TY - SOUND AU - Cooke,Deryck AU - Wagner,Richard AU - Wagner,Richard AU - Solti,Georg ED - Wiener Philharmoniker. ED - Wiener Sängerknaben. TI - An introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen KW - Wagner, Richard, KW - Orchestral music KW - Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with instrumental ensemble N1 - "An explanation and analysis of Wagner's system of leitmotifs, with 193 music examples," narrated by the author, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Georg Solti, conductor; Automatic sequence; Text of the narration with musical examples and "Index of motives" (42 p. illus.) laid in container; Includes Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Kinderkatechisms (with the Wiener Sängerknaben); An introduction to Der Ring des Nibelungen (2:20:00) -- Siegfried Idyll (18:25) -- Kinderkatechismus (with Wiener Sängerknaben) (2:00) ER -