"Building a Library" feature from "Record Review"
(Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 26th April, 1997)
John Deathridge compares the available recordings of Weber's "Der Freischütz".
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First choice:
Harnoncourt, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 1995 (Teldec)
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This edition of "Building a Library", along with several others, was originally uploaded to RU-vid by the user "John D Walsh", whose channel appears to have now been terminated. More can be found here:
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"Der Freischütz" ("The Freeshooter") is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber, with a German libretto by Friedrich Kind. The libretto is based on a story from the "Gespensterbuch" ("Ghost Book") by Johann August Apel and Friedrich Laun. It was first performed at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin on 18th June, 1821, with the composer conducting.
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