Daniel Barenboim & Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wagner Overtures and Preludes Hybrid Stereo SACD

Conductor Daniel Barenboim led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1991 to 2006. Among other things, he is associated with Richard Wagner's work by his time as conductor of the Bayreuth Festival, where he conducted Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal and the Ring des Nibelungen from 1981 to 1999. These recordings were made between 1992 and 1994 at the Orchestral Hall, Chicago.

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Made in Japan

Musicians:

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Selections:

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Overtures and Preludes
1. The Flying Dutchman: Overture
2. Tannhäuser and the Singers' War at Wartburg: Overture
3. Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I
4. Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
5. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude
6. Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod

Executive Producer: Nicholas Deckenbrock
Recording Producer: Victor Muenzer
Recording Engineers:
 [Track 1-4] Conrad Strauss
 [Track 5 & 6] Lawrence Rock
Sound Engineer: Chris Willis
Editor: Conrad Strauss
Recorded
 [Track 1-4] 7 May 1994
 [Track 5] 26 September 1992
 [Track 6] 16 January 1993 at Orchestral Hall, Chicago