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The Wagner Music Mix

Richard Wagner was a musical pioneer whose legacy was shaped by his dark ideology. Listen and hear some of his most cinematic operatic works and the musicians who inspired him.

Richard Wagner, master of the leitmotif (a kind of musical calling card) and creator of some of the world鈥檚 most fantastical operas, was a highly influential and divisive monster of the Romantic period.

Full of cinematic orchestral colour, in this playlist enjoy a ride through his otherworldly Ring cycle of operas before flying to Hollywood to hear his influence on blockbuster film scores like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Hear his admiration for Beethoven鈥檚 Piano Sonata No 28 for its unending melody, and his musical inspiration for fellow composer Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k and French composer Augusta Holm猫s.

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Walk眉re, Act III: Ride of the Valkyries

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • John Williams

    Main Title

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1, Scherzo

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ben Gernon.

  • Howard Shore

    Many Meetings

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I: Song to the Moon

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude To Act III

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: Karl B枚hm.

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Le prophete (The Prophet): Overture: Act IV: Coronation March

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Darrell Ang.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for Strings and Harp

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Performer: Jane Berthe.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Ludus pro Patria: La Nuit et l'Amour

    Orchestra: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Conductor: Patrick Davin.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser, Act II: Einzug der Gaste auf der Warburg

    Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gy枚rgy Lehel.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48 - 2. Walzer: Moderato (Tempo di valse)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Mild und leise wie er l盲chelt Isoldes Liebestod

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.