Tristan und Isolde in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)The only reason I can't give this volume a full 5 stars is the ordering of the staves in each system:not only (as with Schott's other 1st-edition-scores of Wagner's works) is it occasionally inconsistent from system to system;it also still insists on NOT separating the woodwinds from the brass (and, worse yet, mixes them around!);furthermore, it's awkward to have to look for the violins and viols as being ABOVE the voice-parts instead of below.

Otherwise, it's a steal and absolutely a MUST-GET for any serious musician who cares about his craft (whether conductor, singer or instrumentalist)!!!Not only is it a very reliable edition (typical with C.F. Peters), it also is that much the more valuable for including the editorial markings and suggestions of an important Wagnerian conductor of 100 years ago by the name of Felix Mottl;it's very obvious that he knew his stuff!!!!To boot, the fonts and engravings are such that one just CAN'T fault it other than what I've described above.

Very warmly recommended!![For those who want a fully-modern edition featuring all of what I'd like, one has to get Schott's current edition which, although indeed the very best one for both study and for conducting from (especially in terms of size - though it's amply possible to direct from this edition, so clear it happens to be!), is also fantastically expensive!Also worth mentioning is that this Dover republication has been on the market for around 35 years...]

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The legendary love story, and Wagner at the peak of his creative powers. Beautifully reprinted here in the authoritative edition prepared by C. F. Peters, Leipzig, ca. 1910.

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WAGNER MOMENTS (Amadeus) Review

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(More customer reviews)For well over a hundred years the music dramas of Richard Wagner have thrilled audiences: to recapture the experience and celebrate its diversity, WAGNER MOMENTS: A CELEBRATION OF FAVORITE WAGNER EXPERIENCES gathers over a hundred anecdote and reflections from Wagner fans from C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot to James Joyce and Friedrich Nietzsche. It's a fine recommendation for any classical music library.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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"100 Wagner Moments: Have you had one?" The music dramas of Richard Wagner have, for the last 150 years, thrilled and amazed listeners everywhere. In Wagner Moments, author J. K. Holman has assembled 100 such moments, from the living and dead, famous and not so famous, from Charles Baudelaire to Placido Domingo, musicians and non-musicians. Mr. Holman edits these stories, placing them in their biographical and historical context.

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