19/08/2010

6 nights in Poland: Jonathan Swain investigates the wealth of musical riches left in Chopin's wake, in this his anniversary year

1:01 AM
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873]
Che val ch'io ricca sia, cavatina from 'La Contessina'
Joanna Wos (soprano), Kevin Kenner (piano)

1:08 AM
Lipinski, Karol Jozef (1790-1861)
Variations de Bravoure sur une Romance militaire in D major (Op.22)
Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor)

1:19 AM
Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873]
Al pensier del mio tesor - cavatina from "Don Desiderio"
Joanna Wos (soprano), Kevin Kenner (piano)

1:25 AM
Janiewicz, Felix [1762-1848]
Concerto for Violin No.2 in E major
Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor)

1:50 AM
Ysaye, Eugene [1858-1931]
Malinconia from 'Violin Sonata No. 2, op. 27
Albrecht Breuninger (violin)

1:54 AM
Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849]
Sonata for piano no.2 (Op.35) in B flat minor
Kevin Kenner (piano - 1829 Erard)

2:17 AM
Wars, Henryk [1902-1977]
Symphony No.1
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

2:49 AM
Weill, Kurt [1900-1950]
3 Walt Whitman Songs
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

3:01 AM
Debussy, Claude [1862-1918]
A selection of 5 Preludes for piano
Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

3:25 AM
Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750)
Suite in D minor
Konrad Junghanel (13 string Baroque lute by Nico van der Waals, made in 1976)

3:42 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Symphony No.33 in B flat major (K.319)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor)

4:03 AM
Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (c.1580-1651)
Seconda arpeggiata (Libro primo d'involatura di chitarrone; Venezia, G.A.Pfender, 1604)
Hugh Sandilands (chitarrone) - from Ensemble Daedalus

4:05 AM
Dowland, John (1563-1626)
Lamentatio Henrici Noel (1597)
Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor)

4:10 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
Slavonic Dance No.10 in E minor (Op.72 No.2) (Starodavny)
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

4:15 AM
Czerny, Carl (1791-1857)
Fantasie in F minor for piano four hands (Op. 226)
Stefan Lindgren and Daniel Propper (piano)

4:25 AM
Schmeltzer, Johann Heinrich [c.1620-1680]
Fechtschule (Fencing School)
Stockholm Antiqua

4:33 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Transcription from Mozart's 'Magic Flute' (presumably unpubl. transcription of Mozart: Adagio 'Der welcher wandelt diese strasse', S.634a)
Gabor Csalog and Andras Kemenes (pianos)

4:38 AM
Moss, Piotr (b. 1949)
Wiosenno [In a Spring Mood]
Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor)

4:47 AM
Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868]
William Tell - Overture
BBC Philharmonic, Paul Watkins (conductor)

5:01 AM
Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960)
Midsummer vigil - Swedish rhapsody no.1 (Op.19)
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

5:15 AM
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)
Melody in F major (Op.3 No.1)
Dennis Hennig (piano)

5:20 AM
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)
Trio for two flutes and continuo in D
Concerto Copenhagen, Monica Huggett (violin/director)

5:30 AM
Schumann, Robert [(1810-1856)]
5 Stucke im Volkston for cello (or violin) and piano (Op.102)
Andre Navarra (cello), Andrea Preger (piano)

5:45 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor)

6:05 AM
Dapogny, James [b.1940]
Rag (In memoriam Johannes Brahms)
Donna Coleman (piano)

6:10 AM
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904)
String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 'American'
Prague Quartet

6:34 AM
Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789)
Overture in G major
The Zagreb Soloists, Visnja Mazuran (harpsichord)

6:39 AM
Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777)
Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn
Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor)

6:53 AM
Kalman, Emmerich Imre (1882-1953)
Peter's song from Grafin Mariza
Denes Gulyas (tenor), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, Tamas Breitner (conductor).