Wagner / Woodward / Modinos- Wagner by Arrangement, Vol. 3 - Operatic Highlights (CD)
Necessity being the mother of invention, the English conductor Ben Woodward has arranged the full-symphonic textures of some of Wagner's operas for eighteen-part chamber orchestra to bring them within range of the forces available to Regents Opera in London - arrangements which should, indeed, put them with the reach of smaller companies everywhere. This new 'room-sized Wagner' enhances the sense of scale of the originals with a striking degree of clarity. Of the first volume in this series, Theater Jones wrote: "Vizcarra's pianistic talent is the real star of these discs... it makes me anxious to see what else Vizcarrahas up his very talented sleeve."
Necessity being the mother of invention, the English conductor Ben Woodward has arranged the full-symphonic textures of some of Wagner's operas for eighteen-part chamber orchestra to bring them within range of the forces available to Regents Opera in London - arrangements which should, indeed, put them with the reach of smaller companies everywhere. This new 'room-sized Wagner' enhances the sense of scale of the originals with a striking degree of clarity. Of the first volume in this series, Theater Jones wrote: "Vizcarra's pianistic talent is the real star of these discs... it makes me anxious to see what else Vizcarrahas up his very talented sleeve."