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. The book combines reminiscence and analysis with revealing insights drawn from ...
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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. The book combines reminiscence and analysis with revealing insights drawn from Thielemann's many years of experience as a Wagner conductor. Taking each opera in turn, his appraisal is 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. My Life with Wagner is a richly rewarding read for admirers of a composer who continues to fascinate long after his death.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN: 9780297608554.
Add this copy of My Life With Wagner to cart. $74.83, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
This is a book for the diehard Wagnerian, written by one of the foremost Wagner conductors of our day. His insights into how to conduct a Wagner opera, the special acoustics of Bayreuth, and the composition of a Wagner orchestra all make for very interesting reading. The latter portion of the book has reviews of each Wagner opera, and how they differ from each other in the approach that a conductor must take. Thielemann also gives his preferences on what he considers to be the best recordings of the works. There are a few small errors in the text, which I am not sure are in the original German version or crept in during the English translation (ie. Siegfried gets the RING, not the Tarnhelm, from Bruennhilde for Gunther - page 229, and the score of Meistersinger was completed in 1867, not 1967 as noted on page 203).
