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Classical Music

Aristus

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2. Well, the 'Children's Catechism' as it has come to be called, isn't part of the opera saga.

Reply to MuseRider (Reply #1)

Thu May 31, 2018, 11:18 AM

May 2018

And as far as I know, there has only ever been one studio recording of it, published along with the Vienna Philharmonic's take on the Siegfried Idyll, to round out Deryck Cook's exhaustive analysis of the Ring's themes.

Anyway, the inclusion of the Redemption theme at the end is startlingly beautiful...

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Richard Wagner, master of the very long piece, was also master of the very short. This is it: [View all] Aristus May 2018 OP

Ahhhhhh MuseRider May 2018 #1

Well, the 'Children's Catechism' as it has come to be called, isn't part of the opera saga. Aristus May 2018 #2

Thanks, it has been a long long time since I even attempted to study this work MuseRider May 2018 #3

It's difficult to determine which of the two operatic appearances is the more moving. Aristus May 2018 #4

Here is Sieglinde's introduction of the Redemption theme in Walkure. Jessye Norman KILLS it! Aristus May 2018 #5