Louis Spohr (1784-1859)
Part Two
Tuesday 11 April 2006 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 18 April 2006 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
With Donald Macleod. Before he'd reached the age of 30, Louis Spohr's considerable talent was the talk of Europe. He'd left his hometown in provincial Germany and had secured a plum job in Vienna, then the centre of the musical universe. Once there he composed a wide range of fine works, struck out on a concert tour of Europe, and founded a great friendship with a chap by the name of Beethoven.
Playlist
Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas, Op 41, No 6 (1815)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Hartmut Höll (piano)
ORFEO C103 841A Tr10
Faust (Overture): (1813)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christian Frölich (conductor)
CPO 999 093-1 Tr4
Octet in E, Op 32 (1814)
The Gaudier Ensemble
Hyperion CDA66699 Tr5-8
String Quartet No 12 in C, Op 45, No 1 (1818)
3rd and last movements: Andante Grazioso/Presto
New Budapest Quartet
Marco Polo 8.223257 Tr 6 & 7
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