Great savings free delivery collection on many items. Emi classics celebrates the bicentenary of richard wagner s birth in may 18 with the release of three exclusive sets featuring the bestloved and most popular works by the late german composer. Emi classics call themselves the home of opera, and with their rich recording history, the name is deserved. Richard wagner no composer has had so deep an influence on the course of his art, before or since. Beautifully bound and illustrated large folio set of the great operas, with an introduction by verdi verdi, giuseppe buel, james w. With a mythological musician as hero, lorfeo ranks as the first great opera. That may be true, although nowadays people are looking more kindly on his first two operas.
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