Album guide
Kenton / Wagner
- Composer
- Wagner
- Released
- 1964
- Label
- Capitol
- Forces
- Big band
- Personnel
- Stan Kenton piano, with a studio orchestra of Kenton alumni: five saxophones, five trumpets, five french horns, four trombones, tuba, bass, drums and timpani
After disbanding his regular mellophonium orchestra, Kenton assembled a studio band of former members and wrote every arrangement himself.
He left strings out completely and tried to summon Wagner’s scale with brass, reeds and timpani alone; AllMusic calls the result one of the last genuinely innovative records of his career.
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The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
The listening queues above follow the same order. The classical player omits tracks that are not based on a classical original.
No Spotify edition is available. You can still browse the complete track listing below.
Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Ride Of The Valkyries From “Die Walkuere”Die Walküre, Act III opening: Ride of the Valkyries
- Siegfried’s Funeral March From “Goetterdaemmerung”Götterdämmerung, Act III: Siegfried’s Funeral March
- Prelude To Act I From “Lohengrin”Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude
- Prelude To Act III From “Lohengrin”Lohengrin, Act III: Prelude
- Prelude To “Tristan Und Isolde”Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
- Love-Death From “Tristan Und Isolde”Tristan und Isolde, Act III: Liebestod
- Wedding March From “Lohengrin”Lohengrin, Act III: Bridal Chorus, “Treulich geführt”
- Pilgrims’ Chorus From “Tannhaeuser”Tannhäuser, Act III: Pilgrims’ Chorus, “Beglückt darf nun dich, o Heimat”