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26 January 2006

Thursday 26 January 2006 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)

Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot.

Duration:

2 hours

Playlist

10.00 BACH (after Vivaldi) arr. CORTOT: Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596
Alfred Cortot (piano)
EMI 567 211-2 (2 CDs)

10.12 MONTEVERDI: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo), Kurt Equiluz, Werner Hollweg (tenors), Concentus Musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
TELDEC 4509 92181 2

10.35 SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor, Op.44
Alfred Cortot (piano), Orchestra/Charles Munch
PHILIPS 456 754-2 (2 CDs)

11.02 RAVEL La Valse
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch
BSO CB 103/4 (2 CDs)

11.15 CHOPIN: Polonaise in A flat, Op.53
Alfred Cortot (piano)
EMI 767 359-2 (2 CDs)

11.23 KUBELIK: Orphikon
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Rafael Kubelik
MELISMA MELI 7124-2

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