从包装上来看，延续了前两年舒曼和李斯特包子的样式。
Richard Wagner, the most controversial figure the arts have ever seen, whose music can move and overwhelm like no other, continues to divide even today. The year 2013, when we celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth, is inevitably going to be devoted to the man and his work.
In recognition of this anniversary, DG are releasing the classiest box on the market. Every opera that Wagner wrote - The best of DG, two operas each from Decca and the BBC, and EMI’s Rienzi. This is the first time a Universal label has been able to pull off such a feat.
ARTISTS & PERFORMANCES
• Seasoned conductors, among them some of the Wagner greats: Kleiber, Solti and Jochum
• Acclaimed modern recordings by James Levine (Ring cycle) and Giuseppe Sinopoli in Dutchman and Tannhäuser
• Excellent accounts of the two earliest operas in 1976 BBC recordings specially produced for the Bayreuth centenary – well worth checking out
• Plácido Domingo in two starring Wagner roles, Lohengrin (with Jessye Norman as Elsa) and Tannhäuser
• Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Hans Sachs in Meistersinger
• Cheryl Studer at her peak as Senta and Elisabeth
• Margaret Price and René Kollo as a matchless pair in Tristan
PACKAGING
• Rigid cube with hinged lid, featuring four handsome portraits of the composer
• Inner sleeves with newly commissioned sketches for each opera by Fred Münzmaier – he of Baroque Box fame
• 140-page booklet with new liner notes by Christian Wildhagen and a Wagner opera timeline, plus artist photos and more sketches
• Complete libretti in German with English translations available as digital download
