15 October 2006
Sunday 15 October 2006 9:03-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan introduces some of his favourite recordings. Regular features include The Innocent Ear (music played with minimal introduction to encourage listening without preconceptions) and a recommendation for a bargain CD.
The programme includes pieces by Smetana, Mozart, Handel, Schumann, Myslivecek, Gershwin, Rachmaninov, Jarrett, Arcadelt, Pizzetti, Gluck and Mendelssohn.
Plus extracts from the recording of Duparc's songs recommended on CD Review.
Duration:
2 hours 57 minutes
Playlist
SMETANA: Polka (from 'The Bartered Bride')
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati (conductor)
MERCURY 434 388-2 Track 10
MOZART: Per pieta, ben mio (from Act 2 of 'Cosi fan tutte')
Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Moralt (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 678-2 CD 3, Track 2
Innocent Ear
BRIDGE: An Irish Melody 'The Londonderry Air'
Delmé String Quartet
CHANDOS CHAN 8426 Track 5
HANDEL: Concerto in G minor for oboe and strings, HWV.287
La Ricordanza
MDG 505 1381-2 Tracks 1-4
SCHUMANN: Requiem, Op 90, No 7; Widmung (No 7 from Myrthen, Op 25)
Gérard Souzay (baritone)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
PHILIPS 442 741-2 CD 1, Tracks 28 & 29
MYSLIVECEK: Octet No.3 in B major
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble
EMI 5 55512 2 Tracks 11-13
Innocent Ear
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Adagio (from 'Piano Trio in C minor')
David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Knushevitzky (cello), Lev Oborin (piano)
PREISER 90595 Track 3
GERSHWIN arr. HANCOCK: Prelude in C sharp minor
Kathleen Battle (soprano), Herbie Hancock (piano)
Charles Curtis (cello), Ira Coleman (bass)
Bakithi Kumalo (guitar), Cyro Baptista (percussion)
VERVE 557 797-2 Track 12
RACHMANINOV arr. BELDEN: Movement 1, part IV (from 'Piano Concerto No.2 in C sharp minor')The Classical Jazz Quartet
KIND OF BLUE 10004 Track 4
JARRETT: Adagio for oboe and string orchestra
Marcia Butler (oboe)
The Fairfield Orchestra
Thomas Crawford (conductor)
ECM 1450 Track 2
ARCADELT: Il Bianco E Dolce Cigno
The Deller Consort
VANGUARD CLASSICS 08 5057 71 Track 15
PIZZETTI: La Pisanelle - suite
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Lamberto Gardelli (conductor)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 476 9766 Tracks 1-3
Bargain Hunter Choice
GLUCK: Chiamo il mio ben cosi (from Act 1 of 'Orfeo e Eurdice')
Kathleen Ferrier (alto)
Netherlands Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Charles Bruck (conductor)
EMI 5 86194 2 CD 1, Track 6
MESSAGER: from 'Les Deux Pigeons'
- Act 2, Divertissement (Danse hongroise; final); Orage et final
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Richard Bonynge (conductor)
DECCA 476 2448 Tracks 15-17
MOZART arr. JOHANN NEPOMUK WENT: Non mi dir .. Finale (from 'Don Giovanni')
Artis Quartet
ORFEO C6464 061 A Tracks 14-15
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.40
Peter Katin (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anthony Collins (conductor)
DECCA 425 504-2 Tracks 4-6
DUPARC: La vie anterieure,
Charles Panzéra(baritone)
Magdaleine Panzera-Baillot (piano)
DUTTON CDBP 9726 3.45 Track 20
Building a Library recommendation
DUPARC: Extase
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
DUPARC: Serenade; Lamento
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
HYPERION CDA 66323
Tracks 5, 10 & 12
