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Five Novelists
With Peggy Reynolds.
1: Walter Scott. With their dramatic plots, colourful characters and wild Highland settings, Scott's novels - from The Lady of the Lake to The Heart of Midlothian - became popular throughout Europe and were easy meat for composers. Including excerpts from:
Rossini La Donna del Lago
Soloists, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Maurizio Pollini Bizet La Jolie Fille de Perth Alfredo
Kraus (tenor), New Philharmonic, conductor Georges Pretre
MacCunn Jeanie Deans Soloists, BBC Scottish SO, conductor Martyn Brabbins Producer Piers Burton-Page
INVENTING AMERICA

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds.
Unknown:
Walter Scott.
Conductor:
Maurizio Pollini
Unknown:
Perth Alfredo
Conductor:
Georges Pretre
Soloists:
MacCunn Jeanie Deans
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page
Source: Radio Times

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