Arda Mandikian (soprano)
Parry Jones (tenor)
Roderick Jones (baritone)
Goldsmiths' Choral Union
(Chorus-Master. Frederick Haggis )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
Bizet's only symphony was composed in 1855, when he was seventeen. It Jay un-performed in the library of the Paris Conservatoire until Felix Weingartner conducted it in 1935. If slight in substance, it is nevertheless a happy work of considerable charm. A.J.