- Publisher: Weidenfeld
- Year: 2015
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 282pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 234x153mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781780228372
- Product code: 516754
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My Life with Wagner
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The conductor Christian Thielemann chronicles his ardent personal and professional engagement with Richard Wagner’s music, describes his own journey from Berlin Orchestral Academy to Bayreuth, and appraises each of Wagner’s operas in turn. Translated by Anthea Bell.
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'Idiosyncratic, humorous, enlightening and written by one of the finest conductors alive ... This is the book to buy if you are going to see Wagner or listen to him at home' LITERARY REVIEW
Over a distinguished career conducting some of the world's finest orchestras, Christian Thielemann has earned a reputation as the leading modern interpreter of Richard Wagner. MY LIFE WITH WAGNER chronicles his ardent personal and professional engagement with the composer whose work has shaped his thinking and feeling from early childhood.
Thielemann retraces his journey with Wagner - from Berlin to Bayreuth via Venice, Hamburg and Chicago. Next he takes each opera in turn, his appraisal illuminated by a deep affinity for the music, an intimate knowledge of the scores and the inside perspective of an outstanding practitioner. And yet for all the adulation Wagner's art inspires in him, Thielemann does not shy away from unpalatable truths about the man himself, explaining why today he is venerated and reviled in equal measure. The result is a richly rewarding read for admirers of a composer who continues to fascinate long after his death.
Over a distinguished career conducting some of the world's finest orchestras, Christian Thielemann has earned a reputation as the leading modern interpreter of Richard Wagner. MY LIFE WITH WAGNER chronicles his ardent personal and professional engagement with the composer whose work has shaped his thinking and feeling from early childhood.
Thielemann retraces his journey with Wagner - from Berlin to Bayreuth via Venice, Hamburg and Chicago. Next he takes each opera in turn, his appraisal illuminated by a deep affinity for the music, an intimate knowledge of the scores and the inside perspective of an outstanding practitioner. And yet for all the adulation Wagner's art inspires in him, Thielemann does not shy away from unpalatable truths about the man himself, explaining why today he is venerated and reviled in equal measure. The result is a richly rewarding read for admirers of a composer who continues to fascinate long after his death.
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The conductor Christian Thielemann chronicles his ardent personal and professional engagement with Richard Wagner’s music, describes his own journey from Berlin Orchestral Academy to Bayreuth, and appraises each of Wagner’s operas in turn. Translated by Anthea Bell.
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Christian Thielemann, Christine Lemke-Matwey, Trans. Anthea Bell
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