Nikolai Lugansky plays Great Wagner Opera Transcriptions
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Wagner’s genius is often associated with his unique feeling for orchestration. Yet the transcriptions and paraphrases for piano solo recorded here lay bare the beauty and boldness of his harmonic language, with an evocative power unrivalled at the time. Nikolai Lugansky, at once narrator and virtuoso, immerses us in a world where the heroes of legend tell us – and with what loftiness of spirit! – of the torments and aspirations of humanity.
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Contents:
Richard Wagner arr. Franz Liszt:
Isolde's Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), S447
Richard Wagner
Das Rheingold
» Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla (arr. L Brassin, N Lugansky)
Die Walkure
» Magic Fire Music (Die Zauberfeuer) (arr. Louis Brassin for piano)
Gotterdammerung
» Immolation Scene (arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3) (arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
» Siegfried's Rhine Journey (arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
» Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (arr. Nikolai Lugansky)
Parsifal
» Closing Scene (arr. for piano)
» Transformation music (Act 1) (arr. for piano)
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Harmonia Mundi CD
HMM902393