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Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti
An Introduction To Der Ring Des Nibelungen

Compil. US 1995 on London Records label
Classical (Opera, Romantic)

An explanation and analysis of Wagner's system of leitmotifs by DERYCK COOKE with 193 music examples either extracted from the complete recording or specially recorded for this production, Booklet enclosed

     
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PortraitWiener Philharmoniker , DE
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PortraitGeorg Solti p, 1912-1997 GB
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PortraitDeryck Cooke , 1919-1976 GB
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No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Of All Great Musical Compositions (Ex.1-4)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:37
2The Fundamental Symbol (Ex.5-11)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti4:46
3Returning Now To The Nature Motive (Ex.12-16)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:22
4A Number Of Further Motives (Ex.17-21)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:17
5A Second, Much Smaller Family (Ex.22-25)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:35
6So Much For Nature (Ex.26-38)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti7:56
7The Cause Of The Deterioration (Ex.39-44)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:30
8The Other Transformation (Ex.45-48)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:44
9Several Other Motives (Ex.49-52)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:47
10Two Further Motives (Ex.41,53-61)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti7:10
11Basic Motive Associated With The Spear (Ex.62/68)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti5:17
12Along Another, More Complex Line (Ex.69-72)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:11
13In Act 2 Of "Walküre" (Ex.69,73-75)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:21
14Returning Now To Act 2 Of "Walküre (Ex.76-79)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:54
15Love Is Another Of The Central Symbols (Ex.80-83)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:06
16Later In The Same Scene (Ex.84-87)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:22
17Freia's Motive Has 2 Independent Segments (Ex.88-91)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:01
18The Label "Flight" (Ex.92)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti0:56
19When Fasolt, in Scene 2 of "Rhinegold" (Ex.93-8)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti5:22
20A Little Later In This Interlude (Ex.99-103)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:20
21The Other New Motive (Ex.104-09)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:36
22There Are Several Independent Love-motives (Ex.110-114)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:55
23The Characters In Whose Lives (Ex.115-120)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti5:27
24One Further Motive Belongs (Ex.121)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti1:25
25The Sword Motive Recurs (Ex.122-130)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti4:28
26Ironically, This Phrase (Ex.131-5)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:58
27Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive (Ex.136-140)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:26
28Here We Come To The End (Ex.141-6)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:43
29Complementary To This Symbol (Ex.147-9)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:14
30One Last Central Symbol (Ex.150-7)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti4:54
31One Further Motive Connected (Ex.158-61)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:52
32There Are One Or Two Motives (Ex.162-8)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:48
33These Motives Of Alberich & Mime (Ex.169-71)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:07
34Quite A Number Of Subsidiary Motives (Ex.172-6)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:49
35Besides This Family Of Motives (Ex.177-80)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:31
36Our Final Example (Ex.10,181-2)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti3:57
37In The Final Scene Of "Götterdämmerung" (Ex.181-3)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:45
38Even More Masterly (Ex.184-8)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti4:31
39Now If We Return (Ex.189-91)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti2:47
40This Masterly Way (Ex.192-3)Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti4:52
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