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 The Music of Richard Wagner

Wagner in his home in Bayreuth

Instrumental Settings

The Good Friday Spell from "Parsifal" Orchestral arrangement by Wagner. The Houston Symphony Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
Magic Fire Music from "Die Walkure" Orchestral arrangement by Leopold Stokowski.
Symphonic Synthesis from "Parsifal" Orchestral arrangement by Leopold Stokowski.
Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde" Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. January 7, 1952.
Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. March 11, 1946.
Prelude to "Lohengrin" Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. October 2, 1951.
Prelude to "Parsifal" Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. December 22, 1949.
Prelude to Act III of "Lohengrin" Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. October 2, 1951.
Love Music from "Tristan und Isolde" Acts II and III  Arrangement by Leopold Stokowski. The Philadelphia Orchestr. Leopold Stokowski, conductor.
Siegried Idyll Carnegie Hall. Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.  Arturo Toscanini, conductor. July  29, 1952.

Selections from the Music Dramas

"Zu neuen Thaten" from the Prologue to Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Convent Garden Orchestra, 1937.
Act Two, Scene Two from "Tristan und Isole" by Richard Wagner. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting.
Wesendonck Lieder Kirsten Flagstad. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Hans Knappertobusch, conductor.
Overture to  "Tannhauser" (Paris Version) Orchestra and Choir of the Bayreuth Bayreuther Festspiele. Wolfgang Sawallish, conductor. 1962
Act Two, Scene Two from  "Tristan und Isolde" (Love Duet) Ludwig Suthaus and Kirsten Flagstad. Convent Garden Performance. Philharmonia Orchestra.  Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor. 1953
The Wesendonck Lieder Kirsten Flagstad.
Redemption from "Gotterdammerung" Birgit Nilsson. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Opening of "Gotterdammerung" Birgit Nilsson. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Woton's Farewell from "Die Walkure" Hans Hotter and Birgit Nilsson. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Wintersturm from "Die Walkure" James King. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Opening from "Die Walkure" James King and Regine Crespin. The Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti, conductor.