23 August 2006
Wednesday 23 August 2006 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan spotlights Bartók chamber music and performances by soprano Lotte Lehmann.
Playlist:
10.00am
D Scarlatti: Sonata in D, Kk 33; Sonata in Am, Kk 54; in D, Kk 491
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
SONY SMK904345 or SK 53460
10.12am
Nicolai: Nun eilt herbei...Frohsinn und Laune (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act I)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Manfred Gurlitt (conductor)
PEARL GEMM CDS 9234
10.18am
Massenet: Scenes Dramatiques (Suite No 3 for orchestra)
National Orchestra of Monte-Carlo Opera
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
ERATO 2292-45858-2
10.39am
Bartók: Violin Sonata No 1, Sz 84
David Oistrakh (violin)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
MELODIYA 74321 34182-2
11.13am
A Scarlatti: Concerto grosso No 1 in Fm
Soloists of the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples
Ettore Gracis (conductor)
ARCHIV 427 123-2
11.26am
Brahms: Brauner Bursche; Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn; Hochgeturmte Rimaflut (Zigeunerlieder, Op 103)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
Paul Ulanowsky (piano)
ROMOPHONE 81033-2
11.34am
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
Zoltán Kocsis (piano)
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Iván Fischer (conductor)
PHILIPS 446 472-2