Since you are interested in Wagner: Orchestral Music (Includes The Ride of the Valkyries and the Funeral Music from Gotterdammerung), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss, (R.): Four Last Songs / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Cheryl Studer (soprano) / Staatskapelle Dresden / Giuseppe Sinopoli [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 17/May/2000 ] The magic of Strauss's four last songs |
JOAQUIN RODRIGO
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Fantasía para un gentilhombre (with de Falla - 'Three Cornered Hat' excerpts) Carlos Bonell (guitar), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Carlos Bonell plays the cadenza of the Adagio of the Concierto de Aranjuez most sensitively, and the weight of the orchestral contribution is judged to a nicety throughout." (Gramophone) |
SMETANA
Ma Vlast (Incls 'The Moldau') / Overture and Dances from 'Bartered Bride') Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine [ Deutsche Grammophon Entree / CD - released 6/Oct/2003 ] "The three Ma Vlast excerpts, taken from Levine's complete set, are quite splendid, full of momentum and trust. aptly paced, with much imaginative detail...the sound is full-blooded and vivid." (*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Goldberg Variations Andrei Gavrilov (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon Virtuoso / CD - released 27/Oct/2011 ] "Gavrilov's actual performance demonstrates, intermittently, that virtuosity and warmth of feeling are cause for celebration rather than apology. He can also be temperate and finely controlled." (Gramophone) |