Знаменитый маэстро и признанный интерпретатор Вагнера, Лорин Маазель собрал партитуру из инструментальных фрагментов четырех опер тетралогии «Кольцо нибелунга». Он не дописал ни единой ноты и не изменил порядка сцен в оригинале. Результат – 70 минут музыки без пения и слов с грандиозными «Путешествием Зигфрида по Рейну», «Полетом Валькирий», «Траурным маршем» и «Закланием». Под эту музыку гремит амбициями сам дирижёр с музыкантами оркестра Берлинской филармонии 

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

"The Ring Without Words": Orchestral Highlights

1. Das Rheingold: Thus, we begin in the 'greenish twilight' of the Rhine (5:24) 
2. Das Rheingold: float up to the home of the Gods, (Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla) (2:05) 
3. Das Rheingold: fall amongst hammering dwarfs 'smithying' away (2:23) 
4. Das Rheingold: ride Donner's thunderbolt, crawl with the thirst-crazed Siegmund to the haven (temporary) of Sieglinde's hearth (1:40) 
5. Die Walkure: from Act I: In the sound code, we 'see' his loving gaze (3:20) 
6. Die Walkure: from Act I: their flight (0:43) 
7. Die Walkure: from Act II: Wotan's rage (2:32) 
8. Die Walkure: from Act III: The Cavalcade of [bad word] #39;s sisters (Ride of the Valkyries) (3:10) 
9. Die Walkure: from Act III: Wotan's farewell to his favorite daughter (Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music) (5:32) 
10. Siegfried: from Act I: Mime's fright (1:22) 
11. Siegfried: from Act I: Siegfried's forging of the magic sword (0:51) 
12. Siegfried: from Act I: His wanderings through the forest (2:04) 
13. Siegfried: from Act I: from Act II, his slaying of the Dragon (1:00) 
14. Siegfried: from Act I: the Dragon's lament (0:58) 
15. [bad word]  from Act I: day breaking 'round Siegfried's and [bad word] #39;s passion (7:06) 
16. [bad word]  from Act I: Siedfried's Rhine journey, (Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey) (5:05) 
17. [bad word]  from Act II: Hagen's call to his clan (1:45) 
18. [bad word]  from Act II: Siegfried and the Rhinemaidens (4:01) 
19. [bad word]  from Act III: his death and the funeral music, (Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music) (9:09) 
20. [bad word]  from Act III: Immolation (Immolation Scene) (9:35)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 
Lorin Maazel, conductor