25 August 2006
Friday 25 August 2006 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan spotlights Bartók chamber music and performances by soprano Lotte Lehmann.
Playlist:
10.00am
Rossini: La Cenerentola - Overture
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
RCA GD60387
10.08am
Prokofiev: Cinderella, Act I (excerpts)
USSR RTV Symphony Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
BMG Melodiya 74321 53458-2
10.18am
Bartók: Violin Sonata No 2, Sz 85
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
Bela Bartók (piano)
VANGUARD VCD-72025
10.39am
Suk: Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Valek (conductor)
PRAGA PR 250 018
10.54am
Schubert: Der stürmische Morgen; Täuschung; Der Wegweiser (Winterreise)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Paul Ulanowsky (piano)
ROMOPHONE 81013-2
11.02am
Bartók: Contrasts, Sz 116
Michel Portal (clarinet)
Laurent Korcia (violin)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
NAÏVE V 4991
11.21am
Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, K385, Haffner
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY 82876 78765-2
11.42am
Wagner: Die Walkure - Act I Love Duet
Sieglinde ...... Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Siegmund ...... Lauritz Melchoir (tenor)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruno Walter (conductor)
PEARL GEMM CDS 9234
