Introduction to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen / Siegfried Idyll / Kinderkatechismus

Tracklist

1. 1.
   Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
   18:26
2. 2.
   Kinder-Katechismus, WWV 106
   2:28
3. 3.
   Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
   3:37
4. 4.
   The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
   4:46
5. 5.
   Returning Now to the Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
   3:22
6. 6.
   A Number of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
   3:17
7. 7.
   A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
   2:35
8. 8.
   So Much for Nature. (Examples 26-38)
   7:56
9. 9.
   The Cause of the Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
   3:30
10. 10.
    The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
    3:44
11. 11.
    Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
    2:47
12. 12.
    Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
    7:12
13. 13.
    The Basic Motive Associated With the Spear... (Examples 62-68)
    5:17
14. 14.
    Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
    2:12
15. 15.
    In Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 69, 73-75)
    2:21
16. 16.
    Returning Now to Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 76-79)
    3:54
17. 17.
    Love Is Another of the Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
    3:06
18. 18.
    Later in the Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
    2:22
19. 19.
    Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
    2:01
20. 20.
    The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
    0:56
21. 21.
    When Fasolt, in Scene Two of "Rhinegold"... (Examples 93-98)
    5:23
22. 22.
    A Little Later in This Interlude... (Examples 99-103)
    3:07
23. 23.
    The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
    3:37
24. 24.
    There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
    2:56
25. 25.
    The Characters in Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
    5:28
26. 26.
    One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
    1:25
27. 27.
    The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
    4:28
28. 28.
    Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
    2:59
29. 29.
    Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
    2:27
30. 30.
    Here We Come to the End... (Examples 141-146)
    3:44
31. 31.
    Complementary to This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
    2:14
32. 32.
    One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
    4:54
33. 33.
    One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
    2:53
34. 34.
    There Are One or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
    3:48
35. 35.
    These Motives of Alberich and Mime... (Examples 169-171)
    2:08
36. 36.
    Quite a Number of the Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
    2:51
37. 37.
    Besides This Family of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
    2:32
38. 38.
    Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
    3:57
39. 39.
    In the Final Scene of Götterdämmerung... (Examples 181-183)
    2:45
40. 40.
    Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
    4:32
41. 41.
    Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
    2:48
42. 42.
    This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)
    4:53