WAGNER: Overtures & Preludes - Mehta, deWaart, Solti

A stunning Wagner collection featuring all the major overtures and preludes (including the very rare and very beautiful ‘Die Feen’ – The Fairies), this collection is also noteworthy for other reasons. For a start, it brings together in a single collection the complete Decca Wagner recordings of Zubin Mehta and the complete Philips Wagner recordings of Edo de Waart. It also features two further rarities – Wagner’s early Symphony (with the San Francisco Symphony and Edo de Waart) and a tiny choral piece – ‘Kinderkatechismus’ – an absolute Decca rarity and much sought-after by collectors.

CD 1
Rienzi: Overture

Lohengrin:
Prelude to Act I
Prelude to Act III

Parsifal: Prelude to Act I
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to Act I
Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti

Eine Faust-Ouverture
Die Feen: Overture
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam|
Edo de Waart

Kinderkatechismus
Wiener Sängerknaben
Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker
Georg Solti

CD 2
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
Wiener Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta

Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Symphony in C major
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart