Artist in Focus - John Eliot Gardiner
Humphrey Burton talks to the conductor about his work with the Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra. How do they react to an Englishman conducting music by Franz Lehar or to performing the music of Elgar? He also discusses his enthusiasm for the music of Robert Schumann.
Mozart Corriamo , Fugiamo (Idomeneo) Le Nozze di Rgaro, Act 2 (Finale) Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
Schumann Manfred (excerpts) Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Lehar Die Lustige Witwe (excerpt)
With Barbara Bonney (soprano), Rainer Trost (tenor), Vienna PO Elgar Sospiri , Op 70
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Strauss Til Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra