Great Orchestras: Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan Swain introduces this week's programmes featuring recent live recordings of the Bavarian Radio
Symphony Orchestra. Founded in 1949, the orchestra's conductors have included
Colin Davis , Bernard Haitink ,
Lorin Maazel , Esa-Pekka Salonen and Wolfgang Sawallisch , each of whom lefttheirmark. Today's programme shows how the orchestra excelled in both the Viennese classics and Romantic Slavic repertoire. Mozart Symphony No 33 in B flat, K319 Conductor Colin Davis
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and JulietConductor Wolfgang Sawallisch Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G
Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch