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  • Wagner sounds better without brass! ;-)

    From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 24 15:03:55 2022
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI_NpFh4SM

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Mon Oct 24 16:51:08 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 4:47:39 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI_NpFh4SM

    (Comment from the Y. upload below):

    - So often, in Wagner, the brass gets all the attention. Just listen to the woodwinds, especially in the closing bars. Each note is distinct and the flickering flames are in the mind's eye. You can feel the warmth. Leinsdorf's Wagner is a worthy
    challenger to the much-acclaimed Solti Ring of the day.

    "Wagner: Die Walküre [LSO/Leinsdorf, Nilsson, Vickers, London)"

    And the reply to that Comment says:

    - Although I worship his Rheingold, I cannot listen to Solti's Walkure anymore. every listening I get more and more unconfortable with his loudness. there is nothing sublte, the brass is the only thing to be heard....

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 24 16:47:37 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI_NpFh4SM

    (Comment from the Y. upload below):

    - So often, in Wagner, the brass gets all the attention. Just listen to the woodwinds, especially in the closing bars. Each note is distinct and the flickering flames are in the mind's eye. You can feel the warmth. Leinsdorf's Wagner is a worthy
    challenger to the much-acclaimed Solti Ring of the day.

    "Wagner: Die Walküre [LSO/Leinsdorf, Nilsson, Vickers, London)"

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 24 17:01:28 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI_NpFh4SM

    According to this 2020 article:

    - The Ring orchestra numbers close to 90 players, and Wagner used every instrument to its absolute fullest capacity. There is glorious writing for the strings, but above all, Wagner took great steps forward with the brass.

    https://www.lyricopera.org/lyric-lately/Instruments-of-the-RING/

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  • From Dan Koren@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Mon Oct 24 22:29:28 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 5:01:31 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:

    above all, Wagner took great
    steps forward with the brass.

    CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR !!!!!

    dk

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Oct 24 23:52:24 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 3:03:58 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiI_NpFh4SM

    The CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO BRASS INSTRUMENTS mentions Wagner several times:

    https://books.google.com/books?id=CRVAi2sK5ecC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22cambridge+encyclopedia+of+brass+instruments%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBrKSI5fr6AhVJK0QIHQeRDnsQ6AF6BAgOEAI#v=onepage&q=wagner&f=false

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