29 September 2006
Friday 29 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
Strauss: Suite in B flat, Op 4, for 13 winds
London Winds
Michael Collins (director)
HYPERION CDA 66731
10.24am
Bach: Warum betrübst du dich, BWV 516
Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Jeanne Demessieux (organ)
TESTAMENT SBT 1297
10.29am
Durante: Danza, danza
A Scarlatti: Se Florindo è fedele (La Donna ancora è fedele)
Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor (Paride ed Elena)
Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Guido Agosti (piano)
TESTAMENT SBT 1297
10.37am
Brahms: String Quintet No 2 in G, Op 111
Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider (violin)
Milton Katims, Milton Thomas (viola)
Paul Tortelier (cello)
Columbia ML4711 (LP)
11.05am
Verdi: Ecco lorrido campo (Un ballo in maschera, Act II)
Régine Crespin (soprano)
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Georges Prêtre (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 585 329 2
11.16am
Brahms: Theme and Variations in Dm
Jean-François Heisser (piano)
PRAGA DIGITALS PRD 250 166
11.28am
Mozart: Four Interludes from Thamos, King of Egypt, K345
London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Maag (conductor)
DECCA 476 970 2
11.47am
G Charpentier: Reste, repose-toi! (Louise, Act IV)
Marcel Journet (bass)
Orchestra
Rosario Bourdon (conductor)
AUSTRO MECHANA Historic Recordings 89021
