Schumann Scenes from Goethe's Faust
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) FELICITY PALMER (soprano)
MERIEL DICKINSON (mezzo-sop) PAULINE STEVENS (mezzo-sop) PETER PEARS (tenor)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (bar) MICHAEL RIPPON (baSS)
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL SINGERS WANDSWORTH SCHOOL CHOIR director RUSSELL BURGESS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader Kenneth SILLITO conducted by benjamin BRITTEN direct from The Maltings, Snape Part 1
Sc 1: Overture; In the garden; Gretchen before the image of the Mater Dolorosa: in the Cathedral; Sc 2: Ariel - Dawn; Midnight; Faust's Death
4.9* During the Interval
HAROLD TRUSCOTT talks about Schumann's neglected master-piece.
4.20* Aldebnrgh Festival Part 2
Sc 3: Faust's Transfiguration