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Proms Composers of the Week: Eisler and Weill

on BBC Radio 3

With Stephen Johnson. Weill, Brecht and Eisler go to America, first in satirical vision, then in reality.
Weill Prologue; Sloth (The Seven Deadly Sins) Gisela May (mezzo), Peter Schreier and Hans-Joachim
Rotzsch (tenors), Gunther Leib
(baritone), Hermann Christian Poister (bass), Leipzig Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Herbert Kegel
Weill The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Act 2, Finale)
Jenny Smith and Anja Silja (sopranos), Pro Musica Vocal Ensemble, Cologne Radio Orchestra, conductor Jan Latham-Koenig
Eisler Fourteen Ways of Describing Rain Ensemble Recherche
Eisler An die Uberfebenden;
Uber die Dauer des Exils
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)
Eisler Serious Songs Gunther Leib (baritone), Berlin Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Gunther Herbig Repeated from last Fnday

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Johnson.
Unknown:
Peter Schreier
Tenors:
Gunther Leib
Baritone:
Hermann Christian Poister
Conductor:
Herbert Kegel
Unknown:
Jenny Smith
Sopranos:
Anja Silja
Conductor:
Jan Latham-Koenig
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Aribert Reimann
Baritone:
Gunther Leib
Conductor:
Gunther Herbig

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