Wagner’s epic music dramas revolutionised the operatic repertoire, drawing upon famous legends and history to create a completely new art form of unprecedented spectacle and intense psychological power.

Contents:
CD 1
1. Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
2. Ride of the Valkyries, from Die Walküre (The Valkyrie)
3. Sailor’s Chorus, from Der fliegende Holländer
4. Spinning Chorus, from Der fliegende Holländer
5. Prelude to Lohengrin
6. Pilgrims’ Chorus, from Tannhäuser
7. Siegfried’s Funeral March, from Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods)
8-14. Brünnhilde’s Immolation Scene, from Götterdämmerung

Total playing time: 70 minutes

CD 2
1. Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg)
2. The Guests’ Procession into the Hall of Song in the Wartburg, from Tannhäuser
3. Entry of the Gods into Valhalla, from Rheingold (The Rhine Gold)
4. Liebestod, from Tristan und Isolde
5. The Journey to Montsalvat, from Parsifal
6. Finale, from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Total playing time: 70 minutes