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Composers of the Week: Chausson and Duparc

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"De-Wagnerisation is necessary," wrote Ernest Chausson in 1888. Roger Nichols discovers how far the composer was able to free himself of Wagner's influence in his last opera, which is on a very Wagnerian subject - the Knights of the Round Table. Le Roi Arthus (excerpts)
Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Gino Quilico and Gilles Cachemaille
(baritones), Gosta Winbergh (tenor), Radio France Chorus, New Philharmonia, conductor Armin Jordan
Repeated Christmas Day 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Soprano:
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Soprano:
Gilles Cachemaille
Baritones:
Gosta Winbergh
Conductor:
Armin Jordan
Source: Radio Times

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