(1786-1826). With Donald Macleod. 1: 1798-1811. Carl Maria von Weber spent his early childhood travelling around Germany with his father's touring opera company. When his father realised that young Carl showed signs of musical promise he adopted ambitions of fostering a new Mozart. The family stopped touring and lessons were arranged with Michael Haydn in Salzburg. But two years later Weber's mother died and the family moved again, this time to Munich. It was at this point that Weber began to take charge of his own destiny. Invitation to the Dance, Op 65 (excerpt) Hamish Milne (piano)
Invitation to the Dance BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor
ArturoToscanini EranSie , Op 15 No 6 Olaf Bar (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
WasZiehtzuDeinemZauberkreise, Op 15 No 4 Olaf Baer (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Andante and Hungarian Rondo in C minor, Op 35 Ernst Wallfisch (viola),
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg Allegro (Piano Quartet in B flat, Op 8) Kremerata Musica
Abu Hassan (excerpts) Nicolai Gedda
(tenor), Edda Moser (soprano), Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Producer Johannah Smith