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Composer of the Week: Schumann

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5/5. in 1848, as revolutions swept Europe,
Schumann managed to evade military action and carried on composing in Dresden as chorus master for various choirs and even fulfilling his ambition to write an opera. With Donald Macleod. Sommerlied (Funf Romanzen und Balladen, Op 146 No 4) London Schubert Chorale, conductor Stephen Layton
Genoveva, Act 2 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
Mignon (Album fur die Jugend, Op 68 No 35) Angela Brownridge (piano) March, Op 76 No 2
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Requiem fur Mignon, Op 98b
Brigitte Lindner and Andrea Andonian (sopranos), Mechthild Georg (alto),
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone),
Dusseldorf SO, conductor Bernhard Klee
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Funf Romanzen
Conductor:
Stephen Layton
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Piano:
Angela Brownridge
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Unknown:
Brigitte Lindner
Sopranos:
Andrea Andonian
Sopranos:
Mechthild Georg
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Conductor:
Bernhard Klee
Genoveva:
Edda Moser (soprano)
Golo:
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Drago:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Margaretha:
Gisela Schroter (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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