Exiles
With Donald Macleod. The great
German novelist Thomas Mann , born in Lubeck in 1875 and already a world-renowned figure, was fortunate to be out of Germany in 1933, when Nazi persecution began in earnest. His precious manuscripts were smuggled out to Switzerland, and Germany was never again to be Mann's home. Music includes:
Alexander von Fielitz I Watch the Lake
Jeffrey Benton (baritone), Robert Sutherland (piano)
Leoncavallo On with the Motley Dennis O'Neill (tenor), London
Philharmonic, conductor David Parry Pfitzner Palestrina (Prelude to Act 3) German Opera Orchestra, conductor Christian Thielemann
Krenek Viola Sonata (1st mvt) Michael Mann ,
Yaltah Menuhin (piano) Eisler Hollywood Elegies Robyn Archer (singer).
Dominic Muldowney (piano)