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The last of Wagner's early operas and his overall longest opera ever at 4 hours and 40 minutes. There's lots of pomp and circumstance here with choruses and ensembles, processions, and a 39 minute ballet. It was well worth the long time to listen to it all in my opinion. I actually quite like its over-the-top nature.

There are many great selections. The overture, the opening scene, the Act I final, the Act II opening, the ballet, the Act II final, Adriano's aria "Gerechter Gott",

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BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and BBC Northern Singers

Friedrich - Raimund Herincx
Luzio - Alexander Young
Claudio - Ian Caley
Antonio - Neil Jenkins
Angelo - William Elvin
Isabella - April Cantelo
Mariana - Ilse Wolf
Brighella - Lawrence Richard
Danieli - Leslie Fyson
Dorella - Elizabeth Gale
Pontio Pilato - David Lennox

From the DG Wagner: Complete Operas box.

Well, this was rather odd. It's hard

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BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra and BBC Northern Singers

Arindal - John Mitchinson
Ada - April Cantelo
Lora - Lorna Haywood
Morald - Tom McDonnell
Gunther - Richard Greager
Gernot - Paul Hudson
Drolla - Teresa Cahill
Zemina - Elizabeth Gale
Farzana - Della Jones
Harald - Don Garrard
Groma - Don Garrard
Fairy king - Don Garrard
Messenger - Jolyon Dodgson


Recording from the DG Wagner: Complete

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This week, our lone Tuesday Blog share for July completes our two-part look at Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies, with a performance of the Pastoral Symphony.

For the past few months, we have been living through a pandemic and, as I considered musing about this week’s share, I got to wonder how Glenn Gould – a notorious germophobe – would have fared through a situation like this one. My conclusion is simple: I think he would done just fine, given he lived

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1. Schiff, Végh (cond.), Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica (1988)




2. Brendel, Marriner (cond.), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (1978)




3. Staier (piano & cond.), Concerto Köln (1994)

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