25/01/2010 Charles Castronovo, Joyce DiDonato
Presented by Sean Rafferty. American tenor Charles Castronovo talks to Sean about performing in Cosi fan tutte at the Royal Opera House and star mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato comes in prior to two recitals at London's Wigmore Hall.
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Hamish MacCunn
Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
- HYPERION CDA66815.
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Alexander Borodin
Serenata alla spagnola
Performer: Borodin Quartet
- TELDEC 4509945722.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan Tutte: Un'aura amorosa
Performer: Nicolai Gedda (Ferrando) Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Performer: Colin Davis (conductor)
- PHILIPS 422 542-2.
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Gioachino Rossini
Stabat Mater: Cujus animam
Performer: Charles Castronovo (tenor) Performer: Das Neue Orchester Performer: Christoph Spering (conductor)
- OPUS 111 OPS30247.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito (Se all'impero, amici Dei)
Performer: Charles Castronovo (Tito) Performer: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pinchas Steinberg (conductor)
- RCA 82876839902.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in B flat K.202
Performer: Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
- EMI 695429-2.
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Traditional
Blow away the morning dew
Arranger: Gordon Langford Performer: The King’s Singers
- Signum Classics SIGCD150.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto
Performer: Ensemble Intercontemporain Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)
- Deutsche Grammophon 477 8730.
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Emmanuel Chabrier - Bourrée fantasque
Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Alexander Glazunov
Les Ruses d'amour: Ballabile des paysans et des paysannes
Performer: Romanian State Orchestra Performer: Horia Andreescu (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.572447.
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Gabriel Fauré
C'est l'extase
Performer: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)
- WHLIVE0009.
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Manuel de Falla
7 canciones populares espanolas (Jota)
Performer: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)
- ELOQUENTIA EL0608.
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Gioachino Rossini
Assisa appiè d'un salice (Otello)
Performer: Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome Performer: Marcovalerio Marletta (conductor)
- VIRGIN 6945790.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Introduction & The street awakens (Romeo & Juliet)
Performer: Robin Ireland (viola) Performer: Tim Horton (piano)
- NIMBUS NI 6117.
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Thomas Tallis
Miserere nostril
Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)
- CORO COR16077.
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Robert Schumann
Genoveva Overture
Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
- Deutsche Grammophon 477 8621.
Broadcast
- Mon 25 Jan 201017:00BBC Radio 3
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