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Franck: Les Beatitudes

BBC Radio 3
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Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra
JESSYE NORMAN (soprano)
BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER (meZZO-sop)
BIRGIT FINNIL Ä (contralto) RENÉ KOLLO (tenor)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (bar) RAFFAELE ARIE (bass) ANDREW FOLDI (bass) CHORUS OF THE ORTF*
BAVARIAN RADIO CHORUS AND
ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK
During the interval
The Stunted Universe LYN WEBSTER analyses what she sees as the failure of today's poets to deal with the underlying spiritual problems of our age.
Readers FRASER KERR and HILDA SCHRODER

Contributors

Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Soprano:
Brigitte Fassbaender
Contralto:
Birgit Finnil
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik
Unknown:
Lyn Webster
Readers:
Fraser Kerr
Source: Radio Times

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