We'll hear the world-famous Tristan Chord... in its natural habitat: the prelude to Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde. Mariss Jansons (YAHN-sohns) leads the Oslo Philharmonic. The enigmatic, slowly ...
Ivan Hewett introduces a significant chord from Wagner's opera, Tristan und Isolde.
“THE most erotic music ever composed.” This was how one critic described Richard Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde”, which in 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of its first performance. The work is divisive ...