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Benvenuto Cellini

BBC Radio 3
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Opera in two acts by Berlioz Libretto by LÉON DE WAILLY and AUGUSTE BARBIER
(sung in French: records)
' In the fantastic field of musIcal art no one can touch his colossal and ever novel ideas. Greatest uniformity, homogeneity, and, in addition, a minute development of all details ... and finally, a stupendous mastery of instrumentation characterise the music of Berlioz.' (GLINKA)
COVENT GARDEN CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by colin DAVIS Act 1
3.25' Michelangelo Love Sonnets
Cellini's greatest contemporary and the Renaissance artist par excellence was also a passionate poet. Five of his love sonnets, in JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS'S classic translation, are read by DAVID BRIERLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Auguste Barbier
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Read By:
David Brierley
Source: Radio Times

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