“The General“: for orchestra with soprano, choir and narrator. Music by Beethoven: Symphony #5 in C minor Op.67; “Egmont” Op.84; Incidental Music (exerpts);
“Opferlied” Op.121b
Text by Paul Griffiths. (English version)
Maximilian Schell, narrator/Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano/Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal/OSM Chorus/Kent Nagano, conductor; Analekta: AN 2 9942-3 (2 cds)
For his first recording with the OSM, Kent Nagano has come [...]

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