# Richard Wagner — Every Record We Rank

Richard Wagner appears once in our Romantic list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Romantic
- **Year:** 1859
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Romantic
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/richard-wagner/

## Appears on

### [Tristan und Isolde](https://waxonia.com/track/richard-wagner--tristan-und-isolde/)

*1859 · No. 2 in [Romantic](https://waxonia.com/genre/romantic/)*

The opening chord does not resolve for four hours, and by the time it does, tonality is on notice. Everything unstable in twentieth-century harmony starts in that first bar.

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