Ring Odyssey

Wagner; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine & Joseph Swensen

Type	Album
Released	September 13, 2024
Label	Alpha Classics
Genre	Classical
Style	Opera Romantic

Tracks

26 tracks, 2 hr 8 min
#	Title	Duration
Disc 1
1	Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Prelude - Song of the Rhine Maidens (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:09
2	Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 1: Alberich Renounces the Power of Love, Seizes the Rheingold and Forges the Ring (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	2:16
3	Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Valhalla, Castle of the Gods (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	1:30
4	Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 2: Wotan and Loge Descend into the Nibelheim (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	1:42
5	Das Rheingold, WWV 86A, Scene 4: Donner Summons the Thunderstorm to Reveal Valhalla (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	1:54
6	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I: Prelude - Thunderstorm, Sieglinde offers Shelter to Siegmund (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	3:35
7	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I: Love Duet No. 1 - The Incestuous Tryst of Sieglinde and Siegmund (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:40
8	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act I: Spring Follows the Winter Storm - Siegmund Acquires His Name and Sword (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	13:35
9	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act II: Prelude - Wotan and Frika Argue over Siegmund’s Immorality (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	3:27
10	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries - Brünnhilde and the Valkyries Retrieve the Souls of the Dead Heroes (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:33
11	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: Wotan’s Grief over the Disownment of Brünnhilde, He Summons Loge to Set Fire to the Mountain Brünnhilde is to Rest (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:57
12	Die Walküre, WWV 86B, Act III: “He who Fears My Spear, May not Pass this Fire” - Only the Bravest Hero Will Free Brünnhilde (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	4:22
Disc 2
1	Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act II: Prelude - The Dragon’s cave (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	4:13
2	Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act II: “Du holdes Vöglein” - Siegfried and the woodbirds (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	2:15
3	Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act II: Siegfried Battles Fafner the Dragon (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	1:06
4	Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act III: Prelude (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	2:59
5	Siegfried, WWV 86C, Act III: “Ewig war ich” - Brünnhilde Accepts Siegfried’s Love and Renounces the Glory of the Gods (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	4:24
6	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Prologue: Sunrise (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	3:05
7	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Prologue: Love Duet No. 2 - Siegfried’s Flight into the Wilderness (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	11:48
8	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Prologue: Brünnhilde Urges Him to Keep Their Love to Mind (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:53
9	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act II: Hagen Summons the Gibichung Vassals to War (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	2:50
10	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Prelude - The Rhine Maidens Urge Siegfried to Return the Ring to the Rhine (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	3:40
11	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Siegfried is Murdered by Hagen (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	5:37
12	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Siegfried Dies and is Carried Away (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	6:42
13	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Brunnhilde takes the Ring from Siegfried’s Hand and Lights Her Funeral Pyre (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	10:31
14	Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D, Act III: Brunnhilde’s Immolation and the World is Consumed in Flood and Fire (Reworked by Joseph Swensen)	8:37