Wagner's Ring Cycle Leitmotifs, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

[winrx]

Is it fair to say that these players are no where near to how the brass players sound in the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras.....?

[TheOtakuAmp]

@winrx Are you talking characteristically or skill? skill wise, they are just as good, but stylistically, the orchestra and opera demand different things.

[Bobs482]

@winrx No. That would be incredibly unfair to say.

[sliphorn323]

To the uploader: Is this on a DVD that is available for purchase? If so, what is it called?

[Bobs482]

The playing in this video is so incredibly sexy.

[MasterIsh91]

I love that ordinary Tubas just weren't good enough for Wagner, he had to create his own version! What a legend, such wonderful music.

[srothbardt]

The instruments are Wagner tubas, trumpets, trombone, French horns..

[srothbardt]

The instruments are Wagner tubas, trumpets, trombones.

[OperaMystery80]

The leitmotif, originated by Wagner, is still used today by modern music composers and film score composers. John Williams when making the Star Wars Trilogy score borrowed a lot from Wagner's Ring cycle leitmotifs.

[TheOtakuAmp]

This was so awesome.

[Bobs482]

Good lord, they sound incredible.

[daletherail]

What brand and key is the bass trumpet?

[WaltTrombone]

@daletherail It's in C, not sure what brand, but the most popular rotary bass trumpets these days are from Thein and Alexander.

[BirdieJMR]

@daletherail It is a Yamaha Rotary C Bass Trumpet, really has a nice trumpet sound and not a valve trombone sound (like my Bach does)

[Babyhandelsong]

incredible playing

[jnurin]

great sound!! thanks for posting!

what brand/model of rotary trumpets do you guys use? I can't quite tell...

[BoveAudio]

Excellent!