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MAGIC FIRE
Richard WAGNER
- Ref. YM0544
- VARESE SARABANDE CD CLUB COMPA, 1983. Enregistrement 1955.
"Williams Dieterle's 1955 film biography was the last film to be scored by the great Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Though retired from film scoring since 1947, Dieterle coaxed the master composer into returning in order to adapt and supervise all of the film's music. Korngold would be free to choose repertoire, artists, orchestra, chorus and the recording venue, and Korngold's wishes in musical/dramatic matters were to be adhered to without any interference. So while the music is by Wagner, this is Korngold's baby, through and through. And what a baby it is! Magic Fire is a thrilling tribute from one legendary composer to another. The soundtrack also exhibits Korngold's utter mastery at the piano. The film starred Alan Badel as Wagner, Carlos Thompson as Franz Liszt and also featured both Yvonne De Carlo and Peter Cushing. Even Korngold himself appeared, playing conductor Hans Richter. Magic Fire is a priceless historic document and a truly magical musical creation all its own. The final curtain call of the great Erich Wolfgang Korngold is at last available on CD."(Varese Sarabande)
Interprètes
- William DIETERLE : Réalisateur & réalisatrice
- Richard WAGNER : Auteur de la musique
- Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD : Arrangeur, Piano, Chef d'orchestre
- THE BAVARIAN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA : Interprète
- THE BAVARIAN STATE OPERA CHORUS : Interprète
Pistes
- 1 Main title (Die Walküre - act 3)
- 2 The meadow (Rienzi: Rienzi's prayer and overture)
- 3 Ocean voyage and Paris (Der Fliengende Holländer: Overture and Daland's aria)
- 4 Visit to Meyerbeer (Les Huguenotes: Page boy's aria - act 2)
- 5 Wagner plays for Meyerbeer (Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture)
- 6 Der fliegende hollander performance (Opening, ghost chorus and finale)
- 7 Revolution and tale of the holy grail (Lohengrin: Prelude and entr-act)
- 8 The salon (Die Walküre: Winterstürme - act 1)
- 9 Wagner plays Tristan und Isolde (Prelude - act 3)
- 10 Love scene (Dreams from the Wesendonk lieder)
- 11 Tannhäuser, Paris performance (overture and Venusberg ballet - act 1)
- 12 Tannhäuser, Cont. (Sängerkrieg - act 2)
- 13 Zurich (Tristan und Isolde: Prelude to act 2)
- 14 The bedroom * The messenger (Tristan und Isolde - act 2 and 3)
- 15 Farewell (Tristan und Isolde - act2)
- 16 Arrival in Nürnberg (Die Meistersinnger - act 3)
- 17 Neuschwanstein (Die Meistersinger - act 3)
- 18 Wagner plays themes (Die Meistersinger), vocal rehersal (Preislied - act 3)
- 19 Die Meistersinger, performance (Oveverture and act 3)
- 20 The warning (Der Ring des Nibelungen: Curse, fate and death motives)
- 21 Triebchen (Siegfried - act 3, and Siegfried idyll)
- 22 Liszt and Cosima * Wagner weds (Die Walküre: Wotan's farewell - act 3, and Lohengrin: Wedding march - act 3)
- 23 Bayreuth (Die Götterdämmerung: Walhall motive and Siegfried's rhinejourney)
- 24 Der Ring des Nibelungen, performance-montage (Das Rheingold: Nibelheim - scene 3, spear motive - scene 4, the Rhinemaidens - scene 4 * Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries - act 3 * Siegfried: end of act 1, entr-act, act 3 * Die Götterdämmerung: end of act 3)
- 25 Venice, Wagner plays themes from Parsifal (Parsifal chimes, bell theme, temptation theme and Flower Maidens - end of act 3)
- 26 Wagner's death * Finale (Parsifal - end of act 3)
- 27 LE FEU MAGIQUE