Wagner - Tannhäuser - Extracts

I&II - Performed by the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, recorded October 26, 1967 at Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City III - Pilgrim's Chorus
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Tannhäuser (opera)
Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg / Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg) is an opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on the two German legends of Tannhäuser and the song contest at Wartburg. The story centres on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love (a theme running through almost all Wagner's mature work)

Noted extracts

• Overture

• "Naht euch dem Strande" (Venusberg Music)

• "Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte!"

• "Als du in kühnem Sange uns bestrittest"

• "Freudig begrüßen wir die edle Halle"

• "Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat, ich schauen" (Pilgrim's Chorus)

• "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen!"

• "Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann"

• "Heil! Heil! Der Gnade Wunder Heil!" (includes "Younger Pilgrims' Chorus")

• "O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern" (O Star of Eve)

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