Aase Nordmo-Lovberg
(soprano)
Christa Ludwig
(contralto)
Waldemar Kmentt
(tenor)
Hans Hotter
(baritone)
Philharmonia Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Wilhelm Pitz )
Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader, Manoug Parikian)
Conducted by Otto Klemperer
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
Part 1
SYMPHONY No. 8, in F

A monologue in one scene by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Richard Newnham
Read by Peter Woodthorpe

Part 2
SYMPHONY No. 9, in D minor

by Denis Diderot
Being the report of a notable conversation, on divers topics, which took place in the year 1761 between M. Diderot and M. Jean -Francois Rameau , nephew to the celebrated composer
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Richard N. Coe
Produced by Terence Tiller