22 October 2006
Sunday 22 October 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) and a recommendation for a bargain CD.
The programme includes pieces by Ketelbey, Monte, Cassado, Beethoven, Vorisek, Karaindrou, Martin, Ravel, Mozart and Verdi.
Plus extracts from the recording of Robert Simpson's orchestral music recommended on CD Review.
Playlist
KETELBEY: 'Appy 'Ampstead
The New Symphony Orchestra of London
Robert Sharples (conductor)
DECCA 452 987-2 Track 5
Innocent Ear
GLAZUNOV: Finale "Russian Easter" (from "String Quartet No.7 in C, Op.107, Homage to the Past")
The Shostakovich Quartet
OLYMPIA OCD 526 Track 8
PHILIPPE DE MONTE: Super flumina Babylonis
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)
VIRGIN 5 62013 2 CD 2, Track 1
CASSADO: Sonata in the Old Spanish Style
Yuli Turovsky (cello)
I Musici de Montréal
ANALEKTA AN 2 9897 Tracks 6-8
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1
Maria Grinberg (piano)
MELODIYA MEL CD 10 00828 Tracks 5 & 6
VORISEK: Symphony in D major, Op.24
English Chamber Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
DECCA 475 7061 CD 1, Tracks 1-4
KARAINDROU: The Weeping Meadow; Dance; The Phrygian Land (from "Elegy of the Uprooting")Camerata Orchestra,
ERT Choir
Alexandros Myrat (conductor)
ECM 1952/3 CD 1, Tracks 3, 4 & 6
MARTIN: Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani and percussion
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jean Martinon (conductor)
RCA GD60206 CD 2, Tracks 6-8
Bargain Hunter Choice
GRIEG: Ave, maris stella
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
HELIOS CDH55236 Track 13
Innocent Ear
BYRD: Galliard in F (BK60b); The Queen's Alman in G minor; Alman in G (BK89); La volta in G (BK91)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
TELDEC 0927 42205-2 Tracks 7, 11-13
RAVEL: Tzigane
Isaac Stern (violin)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
SONY SM2K 64 501 CD 2, Track 8
MOZART: Adagio for cor anglais and strings in C, K.580a
Ensemble 360
ASV GOLD GLD 4022 Track 4
VERDI: Uno suora mi lasciaste (from "La Forza del destino")
Jan Peerce (tenor)
Leonard Warren (baritone)
RCA Victor Orchestra
Jean Morel (conductor)
MEMOIR CLASSICS CDMOIR 447 Track 10
Building a Library Recommendation
ROBERT SIMPSON: Symphony no.2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
HYPERION CSD S44192 CD2, Track 1-3
