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Magic Fire and other Wagner transcriptions - Marin

Alba Records  ABCD 353

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) arr/trans by...
Nykänen, Jukka (b. 1976): Paraphrase on the themes of The Flying Dutchman
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Spinning Song from The Flying Dutchman; The Ring of the Nibelung - Valhalla; Tannhäuser Ouvertüre
Schelling, Ernest (1876-1939): Prelude to “Tristan und Isolde“
Brassin, Louis (1840-1884): The Ring of the Nibelung - Siegmund‘s Lovesong, Forest Murmurs & Magic Fire
Tausig, Carl (1841-1871): The Ring of the Nibelung - The Ride of the Valkyries
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924): The Ring of the Nibelung - Funeral March

Risto-Matti Marin (piano)

All

Works (19)

• Carl Tausig: Wagner: Ritt der Walküren (Ride of the Valkyries)
• Ernest Schelling: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude
• Ferruccio Busoni: Wagner: Marcia funebre, BV B 111
• Franz Liszt: Wagner: Overture (Tannhäuser), S. 442
• Franz Liszt: Wagner: Spinnerlied (Der fliegende Holländer), S. 440
• Franz Liszt: Wagner: Walhall (Das Rheingold), S. 449
• Jukka Nykänen: Wagner: Concert Paraphrase on Der fliegende Holländer
• Louis Brassin: Wagner: Feuerzauber (Magic Fire)
• Louis Brassin: Wagner: Siegmunds Liebesgesang (Siegmund's love song)
• Louis Brassin: Wagner: Waldweben (Woodland murmours)
• Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold, WWV 86A Scene IV: Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
• Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63 Act II: Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen
• Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B Act I: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond
• Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B Act III: Magic Fire Music
• Richard Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B Act III: Prelude 'Ride of the Valkyries'
• Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D Act III: Siegfrieds Funeral March
• Richard Wagner: Siegfried, WWV 86C Act II: Forest Murmurs
• Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 Overture (Dresden version)
• Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 Act I: Prelude