Written as a birthday gift for his wife, Cosima, Siegfried's Idyll was given its premiere performance on Christmas morning on the steps outside their bedroom. In contrast, Faust Overture is what remains of Wagner's opera based on the Goethe novel. Paired together in one affordable volume, these works collect two different sides of Wagner's compositional mastery. Unabridged republication of an early authoritative edition.
Overtures and Preludes in Full Score by Richard Wagner Handsome, affordable edition includes Overtures to The Flying Dutchman and Rienzi; Preludes to Acts I and III of Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde; more. Authoritative German editions.
