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Daniel Harding in conversation with Matthew Hunter Daniel Harding conducts Schumann’s “Scenes from Goethe’s Faust”
Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust is one of the most fascinating treatments of the Faust material. In this concert, conductor Daniel Harding reveals its full potential, from its rousing choral and orchestral scenes to its many intimate moments. The title role is sung by Christian Gerhaher in a performance which the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described as “devilishly good”.
Berliner Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding
Christian Gerhaher
Dorothea Röschmann
Andrew Staples
Anna Prohaska
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