About This Song
About "Tannhäuser : Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture" by Berliner Philharmoniker
The Tannhäuser Overture opens with pilgrim chorales that swell like a procession emerging from fog, then gives way to the Venusberg's chromatic heat. Ozawa balances solemnity and sensuality, the sacred and profane locked in a slow, inevitable collision.