No. |
Title |
Length |
1. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 1. Of all great musical compositions (Ex.1-4) |
3:37 |
2. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 2. The fundamental symbol (Ex.5-11) |
4:46 |
3. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 3. Returning now to the Nature Motive (Ex.12-16) |
3:22 |
4. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 4. A number of further motives (Ex.17-21) |
3:17 |
5. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 5. A second, much smaller family (Ex.22-25) |
2:35 |
6. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 6. So much for nature (Ex.26-38) |
7:56 |
7. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 7. The cause of the deterioration (Ex.39-44) |
3:30 |
8. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 8. The other transformation (Ex.45-48) |
3:44 |
9. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 9. Several other motives (Ex.49-52) |
2:47 |
10. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 10. Two further motives (Ex.41,53-61) |
7:12 |
11. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 11. Basic motive associated with the spear (Ex.62/68) (Ex.62/8)(Ex.62/8) |
5:16 |
12. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 12. Along another, more complex line (Ex.69-72) |
2:12 |
13. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 13. In Act 2 of "Walküre" (Ex.69,73-75) |
2:21 |
14. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 14. Returning now to Act 2 of "Walküre (Ex.76-79) |
3:54 |
15. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 15. Love is another of the central symbols (Ex.80-83) |
3:06 |
16. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 16. Later in the same scene (Ex.84-87) |
2:22 |
17. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 17. Freia's motive has 2 independent segments (Ex.88-91 |
2:01 |
18. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 18. The label "Flight" (Ex.92) |
0:56 |
19. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 19. When Fasolt, in Scene 2 of "Rhinegold" (Ex.93-8) |
5:23 |
20. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 20. A little later in this interlude (Ex.99-103) |
3:07 |
21. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 21. The other new motive (Ex.104-09) |
3:36 |
22. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 22. There are several independent love-motives (Ex.110- |
2:55 |
23. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 23. The characters in whose lives (Ex.115-120) |
5:27 |
24. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 24. One further motive belongs (Ex.121) |
1:25 |
25. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 25. The sword motive recurs (Ex.122-130) |
4:28 |
26. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 26. Ironically, this phrase (Ex.131-5) |
2:58 |
27. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 27. Closely associated with Gutrune's motive (Ex.136-40 |
2:26 |
28. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 28. Here we come to the end (Ex.141-6) |
3:43 |
29. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 29. Complementary to this symbol (Ex.147-9) |
2:14 |
30. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 30. One last central symbol (Ex.150-7) |
4:54 |
31. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 31. One further motive connected (Ex.158-61) |
2:52 |
32. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 32. There are one or two motives (Ex.162-8) |
3:48 |
33. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 33. These motives of Alberich & Mime (Ex.169-71) |
2:07 |
34. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 34. Quite a number of subsidiary motives (Ex.172-6) |
2:50 |
35. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 35. Besides this family of motives (Ex.177-80) |
2:31 |
36. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 36. Our final example (Ex.10,181-2) |
3:57 |
37. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 37. In the final scene of "Götterdämmerung" (Ex.181-3) |
2:45 |
38. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 38. Even more masterly (Ex.184-8) |
4:31 |
39. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 39. Now if we return (Ex.189-91) |
2:47 |
40. |
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - An Introduction by Deryck Cooke (with musical examples) - 40. This masterly way (Ex.192-3) |
4:52 |