Wagner - Wagner: Lohengrin: Act I: PreludeRichard Wagner's Lohengrin: Act I: Prelude performed by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra with Libor Pesek conducting.

Bobby Smith

it's a song of defiance and self-assurance that's streaked with loneliness and regret

from the meditative 'Sarek' to the sharp contrast of the pushing and nervous 'Schizo'

Produced by Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds

It was during this time of disbelief and uncertainty that Kitaro envisioned the Ku-Kai series as a means of uniting the world through music embracing his frequently referenced universal message of peace

Included as a Bonus track is part of a live recording made two days before the studio recording that will raise the nap on the listener's neck

LP1 on gold colored vinyl and LP2 on black and red marbled vinyl

Rarely recorded - this is the first recording by a non-French orchestra - the work unfolds in three tableaux and tells a convoluted tale of a bridegroom who jilts his bride (to run away with a gypsy) by persuading her that he has been changed into a wolf

which is an excellent example of an organic synthesis of German and Russian schools of composers and embodies the continuity of Schumann's artistic ideals

the central characters in operas by Donizetti: Anne Boleyn (Anna Bolena)

Duato had already tackled some of the great classics of the Russian classical ballet school: his original versions of Sleeping Beauty (BAC131 BAC431) and The Nutcracker

'The performances are convincing in every respect'