Richard Wagner - The Ring Without Words

"The Ring Without Words" - Symphonic Fantasy on Richard Wagner's tetralogy "The Ring of the Nibelung." Conductor - Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic. (Tetralogy (from the Greek. Tetra - four - and logos - word) - four works representing one common unit). The famous maestro and a recognized interpreter of Wagner, Lorin Maazel has collected fragments of instrumental score of the four operas of the tetralogy "The Ring of the Nibelung." He did not finish a single note and did not change the order of scenes in the original. The result - 70 minutes of music without singing and words with grandiose "Siegfried's Journey on the Rhine," "Flight of the Valkyries", "funeral march" and "slaughter". Under this music get admiration by the conductor and the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. "The Ring Without Words" - one of the most ambitious musical projects ever held, which became a success in all respects. With its grand orchestration, with mythological subjects, and intense musical dramaturgy. "The Ring" - has changed the world of music, being one of the most difficult operas in history, and only the most distinguished orchestras were able to cope with this task. One of the greatest orchestras in the world - the Berlin Philharmonic, has created an unprecedented interpretation of the music of Wagner and his contemporaries. The result was one of the most unique and innovative symphonic suite performed by one of the most respected orchestras in the world

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