For a conductor of such wide operatic experience, Claudio Abbado has recorded relatively little Wagner. These performances - taken from studio sessions and concerts in Berlin and Salzburg in 2000 and ...
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Of all the mature operas of Richard Wagner, “Tannhauser” requires perhaps the greatest indulgence from all but the most uncritical of Wagnerites. For one thing, it is long and repetitious, lasting ...
Wagner Overture Audio will be available later today. We take a trip to Tokyo to hear the orchestra of the Japanese national broadcaster, the NHK Symphony. Tetsuro Ban leads the orchestra in the ...
We're in concert with the Kirov Orchestra and conductor Valery Gergiev to hear music by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). From a performance the orchestra gave at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, we hear ...