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Composer of the Week - Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Episode 2

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Donald Macleod continues his examination of the dark sides of Wagner's personality, revealing his many affairs with the wives of his friends and patrons and revealing how Wagner himself viewed these relationships, through the composer's own writing, interwoven with music from the passionate but illicit love story of Tristan and Isolde.