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Musical Playwrights With Peggy Reynolds.
4: Victor Hugo. Hugo wrote his play Le Roi S'Amuse in a fever. When he finished, he insisted on reading it aloud to friends who had come to dinner. This and other plays by Hugo were to give the world some of its most famous operas. Verdi Prelude: Ernani
Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor Pier Giorgio Morandi
Schmidt Notre Dame (Intermezzo)
Gothenburg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi Liszt Paraphrase on Verdi's
"Rigoletto" Claudio Arrau (piano) Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Bias Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claus Peter Flor
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

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Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds.
Unknown:
Victor Hugo.
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Liszt Paraphrase
Piano:
Claudio Arrau
Conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
Source: Radio Times

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