An Introduction To Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Cooke

Wholenote Discoveries - June 2011
Cooke identifies the various leitmotivs and follows their permutations and combinations as they appear and re-appear, which can be a revelation and illumination to even those who know it all. Quite important to the narrative are the passages where the character is saying one thing but the music beneath discloses that what he or she really means or intends is something quite different. The illustrations are from Decca’s Solti cycle with The Vienna Philharmonic. The discs can be heard and re-heard without any sense of ennui. Bruce Surtees