I'm looking for a cd of Wagners non-opera music. Theres an unfinished symphony, the Faust Overture, Siegfried Idyll and a few other pieces.
Most Wagner compilation cds only feature his opera overtures and preludes. [Which I've already got]
I've had a hunt through Amazon but can't find what I'm looking for.
Can anyone recommend a good one? :)
(http://www.hschamberlain.net/timeline/ludwig_wagner.jpg)
I think there are actually two symphonies?
Quote from: brianrein on April 26, 2007, 04:50:25 PM
I think there are actually two symphonies?
Yes there are two - one in E major, one in C major. This Denon disc has both in great performances.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/44/94/d67692c008a0dd027e8b2010._AA240_.L.jpg) (http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Wagner-Symphonies-E-Major/dp/B0000034SQ/ref=sr_1_1/104-2213491-8154320?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1177636955&sr=8-1)
Great thanks. I've found it on Amazon. :)
Any others?
I am sure I have listed his piano music before, some place here, but I can not find it, so I do it again:
Eine Sonata für das Album von Frau M.W.
Grosse Sonata in A major
Fantasia in F# minor
Albumblatt für Frau Betty Schott
Available on Newport Classic, Thomas Lorango on the piano.
I was just listening to his solo piano music again today. I found a copy of the disc I lost a long time ago, along with Disc 2. It's with Stephen Möller at the piano, it's just terrific stuff. 3 piano sonatas, and a whole CD of other asorted solo piano stuff (including a brief little polka).
And that dude could really write a symphony. He did complete one, and revised it years later, and finished most of 2 movements of a second. I love both of these, I think they're brilliant. His 2nd Piano Sonata is also fabulous. If he had chosen another path, like to be a symphonist, I think he'd have been massively successful at it. The symphony and a half that survive really make me wish that he'd written more.
Also, not sure if you've heard his opera Die Feen. It's the only one he wrote that I actually like. Even some people that like Wagner a lot have never heard it, it usually slips under the radar. From not liking most of his operas, I have a powerful passion for his non-vocal stuff. I honestly think that his 1st symphony is among my favourite symphonies ever, I love it that much. I appear to be alone in the world on that one, but hey, it just hits me perfect for some reason. And his 2nd Piano Sonata is one I think Beethoven would have been proud to call his own.
Das Liebesmahl der Apostel
Wesendonck Lieder
Hi uffeviking
I can't find the Thomas Lorango but I've found this one:
(http://richard-wagner.bayern-online.de/b/upload/cd_c_536_k.jpg) by Nina Kavtaradze.
I'm very interested to hear the symphonies as the samples sound promising.
I like the disc - the performances are very committed and alert. Lots of feeling too. Will have to put it on again sometime soon.