00:09 Siegfried's funeral theme/Tragedy of Wälsungs 00:43 Sword motif 00:50 Hunding's horn call 02:48 Sieglinde's misfortune 04:49 Bass: Wälsungs sympathy 06:28 Sieglinde and Siegmund love theme 06:49 Siegmund's aria 14:19 Valhalla motif 20:33 Fire magic 22:55 Wotan's spear 23:15 Wotan's theme 23:33 Fire 23:40 Loge's theme 24:09 Magic fire around Brünnhilde 25:24 Siegfried's sword interlaced with Brünnhilde's fire There are probably more lurking. Add 'em if you have the patience. I listed the ones I recognized by ear.
Leitmotifs I found: 0:09 wälsungs 0:26 wehwalt 0:43 sword 0:50 hunding 1:55 sieglinde 3:54 love 4:59 wälsung sorrow (left hand) 6:48 siegmund's spring song 9:02 brünnhilde as woman, again at 9:56 10:03 bliss 12:25 fate 12:32 crisis 12:58 annunciation of death 14:19 valhalla A 15:13 valhalla B 16:05 ride of the valkyries, more clearly at 17:34 18:55 wotan's frustration 19:01 brünnhildes justification 19:56 renunciation of love (rheingold) 20:32 magic sleep 21:10 sleeping brünnhilde 21:19 wotan's grief (left hand) 22:55 wotan's spear 23:33 fire/loge A 23:58 fire/loge B 24:03 fire/loge C 25:24 siegfried (left hand)
Brilliant the way Wolf captured the sparkling essence of the finale, the "Magic Fire" music. A 30 minute concert paraphrase on themes of the opera without the opera's most famous theme (the Ride of the Valkyrie) and yet it's a very striking and entertaining piece. Maybe because of it? In a harmonic kind of way Valkyrie to me captures the essence of Wagner and it seems Wolf agrees.
But it's refreshing to see arrangements other than Liszt. Gould is also brilliant. Wagner sounds sublime on the piano. The harmonic language becomes more transparent.
I'd say the problem of it that it is not really paraphrase but simply a word for word transcription of very specific points from the opera. I could spot all of of them. Liszt on other hand really paraphrased the material he used. Either developing them in a fantasy form or a set of variations. Intermixing various motifs from the originals. With this one you could actually take a recording of "Die Walküre and then splice it together into the exact thing Wolf did here without having to change a single bar.
00:09 Siegfried's funeral theme/Tragedy of Wälsungs
00:43 Sword motif
00:50 Hunding's horn call
02:48 Sieglinde's misfortune
04:49 Bass: Wälsungs sympathy
06:28 Sieglinde and Siegmund love theme
06:49 Siegmund's aria
14:19 Valhalla motif
20:33 Fire magic
22:55 Wotan's spear
23:15 Wotan's theme
23:33 Fire
23:40 Loge's theme
24:09 Magic fire around Brünnhilde
25:24 Siegfried's sword interlaced with Brünnhilde's fire
There are probably more lurking. Add 'em if you have the patience. I listed the ones I recognized by ear.
Leitmotifs I found:
0:09 wälsungs
0:26 wehwalt
0:43 sword
0:50 hunding
1:55 sieglinde
3:54 love
4:59 wälsung sorrow (left hand)
6:48 siegmund's spring song
9:02 brünnhilde as woman, again at 9:56
10:03 bliss
12:25 fate
12:32 crisis
12:58 annunciation of death
14:19 valhalla A
15:13 valhalla B
16:05 ride of the valkyries, more clearly at 17:34
18:55 wotan's frustration
19:01 brünnhildes justification
19:56 renunciation of love (rheingold)
20:32 magic sleep
21:10 sleeping brünnhilde
21:19 wotan's grief (left hand)
22:55 wotan's spear
23:33 fire/loge A
23:58 fire/loge B
24:03 fire/loge C
25:24 siegfried (left hand)
Thanks for uploading this! It’s an amazing paraphrase of Wagner’s complicated music in the Valkyrie!
Brilliant the way Wolf captured the sparkling essence of the finale, the "Magic Fire" music. A 30 minute concert paraphrase on themes of the opera without the opera's most famous theme (the Ride of the Valkyrie) and yet it's a very striking and entertaining piece. Maybe because of it? In a harmonic kind of way Valkyrie to me captures the essence of Wagner and it seems Wolf agrees.
Funnily enough wagner hated piano arrangements and condensed versions.
But it's refreshing to see arrangements other than Liszt. Gould is also brilliant. Wagner sounds sublime on the piano. The harmonic language becomes more transparent.
in fact, the Ride of the Valkyries leitmotif appears at 17:34
@@chikyushimin Oh you're right, I missed it somehow hidden in the bassline :)
ça chante bien, c'est un vrai plaisir!!!
Brilliant work!
Very beautiful!
(Except some clicks around 22 min that scared us :D)
i apologize about that
Sometimes you make cringeworthy livestreams but this is a very very nice thing you did.
well fair enough XD
i was thinking the next livestream idea, how many score videos can i make in 24 hours
The livestreams are fun wdym.
How old was Wolf when he wrote this?
who is the pianist?
Hugo Wolf and hugh wolff have always confused me...
So, meandering. Hard to tell if it's the fault of the pianist or the composition, but it has nothing on Brassin or Liszt or some others I could name.
I'd say the problem of it that it is not really paraphrase but simply a word for word transcription of very specific points from the opera. I could spot all of of them.
Liszt on other hand really paraphrased the material he used. Either developing them in a fantasy form or a set of variations. Intermixing various motifs from the originals.
With this one you could actually take a recording of "Die Walküre and then splice it together into the exact thing Wolf did here without having to change a single bar.
One of the worst performances I’ve ever heard of this…too slow, no energy, zero emotion, zero passion, appalling phrasing. Just terrible.
Do you have some other performances to recommend instead? Thanks.