Playlist for Thursday, July 5, 2012

Newscast

Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Act 1 prelude and opening chorus

Bavarian State Opera Orch / Wolfgang Sawallisch

EMI CDCD-55142 (4)

Wagner: Piano Sonata in A-Flat

Mikhail Rudy

EMI 05514-2 (3)

Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Quintet, "Die selige Morgentraum Deutweise"

Chicago Sym / Sir Georg Solti

Chicago Sym Orch

Lon 452606-2 (4)

Wagner: "Kaisermarsch"

London Sym Orch / Marek Janowski

EMI 05514-2 (3)

Newscast

Wagner: "Tannhäuser" Entrance of the Guests (Festmarsch)

Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch / Giuseppe Sinopoli

Berlin Deutsche Oper Cho

DG 415283-2

Wagner: "Das Rheingold" Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla

Cleveland Orch / George Szell

CBS MDK-46286

Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde" Shepherd's Air

Heinz Holliger

Phi 426288-2

Wagner: Centennial March "(Grosser Festmarsch)"

London Sym Orch / Marek Janowski

EMI 05514-2 (3)

Wagner: "Tristan Fantasy"

Berlin Philharmonic

Newscast

Wagner: "Lohengrin" Act 3 Prelude & Bridal Chorus

Berlin Phil / Herbert von Karajan

Berlin Deutsche Oper Cho

EMI 69314-2

Sonntag: "Nibelungen-Marsch"

Berlin Phil / Herbert von Karajan

DG 2721077 (2)

Wagner: "Die Walküre" The Ride of the Valkyries

Metropolitan Opera Orch / James Levine

Valkyries

DG 423389-2 (4)

Schickele: "Last Tango in Bayreuth"

New York Bassoon Quartet

Leonarda LE-348

Wagner: "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Prize Song

Chicago Sym / Sir Georg Solti

Ben Heppner,Chicago Sym Orch

Lon 452606-2 (4)

Wagner: "Der fliegende Holländer" Overture

Chicago Sym / Daniel Barenboim

Chicago Sym Orch

Teldec 99595-2

News Summary/Opening Wall Street

Russell: "The Ring of the Nibelungs" - An Analysis

Anna Russell,Vocalist,Piano

Sony MDK-47252

Wagner: "Siegfried" "Forest Murmurs"

Berlin Phil / Klaus Tennstedt

EMI CDC7-47007-2

Wagner: "Götterdämmerung" Siegfried's Funeral Music

Royal Concertgebouw Orch / Riccardo Chailly

Lon 448155-2

Horvath: Fantasy on Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen"

Stefan Vladar,Günter Högner

Sony SK-52564

Wagner: "Das Rheingold" "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla"

Metropolitan Opera Orch / James Levine

Soloists

DG B0017249-02 (2 CDs)

Wagner: "Parsifal" Good Friday Spell

Metropolitan Opera Orch / James Levine

Plácido Domingo,Kurt Moll

DG 449229-2 (2)

Wagner: Symphony in C

Tokyo Metropolitan Sym Orch / Hiroshi Wakasugi

Denon CO-75259

Dutilleux: Quartet, "Ainsi la nuit" (1976)

Sine Nomine String Quartet

Erato 91721-2 (2)

Fine Arts Calendar

Wagner: "Götterdämmerung" "Brünnhilde's Immolation"

San Francisco Op Orch / Edwin McArthur

N/A

RCA 7915-2-RG

Wagner: "Rienzi" Rienzi's prayer, "Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab"

Orch / Erich Leinsdorf

Lauritz Melchior

Sony MH2K-60896 (2)

Wagner: "Tannhäuser" Elisabeth's Greeting, "Dich, teure Halle"

Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch / Otto Gerdes

Birgit Nilsson

DG B0006383-02

Wagner: "Siegfried Idyll"

Munich Phil / Hans Knappertsbusch

MCA Classics MCAD2-9811 (2)

Newscast

Liszt: "The Black Gondola"

London Sym Orch / Gisèle Ben-Dor

Jupiter J-109

Liszt: "Am Grabe Richard Wagners"

Kalman Drafi

Hungaroton HCD-31656-57 (2)

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