30 April 2006
Sunday 30 April 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 Puccini's Manon Lescaut as recommended on yesterday's CD Review. The programme includes:
Playlist
MENDELSSOHN:War March of the Priests (from "Athalie, Op.74")
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
RETROSPECTIVE RET 033 Track 10
TCHAIKOVSKY arr. STRAVINSKY: Variation of the Lilac Fairy; Entr'acte (from "The Sleeping Beauty")
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach (conductor)
TELDEC 4509 98440-2 Track 17 & 18
PALESTRINA: Dum complerentur
Regensburg Cathedral Choir
Hans Schrems (conductor)
ARCHIV 439 961-2 CD 1, Track 11
SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor, Kk.52; Sonata in D major, Kk.288
Mie Miki (accordion)
VANGUARD CLASSICS 99193 Tracks 5 & 14
FINZI: Magnificat, Op.36
City of London Sinfonia (members of)
Richard Hickox (conductor)
DECCA 468 807-2 CD 2, Track 1
J S BACH: Chaconne, vers. for violin and four voices after an analysis by Helga Thoene
Christoph Poppen (violin)
The Hilliard Ensemble
ECM 1765 Tracks 20-22
DVORAK arr. BURGHAUSER: Waltzes, Op.54 - Nos. 7 & 8
Prague Philharmonia
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3867-2 Tracks 13 & 14
Innocent Ear
SHCHEDRIN: Solemn Overture
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
MELODIYA/BMG 74321 60121-2
Track 6
CAIX D'HERVELOIS: Plainte
Maurice Marechal (cello)
Jean Doyen (piano)
CELLO CLASSICS CC1006 Track 5
Bargain Hunter Choice
WEBER: Leise, leise, fromme Weise (from "Der Freischütz")
Pilar Lorengar (soprano)
Vienna Opera Orchestra
Walter Weller (conductor)
DECCA 475 7165 Track 3
KERNIS: Musica Celestis
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Wolf (conductor)
DECCA 448 900-2 Track 4
PRAETORIUS arr. PETER REEVE: Terpsichorean Suite for brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
DECCA B0000807-2 CD 2, Track 15
Innocent Ear
WAGNER: Allegro assai (from "Symphony in C major, WWV29")
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Hiroshi Wakasugi (conductor)
DENON CO 75259 Track 5
BUXTEHUDE: Sonata in B flat, BuxWV.273
Musica Antiqua Köln
ARCHIV 437 089-2 Tracks 6-10
TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpts from "The Sleeping Beauty"
- from the "Pas de six"; Adagio, Variations 2,3,4 & 5
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor) DECCA UCCD 3035/6 CD 1, Tracks 3, 5-8
MENDELSSOHN: Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op.35 no.1
Jorge Bolet (piano)
DECCA 436 648-2 Track 1
Building a Library recommendation
PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut (Act 4)
Licia Albanese (soprano)
Jussi Björling (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Jonel Perlea (conductor)
NAXOS 8.111030-31 CD 2, Tracks 8-12
