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Author:

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.

Title:

Twilight of the gods [sound recording] : the essential Wagner collection.

Format:

[sound recording] :

Publisher:

Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Classics & Jazz,

Copyright Date:

p1998

Description:

2 sound discs (137 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. in one container.

Subject:

Operas--Excerpts.
Overtures.

Notes:

Chiefly opera excerpts. Various choruses, orchestras, and conductors. Compact discs. Material previously released 1968-1996.

Contents:

Death of Isolde (7:25). Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's funeral march (excerpt) (5:30) -- Lohengrin. Prelude to Act III (3:15) -- Der fliegende Holländer. Overture (excerpt) (7:45) ; Sailors' chorus (excerpt) (3:05) -- Das Rheingold. Journey down to Nibelheim (excerpt) (2:45) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Overture (excerpt) (4:05) -- Tannhäuser. Overture (excerpt) (7:35) ; Entry of the guests (7:10) ; Tannhäuser's pilgrimage (excerpt) (6:15) -- Siegfried. Act III orchestral interlude (excerpt) (3:15) -- Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's Rhine journey (excerpt) (5:30) ; Finale (4:35) -- Das Rheingold. Entry of the gods into Valhalla (excerpt) (1:50) -- Lohengrin. Prelude to Act I (9:50) ; Bridal chorus (excerpt) (2:45) -- Parsifal. Prelude to Act I (excerpt) (7:30) ; Good Friday music (excerpt) (5:30) ; Transformation scene (excerpt) (4:05) -- Tannhäuser. Venusberg music (excerpt) (6:37) ; Pilgrims' chorus (excerpt) 2:50) -- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Prelude to Act III (6:25) -- Das Rheingold. Vision of Valhalla (Scene II introduction) (excerpt) (1:20) -- Siegfried Idyll (excerpt) (7:45) -- Siegfried. Brunnhilde's awakening (excerpt) (2:20) -- Tristan und Isolde. Prelude to Act III (4:15) ; Death of Isolde (7:25).

Locations:

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)