Feuds Comer
With Richard Baker. Both Johannes
Brahms and Richard Wagner sought to escape from the dominating shadow of Beethoven. One took the symphonic route, the other the operatic. Though they met only once, each attracted vehement support. Music includes:
Brahms Herr , Lehre Doch Mich (German Requiem) Otto Wiener (baritone), Choir of St Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin, Berlin PO, conductor Fritz Lehmann
Wagner 0 Ihr, der Eide Miter (Gotterdammerung)
Anne Evans (soprano), Philharmonia, conductor Francesco d'Avalos
Bruckner Symphony No 3 in D minor (original version, 1st mvt) London Classical Players, conductor Roger Norrington