This album, titled 'The Wagner Project', presents rare arrangements of Richard Wagner's works for chamber ensemble, including a world premiere.
Recording & Production
This recording includes a world premiere of Simone Fontanelli's arrangement of Richard Wagner's 'French Songs' and the second public performance of Fontanelli's arrangement of the 'Wesendonck-Lieder'.
Composition History
Richard Wagner referred to two of his 'Wesendonck Songs', 'Im Treibhaus' and 'Träume', as 'studies' for his opera 'Tristan und Isolde'.
Composition History
Richard Wagner's 'French Songs' were composed in Paris in 1839/1840 with the aim of making himself known there, but they did not achieve the desired success.
Compositional Technique
Richard Wagner composed the 'Siegfried-Idyll' for a chamber ensemble because a full orchestra would not fit into the stairwell where he planned its premiere.
Composition History
Richard Wagner's 'Wesendonck Songs' were influenced by his love for Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of his wealthy patron Otto Wesendonck, and impacted his opera 'Tristan und Isolde'.
Composition History
The 'Siegfried-Idyll' was a secret birthday serenade from Richard Wagner to his wife Cosima on Christmas Day 1870, also celebrating their son Siegfried's birth.
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