8 Bayreuth Festival Horns - Wagner: Fantasies for 8 Horns

To mark the forthcoming bicentenary of Richard Wagner's birth, this release presents the great German composer's music in a fascinating and unconventional form. The recording features the eight horn players of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra performing fantasias on the composer's operas in arrangements by Karl Stiegler and Manfred Klier. The disc includes music from the operas Lohengrin, Das Rheingold, Siegfried, and Tristan and Isolde.Personnel: Gerd Seifert (1st horn), Klaus Markowski (2nd horn), Jan Schroeder (3rd horn) Manfred Klier (4th horn), Siegfried Machata (5th horn), Barry Garbage (6th horn), Klaus Schneider (7th horn) G�nter Fritzsche (8th horn)