Felix Weingartner: Symphony 3. Lustige Ouverture. Basel Symphony Orchestra, Marko Letonja.
The Basel Symphony Orchestra numbers among Switzerland's most renowed orchestras. At the beginning of the 1997/98 season it was formed from the fusion of two outstanding and richly traditional Basel orchestras: the Basel Symphony Orchestra and the Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra. The principal conductors included Felix Weingartner, Hans Münch, Hermann Scherchen, Rolf Liebermann, Nello Santi a.o. (see link).
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