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A programme of recent records Mozart Divertimento in c (K 188) CZECH PHILHARMONIC WIND
ENSEMBLE
8.15. Donizetti Recit and Aria: Piangete voi ... Al dolce guidami castel natio (Anna Bolena )
MARIA CHIARA (soprano)
VIENNA VOLKSOPER ORCHESTRA conducted by NELLO SANTI
8.25* Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor: JASCHA HEIFETZ RCA ORCHESTRA conducted by WALTER HENDL
8.46* Grieg Morning; Solveig's Song; In the hall of the mountain king (Peer Gynt) ADELE STOLTE (soprano)
LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA conducted by VACLAV NEUMANN

Contributors

Unknown:
Mozart Divertimento
Unknown:
Donizetti Recit
Unknown:
Anna Bolena
Conducted By:
Nello Santi
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz
Conducted By:
Walter Hendl
Soprano:
Leipzig Gewandhaus
Conducted By:
Vaclav Neumann
Source: Radio Times
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The fourth programme In the weekly series
Nachtviolen; Versunken; An die Apfelbaume; An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht JOHN ELWES (tenor)
PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Piano Sonata in A minor (D 845) MARIA DONSKA (piano)

Contributors

Tenor:
John Elwes
Piano:
Paul Hamburger
Piano:
Maria Donska
Source: Radio Times
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A record request programme
Balakirev Overture: King Lear LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID LLOYD-JONES Mozart Piano Concerto No 18, in B flat (k 456): GEZA ANDA, who also directs the SALZBURG
MOZARTEUM CAMERATA ACADEMICA Mendelssohn Symphony No 5, in D (Reformation)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Lloyd-Jones
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Source: Radio Times
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Chamber Music
HEATHER HARPER (Soprano) FELICITY PALMER (soprano)
MERIEL DICKINSON (mezzo-sop) PETER PEARS (tenor and piano) BENJAMIN BRITTEN (piano) RICHARD ADENEY (flute) THEA KING (clarinet) OSIAN ELLIS (harp)
KENNETH SILLITO (violin) CECIL ARONOWITZ (viola) KEITH HARVEY (cello)
Part 1

Mozart Flute Quartet In D (K 285)
Mozart Two Canons for three voices: Caro bell' idol mio (K 562); Sie ist dahin (K 229)
Stravinsky Three Pieces for clarinet
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Soprano:
Felicity Palmer
Soprano:
Meriel Dickinson
Piano:
Benjamin Britten
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Violin:
Kenneth Sillito
Cello:
Keith Harvey
Source: Radio Times
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Part 2
Schumann Duets: Erste Begeg nung; Botschaft; In der Nacht (Spanisches Liederspiel); Bedeckt mien mit Blumen (Spanische Liebeslieder); Sommerruh
Britten Suite in c, Op 83, for harp
Schubert The shepherd on the rock, for soprano, clarinet and piano
(A public concert given in the Maltings, Snape, on 12 June)

Contributors

Unknown:
Britten Suite
Source: Radio Times
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Introduced by NORMAN CARRELL It was long thought that Bach's solo harpsichord concertos were all based on works by Vivaldi, but other models have recently been identified. including Johann Ernst , a duke who died in 1715 at the age of 18. PHILIP LEDGER
(harpsichord and organ) JÜRGEN HESS (violin)
LONDON BACH ORCHESTRA led by DIANA CUMMINGS conductor MARTINDALE SIDWELL
Johann Ernst Violin Concerto in B flat, Op 1 No 1 (first broadcast performance in this country)
Johann Ernst/Bach Concerto No 11, in B flat, for harpsichord (BWV 982)
Johann Ernst/Bach Concerto No 1, in G, for organ (bwv 592) Johann Ernst/Bach Concerto No 16, in D minor, for harpsichord (bwv 987)
Johann Ernst Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 1 No 4 (first broadcast performance in this country)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Norman Carrell
Unknown:
Johann Ernst
Conductor:
Diana Cummings
Conductor:
Martindale Sidwell
Violin:
Johann Ernst
Violin:
Johann Ernst
Source: Radio Times
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Comedy for music in three acts Music by Richard Strauss Libretto by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL (sung in German)
(gramophone records)
Cast in order of singing:
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
The action takes place In Vienna during the early years of the reign of the Empress Maria Theresa.
Act 1 The Feldmarschallin's bedroom
3.25' Norman Del Mar talks to JOHN AMIS about Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
3.40* Der Rosenkavalier
Act 2 A hall in Faninal's house
4.50* Olland Melted Butter'
Excerpts from the correspondence about Der Rosenkavaher between Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal read by TIMOTHY WEST and ANTHONY JACOBS
5.10* Der Rosenkavaller
Act 3 A private room in an inn

Contributors

Music By:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Maria Theresa.
Talks:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
John Amis
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Read By:
Timothy West
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs
Octavian, a young nobleman:
Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
The Feldmarschallin Fiirstin:
Christa Ludwig(mezzo-Soprano)
Her majordomo:
Harald Proglhof (tenor)
Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau:
Walter Berry (bass)
Three noble orphans:
Erna Mühlberger(soprano)
Three noble orphans:
Hermine Saidula(mezzo-Sop)
Three noble orphans:
Johanna Herridl(contralto)
A milliner:
Laurence Dutoit (soprano)
An animal vendor:
Mario Guggia (tenor)
Valzacchi, an intriguer:
Murray Dickie (tenor)
An Italian singer:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
A notary:
Ljubomir Pantscheff (bass)
Annina, Valzacchi's partner:
Margarita Lilowa (mezzo Sop)
Four footmen:
Franz Setzer (tenor)
Four footmen:
Rudolf Resch (tenor)
Four footmen:
Kurt Bernhard(bass)
Four footmen:
Leo Heppe (bass)
Herr von Faninal, a merchant, recently ennobled:
Ernst Gutstein (baritone)
Marianne, Sophie s duenna:
Emmy Loose (soprano)
Faninal's majordomo:
Ewald Aichberger (tenor)
Sophie, Faninal's daughter:
Lucia Popp (soprano)
An Innkeeper:
Karl Terkal (tenor)
Four waiters:
Herbert Gnawer (tenor)
Four waiters:
Franz Riedl(bass)
Four waiters:
Alexander Maly(bass)
Four waiters:
Karl Neugebauer(bass)
Police Commissioner:
Herbert Lackner (bass)
Source: Radio Times
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A sequel to The Road to Shalott examining the literary and psychological sources of Tennyson's Idyll Lancelot and Elaine.

Contributors

Written and Produced by:
Terence Tiller
Narrator:
John Rye
Alfred, Lord Tennyson:
Valentine Dyall
Others taking part:
Olive Gregg
Others taking part:
Arthur Bush
Others taking part:
Carleton Hobbs
Others taking part:
Basil Jones
Source: Radio Times
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An early letter by George Ellol introduced by GABRIEL WOOLF with JILL BALCON as George Eliot
This charming comic invention of the 27-year-old Marianne Evans could be described as ' George Eliot 's ' first attempt at fiction and it has only just come to light.

Contributors

Unknown:
George Ellol
Introduced By:
Gabriel Woolf
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
George Eliot
Unknown:
Marianne Evans
Unknown:
George Eliot
Source: Radio Times
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' An eminently pure, refined nature.... the most rigorous conscience in George Eliot on Mendelssohn
Nocturne, Scherzo and Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE SZELL gramophone record
10.5* Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2: TEL AVIV STRING QUARTET

Contributors

Unknown:
George Eliot
Conducted By:
George Szell
Source: Radio Times
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Symphony No 9. in D minor with final movement for vocal soloists. chorus, and orchestra, to words from Schiller's Ode to Joi;
EVA ANDOR (soprano)
EVA JABLONKY (contralto) GYORGY KORONDY (tenor) SANDOR NAGY (bass) BUDAPEST CHORUS
HUNGARIAN STATE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by JANOS FERENCSIK
(Recording made available by courtesy of Hungarian Radio)

Contributors

Tenor:
Gyorgy Korondy
Bass:
Sandor Nagy
Conducted By:
Janos Ferencsik
Source: Radio Times

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