Wagner’s Ring and Operatic Storms

Playlist:

• Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
• CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
• Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
• Release Year: 2000

• The Ring of the Nibelungs (An analysis)
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Soloists: Anna Russell
• CD/Album: The Anna Russell Album
• Record co./Cat #: Sony 47252
• Release Year: 1991

• Das Rheingold (excerpt)
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Soloists: Eberhard Wächter, baritone
• Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
• CD/Album: Richard Wagner - Das Rheingold
• Record co./Cat #: London 414101
• Release Year: 1981

• Guillaume Tell: Overture
• Composer: Gioachino Rossini
• Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Jaime Laredo
• CD/Album: Rossini Overtures
• Record co./Cat #: Nimbus 5078
• Release Year: 1986

• Porgy and Bess (excerpt)
• Composer: George Gershwin
• Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera
• Soloists: Betty Lane, soprano ; Carol Brice, contralto ; Donnie Ray Albert, baritone ; Clamma Dale, soprano
• Conductor: John DeMain
• CD/Album: Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
• Record co./Cat #: RCA 2109
• Release Year: 1977

• Der fliegende Holländer (excerpt)
• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
• Conductor: Sir Georg Solti
• CD/Album: Wagner - Der fliegende Holländer
• Record co./Cat #: Decca 470792
• Release Year: 1977

• Rigoletto (excerpt)
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
• Soloists: Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass ; Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor
• Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
• CD/Album: Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto
• Record co./Cat #: Deutsche Grammophon 415288
• Release Year: 1980

• Otello (excerpt)
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Soloists: Frank Little, tenor ; Malcolm King, bass
• Conductor: James Levine
• CD/Album: Verdi - Otello
• Record co./Cat #: RCA 2951
• Release Year: 1978

• Peter Grimes (excerpt)
• Composer: Benjamin Britten
• Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
• Soloists: Thomas Allen, baritone ; Simon Keenlyside, baritone ; Stuart Kale, tenor
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink
• CD/Album: Britten - Peter Grimes
• Record co./Cat #: EMI 54832
• Release Year: 1993

• Idomeneo (excerpt)
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Ensemble: Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
• Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
• CD/Album: Mozart - Idomeneo
• Record co./Cat #: Philips 422537
• Release Year: 1991

• Riders to the Sea (excerpt)
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Ensemble: Orchestra Nova of London
• Conductor: Meredith Davies
• CD/Album: Riders to the Sea - Magnificat
• Record co./Cat #: Angel S-36819 [vinyl]
• Release Year: 1971

• War and Peace (excerpt)
• Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
• Ensemble: Kirov Orchestra, St. Petersburg
• Conductor: Valery Gergiev
• CD/Album: Prokofiev - War and Peace
• Record co./Cat #: Philips 434097
• Release Year: 1993