An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen

Compilation by Deryck Cooke

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
    3:37
  2. 2.
    The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
    4:46
  3. 3.
    Returning Now to the Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
    3:22
  4. 4.
    A Number of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
    3:17
  5. 5.
    A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
    2:35
  6. 6.
    So Much for Nature. (Examples 26-38)
    7:56
  7. 7.
    The Cause of the Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
    3:30
  8. 8.
    The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
    3:44
  9. 9.
    Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
    2:47
  10. 10.
    Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
    7:12
  11. 11.
    The Basic Motive Associated With the Spear... (Examples 62-68)
    5:17
  12. 12.
    Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
    2:12
  13. 13.
    In Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 69, 73-75)
    2:21
  14. 14.
    Returning Now to Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 76-79)
    3:54
  15. 15.
    Love Is Another of the Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
    3:06
  16. 16.
    Later in the Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
    2:22
  17. 17.
    Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
    2:01
  18. 18.
    The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
    0:56
  19. 19.
    When Fasolt, in Scene Two of "Rhinegold"... (Examples 93-98)
    5:23
  20. 20.
    A Little Later in This Interlude... (Examples 99-103)
    3:07

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
    3:36
  2. 2.
    There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
    2:55
  3. 3.
    The Characters in Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
    5:27
  4. 4.
    One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
    1:25
  5. 5.
    The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
    4:28
  6. 6.
    Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
    2:58
  7. 7.
    Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
    2:26
  8. 8.
    Here We Come to the End... (Examples 141-146)
    3:43
  9. 9.
    Complementary to This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
    2:14
  10. 10.
    One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
    4:54
  11. 11.
    One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
    2:52
  12. 12.
    There Are One or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
    3:48
  13. 13.
    These Motives of Alberich and Mime... (Examples 169-171)
    2:07
  14. 14.
    Quite a Number of the Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
    2:50
  15. 15.
    Besides This Family of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
    2:31
  16. 16.
    Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
    3:57
  17. 17.
    In the Final Scene of Götterdämmerung... (Examples 181-183)
    2:45
  18. 18.
    Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
    4:31
  19. 19.
    Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
    2:47
  20. 20.
    This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)
    4:52

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