Das Siegfried Wagner-Label MARCO POLO / NAXOS, bietet im Mai und Juni – bis einschließlich 30. Juni 2021 – alle 15 Tracks der CD Wahnfried-Idyll (MP 8.225349) als kostenlosen Download (mp3 + flac) an:
Best known for his operas, several of which are available on Marco Polo, Siegfried Wagner’s songs only really entered the consciousness of the music-loving public when Hanne Lore Kuhse presented an evening of Lieder at the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth in August 1966. Since then they have become increasingly popular. From Abend auf dem Meere (Evening at Sea) (1890) to songs written in the late 1920s, this album presents a bouquet of Lieder spanning his compositional career with subjects by turns humorous and melancholy, intimate and fantastic.
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Composer of the Month
At first a pupil of Humperdinck, it was only after a journey to the Far East, ten years after his father’s death, that Siegfried Wagner, son of Richard Wagner, decided on a career as a musician. He served for many years at Bayreuth, from 1906 as director of the festival.
Operas
Siegfried Wagner’s operas are concerned with German traditions, but more akin to those of Humperdinck than of his father. They largely explore the mysterious and magical medieval world suggested by the Brothers Grimm.
Orchestral Music
The relatively small number of Siegfried Wagner’s orchestral works are led by his symphonic poem Sehnsucht (‘Yearning’), based on Schiller. He also left a Violin Concerto, a work for flute and orchestra, a Symphony, and a second symphonic poem, Glück.