Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Prolog: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt, urtext)

The fourth and final opera of Richard Wagner's (1813-1883) DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN (THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG, or THE RING CYCLE for short), the three-act drama G?TTERD?MMERUNG (TWILIGHT OF THE GODS) premiered at the Bayreuth Festival on August 17th, 1876 with Hans Richter conducting the first performance of the entire cycle. "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" takes place at the end of the Prologue and serves as an orchestral interlude leading into Act I. The music depicts the new lovers Siegfried and Br?nnhilde awakening together on the bank of the river Rhine, then Br?nnhilde sending Siegfried off to seek new adventure. Urtext edition. Instrumentation: 3+Picc.3+EH.3+BCl.3: 8.3+BTpt.3+BTbn.1: 2Timp.Perc (3). 6Hps-2 real pts: Str (4.4.3.3.3 in set): Soli T.S.