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Composer of the Week: Brahms

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4/5. The Price of Success. Donald Macleod explores how Brahms, who did not make allowances for other people in his life or music, won over his audiences.
Wiegenlied, Op 49 No 4 Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Schicksalslied, Op 54 Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Robert Shaw
Liebeslieder Walzer , Op 52 (excerpts) Edith Mathis (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Karl Engel and Wolfgang Sawallisch (pianos) Variations on a theme of Haydn, Op 56a (St
Anthony) Berlin PO, conductor Herbert von Karajan Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Conductor:
Robert Shaw
Conductor:
Liebeslieder Walzer
Soprano:
Edith Mathis
Soprano:
Brigitte Fassbaender
Contralto:
Peter Schreier
Tenor:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone:
Karl Engel
Baritone:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Source: Radio Times

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