This week in a new series tracing the growth of the public concert in Europe, musical life in 19th-century London.
There is not a town in the world where so much music is made. (Hector Berlioz, 1851)
Wagner Overture: Tannhauser NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT Mendelssohn Excerpts from Elijah
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
NEW PHILHARMONIA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
Weber Overture: Der Fretschutz (mono) HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Bishop Lo, here the gentle Lark
JOAN SUTHERLAND (SOpranO) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE Chabrier Habanera (mono)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERRE DERVAUX
MacCunn Overture: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
SCOTTtSH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON gramophone records
Compiled by KEITH HORNER