Rve Music Critics
With Donald Macleod.
5: Neville Cardus cut his journalistic teeth at The Manchester Guardian covering a wide range of subjects. But by the end of his long life - including a spell in Australia in the 1940s - he was a much-loved figure, respected and admired for his writings on music and cricket. Including excerpts from: Rossini The Barber of Seville CO of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
Brahms Violin Sonata No 1 in G, Op 78 Yehudi Menuhin ,
Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)
Mahler Symphony No 4 Philharmonia, conductor Otto Klemperer Weber Oberon
Joan Sutherland (soprano), LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge
Lehar Waltz (The Merry Widow) Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Willi Boskovsky
Schoenberg Five Pieces for Orchestra Berlin PO, conductor James Levine