Wagner Transcriptions Volume 5: Orchestral Works

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If he had written nothing more, Wagner's Symphony in C would still have prefigured his extraordinary genius - but not its direction...It's still a pleasure, though, fresh and vigorous; Neeme... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: CHSA5097
Label: Chandos
Series: Neeme Järvi Wagner Transcriptions
Length: 79 minutes

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Wagner: Symphony in C major

Work length34:12

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Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

I. Sostenuto e maestoso

Track length12:33

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II. Andante ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length9:41

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III. Allegro assai

Track length5:38

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IV. Allegro molto e vivace

Track length6:20

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Wagner: Symphony in E Major, WWV 35

Work length19:15

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Neeme Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

I. Allegro con spirito (Arr. for Orchestra)

Track length13:28

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II. Adagio cantabile (Arr. for Orchestra)

Track length5:47

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Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch in E-Flat Major, WWV 97 (Arr. for Orchestra)

Work length5:23

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Wagner: Rienzi Overture

Work length11:24

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Wagner: Kaisermarsch in B-Flat Major, WWV 104

Work length8:51

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Our series of works by Richard Wagner, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Neeme Järvi, continues with a disc of early symphonies, later marches, and an overture.

Early on in his career, Wagner composed two symphonies, both of which are included on this disc. The Symphony in C, which he wrote when he was just nineteen years old, is heavily influenced by Beethoven in its character, mood, and instrumentation. Written two years later, in 1834, the Symphony in E was left unfinished, Wagner completing only the first movement and thirty bars of the second. The completed version recorded here was prepared by the conductor Felix Mottl more than fifty years later at the request of Wagner’s widow, Cosima.

The two marches on this disc are the composer’s most obvious contributions to the genre of pomp and circumstance. The Huldigungsmarsch was written in 1864 for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The march-like rhythms and brassy colours complement sections in which the strings provide a continuously flowing movement, all leading to a jubilant conclusion. The Kaisermarsch (1871) was a commission from the publishing firm Peters, who requested from Wagner a heroic morale booster at a time when the German countries were at war with France. Having initially composed it for military band, Wagner soon rewrote it for symphony orchestra, the version recorded on this disc.

The Overture to Rienzi, Wagner’s third completed opera (1838 – 40), incorporates the melody of Rienzi’s prayer at the start of Act V, which became the opera’s best-known aria, and ends with a dazzling military march. The Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin (1845 – 47) has the energy, fervour, and brassy sounds of the Overture to Der fliegende Holländer, and displays Wagner’s lasting fascination with creating drama by symphonic means.

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May 2012

If he had written nothing more, Wagner's Symphony in C would still have prefigured his extraordinary genius - but not its direction...It's still a pleasure, though, fresh and vigorous; Neeme Jarvi's fairly brisk reading, beautifully played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, amply explains why Clara Schumann warned Robert he had a new rival.

June 2012

Jarvi and the RNSO don't skimp on the music's surging bombast and the Chandos sound has abundant character character: great depth of perspective and no loss of clarity.

May 2012

Jarvi gives a spirited if undemonstrative account of this veritable warhorse [the Rienzi overture], elsewhere securing an animated response from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra that serves the music admirably...Pleasureable and thought-provoking listening guaranteed.

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