Wagner, Strauss, Bruckner and Wolf
Donald Macleod explores Wagner's influence on the next musical generation: Bruckner, Strauss, Mahler and Wolf.
Donald Macleod ends this week exploring the musical connections between Wagner and his contemporaries with excerpts from his final great music-drama, Parsifal. He examines the colossal effect it would go on to have on a younger generation of composers, including Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler and Hugo Wolf.
We also look at the famous, and boozy, meeting between Wagner and perhaps his most devoted musical admirer, the Austrian Anton Bruckner, whose Third Symphony was dedicated to Wagner.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal: Prelude to Act I
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- EMI.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal (Act I excerpt) - Wehvolles Erbe, dem ich verfallen
Performer: Simon Estes. Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele. Choir: Bayreuth Festival Chorus. Conductor: James Levine.- Philips 214842 2.
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Richard Wagner
Albumblatt fur Betty Schott
Performer: Gerhard Oppitz.- RCA Victor Red Seal 09026 61843 2.
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Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 - III. Scherzo. Ziemlich schnell
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.- Tudor 7133.
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Richard Wagner
Parsifal (Act III excerpt) - Good Friday Music
Singer: Hans Hotter. Singer: Jess Thomas. Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele. Conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch.- Philips 464 756 2.
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Hugo Wolf
Zur Ruh, zur Ruh!
Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.- Deutsche Grammophon 447515 2.
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