Part 1: The Ruins of Athens: excerpts from the incidental music to Kotzebue's drama
3.35* Interval Reading
3.45* Less Familiar Beethoven Part 2
Overture: The Consecration of the House: Opferlied: Die Flamme lodert; Bundeslied; Fantasy in c minor, for piano, chorus and orchestra
INGEBORG SPRINGER (meZZO-SOp) BERND RIEDEL (baritone) KURT HUBNER (bass)
RUTH ZECHLIN (piano)
BERLINER SINGAKADEMIE BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by DIETRICH KNOTHE
(Recording made available by courtesy of DDR)