Lauritz Melchior; Dorothy Larsen; Mogens Wedel; Georg Vasarhelyi; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Jensen - Thomas Jensen Legacy, Vol. 23 - Richard Wagner: Die Walkure Act 1; Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor; Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2

Thomas Jensen is hardly known as a Wagnerian, and yet this complete First Act of Die Walkure - with an all-star Danish cast - is paced and shaped with a keen ear for drama. CD2 continues to expand the Jensen discography with works by two composers intimately associated with Wagner, his father-in-law Liszt and his Belgian disciple Franck. The concert overture Piazza del Popolo is a forgotten showpiece which the Danish composer Walther Schroder drew from his score to a silent movie directed by A.W. Sandberg.