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Composer of the Week: Wagner

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2/5. In Search of the Ideal Woman. Wagner's vision of true love was immortalised in many of his operas, but his own journey towards the perfect marriage was long and difficult. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Dir, Gottin der Liebe , sollmein Lied ertonen! (Tannhauser, Act 2) René Kollo (tenor), Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Senta Ballade (Der Fliegende Hollander, Act 2) Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Josef Protschka (tenor), Iris Vermillion (mezzo), Vienna State
Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi
Eine Sonate fur das Album von Frau MW
Daniel Levy (piano)
Tristan und Isolde, Act 1 (Prelude) Dresden State Opera Orchestra, conductor Carlos Kleiber
Siegfried Idyll London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Gottin Der Liebe
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Conductor:
Senta Ballade
Soprano:
Hildegard Behrens
Soprano:
Josef Protschka
Conductor:
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Conductor:
Eine Sonate
Piano:
Daniel Levy
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Source: Radio Times

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