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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas. Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works. Initially establishing his reputation as a composer of works in the romantic vein of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, Wagner revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, whereby he sought to synthesise the poetic, visual, musical and dramatic arts, with music subsidiary to drama. The drama was to be presented as a continuously sung narrative, without conventional operatic structures like arias and recitatives. He described this vision in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852. Wagner realised these ideas most fully in the first half of the 16-hour, four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. Wagner's compositions, particularly those of 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
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Ride Of The Valkyries (as heard in Apocalypse Now!)
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Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Siegfried's Funeral March

Albums

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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]

Single2025
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Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act III: Ibrunst im Herzen

Single2023
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Albumblatt, WWV 94 (Arr. for Violin and Piano by August Wilhelmj)

Single2023
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Wagner Rheingold Vorspiel Variation (From Rheingold, WWV 86a, Arr. for 2 Pianos by Jan-Peter Klöpfel)

Single2024
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Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act III :"In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten. Gralserzählung"

Single2023
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Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 15, 1958)

Single2022
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Wagner: Parsifal / Act II: Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust (Live)

Single2024
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Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

EP2023
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Wagner: Parsifal / Act III: Prelude (Live)

Single2024
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Ride of the Valkyries (Studio Recording) (feat. Leopold Stokowski & Symphony of the Air)

Single2023

Videos

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Eberhard Wächter "Schwüles Gedünst" Das Rheingold

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Richard Wagner "Symphony in C Major" 4. Movement

Richard Wagner15K views
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Wolfgang Brendel "O du mein holder Abendstern" Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner6.7K views
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George London "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" Das Rheingold

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Birgit Nilsson "Mild und leise" Tristan und Isolde

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Richard Wagner "Symphony in C Major" 3. Movement

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Julia Varady "Senta`s Ballad" Der fliegende Holländer

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Conducted

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