Siegfried‐Idyll

Album by Richard Wagner & Hansjörg Albrecht

Siegfried-Idyll is an orchestral composition by Richard Wagner, composed in 1870. Scored for a small chamber orchestra and originally written as an intimate birthday gift, it features lyrical string and woodwind textures built from motifs that Wagner later incorporated into his operatic writing, and it occupies a personal, transitional place in his mid-career output.
First released: 18th October 2019

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Die Feen, WWV 22: Overture (Transcr. for Organ)
    13:35
  2. 2.
    Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act I (Transcr. for Organ)
    8:22
  3. 3.
    Das Liebesverbot, WWV 38: Overture (Transcr. for Organ)
    11:06
  4. 4.
    Rienzi, WWV 49: Overture (Transcr. for Organ)
    13:42
  5. 5.
    Siegfried‐Idyll, WWV 103 (Transcr. for Organ)
    22:29
  6. 6.
    Tannhäuser, WWV 70: O du mein holder Abendstern (Transcr. for Organ)
    4:11