The Lyric Feature Sunday 17 December 2017
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The Lyric Feature
Michael McCaffery ooks at George Bernard Shaw's long life and times through the music he loved and occasionally loathed.
Music Played on the Show
Title: Meistersinger
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Berlin Philharmonic, Seijio Osawa
Duration: 2:31
Title: Tristan And Isolde
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Duration: 2:45
Title: Tannhauser
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Royal Opera House Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, G.Sinopoli
Duration: 3:12
Title: Tannhauser
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dobrowen Issay
Duration: 2:31
Title: Die Walkure
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
Duration: 2:45
Title: Gotterdammerung
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Berlin Philharmonic, Klaus Tennstedt
Duration: 2:45
Title: Wintersturme
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Max Lorenz, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Ernst Viebig
Duration: 2:35
Title: Die Walkure
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Leopold Stokowski, New York Philharmonic
Duration: 2:15
Title: Siegfried
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Lauritz Melchior, Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera, Artur Bodansky
Duration: 3:45
Title: Parsifal
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Jose Van Damm, Berlin Philharmonic, H Von Karajan
Duration: 2:50
Title: Das Rheingold
Composer: WAGNER
Performer(s): Csr Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Mund
Duration: 2:31