Charles Gerhardt and the studio-only NPO were a great team, not only through their peerless Classic Film Score re-recordings but also in an obvious precursor to lavish film music such as these gorgeous Ring extracts. Magic Fire Music is an old favourite of mine and this performance is stunning.
Of course Gerhardt it's Amazing, and cosidering Wagner created the guidelines of Film Scores (and also the definition of a Total Work of Art, Cinema it's probably the nearest thing to that, knowing that Wagner also worried about the special effects). Also I listened to 3 albums of Gerhardt conducting Star Wars excerpts arranged by John Williams.
