28 September 2006
Thursday 28 September 2006 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan spotlights Brahms quintets and sextets, and further recordings by singers of the French school.
Playlist:
10.00am
Poulenc: A sa guitare; Les Chemins de l'amour
Yvonne Printemps (soprano)
Orchestra
Marcel Cariven (conductor)
LYS 495-498
10.07am
Brahms: String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36
The Lindsays
With Louise Williams (viola)
Paul Watkins (cello)
ASV GOLD GLD 4016
10.49am
Borodin: Hélas, mon âme est triste (Prince Igor, Act II)
Michel Dens (baritone)
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique
Pierre Dervaux (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 585 329 2
10.56am
Schubert: Introduction and variations for flute and piano, Op 160
Alexander Korneyev (flute)
Emil Gilels (piano)
MELODYA MEL CD 10 01015
11.18am
Massenet: Je suis encore tout étourdie (Manon, Act I)
Janine Micheau (soprano)
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique
Albert Wolf (conductor)
AUSTRO MECHANA Historic Recordings 89605
11.22am
Elgar: Cello concerto in Em, Op 85
Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
TESTAMENT SBT 1388
11.52am
Trad. O Lord what a morning
Hugues Cuenod (tenor/piano)
NIMBUS NI 7839
