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Simon Rattle conducts Schumann’s “Paradise and the Peri”
Simon Halsey talks about Schumann’s “Paradise and the Peri”
In February 2009, Sir Simon Rattle, an ensemble of soloists and the Rundfunkchor Berlin performed Schumann’s unjustly rarely performed oratorio Paradise and the Peri. Simon Halsey, chief conductor of the choir, presents this introduction to the work.
© 2009 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
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