Neeme Jarvi - Wagner: Overtures and Preludes (2013) [SACD]

The Overture to Rienzi, Wagner’s 3rd completed opera (1838 – 40), incorporates the melody of Rienzi’s prayer at the start of Act V, which since became the opera’s best-known aria, & ends with a dazzling military march. Die Feen was the composer’s 1st great romantic, although less well-known, opera. The overall style of the work, based on La donna serpente by Carlo Gozzi, owes its essentials to Beethoven, Marschner, & Weber.

Tracks:

1. Die Feen: Overture 10:48
2. Christoph Columbus: Overture 8:02
3. Das Liebesverbot: Overture 8:10
4. Rienzi: Overture 11:16
5. A Faust Overture, Op. 59 11:03
6. Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture 11:00
7. Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude 3:04
8. Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude 6:43
9. Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act I: Prelude 8:56

Personnel:

Neeme Jarvi - conductor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra