Siegfried Wagner Overtures, Vol. 1

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner

Label: CPO

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 55

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Catalogue Number: CPO999 003-2

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Composition Artist Credit
Herzog Wildfang, Movement: Overture Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Friedensengel, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Schmied von Marienburg, Movement: Overture Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Die) Heilige Lind, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor

Composer or Director: Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner

Label: CPO

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 64

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CPO999 377-2

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Composition Artist Credit
Herzog Wildfang, Movement: Introduction Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Herzog Wildfang, Movement: Kermis Dance Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Bruder Lustig, Movement: Overture Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Bruder Lustig, Movement: Waltz Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Bruder Lustig, Movement: Vision Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Bruder Lustig, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Banadietrich, Movement: Introduction Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Banadietrich, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Schwarzschwanenreich, 'Kingdom of the Black Swan', Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Wahnopfer, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Wahnopfer, Movement: Introduction Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Wahnopfer, Movement: Inaugural Celebration Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor

Composer or Director: Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner

Label: CPO

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 67

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CPO999 300-2

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Composition Artist Credit
(Der) Bärenhäuter, Movement: Overture Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Bärenhäuter, Movement: Introduction Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Bärenhäuter, Movement: Devil's Waltz (concert vers of Act 1 Finale) Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
An allem ist Hütchen schuld, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
An allem ist Hütchen schuld, Movement: Waltz Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
An allem ist Hütchen schuld, Movement: Forest Scene Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Des) Flüchlein, das jeder mitbekam Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor

Composer or Director: Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner

Label: CPO

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 62

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: CPO999 378-2

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Composition Artist Credit
Sternengebot, Movement: Introduction to the Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Sternengebot, Movement: Introduction Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Sternengebot, Movement: Festzug (Tournament Parade) Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Sternengebot, Movement: Introduction and Huldigungsreigen (Homage Round) Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Sonnenflammen, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Heidenkönig, Movement: Glaube Interlude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
(Der) Heidenkönig, Movement: Das Kupâlo-Fest Interlude (concert version) Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
Rainulf und Adelasia, Movement: Prelude Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner, Composer
Werner Andreas Albert, Conductor
The enthusiasm attending the first performances of Siegfried Wagner’s first opera, Der Barenhauter in 1899 was such that a career as significant as his father’s might have been predicted for the 30-year-old composer. Over the next three decades there was a steady stream of new stage works, 18 in all. Yet, as the Prelude to the last of them, Das Fluchlein, das Jeder mitbekam (1929) makes clear, there was little change in style, little to reflect the momentous developments in German opera after 1900 in the hands of Strauss or Berg. Siegfried Wagner remained faithful to an idiom determined primarily by his teacher Humperdinck, and while there’s nothing wrong with that in principle, these orchestral extracts suggest a composer going doggedly through the motions, rather than the imaginative renewal of a conservative style. It’s just possible to detect hints of a more progressive manner in the works of 1911-13 (Sonnenflammen, Heidenkonig), but in general the more elevated the dramatic theme, the more rambling and mundane the music.
As with Humperdinck, folk-like and pastoral topics bring out the best in the composer, and extracts like the waltz from An allem ist Hutchen schuld and the overture to Die heilige Linde have a mixture of hearty exuberance and lyrical charm that can still appeal. Even here, however, there is a tendency to over-orchestrate – perhaps as insurance against the vagaries of the smaller German opera companies? – and the effect, especially when several works are heard end-to-end, grows wearisome.
There has been renewed interest in Siegfried Wagner’s operas in German, with productions at the Rudolstadt Festival, and several complete recordings. A fairer sampling of these works can probably be gained from the various CPO discs of vocal extracts, rather than from the overtures and other orchestral movements alone. The performances are competent, but the recordings are too resonant for ideal clarity of texture, and the special pleading in the otherwise informative notes is also something of a trial.'

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