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Classical Heroines
With Peggy Reynolds. The lyric poet Sappho lived on Lesbos at the beginning of the sixth century BC.
Hardly any of her poetry survives, but the legends of her love for Phaon and her suicide have inspired many writers and poets since. Including:
Brahms Sapphische Ode, Op 94 No 4 Jessye Norman (soprano), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Giovanni Pacini Saffo (excerpts) Wexford Festival Choir, Irish NSO , conductor Maurizio Benini
Massenet Sapho (excerpts)
Soloists, Garde Républicaine SO, conductor Roger Boutry
Gounod Sapho (excerpts) Soloists, Saint Etienne Lyric Choir and New
Orchestra, conductor Patrick Fournillier

Contributors

Unknown:
Peggy Reynolds.
Unknown:
Brahms Sapphische
Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Piano:
Giovanni Pacini Saffo
Conductor:
Irish Nso
Conductor:
Maurizio Benini
Conductor:
Massenet Sapho
Conductor:
Roger Boutry
Conductor:
Gounod Sapho
Unknown:
Etienne Lyric Choir
Conductor:
Patrick Fournillier
Source: Radio Times

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