Playlist
3/4. Violinist Benjamin Schmid is joined by pianist Dejan Lazic.
Frank Bridge (completed by Paul Hindmarsh): Violin Sonata in E flat
Debussy: Violin Sonata
Elgar: Violin Sonata
2.00pm
Britten's opera Owen Wingrave, which was originally written for television, recorded from a recent performance given at the Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House. Louise Fryer's guest is the arranger David Matthews.
Britten, arr. Matthews: Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave ...... Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Spencer Coyle ...... Steven Page (baritone)
Lechmere ...... Thomas Walker (tenor)
Miss Wingrave ...... Vivian Tierney (soprano)
Mrs Coyle ...... Elizabeth Woollett (soprano)
Kate ...... Allison Cook (mezzo-soprano)
General Sir Philip Wingrave ...... Richard Berkeley Steele (tenor)
Mrs Julian ...... Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano)
City of London Sinfonia
Rory Macdonald (conductor)
This opera is unavailable on Listen Again for rights reasons
4.00pm
The Making of Music
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series connecting historical events and their effect on the course of classical music.
4/30. Burgundy
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, funded some of the greatest composers of his time. Including music by Dufay and Binchois.
Dufay: Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys
Gothic Voices
Christopher Page (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66144 Track 13
Anon: Le Banquet du Voeu; First and Second entertainments
Ensemble Gilles Binchois
Dominique Vellard (conductor)
Virgin Veritas VC7914412 Tracks 1,7,3,5,8 and 14
Dunstable: Speciosa facta es
Gothic Voices
Christopher Page (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66238 Track 13
Dufay: Las, que feray?
Andrew Lawrence-king (harp)
Christopher Page (lute)
Hyperion CDA 66463 Track 15
Binchois: Qui veut mesdire si mesdie
Graindelavoix Ensemble
Bjorn Schmelzer
GCD P32102 Track 5
Dufay: Supremum est mortalibus bonum
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel (conductor)
HMC 901700 Track 8
Binchois: Amoureux suy
Graindelavoix Ensemble
Bjorn Schmelzer
GCD P32102 Track 2
Dufay: Bon jour, bon mois
Ensemble Tetraktys
EBU Recording not available commercially
Dufay: J'ay mis mon cuer
Ensemble Tetraktys
EBU Recording not available commercially
Dufay: Mon cuer me fait tous dis penser
Ensemble Tetraktys
EBU Recording not available commercially
Dufay: La Belle se siet au piet de la tour
Ensemble Tetraktys
EBU Recording not available commercially
