26 November 2006
Sunday 26 November 2006 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Andrew McGregor sits in for Rob Cowan with some favourite recordings. Regular features include The Innocent Ear (music played with minimal introduction to encourage listening without preconceptions), a recommendation for a bargain CD, and extracts from the recording of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1 recommended on CD Review.
Playlist
VERDI: Overture to 'La forza del destino'
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Igor Markevitch (conductor)
BELART 461 001-2 Track 4
MOZART: Ach, Belmonte, ach, mein Leben (from 'Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail')
Maria Stader and Rita Streich (soprano)
Ernst Haefliger and Martin Vantin (tenor)
Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra
Ferenc Fricsay (conductor)
DG 477 5812 CD 1, Track 4
KREISLER: Policinelle
FOSTER: I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
William Primrose (viola)
Unnamed pianist
DOREMI DHR-7722 Tracks 11 & 12
Innocent Ear
KORNGOLD: Scherzo (from 'Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40')
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Rudolf Kempe (conductor)
VARESE SARABANDE VSD-5346 Track 2
MENDELSSOHN: Fairies March; You spotted Snakes; Intermezzo; Dance of the Clowns; Finale (from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream')
Edith Mathis (soprano)
Ursula Boese (mezzo)
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Kubelik (conductor)
DG 477 5838 CD 8, Tracks 7, 8, 9. 13 & 14
G GABRIELI: In ecclesiis
Musica Sacra Chorus
Musica Sacra Orchestra (members of)
Richard Westenburg (conductor)
RCA 09026 60970 2 Track 6
BACH arr. LOUSSIER: Brandenburg Concerto No.4
Jacques Loussier Trio
TELARC CD-83644 Tracks 10-12
BERNSTEIN: Missa brevis
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Robert Shaw (conductor)
TELARC CD-80181 Tracks 5-10
Innocent Ear
MAHLER: Blumine (original second movement from 'Symphony No.1')
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yoel Levi (conductor)
TELARC CD-80545 Track 2
PAGANINI: Caprice No.6 in G minor
Ivan Kawaciuk (violin)
ULTRAPHON 11 2150-2 102 CD 1, Track 6
JANACEK: Suite for string orchestra
Prague Chamber Orchestra
DENON CO-78919 Tracks 6-11
VERDI: Per mi giunto... O Carlo, ascolta (from 'Don Carlo')
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 475 7643 CD 1, Track 3
BACH: Ricercar a 6 (from 'A Musical Offering')
Basel Ensemble
DENON 33CO-1474 Track 1
Building a Librarly recommendation
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin concerto no.1 in A minor, Op.77
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (conductor)
WARNER ELATUS 0927467422 Track 4-7
