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Faust
The final programme focuses on the tremendous challenge of setting the second, highly philosophical half of Goethe's dramatic masterpiece. Schumann The Death of Faust
(Scenes from Goethe's "Faust")
Tolz Boys ' Choir, Swedish Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado
Busoni The Vision of Helen of Troy (Doktor Faust)
Faust DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
Mephistopheles WILLIAM COCHRAN (tenor) Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferdinand Leitner
Liszt Court Celebration from
Eduard Lassen 's "Faust"
Leslie Howard (piano)
Mahler Symphony No 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) (Part 2: Conclusion) Soloists, Netherlands Radio Choir, Leipzig Opera Chorus, Elburg Boys'
Choir, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conductor Edo de Waart

Contributors

Unknown:
Tolz Boys
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Tenor:
William Cochran
Conductor:
Ferdinand Leitner
Unknown:
Eduard Lassen
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Mephistopheles:
Jan-Hendrik Rooetering(bass)
Faust:
Bryn Terfel(baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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