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Paradise and the Peri

BBC Radio 3
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An oratorio, but notfor churchgoers -for bright, happy people
Schumann's description of his setting, in German translation, of an episode from Thomas Moore 's oriental epic 'Lalla Rookh'.
PAMELA COBURN (soprano)
CATHERINE DUBOSC (soprano)
BRENDA BOOZER (mezzo-soprano) NEIL JENKINS (tenor)
NEIL ROSENSHEIN (tenor)
THOMAS HAMPSON (baritone) EDINBURGH FESTIVAL CHORUS chorus-master JOHN CURRIE ORCHESTRE DE L'OPÈRA DE LYON conductor
JOHN EUOT GARDINER
Schumann Paradise and the Peri, Op 50: parts 1 and 2
3.0* Interval Reading
3.5* Schumann Paradise and the Peri: part 3
(Given at the Usher Hall during the 1985 Edinburgh International Festival)
BBC Scotland (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Moore
Soprano:
Pamela Coburn
Soprano:
Catherine Dubosc
Mezzo-Soprano:
Brenda Boozer
Tenor:
Neil Jenkins
Tenor:
Neil Rosenshein
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Chorus-Master:
John Currie
Conductor:
John Euot Gardiner
Source: Radio Times

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