19 February 2006
Sunday 19 February 2006 16:00-17:45 (Radio 3)
Louise Fryer's selection of listener requests includes the quintet for piano and strings by the early 20th century American composer Amy Beach; Waltraud Meier performing Mon coeur souvre à ta voix, from Saint Saens' Samson et Dalila; and an unjustly neglected piece according to one listener: Robert Still's Concerto for Strings, specially recorded for the programme by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
J H ROMAN: DROTTNINGHOLM WEDDING MUSIC
Chamber Orchestra of the National Museum , Stockholm / Claude Genetay
POLC 361, track 23
AMY BEACH: QUINTET FOR PIANO AND STRINGS (Movement 2)
The Ambache
Chandos CHAN 9752, track 2
SAINT SAENS : MON COEUR S'OUVRE A TA VOIX from SAMSON ET DELILA
Waltraud Meier / Bastille Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung
EMI CDC 754471, CD 2 track 9
ROBERT STILL: CONCERTO FOR STRINGS
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC recording
GALUPPI: FLUTE CONCERTO IN D
James Galway / I Soloisti Veneti
RCA 09026 61164 2, tracks 4-6
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: FIVE MYSTICAL SONGS
Thomas Allen / Corydon Singers / English Chamber Orchestra / Matthew Best
Hyperion CDA 66420, track 2-6
LULLY: SCENE DU FROID from ISIS
Sophie Daneman / Paul Agnew / Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
Erato 0927 44655 2, track 10
DVORAK: THE HERO'S SONG
Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi
Chandos CHAN 8597, track 5
