24 September 2006
Sunday 24 September 2006 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. There's also a chance to hear an extract from Chopin's Etudes, as recommended on CD Review. Includes:
Playlist
DELIBES arr. DRAGON: The Maids of Cádiz
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Carmen Dragon (conductor)
EMI CDM 7 63734-2 Track 7
MENDELSSOHN: 6 Lieder, Op.41
Saxon Vocal Ensemble
Matthias Jung (conductor)
TACET 142 Tracks 1-6
Innocent Ear
TOMASEK: Rondo (from "Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op.18")
Jan Simon (piano)
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimír Valek (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU 3819-2 Track 3
Bargain Hunter Choice
HAYDN: Symphony No.92 in G
Residency Orchestra, The Hague
Willem van Otterloo (conductor)
CHALLENGE RECOREDS CC 72142 CD 4, Tracks 9-12
BEETHOVEN: The Kiss Dear Maid; Sally in our Alley
Robert White (tenor)
Samuel Sanders (piano)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
Ani Kavafian (violin)
SONG LION PRODUCTIONS SLCD3-01 CD 1, Track 2
& CD 2, Track 6
PAVEL HAAS: String Quartet no.2, Op.7 "From the Monkey Mountains"
Pavel Haas Quartet
SUPRAPHON SU 3877-2 Tracks 5-8
PROKOFIEV: Finale (from "Symphony No.5")
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 4184-2 Track 4
VIVALDI: Concerto No.9 in B flat, RV.530 "La Cetra"
Malcolm Latchem (violin)
Iona Brown (violin/director)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
DECCA 448 110-2 CD 2, Tracks 4-6
SCHUBERT: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Helmut Rilling (conductor)
HÄNSSLER CD 98.228 Track 2
Innocent Ear
IBERT: Le Metro (from "Paris Suite Symphonique")
BERNSTEIN: Subway Ride and Imaginary Coney Island (from "On the Town")
VILLA-LOBOS: O Trenzhino do Caipira ("Bachianas Brasileiras No.2")
SWR Radio Orchestra
Jiri Starek (conductor)
HÄNSSLER CD 93.187 Tracks 4, 13 & 8
Bargain Hunter Choice - revisited
GOULD: Interplay American Concertette
Cor de Groot (piano)
Residency Orchestra, The Hague
Willem van Otterloo (conductor)
CHALLENGE RECORDS CC 72142 CD 8, Tracks 5-8
Building a Library recommendations
CHOPIN: Etudes Op.10
- no.4 in C sharp minor
- no.6 in E flat minor
- no.12 in C minor
Joyce Hatto (piano)
CONCERT ARTIST/FIDELIO RECORDINGS CACD 92432 Tracks 4, 6 & 12
Winner
CHOPIN: Etudes Op.25
- no.7 in C major
- no.12 in C minor
Maurizio Pollini (piano)
DG 413 794 2 Tracks 7 & 12
