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Wagner: Complete OperasRichard Wagner, the most controversial figure the arts have ever seen, whose music can move and overwhelm like no other, continues to divide the spirits even today. The year 2013, when we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth, is inevitably going to be devoted to the man and his work.The Complete Wagner Operas offers the best of Deutsche Grammophon, two operas each from Decca and the BBC and EMIs Rienzi.OVERVIEW:CD 1 3 Die Feen 3 CDs Sir Edward Downes (BBC)CD 4 6 Das Liebesverbot 3 CDs Sir Edward Downes (BBC)CD 7 9 Rienzi 3 CDs Heinrich Hollreiser (EMI)CD 10 11 Der fliegende Holländer 2CDs Giuseppe SinopoliCD 12 14 Tannhäuser (Paris version) 3CDs Giuseppe SinopoliCD 15 18 Lohengrin 4CDs Sir Georg Solti (DECCA)CD 19 32 Der Ring des Nibelungen 14CDs James Levine: CD 19 20 Das Rheingold - 2 CDs CD 21 24 Die Walküre - 4 CDs CD 25 28 Siegfried - 4 CDs CD 29 32 Götterdämmerung - 4 CDsCD 33 35 Tristan und Isolde 3CDs Carlos KleiberCD 36 39 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 4CDs Eugen JochumCD 40 43 Parsifal 4CDs Sir Georg Solti (DECCA)ARTISTS & PERFORMANCESSeasoned conductors, among them some of the Wagner greats: Kleiber, Solti and Jochum Acclaimed modern recordings by James Levine (Ring cycle) and Giuseppe Sinopoli in Dutchman and TannhäuserExcellent accounts of the two earliest operas in 1976 BBC recordings specially produced for the Bayreuth centenaryPlacido Domingo in two starring Wagner roles, Lohengrin (with Jessye Norman as Elsa) and TannhäuserDietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Hans Sachs in MeistersingerCheryl Studer at her peak as Senta and ElisabethMargaret Price and Rene Kollo as a matchless pair in TristanPACKAGINGRigid cube with hinged lid, featuring four handsome portraits of the composerInner sleeves with newly commissioned sketches for each opera by Fred Munzmaier140-page booklet with new liner notes by Christian Wildhagen and a Wagner opera timeline, plus artist photos and more sketchesComplete libretti in German with English translations available as digital download