3/5. Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Donald Macleod looks at the operas Richard Strauss wrote with Viennese-born playwright and poetHugovon Hofmannsthal.
Elektra's Monologue (Elektra, Act 1) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna PO, conductor George Solti
The Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier, Act 2)
Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano),
Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Der Burger als Edelmann, Op 60 (excerpt) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Finale to the Prologue (Ariadne auf Naxos) Irmgard Seefried , Rita Streich and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sopranos), Karl Donch (baritone), Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Falke, Falke, du wiedergefundener (Die Frau ohne Schatten, Act 2) Placido
Domingo (tenor), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti Aber der Richtige (Arabella, Act 1)
Renee Fleming and Barbara Bonney
(sopranos), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight