8 June 2006
Thursday 8 June 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean's guests include pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who'll be performing Schumann and Bartok live in the studio; general director of Garsington Opera Anthony Whitworth-Jones will be joined by singers from the cast of Donizetti's Don Pasquale; and conductor Paul Daniel talks about the revival of Peter Sellars's production of Nixon in China for ENO.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02’35
Mendelssohn
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claus Peter Flor
RCA 82876 60864 Tr.2
17:07'50
Ligeti
Etude no.16: Pour Irina
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
TELDEC 8573 86584 2 Tr. 10
17:12’37
Adams
News has a kind of mystery…(Nixon in China, Act I)
Richard Nixon……James Maddalena
Chou En-Lai………Sanford Sylvan
Orchestra of St Luke’s, conductor Edo de Waart
NONESUCH 9791772 CD 1 Tr. 6
17:25’11
Adams
Mr Premier, distinguished guests…(Nixon in China, Act I)
Richard Nixon……James Maddalena
Orchestra of St Luke’s, conductor Edo de Waart
NONESUCH 9791772 CD 1 Tr. 15
17:31’35
Adams
I am old and connot sleep (Nixon in China, Act III)
Chou En-Lai………Sanford Sylvan
Orchestra of St Luke’s, conductor Edo de Waart
NONESUCH 9791772 CD 3 Tr. 13
17:36’05
Walton
Orb and Sceptre
English Northern Phiharmonia
conductor Paul Daniel
NAXOS 8 555869 Tr. 11
17:45'02
Ole Bull
Scotch Fantasy
Arve Tellefsen (violin)
Haavard Gimse (piano)
Simax PSC 1261 Tr 14
17:49’15
Schumann
Fantasiestücke, Op.73
Reginald Kell (clarinet)
Joel Rosen (piano)
DG 477 5280 CD 2 Tr. 12-14
18:03’40
Biber
Partita no. 4 in E flat
Musica Antiqua Koln
ARCHIV 474 965 2 CD 1 Tr.17-23
18:13’40
Donizetti
Don Pasquale: overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Parry
CHANDOS CHAN 3011/2 CD 1 Tr. 1
18:25’30
LIVE
Donizetti Don Pasquale – duet tbc
Norina - Majella Cullagh (soprano)
Don Pasquale - Conal Coad (tenor)
Nicholas Bosworth (piano)
18:37’37
Rimsky-Korsakov
Round of the Millet (May Night.)
Sveshnikov Academic Choir
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Andrei Tchistiakov
CHANT DU MONDE RUS 28810304 CD 1 Tr. 2
18:42’42
Beethoven
Leonore overture no.2
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
LSO 0080b Tr. 5
18:58’28
Schumann
Die feindlichen Bruder
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDJ33105 Tr. 3
19:02’05
LIVE
Bartok
Dirges Nos. 2 + 1
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
19:10’35
LIVE
Bartok
Out of Doors: Night Music
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
19:18’55
LIVE
Schumann
Waldszenen: The Prophet Bird; Farewell
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
19:26’25
Ives
Songs my mother taught me
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
WARNER 2564 60297 2 Tr. 8
