1905
In today's programme, Donald Macleod focusses on 1905, the year in which Richard Strauss started to work with his greatest collaborator and librettist, Hugo von Hofmannstahl.
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Richard Strauss
Mit deinen blauen Augen (op.56 no.4)
Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Performer: Gerald Moore (piano)
- EMI CMS7639952.
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Richard Strauss
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
- TESTAMENT SBT1147.
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Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier (end)
Performer: Régine Crespin (Marschallin) Performer: Yvonne Minton (Octavian) Performer: Helen Donath (Sophie) Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
- DECCA 4174932.
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Richard Strauss
Arabella (end of Act 1)
Performer: Lisa Della Casa (Arabella) Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Mandryka) Performer: Karl Christian Kohn (Waldner) Performer: Anneliese Rothenberger (Zdenka) Performer: Bavarian State Opera Performer: Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
- DG 4377002.
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- Wed 7 Apr 201012:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 7 Apr 201022:00BBC Radio 3
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