Richard Wagner

Wagner: Die Walküre (Final scene)

Magical fire music

Discovering Music - Wagner: Die Walkure

Stephen Johnson explores Wagner's orchestra and how he used it to evoke profound emotions

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

A ghost ship sails through a storm-tossed tragedy

Radio 3 Opera Guides - Wagner's The Flying Dutchman

A guide to Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman featuring the voices of Wagner experts

Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Dawn Music; Siegfried's Rhine Journey; Siegfried's Funeral March)

The beginning of the end

BBC Proms - Wagner 200: Introduction to Gotterdammerung

Sara Mohr-Pietsch joins Sarah Lenton and Philip Hensher for a guide to Gotterdammerung

Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

Here comes the bride! True love is victorious

Radio 3 Opera Guides - Wagner's Lohengrin

A guide to Wagner's opera Lohengrin featuring the voices of Wagner experts

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Prelude to Act I)

This isn't just an opera, it's a pageant, an event. It's Wagner.

BBC Proms Music Guide - Wagner's Die Meistersinger overture

Andrew McGregor talks about the overture to Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

A chamber orchestra plays underneath his lady's chamber

BBC Proms Music Guide - Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

Stephen Johnson talks about Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

Wagner: Tannhauser (Overture)

It's heart-swelling stuff

BBC Proms - Introduction to Tannhauser

James Jolly discusses Wagner's Tannhauser with Peggy Reynolds and Simon Rees

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (Prelude and Liebestod)

The ultimate story of love and betrayal

The Listening Service - Tristan und Isolde

Tom Service considers the extraordinary impact of Wagner's epic opera Tristan und Isolde

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder

Slow, sensual and soft

Record Review Podcast - Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder

Natasha Loges recommends a recorded version of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder