Product Review

EMI Classics celebrates the bicentenary of Richard Wagner s birth in May 1813 with the release of three exclusive sets featuring the best-loved and most popular works by the late German composer. In addition to his operas, Wagner composed a small number of nonoperatic works. The Other Wagner showcases his orchestral works, overtures, marches, songs, choral works and piano music. The 3-CD collection includes Der Tag Erscherint, a choral piece Wagner composed
as his first duty when appointed Kapellmeister in 1843 in Saxony; five romantic songs composed for Mathilde Wesendock as well as a piano transcription of the Siegfried Idyll by Artur Rubinstein among others.