2/5. The Times Are So Strange (1933-9) Donald Macleod looks at Hartmann's
"confessional" works, which expressed his despondency over the Third Reich. In the buildup to the war he withdrew into internal exile, banning his own works from being performed. Simplicius Simplicissimus (excerpt)
Helen Donath (soprano), Bodo Brinkmann (baritone), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Heinz Fricke
Miserae LPO , conductor Leon Botstein Kammerkonzert Paul Meyer (clarinet),
Petersen Quartet, Munich Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christoph Poppen Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight