Deryck Cooke

An Introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen

Release date 1995

Tracklist

1
Of All Great Musical Compositions... (Examples 1-4)
3:37
3:37
2
The Fundamental Symbol... (Examples 5-11)
4:46
4:46
3
Returning Now to the Nature Motive... (Examples 6, 12-16)
3:22
3:22
4
A Number of Further Motives... (Examples 5, 17-21)
3:17
3:17
5
A Second, Much Smaller Family... (Examples 22-25)
2:35
2:35
6
So Much for Nature. (Examples 26-38)
7:56
7:56
7
The Cause of the Deterioration... (Examples 39-44)
3:30
3:30
8
The Other Transformation... (Examples 45-48)
3:44
3:44
9
Several Other Motives... (Examples 49-52)
2:47
2:47
10
Two Further Motives... (Examples 41, 53-61)
7:12
7:12
11
The Basic Motive Associated With the Spear... (Examples 62-68)
5:17
5:17
12
Along Another, More Complex Line... (Examples 69-72)
2:12
2:12
13
In Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 69, 73-75)
2:21
2:21
14
Returning Now to Act Two of "Walküre"... (Examples 76-79)
3:54
3:54
15
Love Is Another of the Central Symbols... (Examples 80-83)
3:06
3:06
16
Later in the Same Scene... (Examples 84-87)
2:22
2:22
17
Freia's Motive Has Two Independent Segments... (Examples 88-91)
2:01
2:01
18
The Label 'Flight'... (Example 92)
0:56
0:56
19
When Fasolt, in Scene Two of "Rhinegold"... (Examples 93-98)
5:23
5:23
20
A Little Later in This Interlude... (Examples 99-103)
3:07
3:07
21
The Other New Motive... (Examples 104-109)
3:36
3:36
22
There Are Several Independent Love-Motives... (Examples 110-114)
2:55
2:55
23
The Characters in Whose Lives... (Examples 115-120)
5:27
5:27
24
One Further Motive Belongs... (Example 121)
1:25
1:25
25
The Sword Motive Recurs... (Examples 122-130)
4:28
4:28
26
Ironically, This Phrase... (Examples 131-135)
2:58
2:58
27
Closely Associated With Gutrune's Motive... (Examples 136-140)
2:26
2:26
28
Here We Come to the End... (Examples 141-146)
3:43
3:43
29
Complementary to This Symbol... (Examples 147-149)
2:14
2:14
30
One Last Central Symbol... (Examples 150-157)
4:54
4:54
31
One Further Motive Connected... (Examples 158-161)
2:52
2:52
32
There Are One or Two Motives... (Examples 162-168)
3:48
3:48
33
These Motives of Alberich and Mime... (Examples 169-171)
2:07
2:07
34
Quite a Number of the Subsidiary Motives... (Examples 172-176)
2:50
2:50
35
Besides This Family of Motives... (Examples 177-180)
2:31
2:31
36
Our Final Example... (Examples 10, 181, 182)
3:57
3:57
37
In the Final Scene of Götterdämmerung... (Examples 181-183)
2:45
2:45
38
Even More Masterly... (Examples 184-188)
4:31
4:31
39
Now If We Return... (Examples 189-191)
2:47
2:47
40
This Masterly Way... (Examples 192, 193)
4:52
4:52