Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder
Marita Napier (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Siegmund Nimsgern (baritone), Uwe Friedrichsen (speaker)
BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, conductor John Poole
Goldsmiths' Choral Union, chorus-master Brian Wright
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Eli Goren, conductor Pierre Boulez
Part 1
8.35* Klemperer on Schoenberg
The late Otto Klemperer talks to Peter Heyworth about his recollections of Schoenberg
(R)
(The conversation was recorded in 1969 and made available by courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
8.55* Proms 73
Gurrelieder, Part 2