Beethoven and Archduke Rudolph With Misha Donat.
"The day on which a high mass composed by me will be performed during the ceremonies solemnised for Your Imperial Highness will be the most glorious day of my life." (Beethoven to Rudolph, 1819)
Grosse Fuge , Op 133 Vegh Quartet
Missa Solemnis (Sanctus; Agnus Dei) Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Jadwiga Rappe (contralto), Uwe Heilmann
(tenor), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis Repeated next Friday 12 midnight
INVENTING AMERICA