26 February 2006
Sunday 26 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 Schubert's String quartet in G, D887, as recommended on CD Review. The programme includes:
Playlist
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No.3
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Hermann Scherchen (conductor)
WESTMINSTER 471 237-2 Track 3
DACQUIN: The Cuckoo
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee
RAMEAU: La Poule; Le Rappel des oiseaux
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
DECCA 476 1528 Tracks 6-9
Innocent Ear
PIAZZOLLA arr. Leonid Desyatnikov: Rio Sena
Gidon Kremer (violin), Ula Ulijona (viola), Marta Sudraba (cello)
NONESUCH 755979601-2 Track 6
CILEA: Federico's Lament (from Act 2 of "L'Arlesiana")
Mario Lanza (tenor)
Orchestra
RCA 09062-63860-2 CD 2, Track 12
Bargain Hunter Choice
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
EMI 5 86026 2 CD 4, Track 5
MOZART: Mentre to lascio e figlia, K513
Ezio Pinza (bass)
Orchestra of the Metropolitian Opera Association
Bruno Walter (conductor)
CBS MPK 45693 Track 2
BRAHMS: Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79, no.2
Artur Schnabel (piano)
APR 5526 Track 18
CORELLI: Sonata, Op.5, no.8
Jean-Pierre Nicolas (recorder)
Fitzwilliam Ensemble
ZIGZAG ZZT050903 Tracks 14-17
VIVALDI: Concerto in D, Op.9, no.3
Maurice Marechal (cello)
Maurice Fauré (piano)
IRON NEEDLE IN 1324 Tracks 1-3
Innocent Ear
SAEVERUD: Kjempevise-slåtten, Op.22a, no.5
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Dmitriev (conductor)
BIS BIS-CD-762 Track 16
MONTEVERDI: Hor che'l ciel e la terre (from the Eighth Book of Madrigals)
Akademia
Francoise Lasserre (conductor)
ZIGZAG ZZT051003 Track 4
GRIEG: Selection from Two Lyric Pieces, Op.68
Rainer Gibbons (oboe)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Kristian Rudd (conductor)
BIS-SACD-1491 Tracks 12-13
ROSSINI-RESPIGHI arr. Dan Godfrey: La Boutique Fantasque (excerpts)
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Fredrick Fennell (conductor)
MERCURY 434 322-2 Tracks 9-13
KNUD VAN THOMSEN: To Joy, Faithful Angel
TRADITIONAL DANISH: I went out on a summer's day to listen
Aksel Schiøtz (tenor)
With piano
DANACORD DACOCD 457 Tracks 4 & 13
ADAMS: On the Dominant Divide (mvt.3 from "Grand Pianola Music")
Solisti New York
Ransom Wilson (conductor)
EMI CDC-7 47331 2 Track 2
Building a Library recommendation
SCHUBERT: String Quartet in G, D.887
Amadeus Quartet
DG 474 730 2 Tracks 1-4
