12 February 2006
Sunday 12 February 2006 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. There's also a chance to hear a version of Shostakovich's Symphony No 6 recommended on CD Review. Includes:
Playlist
MEYERBEER orch. Lambert: Entrée (from "Les Patineurs")
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
DECCA 476 2742 Track 17
RAMEAU: Suite - Les Boreades
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Bruggen (conductor)
PHILIPS 420 240-2 Tracks 8-11
BARBARA STROZZI: Spesso per entro al petto
CARISSIMI: Soccorretemi, ch'io moro
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
CLAVES SO-2412 Tracks 6 & 8
BRAHMS orch. Berio: Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op.120 no.1
Fausto Ghiazza (clarinet)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 476 2830 Tracks 8-11
SCHUBERT: String Quartet No.8 in B flat major
Wiener Konzerthaus Quartett
UNIVERSAL 784 251 2 Tracks 9-12
Innocent Ear
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Prelude and Fugue in C minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
EMI 5 86592 2 2 CD 2, Tracks 1 & 2
RACHMANINOV: Spring, Op 20
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 476 770 2 Track 5
OCHS: Dank sei, Herr
Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone)
Unnamed orchestra
DG LPEM 19 265
BRAHMS: Book 2 of "Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35"
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 0946 332628 2 9 Tracks 22-36
REYNALDO HAHN: A Chloris
IRELAND: Her Song
Sarah Connolly (soprano)
Eugene Asti (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD072 Tracks 9 & 20
Innocent Ear
JOHN McCABE: Fear in the Night (soundtrack)
Orchestra
Philip Martell (conductor)
GDI GDICD005 Track 10
Bargain Hunter Choice
TELEMANN: Concerto for trumpet, violin and strings in D major
Friedemann Immer (trumpet)
Musica Antiqua Köln
Reinhard Goebel (violin/director)
ARCHIV 476 7253 Tracks 20-22
Building a Library recommendation
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no.6
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mark Wingglesworth (conductor)
BIS BISCD 973 CD 2, Tracks 4-6
