Faust
With Donald Macleod.
This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of the great German poet Goethe. His masterpiece, on which he worked at intervals throughout his long life, is the reworking of a legend whose literary antedecents go back to the Middle Ages. This first programme looks at the character of Faust himself.
Music includes:
Schumann Overture (Scenes from Goethe's "Faust")
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado
Schumann Des Lebens Pulse (Scenes from Goethe's "Faust")
Bryn Terfel (baritone), Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado
Alkan Quasi Faust (Grand Sonata "Les Quatre Ages") Marc-Andre Hamelin
Liszt A Faust Symphony (Part 1: Faust) Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Simon Rattle
Producer Peter Tanner
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