Rheingold (Klaus Schulze album)

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Rheingold
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Released28 November 2008
RecordedLoreley, Germany on 18 July 2008 & Hambühren, Germany late summer 2008
Genre Space music, ambient
Length132:17
Label SPV/InsideOut/Revisited
Producer Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze chronology
Farscape
(2008)
Rheingold
(2008)
Dziekuje Bardzo
(2009)
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Rheingold is the thirty-eighth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2008, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets ( Silver Edition , Historic Edition , Jubilee Edition , Contemporary Works I , and Contemporary Works II ), it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-ninth album. This is the second Schulze album with guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard. It was recorded at an open-air concert in Loreley, Germany. There are several different iterations of this album: an edition of two CDs, an edition of two DVDs, and a limited edition of two CDs with two DVDs.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze. All lyrics by Lisa Gerrard.

Disc 1

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Alberich" 24:54
2."Loreley"vocals by Lisa Gerrard39:35

Disc 2

No.TitleNoteLength
1."Wotan" 10:03
2."Wellgunde"vocals by Lisa Gerrard14:56
3."Nothung" 11:20
4."Nibelungen"bonus studio track31:27

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