Wagner: Overtures And Orchestral Music

Wagner: Overtures and Preludes from the Operas Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Wagner's opera preludes are actually stage works in orchestral clothing, anticipating as they do all the emotions and dramas of the entire opera. With his illustrative interpretation, Mariss Jansons recognised this dimension, and produced one of the best recordings of his Oslo period.