The score of Tristan und Isolde has often been cited as a landmark in the development of Western music. In this score Wagner uses a remarkable range of orchestral colour, harmony and polyphony and does so with a freedom rarely found in his earlier operas. The very first chord in the piece is the so-called Tristan chord, often taken to be of great significance in the move away from traditional tonal harmony since it encompasses not one but two dissonances:
Sample Music Files:
Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Movement: Vorspiel
Ensemble: Fulda Symphonic Orchestra
Richard_Wagner_-_Tristan_und_Isolde_-_Vorspiel.oggPrelude to "Tristan und Isolde"
Wagner-TristanundIsolde.midPiano Sheet:
Wagner-TristanundIsolde.pdf
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Please do you know a piano performance of the opera ??
Thanks in advance
Glenn Gould performed the Prelude. It can be found on the soundtrack for 32 short films about Glenn Gould.
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That looks incredibly hard
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