Magic Fire and other Wagner Transcriptions (2013, ABCD 353)

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Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Richard Wagner, this disc includes colorful virtuoso transcriptions of his operatic music. Great favorites, like the Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried’s Funeral March and Prelude to Tristan and Isolde, are given a full-virtuoso treatment. The expressive potential of the instrument is fully explored! The program includes ao. Finnish Jukka Nykänen’s delicious Flying Dutchman paraphrase, written in spirit of Franz Liszt.

BBC Music Magazine 2013

Sturdy Performances: Marin is very strong in Liszt’s ultra-difficult Tannhäuser arrangement. Malcolm Hayes, BBC Music Magazine 2013

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musicweb-international.com

This disc has been programmed with great care, the more effusive transcriptions sandwiched between those of interior delight, such as Brassin’s delicately baroque Waldweben from Siegfried. Placing that alongside the dark cortège of Busoni’s Trauermarsch is equally inspired, for it highlights the composers’ different styles and how fluently Marin adapts…

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Description

Richard Wagner – Jukka Nykänen:

1 Parafraasi Lentävän hollantilaisen teemoista [6’58]
(Paraphrase on the themes of The Flying Dutchman)

Richard Wagner – Franz Liszt:

2 Spinnerlied aus dem Fliegenden Holländer [5’02]
(Spinning Song from The Flying Dutchman)

Richard Wagner – Ernest Schelling:

3 Prelude to “Tristan und Isolde” [11’18]

Richard Wagner – Franz Liszt:

4 Walhalla (Valhalla) [5’58]

Richard Wagner – Louis Brassin:

5 Siegmunds Liebesgesang (Siegmund’s Lovesong) [2’59]
6 Feuerzauber (Magic Fire) [4’09]

Richard Wagner – Carl Tausig:

7 Walkürenritt (The Ride of the Valkyries) [4’55]

Richard Wagner – Louis Brassin:

8 Waldweben (Forest Murmurs) [4’59]
Richard Wagner – Ferruccio Busoni:

9 Trauermarsch (Funeral March) [9’14]

Richard Wagner – Franz Liszt:

10 Tannhäuser Overture [15’15]

Total: 71’39