9 August 2008
Saturday 9 August 2008 9:00-12:15 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor introduces some of the best new recordings of the past few months.
Duration:
3 hours 15 minutes
Playlist:
Including:
Leopold Godowsky: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Die Fledermaus
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Antonio Salieri: De profundis clamavi
WDR Cologne Radio Choir and Orchestra
Helmut Froschauer (conductor)
Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D (Haffner)
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Excerpts from two recent issues of vintage recordings of Wagner: the Ring Cycle from the Royal Opera House conducted by Rudolf Kempe in 1957 and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg conducted by Reginald Goodall at Sadlers Wells in 1968.
Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite
L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
Michi Gaigg (conductor)