1/5. Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer was a child prodigy, playing Mozart piano concertos in public when he wasjust 11 years old. In 1816 he fell in love with Italy, changed his name to
Meyerbeer, and had his first operatic success, Romilda e Costanza. With Donald Macleod.
Basta Dir Ch 'io Sono Amante
Ning Liang (mezzo), llmo Ranta (piano) Clarinet Quintet in E flat Dieter Klocker , (clarinet), Philharmonia Quartett, Berlin
Gli Amori di Teolinda (excerpt) JuIia Varady (soprano), Jorg Fadle (clarinet),
RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gerd Albrecht
Che Barbaro Tormento (Romilda e Costanza) Bronwen Mills (soprano), Anne Mason
(mezzo), Chris Merritt (tenor), Philharmonia, conductor David Parry
Producer Kerry Chapman Repeated Sunday 12 midnight