19 June 2005
Sunday 19 June 2005 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 some of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. The programme includes:
Playlist
THE COWAN COLLECTION
SUNDAY JUNE 19TH
BALAKIREV-LYAPUNOV: Islamey
USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Olympia OCD 129 Track 5
FRESCOBALDI: Se l'aura spira
Marco Beasley (singer), L'Arpeggiata,
Christina Pluhar (theorbo/director)
Alpha 512 Track 10
Bargain Hunter Choice
J S BACH arr. Joseph Szigeti: Arioso (Largo from "Clavier Concerto in F minor, BWV.1056")
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
Orchestra, conducted by Walter Goehr
Naxos 8.110979 Track 4
FINZI: Eclogue, Op.10
Piers Lane (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Vernon Handley
CFP 5 75983 2 Track 7
C P E BACH:
- Psalm 19, Wq.196
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Colin Tilney (clavichord)
segue
- Fantasia in C major Wq 61, 6,
Jörg Demus (tangent piano)
Segue
- Weihnachtslied
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Colin Tilney (clavichord)
Archiv 453 168-2 Tracks 14, 13 and 16
HOVHANESS: And God Created Great Whales
André Kostelanetz and his Orchestra
Columbia M34537 Track 1
Innocent Ear
BERWALD: Reminiscences of the Norwegian Mountains
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Ulf Björlin
EMI 5 65866 2 Track 2
DEBUSSY: Préludes;
- Ondine (Book 2, no.8)
- Ce qu'a vu le vant d'Ouest (Book 1, no.7)
Hans Henkemans (piano)
Philips 462 083-2
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI: Ad te Domine levavi
Lausanne Vocal Ensemble
Conducted by Michel Corboz
Apex 2564 60522-2
JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF: Violin sonata No.4 in D minor
David Plantier (violin)
Les plaisirs du Parnasse (members of)
ZigZag ZZT050201
BRAHMS:
- Die Meere, Op.20`3
- Die Schwestern, Op.61`1
Juliane Banse (soprano)
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano)
Cord Garben (piano)
Koch 3-1259-2 H1 Tracks 1 and 10
J S BACH: Concerto No.5 in F minor, BWV.1056
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Richard Tognetti
Hyperion CDA 67308 Tracks 10-12
DVORAK: Carnival Overture
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Václav Talich
Supraphon 11 1898-2 001 Track 6
FRANK MARTIN: Petite Symphonie Concertante
Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
EMI 5 65868 2 Tracks 7-10
Building a Library recommendation
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi (from Schicchi's arrival to the end)
Rolando Panerai (Gianni Schicchi), Helen Donath (Lauretta), Vera Baniewicz (Zita), Peter Seiffert (Rinuccio), Tullio Pani (Gherardo), Valerie Errante (Nella), Gerhard Auer (Betto di Signa), Franco Federici (Simone), Robert Riener (Marco), Mechthild Georg (La Ciesca), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane (conductor)
RCA 74321 25285-2 Track3
