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Beethoven - Symphony No.3 / Wagner - ’Ring’ Excerpts | BBC Legends BBCL42392

Beethoven - Symphony No.3 / Wagner - ’Ring’ Excerpts

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Label: BBC Legends

Cat No: BBCL42392

Barcode: 0684911423921

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 1st September 2008

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Contents

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Wagner, Richard

Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude

Artists

Birgit Nilsson
The Covent Garden Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Sir Georg Solti

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Wagner, Richard

Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Tristan und Isolde
» Isolde's Liebestod (Act 3)
» Prelude

Artists

Birgit Nilsson
The Covent Garden Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Sir Georg Solti

About

This CD brings together two superstars of the last 50 years, Sir Georg Solti and the great Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson.

Solti's Beethoven is well known for its robust energy but this version of the 'Eroica' with the LSO is quite relaxed yet powerful and extremely beautiful. It comes from the same concert as the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with Cherkassky (BBCL 4160-2).

Solti and Nilsson were linked both on stage and particularly in the recording studio by Richard Strauss and Wagner. Solti's famous Wagner's 'Ring' cycle for Decca has been one of the monuments of the classical recording industry for many years and Nilsson's Brunnhilde is one of the phenomenon's of that celebrated set. She is here recorded live with a passionate accompaniment driven by Solti in the great Prelude & Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde where Nilsson's voice is so powerful that it dominates the ROH Orchestra even in the greatest climaxes!

Wagner's Siegfried's Rhine Journey gives us a flavour of Solti in Wagner's 'Ring', providing tremendous attack and excitement.

The CD has been recorded in excellent stereo sound and transferred with exceptional care by Paul Baily.

Contents:
Beethoven: Symphony No.3
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 30 January 1968

Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod
Birgit Nilsson, The Covent Garden Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti
Recorded: Royal Albert Hall, London, 6 September 1963

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