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Hard to find Wagner Orchestral Pieces

Alan R. Omer | Dripping Springs, Tx | 07/02/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I purchased the CD several years ago because I love Wagner's orchestral writing but I am not a fan of listening to entire operas, particularly ones as lengthy and heavy as Wagner's. I was having difficulty finding several of the pieces on this CD without duplicating pieces I owned on several other recordings ie; the Parsifal excerpts and the Siegfried Idyll. I found the performances good but not on a par with the performances on some of the other Wagner recordings I own conducted by Solti, Szell, Maazel & Levine. The recorded sound was passable considering the age of the recordings but not on a par with that of other Wagner recordings I own. I give the CD a 4 star rating based on the orchestral playing and the fact that some of the pieces on the recording are difficult to find."