" No-one had told me that in London it is customary to knock on the door.... I pulled the bell, used in London only by those who have business with the kitchen, and was at a loss to understand the astonishment of those who opened and found that I wished to be introduced to the family."
Donald Macleod recounts Spohr's visit to Britain in 1820, which, the odd social blunder apart, was hugely successful. Symphony No 2 in D minor
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Alfred Walter
Quintet in C minorfor piano and wind, Op 52 Nash Ensemble
Oratorio: The Last Judgement
Mitsuko Shirai (soprano),
Marjana Li povsek (contralto), Josef Protschka (tenor), Matthias Holle (bass), South German Radio Choir,
Stuttgart RSO, conductor Gustav Kuhn