{"product_id":"svoboda-wagner-do-you-love-wagner","title":"Michael Svoboda: Do You Love Wagner? - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDo You Love Wagner?\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Svoboda\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eWergo Germany\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4010228680225\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2005-04-12\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Mike Svoboda, an American who has spent half his life in Germany, knows how Wagner is seen abroad just as well as the passions that he sometimes ignites here at home. Unaffected by servile declarations of respect he approaches this monument impishly: slyly and without false respect. He presents his engagement with the self-styled composer god as a historical-satirical revue, as a roller coaster ride through the heights and depths of Wagner's reception over the past hundred and fifty years, though a trace of Svoboda's respect for the work is nonetheless always found beneath the surface.Adaptations of Wagner's pieces are confronted with Svoboda's compositions. Rock riffs, jazz improvisations, funk grooves and the sound world of the avant-garde are woven into it, a circus polka is shredded up and a musical melody is vocalized in harmony; recitative bumps up against recitation (Nietzsche, Marinetti, Satie). - It's a wonderful musical journey!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 2 Up 1 Down \u003cbr\u003e1.2 First Encounter, Pt. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.3 First Encounter, Pt. 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Mix and Match, Pt. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Mix and Match, Pt. 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Foreplay to T-Chord \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Love-Drift \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Tango Tea Parties \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Punching Bag, Pt. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Punching Bag, Pt. 2: Secret Love \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Wagner, Le Franco-Allemand \u003cbr\u003e1.12 River Run \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Overweight Baggage, Pt. 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Overweight Baggage, Pt. 2 \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Overweight Baggage, Pt. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/87653980\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Michael Svoboda","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40043117838407,"sku":"10646687","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/712353.jpg?v=1747328020","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/svoboda-wagner-do-you-love-wagner","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}