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Planets
With Richard Baker. For Hoist, Venus - the most beautiful and brightest of the planets - was the bringer of peace. To the ancients, Venus was the bringer of love: love of all kinds, sacred and profane, fierce and cruel, as well as gently amorous. With music including:
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert Sarabande (Birth of Venus)
Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
Respighi The Birth of Venus (Three Botticelli Pictures)
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Mozart Venus's Aria (Ascanio in Alba) Lorna Windsor (soprano), Concerto Budapest, conductor Jacques Grimbert
Hoist Venus (The Planets) Royal Philharmonic. conductor Andre Previn
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Baker.
Harpsichord:
Olivier Baumont
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Soprano:
Lorna Windsor
Conductor:
Jacques Grimbert
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Source: Radio Times

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