3: When in Paris
The Revolution did not deter French audiences from going to the opera, and when the Great Terror began in 1793, there were 63 theatres open in Paris alone. Graham Fawcett unearths some forgotten jewels from Cherubini's glittering career in the French capital. Ahi! Che Forse Ai Miei Di (Demofonte) Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Felix Lavilla (piano)
Overture: Les Deux Journées
Academy of St Martin, conductor Neville Marriner
Me Separer de Mon Epoux (Les Deux Journees)
Genevieve Moizan (soprano),
Henri Legay (tenor), Paris Opera Orchestra , conductor Pierre Dervaux
Etude No 2 for horn and strings Barry Tuckwell , Academy of St
Martin, conductor Neville Marriner Les Abencerages (Act 2, excerpt) Georges Thill (tenor), orchestra, conductor Eugene Bigot
Requiem in C minor (Dies Irae)
Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia, conductor Riccardo Muti Discs
Repeated next Wednesday at 11.30pm