30 August 2006
Wednesday 30 August 2006 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Jonathan Swain features Vaughan Williams symphonies and recordings of pianist Vladimir Sofronitsky.
Playlist:
10.00am
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra, Op 17
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Schippers (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 60004
10.13am
Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly, Act 2); O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Pilar Lorengar (soprano)
Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)
DECCA 473 317-2
10.21am
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op 13
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano)
DENON COCQ 83673-4
10.49am
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 58933
11.22am
Rachmaninov: Moments musicaux, Op 16, Nos 5 and 2
MELODIYA 74321 25177 2
Scriabin: Sonata No 4, Op 30
VISTA VERA VVCD-97014
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano)
11.38am
Gunther Schuller: Symphony for Brass and Percussion
Jazz and Classical Music Society Brass Ensemble
Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor)
COLUMBIA LEGACY 485103 2
