Letter V Classical Radio this week

Richard Wagner and his sound world . . .

May 15
noon-4 p.m. EDT
1600-2000 UTC/GMT
WDCE, University of Richmond
90.1 FM
www.wdce.org

Wagner: “Tannhäuser” – Overture and “Venusberg Bacchanale”
Berlin Philharmonic/ Lorin Maazel (RCA Victor)

Mendelssohn: “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”
Annelies Burmeister, contralto; Eberhard Buchner, tenor; Siegfried Lorenz, baritone; Siegfried Vogel, bass; Leipzig Radio Chorus
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig/Kurt Masur (Berlin Classics)

Past Masters:
Wagner: “Die Meistersinger” – Act 1 Prelude
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner (RCA Victor)
(recorded 1959)

Past Masters:
Chausson: “Poème de l’amour et de la mer”
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Lamoureux/ Jean-Pierre Jacquillat (EMI Classics)
(recorded 1969)

Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde” – Prelude and “Liebestod”
Jessye Norman, soprano
London Philharmonic/ Klaus Tennstedt (EMI Classics)

Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/Paavo
Järvi (RCA Victor)

Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Bridge)

Past Masters:
Wagner: “Götterdämmerung” – Brünnhilde’s immolation
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Wilhelm Furtwängler (EMI Classics)
(recorded 1952)