Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Ride of the Valkyries

The soaring Ride of the Vaklyries from the Ring cycle joins several other Wagnerian operatic masterpieces. His dynamic overtures to the Flying Dutchman and Tannhauser and to his early opera Rienzi are here plus the symphonic poem Sigfried Idyll and the famous introduction to Act III of Lohengrin !

1) Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) Opera WWV 86B: The Ride of the Valkyries
2) Rienzi Der Letzte Der Tribunen Opera WWV 49: Overture
3) Lohengrin Opera WWV 75: Act 3. Introduction
4) Siegfried Idyll for Small Orchestra in E Major WWV 103
5) Overture to Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) for Orchestra
6) Tannhäuser Opera WWV 70: Overture