Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: 1. Vorspiel. Ruhig heitere Bewegung -
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: 2. Das Rheingold. - Beschleuniged -
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: 3. Nibelheim. Sehr schnell -
Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), opera, WWV 86a: 4. Walhall. Mäßig bewegt - Lebhaft
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: 5. Die Walküren. -
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: 6. Feuerzauber. -
Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: 7. Waldweben. -
Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: 8. Siegfrieds Heldentat. Mäßig bewegt - Mäßig - Lebhaft - Langsam - Noch langsamer - Sehr mäßig - E
Siegfried, opera, WWV 86c: 9. Brünnhildes Erwachen. - Sehr mäßig - Immer langsamer - Sehr langsam -
Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: 10. Siegfried und Brünnhilde. Sehr ruhig - Ziemlich rasch - Sehr aufgeregt -
Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: 11. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt. Schnell - Rasch - Sehr zurückhaltend im Zeitmaaß -
Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: 12. Siegfrieds Tod. Sehr mäßig - Allmählich belebter - Wild - Mäßig langsam - Sehr langsam -
Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: 13. Trauermusik. Feierlich - Sehr ruhig -
Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), opera, WWV 86d: 14. Brünnhildes Opfertat. Lebhaft - Noch etwas lebhafter - Noch etwas gedrängter - Schneller - Wied
Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Though the work is essentially an arrangement of Wagner's original, this 2008 recording of Henk de Vlieger's The Ring, an orchestral adventure with Neeme Järvi leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra can't be expected to compete with Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen on its own terms. Also, because it is a continuous orchestral précis of Der Ring with the vocal parts rescored for orchestra, it also doesn't compete with more usual offereings of orchestral excerpts from the gargantuan tetrology. Vlieger's Ring's only ...
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Though the work is essentially an arrangement of Wagner's original, this 2008 recording of Henk de Vlieger's The Ring, an orchestral adventure with Neeme Järvi leading the Royal Scottish National Orchestra can't be expected to compete with Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen on its own terms. Also, because it is a continuous orchestral précis of Der Ring with the vocal parts rescored for orchestra, it also doesn't compete with more usual offereings of orchestral excerpts from the gargantuan tetrology. Vlieger's Ring's only real competition is from Lorin Maazel's Ring Without Words, his arrangement of Der Ring into a continuous orchestral précis that he recorded with the Berliner Philharmoniker back in 1990 for Telarc. And though the sound here by Chandos is splendid and the playing of the Scottish orchestra is superb, neither can beat Telarc at the peak of its game and the Berlin orchestra at the peak of its form. Järvi elicits a strong and colorful performance from the Scot's players and Vlieger's...
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