Old scores and new readings: discussions on music & certain musicians,

William Byrde, his mass.--Our last great musician (Henry Purcell, 1658-95)--Bach; the "Matthew" passion and the "John".--Handel.--Haydn and his "Creation".--Mozart, his "Don Giovanni" and the Requiem.--"Fidelio."--Schubert.--Weber and Wagner.--Italian opera, dead and dying.--Verdi young and Verdi younger.--"The flying Dutchman."--"Lohengrin."--"Tristan and Isolda."--"Siegfried."--"The dusk of the gods."--"Parsifal."--Bayreuth in 1897.--A note on Brahms.--Anton Dvorák.--Tschaikowsky and his "Pathetic" symphony.--Lamoureux and his orchestra.Mode of access: Internet