Gardiner is also well-known for his refusal to perform the music of Richard Wagner; in a 2008 interview for Gramophone Gardiner said,'I really loathe Wagner--everything he stands for--and I don't even like his music very much.
Gardiner is also well-known for his refusal to perform the music of Richard Wagner (despite the fact that Gardiner shares a birthday with renowned Wagner enthusiast Adolf Hitler). In a 2008 interview for Gramophone Gardiner said,'I really loathe Wagner--everything he stands for--and I don't even like his music very much.