Herbert von Karajan
Thursday 10 July 2008 14:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer. Series of programmes marking the centenary of the birth of the great Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
Playlist:
4/5. Featuring Karajan's live performance of Richard Strauss' Elektra, an opera he never recorded commercially. Plus performances by Mariss Jansons, one of today's leading conductors, who was given great support as a young man by Karajan.
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
2.05pm
Caplet: Tout est lumiere
Atsuko Suzuki (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
2.10pm
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
3.00pm
Strauss: Elektra
Elektra ...... Astrid Varnay (mezzo-soprano)
Klytemnestra ...... Martha Modl (soprano)
Chrysothemis ...... Hildegard Hillebrecht (soprano)
Orestes ...... Eberhard Waechter (baritone)
Aegisthus ...... James King (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
