I am a FANATICAL Wagner fan and when people find that out, that is the first thing they say “Wasn’t he a Nazi”? They are unaware that it was Hitler that adopted Wagner’s views. |
Wagner was a anti-semite asshole, but so was most of Europe at the time.
I hope this doesn’t offend anyone.
Flame away.
I very much enjoy Wagner as well especially the Wagner without words. I like the big brass instrumentals without the interference of opera voices.
No flames from this direction, although I am more of a Brahms guy myself.
Overall, I’d say half my music collection is what I would call “Austro-German Mainstream” beginning with Bach and ending with Mahler and Richard Strauss.