15/10/2009 Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirshbaum, Thomas Allen, Christopher Maltman, John Humphreys

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Cellists Anner Bylsma and Ralph Kirshbaum and editor Jonathan Del Mar discuss their 'Playing With Beethoven' Wigmore Hall concert.

Baritones Thomas Allen and Christopher Maltman are in the studio ahead of their performance in the Royal Opera House's double-bill of Rave's L'heure espagnole and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.

And chairman John Humphreys talks about the 2009 Dudley International Piano Competition. The finals take place on October 18.

17:02
CHABRIER
Espana
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel (conductor)
Telarc CD 80170
Track 6
6’20

17:09
PUCCINI
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Ion Marin (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 57706 2 2
Track 14
2’31

17:13
BEETHOVEN
Cello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69: 3rd mvt.
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Malcolm Bilson (piano)
Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79836-2
Track 3
8’04

17:29
BEETHOVEN
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra Op 56 – 2nd mvt [largo]
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)
John Browning (piano)
LSO
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
RCA 09026 68964 2
Track 5
5’02

17:40
BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No 1 ‘Ghost’
Final mvt: Presto
Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano)
Vera Beths (violin)
Anner Bylsma (cello)
Sony SK 51353
Track 7
8’14

17:49
ARNOLD
English Dances Set 2
LPO
Michael Arnold (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 2337
CD 1 Tracks 2-5
9’43

18:03
VIVALDI
Dixit Dominus RV 594
Choir of the Kings Consort
The Kings Consort
Hyperion CDS 44171
CD 1 Track 18
2’08

18:06
BACH
Prelude from Violin Partita No 3
Catrin Finch (harp)
Sony Classical SK 93103
Track 1
3’58

18:11
VERDI
‘God who has brought us together’ from Don Carlos
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor)
Philip Tebb (bass)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
David Parry (conductor)
CHAN 3155
Track 4
5’35

18:23
PUCCINI
Erauigauale la voce from Gianni Schicchi (including the aria Si corre dal notaio)
José Van Dam (Gianni Schicchi)
Felicity Palmer (Zita)
Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio)
Luigi Roni (Simone)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 56587 2 2
CD 3 Tracks 13-15
3’30

18:32
RAVEL
Scene 16 from L’heure espagnol
Kurt Ollmann (Ramiro)
Kimberly Barber (Concepcion)
LSO
Andre Previn (conductor)
DG 457 590-2
Track 17
2’53

18:36
STRAUSS
Fünf Lieder Op. 15: Heimkehr
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
Hyperon CDA 67667
Track 5
2’17

18:39
TCHAIKOVSKY ARR. GLASUNOV
Scherzo from Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42
Baiba Skride (violin)
CBSO
Andris Nelsons (conductor)
Sony 88697214232
Track 5
3’38

18:48
LISZT
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell
from Années de Pèlerinage – Premiere Année: Suisse
Libor Novacek (piano)
Landor Records LAN 290
Track 1
6’30

18:55
ELLINGTON ARR. BISSILL
Caravan
The London Horn Sound
Richard Bissill (lead horn)
James Rattigan (solo jazz horn)
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
Cala CACD 0112
Track 13
4’15