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Composer of the Week: Richard Wagner

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3/5. A Plaster Saint. Wagner's magnetic personality attracted many champions for his music, but his supporters often found themselves used and betrayed. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Gotterdammerung, Act 2, Scene 4 (extract) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
In fernem Land (Lohengrin, Act 3, Lohengrin's Narration) Placido Domingo (tenor), Choir of Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Prologue, Sunrise and Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Transformation Music (Parsifal, Act 1)
Donald Mcintyre (bass), Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, conductor Reginald Goodall An Webers Grabe Bamberg Symphony Chorus, conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Tenor:
Wolfgang Windgassen
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Bass:
Donald McIntyre
Conductor:
Reginald Goodall
Conductor:
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Source: Radio Times

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