The Wagner Project Matthias Goerne, The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Daniel Harding

• Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
• 1 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III: Vorspiel 06:22
• 2 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act II: Wie duftet doch der Flieder (Sachs) 06:14
• 3 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Vorspiel 10:11
• 4 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act II, Scene 3: Tatest du's wirklich? (Marke) 12:29
• 5 Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod 07:04
• 6 Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Abendlich strahlt (Wotan) 03:53
• 7 Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III, Scene 3: Leb' wohl, du kühnes herrliches Kind! (Wotan) 16:38
• 8 Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Ouverture 10:35
• 9 Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63, Act I, Scene 2: Die Frist ist um, und abermals verstrichen (Holländer) 10:58
• 10 Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act II, Scene 2: Wie Todesahnung, Dämm'rung deckt die Lande (Wolfram) 05:42
• 11 Parsifal, WWV 111, Act I: Vorspiel 14:38
• 12 Parsifal, WWV 111, Act III: Ja - Wehe! Wehe! Weh' über mich! (Amfortas) 05:57
• 13 Parsifal, WWV 111, Act III: Karfreitags-Zauber 11:18
• Total Runtime 02:01:59

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Für immer und ewig. Zwei herausragende Talente, Matthias Goerne und Daniel Harding, der das fabelhafte Schwedische Radio-Sinfonieorchester leitet, verleihen hier der Musik Richard Wagners einen ganz besonderen Glanz. In den schönsten für Bass oder Bariton komponierten Nummern aus Tristan und Isolde, Der fliegende Holländer, Parsifal und weiteren Opern inspirieren die bevorzugten Themenbereiche des Komponisten (Götter, Menschen, Erlösung) zu höchster expressiver Klangentfaltung und zeigen das unbestrittene Genie Wagner und seine genuine Begabung für das Orchestrieren in einem neuen Licht.

Matthias Goerne, Bariton
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, Dirigent

Matthias Goerne
is one of the most internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with leading orchestras all over the world. Conductors of the first rank as well as eminent pianists are among his musical partners. Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages, including the the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real in Madrid; Paris National Opera; and the Vienna State Opera. His carefully chosen roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas, Kurwenal, Wotan, Orest, and Jochanaan to the title roles in Alban Berg’s Wozzeck and Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.

Goerne’s artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have received prestigious awards, including four Grammy nominations, an ICMA award, and only recently the Diapason d’or arte. After his legendary recordings with Vladimir Ashkenazy and Alfred Brendel for Universal Music, he has recently completed the recording of a series of selected Schubert songs on 12 CDs for harmonia mundi (The Goerne/Schubert Edition) with eminent pianists. His latest recordings of Brahms songs with Christoph Eschenbach and of Mahler songs with the BBC Symphony have received rave reviews.

From 2001 through 2005, Matthias Goerne taught as an honorary professor of song interpretation at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf. In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
A native of Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer in Leipzig, and later with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.

Highlights in the 2016/17 season include concerts with leading orchestras in the U.S. and in Europe such as the Boston Symphony, Dallas Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and the Philharmonia Orchestra London, as well as a series of song recitals with Leif Ove Andsnes and Markus Hinterhäuser in Dallas, Paris, Brussels, Milan, Madrid, London, and the new LOTTE Hall in Seoul, among many other venues. He will continue his world tour of „Winterreise“ in the celebrated William Kentridge production and will also be touring major European cities with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. In addition, Matthias Goerne makes his debuts as Jochanaan (Salome) at the Vienna State Opera and as Wotan in a concert version of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried with the Hong Kong Philharmonic under Jaap van Zweden. For the summer of 2017, he has been re-invited to prestigious festivals including Salzburg where he will be singing the title role in Alban Berg’s opera „Wozzeck“ in addition to a song recital with Daniil Trifonov at the piano.

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
(Swedish: Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester) is a radio orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden, and affiliated with Sveriges Radio (Swedish Radio). The orchestra broadcasts concerts on the Swedish Radio-P2 network.

One of the precursor ensembles to the current orchestra was the Radioorkestern (Radio Orchestra), whose chief conductors included Nils Grevillius (1927-1939) and Tor Mann (1939-1959). In 1965, the Radioorkestern was merged with another orchestra from Swedish Radio, the Underhållningsorkestern (Entertainment Orchestra), under the new name of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Sergiu Celibidache was the newly formed orchestra's first principal conductor, from 1965 to 1971. In 1979, the orchestra took up residence at the Berwaldhallen (Berwald Hall).

The Laureate Conductors of the orchestra are Herbert Blomstedt, principal conductor from 1977 to 1982, and Valery Gergiev. Since 2007, the orchestra's principal conductor is Daniel Harding. In September 2009, the orchestra announced the first extension of Harding's contract as principal conductor, through 2012. In April 2013, the orchestra announced a second extension of Harding's contract through 2015.

Daniel Harding
Daniel Harding is one of the brightest of a new generation of conductors. Having assisted both Sir Simon Rattle at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Claudio Abbado at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he is currently Music Director of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. His engagements include the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Dresden Staatskapelle, Rotterdam Philharmonic, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras. In the U.S. he has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta, Baltimore and Houston Symphony Orchestras.

In opera, he has conducted new productions of "Don Giovanni" and "The Turn of the Screw" at the Aix-en-Provence Festival; "Jenufa" at Welsh National Opera and "Die Entführung" in his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper.

Daniel Harding records exclusively for Virgin Classics. His recordings include Beethoven Overtures and Brahms Symphonies 3 and 4 with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie; Mozart's "Don Giovanni" recorded live at the Aix-en-Provence Festival and Britten's "The Turn of the Screw", both with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra..

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