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Composer of the Week:Richard Wagner (1813-83)

on BBC Radio 3

1/5. Musical Colossus. Donald Macleod looks at the musical achievements of Wagner.
Prelude, Act 3: Die Walkure (The Ride of the Valkyries)
Berit Lindholm , Birgit Nilsson , Marilyn Tyler , Vera Little and Vera Schlosser (sopranos), Brigitte Fassbaender and Helga Dernesch (mezzos),
Claudia Hellmann and Helen Watts (contraltos), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Introduction, Act 1 (Der Fliegende Hollander) Peter Seiffert (tenor), Hans Sotin (bass),
Choir and Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper, Berlin, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli Prelude, Act 1: Lohengrin
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Tristan und Isolde, Act 2, Scene 2
Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Peter Hofmann (tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Prelude, Act 3: Lohengrin
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Berit Lindholm
Unknown:
Birgit Nilsson
Unknown:
Marilyn Tyler
Unknown:
Vera Little
Sopranos:
Vera Schlosser
Sopranos:
Brigitte Fassbaender
Unknown:
Claudia Hellmann
Contraltos:
Helen Watts
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Tenor:
Peter Seiffert
Tenor:
Hans Sotin
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Soprano:
Hildegard Behrens
Soprano:
Peter Hofmann
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel

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