FINE MUSIC NOTES
With Iris Zeng
Followed by WALPURGIS AND WITCHES
Prepared by Paul Cooke
With Lily Bryant
Munktell, H. Symphonic poem: Walpurgisfire, op 24. Gävle SO/Tobias Ringborg.
Sterling CDS-1066-2 [11:27]
Gounod, C. Scene from Faust, Act IV (1869). Jerry Hadley, ten; Welsh National Opera Ch & O/Carlo Rizzi.
Warner Classics 2564 67691-5 [13:57]
Raff, J. During Walpurgis Night, from Symphony no 8 in A, op 205, Sound of Spring (1876). Slovak State PO/Urs Schneider.
Naxos 8.555499 [08:19]
Mendelssohn, F. Hexenlied, op 8 no 6. Sandrine Piau, sop; Susan Manoff, pf.
naïve V 5250 [02:20]
Lanner, J. Waltz: Hexentanz, op 203. Concentus Musicus Vienna/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Sony 88697914112 [09:36]
Widor, C-M. Symphonic poem: Walpurgis Night, op 60 (1887). Royal Scottish NO/Martin Yates.
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7315 [26:38]
Mendelssohn, F. The first Walpurgis Night, op 60 (1832/42). René Pape, bass; Birgit Remmert, cont; Uwe Heilman, ten; Arnold Schoenberg Choir; CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Teldec 9031-74882-2 [36:23]