The Great Composers
T01778316679
A major, award-winning series which combines interviews with leading artists and performances from great musicians.
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Wagner
Features the conductors Daniel Barenboim and Sir Roger Norrington, and the famous Wagner singers, tenor Siegfried Jerusalem and Deborah Polaski. Richard Wagner is thought of in many ways; as musical genius, political hero, racist demon, or simply the composer of the longest operas known to man! Nobody disputes the overwhelming brilliance of his music - or even his ability to write popular melodies This documentary also takes a piercing look at the connections between Wagner's philosophy and his arts, including coded anti-Semitic references in his very greatest masterpieces.