Composer of the Month.
This month: Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868).
1. From ‘L’Album pour les enfants dégoutis’:
a. Un enterrement en carnaval. b. Etude asthmatique.
Paolo Giacometti, piano.
2. Credo, Preludio Religioso, Rittornelle, O salutatis and Agnus Dei from the Petite Messe Solenelle, for soloists, double quartet, two pianos and harmonium.
Kari Lövaas, soprano. Brigitte Fassbaender, alto. Peter Schreier, tenor.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone. Die Münchner Vokalsolisten.
Reinhard Raffalt, harmonium. Hans Ludwig Hirsch, piano.
Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano and conductor.
