{"product_id":"4589538814335","title":"Joseph Swensen - Wagner,Swensen:Ring Odyssey - Import 2 CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Swensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes\n\nRichard Wagner(1813-1883)\/Arranged by Joseph Svendsen: Ring Odyssey (Highlights from \"Der Ring des Nibelungen\")\n\nCD 1\n\nFrom \"The Gold of the Rhine\n\n1. prelude ~ Song of the Rhine Maidens\n\n2. alberich renounces the power of love to win the gold of the Rhine ~ the ring is forged\n\n3. the castle of the gods, Valhalla\n\n4. Wotan and Loge descend on Nibelheim\n\n5. the Donner creates a storm and the castle of Valhalla is revealed from the opera \"Valkyrie\n\n6. prelude ~ Sieglinde hides Siegmund in her house during the storm\n\n7. love duet 1 ~ Sieglinde and Siegmund's secret meeting\n\n8. the storm of winter is over, spring is coming, and Siegmund gets his sword\n\n9. act 2 prelude ~ Wotan and Fricka argue about Siegmund's immorality\n\n10. act 3, Ride of the Valkyries ~ Brünnhilde and the Valkyries recover the souls of their departed heroes\n\nWotan laments his estrangement from Brünnhilde and summons Loge to set fire to the mountain top where Brünnhilde lies.\n\nWotan: \"He who fears my spear must never step over this fire!\n\n\n\nCD 2\n\nFrom the opera \"Siegfried\n\n1. act 2 prelude ~ dragon's cave\n\n2. \"Lovely little bird\" ~ Siegfried and the little bird of the forest\n\n3. battle between Siegfried and Fafner the dragon\n\n4. act 3 prelude\n\nBrünnhilde accepts Siegfried's love and renounces the glory of the gods from \"Götterdämmerung\" (Götterdämmerung)\n\n6. dawn\n\n7. love duet 2 ~ Siegfried leaves for the wilderness\n\n8. brunhilde persuades him to remain in their love (Siegfried's journey to the Rhine)\n\n9. Hagen summons the Giebigs as an army\n\n10. act 3 prelude - the Rhine maidens urge Siegfried to return the ring to the Rhine\n\n11. Siegfried is killed by Hagen\n\nSiegfried dies and is carried away (Siegfried's funeral march)\n\nBrunnhilde takes the ring from Siegfried's hand and sets fire to the wood for her own burial\n\nBrünnhilde's self-sacrifice, the world is engulfed in flood and flames\n\n\n\nPerformer.\n\nChristiane Ribeau (soprano)...CD1 (7, 8, 10) \/ CD2 (5, 7, 13, 14)\n\nMichael Veinius(tenor) ...CD1(7, 8) \/ CD2(2, 7, 11)\n\nDerek Welton (baritone, bass) ...CD1(12)\/CD2(9,11, 14)\n\nNational Opera Chorus of Bordeaux ...CD2(9, 11)\n\nOrchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine\n\nJoseph Svendsen (conductor)\n\nRecorded April 2024 at Bordeaux Auditorium, Bordeaux Opera House\n\nTotal recording time: 120 min.\n\n\n\nJoseph Svendsen, who will become Music Director of the Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine in the 2024\/25 season, presents a live performance of his own arrangement of \"The Ring of the Nibelung\" in highlights. Apart from the timpani rolls added to indicate the passage of time, all the other notes are written by Wagner, and the storyline is traced. Singers also appear at important parts, and together with the orchestra, they give a powerful performance that lives up to expectations.\n\n(Naxos Japan)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha (France \/ Classical)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50238289936673,"sku":"4589538814335","price":332.0,"currency_code":"MOP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/4589538814335.jpg?v=1724916171","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-mo\/products\/4589538814335","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}