The Forest Connection
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The Forest -- beautiful, silent, mysterious...
For centuries, it was a familiar presence—outwardly calm and tranquil, yet firmly marking the boundary of human authority. As such, it could be a place of refuge or danger.
In this hour, the forest in music by Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Orff, Britten, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Wagner: The Ring Without Words [for Forest Murmurs opening] |
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel |
Telarc CD-80154 |
089408015427 |
| Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas [for Tales of the Vienna Woods] |
Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna, Willi Boskowski |
EMI Classics 5 74528 2 |
724357452823 |
| Orff: Carmina Burana |
Berlin Philharmonic & Chorus, Simon Rattle |
EMI Classics 5 57888 2 |
724355788825 |
| Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen: Great Scenes [for “Forest Murmurs,” complete] |
Wolfgang Windgassen, Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti |
London/Decca 289 458 210-2 |
028945821023 |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 1 |
Chicago Symphony, Claudio Abbado |
Deutsche Grammophon 400033-2 |
3259140003328 |
| Chadwick, MacDowell [for Suite:Forest Spirits] |
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson |
Mercury Living Presence 434337 |
028943433723 |
| Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream [for “The Wood”] |
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox |
EMI Classics 40621 |
5099964062129 |
| Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande Suite |
Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado |
Deutsche Grammophon 289 471 332-2 |
028947133223 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker |
Saint Louis Symphony, Leonard Slatkin |
RCA Red Seal RCD2-7005 |
078635700527 |
| Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie |
London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink |
LSO Live LSO0689 |
822231168928 |
