Der Ring, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal -Orchestral : Waart / Netherlands Radio Philharmonic (3CD)

Wagner: Der Ring - Tristan und Isolde - Parsifal / Orchestral adventures

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra / Edo de Waart, conductor
Orchestral adventures of Der Ring / Tristan und Isolde / Parsifal: arrangements by Henk de Vlieger.

CD1
The Ring - an orchestral adventure
Recorded at the concertgebouw, Amsterdam in April 1992
1. Vorspiel
2. Das Rheingold
3. Nibelheim
4. Walhall
5. Die Walkuren
6. Feuerzauber
7. Waldweben
8. Siegfrieds Heldentat
9. Brunnhildes Erwachen
10. Siegfried und Brunnhilde
11. Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
12. Siegfrieds Tod
13. Trauermusik
14. Brunnhildes Opfertat

CD2
Tristan und Isolde - an orchestral passion
Recorded at the concertgebouw, Amsterdam in April 1995
1. Einleitung
2. Isoldes Liebensverlangen
3. Nachtgesang
4. Vorspiel und Reigen
5. Tristans Vision
6. Das Wiedersehen
7. Isoldes Liebestod

CD3
Parsifal - an orchestral quest
Recorded at the concertgebouw, Amsterdam in May 1994
1. Vorspiel
2. Parsifal
3. Die Gralsritter I
4. Die Blumenmadchen
5. Karfreitagszauber
6. Die Gralsritter II
7. Nachspiel

On March 12, 1988, Edo de Waart and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra gave a concert performance of Das Rheingold, the first part of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen tetralogy. On July 1, 1989, the fourth part, Gotterdammerung, followed, and on February 23 and March 1, 1991, the middle parts, Die Walkure and Siegfried, followed. The performances were so successful that De Waart wanted to add symphonic selections from the Ring to the repertoire for a concert tour of Germany in February 1992. When it appeared that there was no arrangement available, Henk de Vlieger (b. 1953), a composer, arranger and percussionist with the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, decided to compile an entirely new orchestral suite, which was premiered as Eine Ring-Symphonie, and later renamed Der Ring - an orchestral adventure. Two years later, again after a concert performance, Parsifal - an orchestral quest followed. Its success prompted a plan to issue a three-CD set. Especially for this project, De Vlieger completed Tristan und Isolde in April 1995 - an orchestral passion. ( Challenge Classics )