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This week we are presenting an analysis of a dreamy passage known as "Brangäne's warning" from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, drawing harmonic material from his earlier 1857 lied "Träume."

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Richard Wagner (1813–1883)

Tristan und Isolde, Act II, Scene 2: "Einsam wachend in der Nacht" (Brangäne)

Recording: Blanche Thebom, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Philharmonia Orchestra.