[5/7/2011] Sunday Classics preview: What was Richard Wagner doing conducting Wagner outside his house? (continued)

LIKE I SAID, ALL WE'RE DOING TONIGHT
IS HEARING THE SIEGFRIED IDYLL TWICE


WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (chamber version)

We're starting strong: The recording of the chamber version by Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) may be the most beautiful performance of the Siegfried Idyll I've heard.

Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, cond. EMI, recorded October 1961


WAGNER: Siegfried Idyll (full-orchestra version)

By normal standards, this studio recording by Hans Knappertsbusch (1888-1965) would be regarded as a "slow" performance. But as we'll see, by the standards of the real Siegfried Idyll tortoises, it qualifies as "moderate."

Munich Philharmonic, Hans Knappertsbusch, cond. Westminster/MCA, recorded November 1962


IN TOMORROW'S SUNDAY CLASSICS POST

More of (and about) the Siegfried Idyll.


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