Five Music Critics
With Donald Macleod.
2: Like his compatriot Hector Berlioz , Claude Debussy turned to writing about music as a way of supplementing his income. For this, he adopted the nom de plume of Monsieur Croche as a front for some of his more extreme opinions. Including excerpts from: Musorgsky The Nursery
Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano) Massenet Griseldis
Michele Command (soprano), Lyon National Choir and Opera Chorus, Franz Liszt Symphony Orchestra, conductor Patrick Fournillier
Wagner Tristan and Isolde Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington Rameau Hippolyte et Aricie
Soloists, Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie