COMPANY: Naxos
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Richard Wagner

Product: 747313276974

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Themes of love and passion dominate these orchestral excerpts from Wagner’s music dramas. The legend of Tannhäuser contrasts the sensual allure of Venus with the ideals of courtly love and religious devotion. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg pits an inspired but rash young singer against the traditions of the old masters in a song competition, with a beautiful girl as the prize. Tristan und Isolde, based on one of the world’s great love stories, is considered Wagner’s most revolutionary work, seamlessly blending themes of love and death into a shattering apotheosis. Gerard Schwarz’s other selections of Wagner excerpts can be found on 8572767 and 8572768.

Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Dance of the Apprentices
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Entry of the Masters
Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Introduction
Wagner: Waking up lonely ... Watch out! (from Tristan and Isolde)
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 1
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act 3