Notes: | For orchestra (1st and 2nd works), soprano and orchestra (3rd work). Wesendonk-Lieder originally for voice and piano; arr. for voice and orchestra by Felix Mottl (nos. 1-4) and Richard Wagner (no. 5). Text for Wesendonk-Lieder by Mathilde Wesendonk. Compact disc. Durations: 62:13 (disc 1); 63:12 (disc 2). Program notes by Alan Blyth in English, with French and German translations (15 p.) in container. Janet Baker, soprano (3rd work) ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Sir Reginald Goodall, conductor. Recorded Sept. 3, 1969, Royal Albert Hall, London (1st work), Nov. 3, 1971, Royal Festival Hall, London (2nd and 3rd works). Sung in German (3rd work).
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