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Vienna: the Philharmonic Years 1842-1992

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Richard Osborne presents a 12-part series documenting 150 years of music-making. 9: London Calling
In 1950, the Decca Record Company struck an historic deal with the VPO.
Strauss Till Eulenspiegel conductor Fritz Reiner
Mozart Le nozze di Figaro (Act 2 finale) conductor Erich Kleiber
Khachaturian Gayaneh (excerpts) conductor The Composer Brahms
Symphony No 2 in D conductor Pierre Monteux Wagner Immolation scene (Götterdämmerung) conductor Georg Solti

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Osborne
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Conductor:
Khachaturian Gayaneh
Conductor:
Pierre Monteux
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Count:
Alfred Poell
Countess LISA:
Della Casa
Susanna:
Hilda Gueden
Figaro:
Cesare Siepi
Antonio:
Harald Proglhof
Brunnhilde:
Birgit Nilsson
Hagen:
Gottlob Frick
Source: Radio Times

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