James Taylor
@wagnerian79.bsky.social
'There is a God! And he's a gag-writer!'
Richard Wagner Society.
Titanic Historical Society.
Member of general human society (reluctantly)
Richard Wagner Society.
Titanic Historical Society.
Member of general human society (reluctantly)
Time for the traditional Sunday Shosty*.
(*Traditional from hereon)
(*Traditional from hereon)
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Time for the traditional Sunday Shosty*.
(*Traditional from hereon)
(*Traditional from hereon)
I'm a vinyl fan but some of the pricing for this stuff is a bit ridiculous... I know it's all remastered and on high quality 180g vinyl, but still...
(I got the 1979 New Years Concert discs for a fiver at Notting Hill)
(I got the 1979 New Years Concert discs for a fiver at Notting Hill)
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I'm a vinyl fan but some of the pricing for this stuff is a bit ridiculous... I know it's all remastered and on high quality 180g vinyl, but still...
(I got the 1979 New Years Concert discs for a fiver at Notting Hill)
(I got the 1979 New Years Concert discs for a fiver at Notting Hill)
And the famous pictures of him composing in his fancy hat. I'll devote a whole evening of programming just to that, naturally - and a clip show with celebrity talking heads saying how great his works were (after showing them a 10 second clip beforehand that they'll talk about).
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And the famous pictures of him composing in his fancy hat. I'll devote a whole evening of programming just to that, naturally - and a clip show with celebrity talking heads saying how great his works were (after showing them a 10 second clip beforehand that they'll talk about).
As the shops have already started playing Christmas music guess it's not too early to start becoming obsessed with this again 😁
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As the shops have already started playing Christmas music guess it's not too early to start becoming obsessed with this again 😁
The quality of these restorations stills astonishes me (as do the performances themselves!).
Great box set full of glories.
Great box set full of glories.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The quality of these restorations stills astonishes me (as do the performances themselves!).
Great box set full of glories.
Great box set full of glories.
Leipzig Opera House, 1976.
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Leipzig Opera House, 1976.
Karajan recording Meistersinger in Dresden, 1970.
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Karajan recording Meistersinger in Dresden, 1970.
Nice poster from www.richard-wagner-shop.de/en/index
(Ignore the blu tac marks, it will be cleaned up!)
(Ignore the blu tac marks, it will be cleaned up!)
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Nice poster from www.richard-wagner-shop.de/en/index
(Ignore the blu tac marks, it will be cleaned up!)
(Ignore the blu tac marks, it will be cleaned up!)
Once if you wanted to listen to the Ring at home you had to get through 16 LPs, or sets of several operas in one box set could be 18 or 19 records, really heavy box sets.... Wagnerites in the 60s and 70s must've been truly hench 💪
October 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Once if you wanted to listen to the Ring at home you had to get through 16 LPs, or sets of several operas in one box set could be 18 or 19 records, really heavy box sets.... Wagnerites in the 60s and 70s must've been truly hench 💪
Groß Glück und Heil lacht nun dem Rhein,
da Hagen, der Grimme, so lustig mag sein!
Götterdämmerung in Leipzig, 1976. (Dir: Joachim Herz)
da Hagen, der Grimme, so lustig mag sein!
Götterdämmerung in Leipzig, 1976. (Dir: Joachim Herz)
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Groß Glück und Heil lacht nun dem Rhein,
da Hagen, der Grimme, so lustig mag sein!
Götterdämmerung in Leipzig, 1976. (Dir: Joachim Herz)
da Hagen, der Grimme, so lustig mag sein!
Götterdämmerung in Leipzig, 1976. (Dir: Joachim Herz)
The Monday Film - a Herzog classic, possibly his masterpiece. You're not a real opera fan until you've hauled a ship over a mountain in the Andes to fund the building of an opera house. (And playing as a tribute to dear Claudia C.)
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Monday Film - a Herzog classic, possibly his masterpiece. You're not a real opera fan until you've hauled a ship over a mountain in the Andes to fund the building of an opera house. (And playing as a tribute to dear Claudia C.)
Ordered three CDs - one from Holland, one from Germany and one from the UK. They all arrived today. A comment on how good/bad the postal service is here/there?
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ordered three CDs - one from Holland, one from Germany and one from the UK. They all arrived today. A comment on how good/bad the postal service is here/there?
Zurück vor dem Speer!
In Stücken das Schwert!
Die Walküre in Dessau, 1954.
In Stücken das Schwert!
Die Walküre in Dessau, 1954.
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Zurück vor dem Speer!
In Stücken das Schwert!
Die Walküre in Dessau, 1954.
In Stücken das Schwert!
Die Walküre in Dessau, 1954.
Your desktop wallpaper isn't very good, may I recommend something better? 😀
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Your desktop wallpaper isn't very good, may I recommend something better? 😀
So glad they've included Mozart's biggest hit single on here...
October 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So glad they've included Mozart's biggest hit single on here...
Don't know if anyone's noticed, or if I've mentioned this before now, but Wagner is bloody brilliant isn't he?
October 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Don't know if anyone's noticed, or if I've mentioned this before now, but Wagner is bloody brilliant isn't he?
Worth catching....
October 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Worth catching....
It's a rainy day but it doesn't matter as the world is about to end... Wagner's Götterdämmering from the marvellous London Opera Company - toi toi toi!
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's a rainy day but it doesn't matter as the world is about to end... Wagner's Götterdämmering from the marvellous London Opera Company - toi toi toi!
'A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers' - Leonard Bernstein
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
'A work of art does not answer questions, it provokes them; and its essential meaning is in the tension between the contradictory answers' - Leonard Bernstein
Tonight's viewing - the greatest Western ever made.
October 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tonight's viewing - the greatest Western ever made.
Do love coming home to a parcel of CDs 😎 I mostly stream these days, like everyone else, but if I really like something I'll buy the CD and only listen to the CD. Keep physical media alive!
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Do love coming home to a parcel of CDs 😎 I mostly stream these days, like everyone else, but if I really like something I'll buy the CD and only listen to the CD. Keep physical media alive!
Another year around the sun. By the time Mozart was my age...he'd been dead for many years! 😕
October 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Another year around the sun. By the time Mozart was my age...he'd been dead for many years! 😕
New model - RMS Olympic as a WW1 troop ship in camouflage.
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New model - RMS Olympic as a WW1 troop ship in camouflage.
Nice to be back at the Berlin Philharmonie again after so many years...
I wish! Actually the Digital Concert Hall, and Barenboim still has plenty of energy in his conducting of Schubert and Beethoven. 👏
I wish! Actually the Digital Concert Hall, and Barenboim still has plenty of energy in his conducting of Schubert and Beethoven. 👏
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Nice to be back at the Berlin Philharmonie again after so many years...
I wish! Actually the Digital Concert Hall, and Barenboim still has plenty of energy in his conducting of Schubert and Beethoven. 👏
I wish! Actually the Digital Concert Hall, and Barenboim still has plenty of energy in his conducting of Schubert and Beethoven. 👏