A Wagner Bicentennial Celebration #1319
…showcasing music by the foremost 19th century composer who did not write for the pipe organ, Richard Wagner (1813-1883).
Hour 1
RICHARD WAGNER (trans. Westbrook): Die Meistersinger Overture –David Briggs (1999 Nicholson/Gloucester Cathedral, England) Priory 794
WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Parsifal Prelude –Anthony Newman (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City) Columbia M-33268
WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Magic Fire Music, fr Die Walküre –Peter Richard Conte (1928 Skinner/Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, TC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 3/25/01)
WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Pilgrims' Chorus, fr Tannhäuser –Thomas Trotter (1843 Hill-1984 Mander/Town Hall, Birmingham, England) Decca 436 656
WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Ride of the Valkyries, fr Die Walküre –Thomas Trotter (1843 Hill-1984 Mander/Town Hall, Birmingham, England) Regent DVD 001
WAGNER (arr. Fox): Song to the Evening Star, fr Tannhäuser –Virgil Fox (Aeolian-Skinner/Riverside Church, New York City) EMI Classics 65426
WAGNER (trans. Conte): Immolation Scene, fr Die Götterdammerung –Peter Richard Conte (1954 Aeolian Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City) Pro Organo DVD 7250
Hour 2
WAGNER (trans. Lemare): Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 3 –Ken Cowan (1954 Aeolian-Skinner/Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City) Pro Organo 7253
WAGNER: Lohengrin Suite –Welte Organ Roll 642 (1914 Welte/Seewen Museum, Switzerland) Oehms Classics 840
WAGNER (trans. Albrecht): Forest Murmurs, fr Siegfried –Hansjörg Albrecht (1965 Kleuker/St. Nikolai Church, Kiel, Germany) Oehms 612
WAGNER (trans. Karg-Elert): Grand March, fr Tannhäuser –Harald Feller (1989 Jann/Waldsassen Basilica, Germany) Ars Musici 0970
WAGNER (trans. Eisenmann): Stehe still & Der Engel, fr Wesendonck Songs –Suzanne Thorp, soprano; Christoph Kuhlmann (1907 Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll/Iglesia del Salvador, Usurbil, Spain) Aeolus 10271
WAGNER (arr. Bourgeois): Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, fr Lohengrin –Dallas Wind Symphony/Jerry Junkin, conductor; Mary Preston (1992 Fisk/Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX) Reference 112
Ride of the Valkyries
Merry Melodies spoof
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Wagner at the Console
