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This Week's Composer: Luigi Cherubini

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

1760-1842
Despite being revered by Beethoven as the greatest living composer (apart from himself), admired by Weber, Mendelssohn and Schumann, Cherubini today remains little more than a shadowy figure.

Overture: Anacreon
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Munchinger
9.15* Two Etudes in F, for horn and strings:
Hermann Baumann
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marinus Voorberg
9.24* Symphony in D
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia, conducted by Anshel Brusilow

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Contributors

Musicians:
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Karl Munchinger
Horn Player:
Hermann Baumann
Musicians:
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Marinus Voorberg
Musicians:
Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia
Conductor:
Anshel Brusilow
Source: Radio Times

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