5 November 2006
Sunday 5 November 2006 9:00-12:00 (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), a recommendation for a bargain CD, and extracts from the recording of Nielsen's Symphony No 5 recommended on CD Review.
Playlist
WAGNER: Prelude to Act 3 (from "Lohengrin")
Leningrad Philharmonic
Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
SCRIBENDUM SC031 CD 1, Track 10
ROSSINI: Dove son io? (from "Armida")
Nelly Miricioiu (soprano)
Netherlands Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Scimone (conductor)
CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC2073 Track 3
SATIE: Deux valses
Anne Queffelec (piano)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 363296 2 Tracks 23-24
VILLA LOBOS: Choros No.1
Tom Kerstens (Guitar)
BGS114 Track 5
Bargain Hunter Choice
MOZART: Symphony No.18 in F, K.180
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
TELARC CD-80300 CD 3, Tracks 7-10
Innocent Ear
R. STRAUSS: Lento, ma non troppo (2nd mvt from "Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.8")
Boris Belkin (violin),
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
DECCA 476 7488 Track 5
SCHUBERT: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965
Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI 5 62896 2 Track 3
SCARLATTI: Keyboard Sonatas
- Kk.190 in B flat
- Kk.107 in F
- Kk.430 in D
Nina Milkina (piano)
UNTERSCHRIFT CLASSICS [no number] CD 1, Tracks 14, 17 & 19
VIVALDI: Cur sagittas, cur tela, cur faces, RV.637
Gerard Lesne (alto)
Il Seminaro Musicale
VIRGIN VERITAS 5 62413 2 CD 1, Track 6
Innocent Ear
DUKAS: Allegro, spiritoso (3rd mvt from "Symphony in C")
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Walter Weller (conductor)
DECCA 467 610-2 Track 6
HAYDN: String Quartet in D, Op.50 No.6 "The Frog"
Juilliard String Quartet
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 62708 Tracks 5-8
MENDELSSOHN arr. LISZT and HOROWITZ: Wedding March (from "A Midsummer Night's Dream") Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
ASV LIVING ERA AJC 85600 Track 3
MOZART arr. BEN PARRY: Fantasia in F minor/major for mechanical organ
The Swingle Singers
VIRGIN VERITAS 364 798 2 Track 18
Building a Library recommendation
NIELSEN: Symphony no.5, Op.50
New York Philharmnic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY SB3K89974 CD3 Tracks 1-2
