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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas—although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works. He first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, but revolutionized the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements. In this approach, the drama unfolds as a continuously sung narrative, with the music evolving organically from the text rather than alternating between arias and recitatives. Wagner outlined these ideas in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852, most fully realising them in the first half of his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner's compositions, particularly in his later period, are notable for their complex textures, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs—musical phrases associated with individual characters, places, ideas, or plot elements. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Ride of the Valkyries
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Ride Of The Valkyries
Richard Wagner
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Ride Of The Valkyries (as heard in Apocalypse Now!)
Wagner
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Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Siegfried's Funeral March
The Cleveland Orchestra
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Aida: Triumphmarsch
Symphonisches Orchester Berlin, Carl-August Bünte

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Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

2025
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Jean Cox Sings Beethoven, Weber & Wagner

2025
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Karajan A-Z: Wagner - Wolf-Ferrari

2024
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

2025
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Jean Cox singt Wagner

2025
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Wagner: Parsifal

2024
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Wagner: Overtures and Preludes (Vol. 2)

2025
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Richard Wagner, An Organic Journey - Eight Historical Organ Transcriptions

2024
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Wagner: Overtures and Preludes (Vol. 1)

2025
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Wagner: Parsifal (Live)

2024

Singles & EPs

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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act III, Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize Song) [Arr. for Cello and Piano by August Wilhelmj]

Single • 2025
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Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III: Inbrunst im Herzen (Romerzählung)

Single • 2023
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Albumblatt, WWV 94 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by August Wilhelmj)

Single • 2023
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Wagner Rheingold Vorspiel Variation (From Rheingold, WWV 86a, Arr. for 2 Pianos by Jan-Peter Klöpfel)

Single • 2024
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Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III :"In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten. Gralserzählung"

Single • 2023
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 / Act II: Einsam wachend in der Nacht

Single • 2022
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Wagner: Parsifal / Act II: Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Live)

Single • 2024
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Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

EP • 2023
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Wagner: Parsifal / Act III: Prelude (Live)

Single • 2024
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Ride of the Valkyries (Studio Recording) (feat. Leopold Stokowski & Symphony of the Air)

Single • 2023

Videos

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Eberhard Wächter "Schwüles Gedünst" Das Rheingold

Richard Wagner • 18K views
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Birgit Nilsson "Mild und leise" Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner • 3.6K views
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George London "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" Das Rheingold

Richard Wagner • 46K views
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Julia Varady "Senta`s Ballad" Der fliegende Holländer

Richard Wagner • 12K views
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Richard Wagner "Symphony in C Major" 4. Movement

Richard Wagner • 15K views
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DIMITRI MITROPOULOS "Funeral-March" Götterdämmerung

Richard Wagner • 15K views
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Richard Wagner "Symphony in C Major" 3. Movement

Richard Wagner • 15K views
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Gundula Janowitz "Allmächt`ge Jungfrau" Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner • 4.1K views

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Essential Opera

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Conducted

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Classical Workout

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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Opera for the Ages

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Lacrimosa

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