Aesthetes
With Peggy Reynolds. In the 1780s, William Beckford scandalised
England when he had an affair with the young son of a viscount. He had already terrified the reading public with his gothic novel, and he went on to astonish all of Europe with the gothic tower he built at Fonthill Abbey. He also claimed to have written a march for Mozart. Music includes excerpts from:
Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly Massenet Werther
LondonPhilharmonic, conductor Michel Plasson
Seixas Sonata in G minor
Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
Haydn Sonata in E flat, H XVI 52 Alfred Brendel (piano)