewitter und Sturm 02:36
Budapest Radio Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
Haubold, Ingrid (soprano)
Schiml, Marga (mezzo-soprano)
Budapest Radio Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
4 Der fliegende Holländer, Act II: Summ und brumm, du gutes Radchen 08:30
Haubold, Ingrid (soprano)
Schiml, Marga (mezzo-soprano)
Budapest Radio Chorus (Choir)
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Steinberg, Pinchas (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Halász, Michael (Conductor)
5 Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude 09:56
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Halász, Michael (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
6 Tannhauser, Act III: Begluckt darf nun dich, "Pilgrims' Chorus" 03:45
Slovak Philharmonic Chorus (Choir)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
7 Gotterdammerung, Act III: Siegfried's Death and Funeral March 08:14
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
8 Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 03:32
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
9 Wie Sonne lauter strahlt mir sein Licht 02:10
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
10 O ihr, der Eide ewige Huter! 03:42
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
11 Mein Erbe nun nehm ich zu eigen 02:32
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
12 Fliegt heim, ihr Raben! 01:27
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
13 Grane, mein Ross! Sei mir gegrusst! 02:10
Wray, Margaret Jane (soprano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
14 Apotheosis 05:11
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
McGlinn, John (Conductor)
Disc 2
Wagner, Richard
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
1 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture 09:50
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Wildner, Johannes (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
2 Tannhauser, Act II: The Guests' Procession into the Hall of Song in the Wartburg 06:17
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
3 Das Rheingold, Scene 4: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla 07:07
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava (Orchestra)
Mund, Uwe (Conductor)
Wagner, Richard
Wagner, Richard - Lyricist
Fassbender, Hedwig (mezzo-soprano)
Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
4 Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Mild und leise wie er lachelt 06:38
Fassbender, Hedwig (mezzo-soprano)
Swedish Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Forsén, Lennart (bass)
Eleby, John Erik (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
5 Parsifal, Act I: The Journey to Montsalvat 23:50
Forsén, Lennart (bass)
Eleby, John Erik (bass)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)
6 The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, Act III: Finale 17:01
Eliasson, Goran (tenor)
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus (Choir)
Royal Swedish Orchestra (Orchestra)
Segerstam, Leif (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:21:22