Klaus Schulze: Das Wagner Desaster (1994)

Klaus Schulze - Das Wagner Desaster

KS Canon 40

Track Listing (CD 1):

1.	Wagner (Wild Mix)	28:32
2.	Nietzsche (Wild Mix)	28:40
3.	Entfremdung (Wild Mix)	10:00
4.	Versöhnung (Soft Mix)	11:44

Track Listing (CD 2):

1.	Liebe (Soft Mix)	28:00
2.	Haß (Soft Mix)	28:34

Bonus Tracks:

3.

Encore Sevilla

19:17

Notes:
(1) Wild Mixes by André Zenou
(2) Soft Mixes by Klaus Schulze

Rating: 4 Stars
Bonus Tracks: 3 Stars

This is the 30th solo album recorded by Klaus Schulze. The material was recorded live in Paris on 27th May 1994 and Rome on 31st May 1994. In the original release "Versöhnung" was the third track on the second CD, but it was moved to make room for the bonus track. I disagree with changing the track order just to cram on extra material, however good it may be. In this case the rearrangement hides the intended structure of the album. The three wild mixes come from the same three live recordings as the three soft mixes. It would have been better to give them the same titles to emphasise this.

The bonus track was recorded in Sevilla, Spain on 26th October 1991.

It's difficult for me to rate this album. The music is good, but it doesn't excite me. I have more than a hundred Klaus Schulze CD's in my shelves. I've never counted how many. There are CD's that I listen to over and over again, but this is the first time I've picked up "Das Wagner Desaster" for more than ten years. It's not that I don't like it, it's just that Klaus has made better albums.