The first of two programmes celebrating the city's musical life, from medieval Minnesingers to the destruction of the Semper Opera House in 1945. Walter von der Vogelweide Unter der Linden
ROSEMARY HARRISON (soprano)
ST GEORGE 'S CANZONA
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor (RV 576) (For the King of Saxony) PETER MIRRING (violin) KURT MAHN (oboe)
DRESDEN STATE ORCHESTRA/
VITTORIO NEGRI
Schiitz Psalm 137: By the Waters of Babylon
KREUZCHOR OF DRESDEN
CAPELLA FIDICINIA/MARTIN FLAMIG Weber Wolfs Glen Scene (Der Freischutz)
LEIPZIG RADIO CHORUS. DRESDEN
STATE ORCHESTRA/CARLOS KLEIBER Wagner Tannhauser Act 2 (excerpts):
Elisabeth's aria (mono)
ELISABETH RETHBERG (soprano) with orchestra
Entry of the Guests
NEW YORK PO/BERNSTEIN Final Scene
DEUTSCHE OPER, BERLIN/OTTO GERDES Schumann Marches: in G minor; in B flat (Op 76): KARL ENGEL (piano) Piano Trio No 1 in D minor
ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER (violin) PABLO CASALS (cello)
MiECZYSLAW HORSzowsKi (piano) Strauss Serenade in E flat, Op 7 NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE; EDO DE WAART Records (R)