1/5. Musical Colossus. Donald Macleod looks at the musical achievements of Wagner.
Prelude, Act 3: Die Walkure (The Ride of the Valkyries)
Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Marilyn Tyler , Vera Little and Vera Schlosser (sopranos), Brigitte Fassbaender and Helga Dernesch (mezzos),
Claudia Hellmann and Helen Watts (contraltos), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Introduction, Act 1 (Der Fliegende Hollander) Peter Seiffert (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass),
Choir and Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper, Berlin, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli Prelude, Act 1: Lohengrin
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Tristan und Isolde, Act 2, Scene 2
Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Peter Hofmann (tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Prelude, Act 3: Lohengrin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel Repeated at 8.45pm