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Charlotte Smith Editor

Given this month’s cover story, I’ve been immersed in Wagner for the past few weeks. As fascinating as listening to excerpts from has been, it has been the composer’s – the sublime tone poem he dedicated opera – which has captured my imagination. A particularly wonderful 1988 recording featuring the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Herbert von Karajan can be found on YouTube.

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