Richard Wagner: Masters of Classical Music - Vol 5 CD Track Listing

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Richard Wagner Masters of Classical Music - Vol 5 (1988)
(P)1988 Delta Music Inc. LaserLight 15 805\n\nRichard Wagner (1813-1883) was born the\nninth child of a Leipzig police official. He\nlost both his father and his stepfather, the\nactor Ludwig Geyer, at an early age (in\n1813 and 1821, respectively). He\nattended St. Thomas' School in Leipzig,\nan institution rich in musical tradition, but\nfound himself in a continual state of\nconflict with the school authorities.\nWagner learned the musician's trade\npartly under C. T. Weinlig, Cantor of St.\nThomas's Church, and partly through\nautodidactic study of the works of\nBeethoven and Weber. He was admitted\nto the university without having taken his\nschool-leaving examinations. Glowing with\nambition and a thirst for fame, he soon\nleft the university and spent several years\nof travel as orchestral conductor in the\nsmall theaters of Magdeburg, Konigsberg\nand Riga. In those years the diminutive\nman (166.5 cm tall) with the characteristi-\ncally-shaped head began to live in a style\nwhich resulted in decades of financial\nstraits. Finding that he could be\nproductive only in luxurious clothing and\nsurroundings and not endowed with the\nfinancial means to afford them, he\nrepeatedly borrowed money, paid off old\ndebts by taking out new loans and was\nalmost constantly fleeing his creditors.\nAfter three years of bitter impoverishment\nin Paris, he enjoyed a certain amount of\npeace and financial stability as Court\nConductor in Dresden (1842-1849). But\nafter participating in the May Revolution\nof 1849, Wagner was forced to leave the\ncity. A warrant issued for his arrest, he\nfled to Zurich, spending several years in\npolitical exile. There the "master",\nbrimming over with self-confidence and\nincessantly talking, was given a domicile\nby Otto Wesendonck. That arrangement,\nhowever, came to an abrupt end in 1859\nwhen Wesendonck discovered that\nWagner was involved in a love affair with\nhis wife Mathilde. After several more\nyears of restless travel, Wagner met the\nnineteen-year-old King Ludwig II of\nBavaria in 1864. The enthusiastic\nWagnerian made huge sums of money\navailable for his idol's further lofty plans\nand provided the composer with financial\nsupport during six happy years spent in\nthe town of Triebschen (near Lucerne).\nThe king also largely financed the festival\nhouse in Bayreuth, where to this day not\na single note of music by any composer\nother than Wagner has been heard. YEAR: 1988
This classical cd contains 8 tracks and runs 66min 3sec.
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