Notes and Editorial Reviews
Under the dual influences of Goethe and Berlioz, Wagner wrote A Faust Overture in Paris. Years later, in 1855, he returned to the work, revising it to create an even greater sense of drama and narrative conviction. In the excerpts from his romantic opera Lohengrin we hear the visionary Prelude to Act I and the Act III Prelude, which includes the well-known Wedding March. Elsa’s Dream is sung by the internationally acclaimed soprano, Alessandra Marc. The orchestral music from Parsifal contains some of the most transcendent music Wagner ever wrote.
Under the dual influences of Goethe and Berlioz, Wagner wrote A Faust Overture in Paris. Years later, in 1855, he returned to the work, revising it to create an even greater sense of drama and narrative conviction. In the excerpts from his romantic opera Lohengrin we hear the visionary Prelude to Act I and the Act III Prelude, which includes the well-known Wedding March. Elsa’s Dream is sung by the internationally acclaimed soprano, Alessandra Marc. The orchestral music from Parsifal contains some of the most transcendent music Wagner ever wrote. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Lohengrin: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1987
Venue: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 10 Minutes 54 Secs.
2.
Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1987
Venue: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
3.
Parsifal: Good Friday Music by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1882; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1987
Venue: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 11 Minutes 10 Secs.
4.
Parsifal: Act 1 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1882; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1987
Venue: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 14 Minutes 45 Secs.
5.
Parsifal: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1882; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/1987
Venue: Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs.
6.
Faust Overture by Richard Wagner
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1844; Germany
7.
Lohengrin: Einsam in trüben Tagen "Elsa's dream" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Alessandra Marc (Soprano)
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Sound Samples
Lohengrin: Act I: Prelude
Lohengrin: Act I: Einsam in truben Tagen hab' ich zu Gott gefleht
Lohengrin: Act III: Prelude - Wedding March
Parsifal: Act III: Prelude
Parsifal: Act III: Good Friday Spell
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