Étiquette : Wagner
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The Relevance and untimeliness of Richard Wagner’s Work: From the Pathological to Guilt, by Marta Vigano & Guilhem Chameyrat
I am delighted to present here a philosophical research article, co-authored with Marta Vigano, on the interpretation and reception of Wagner’s work. It is the result of research carried out as part of a philosophy seminar at Sorbonne University. ABSTRACTThe aim of our research is to examine the philosophical implications, first of all, of a…
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Furtwangler conducts Wagner
The original podcast (narration in French, English and German subtitles) When people talk about Furtwängler, a certain cliché springs to mind for far too many music lovers. Furtwängler is supposedly a ponderous, slow conductor, embodying the Germanic tradition and a sweeping, extreme expressiveness. He is thus often compared to Otto Klemperer and contrasted with Toscanini.…
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Wagnerian musical drama in the orchestra, the virtues of lightness
It is true, Wagner past his conductor life a to make the adversary of Mendelssohn, apostle of an approach all in vivacity and light tempi. No, Wagner was not an advocate of fast tempi, any more than he was an advocate of lightness. But what Wagner wanted above all was to place singing at the…