Sean Rafferty's guests include the Schubert Ensemble, Semyon Bychkov, who is conducting a Tchaikovsky revival at the Royal Opera House, and the Skampa Quartet.
Playlist
17:02'53
Purcell: In a consort of voices From Welcome to all the Pleasures
Paul Tindall (tenor)/ Monteverdi Choir/ English Baroque Soloists/ Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 432 114-2, Track 4
1'05
17:04'41
LIVE
Mozart: Mvt 1 from Piano Concerto in D K107 No. 1
Arranged from J.C. Bach's Keyboard Sonata, Op. 5 no. 2
Schubert Ensemble
05'18
17:17'48
LIVE
Hellawell: 1st mvt from Piano Quartet: Building of Curves
Schubert Ensemble
04'20
17:26'00
LIVE
Brahms: 3rd mvt (Andante) from Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor
Schubert Ensemble
08'55
17:37'40
Wolf: Der Rattenfanger
Dietrich Henschel (baritone)/ German Symphony Orchestra/ Conductor Kent Nagano
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901837, Track 19
02'47
17:40'54
Rodrigo: Selection from El album de Cecilia
Sara Marianovich (piano)
Sony Classical S2K 89828
17:43'36
Britten: Canticle no. 2: Abraham and Isaac
John Hahessy (alto)/Peter Pears (tenor)/Benjamin Britten (piano)
London 425 716-2, Track 2
15'50
18:03'44
Gounod: Ah! Je veux vivre from Romeo & Juliette
Joan Sutherland (soprano)/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
Decca 475 798-2, CD 1 of 2, Track 1
03'25
18:09'41
Dvorak: Scherzo from Piano 5tet in A Op. 81 Skampa Quartet
Melvyn Tan (piano) BBC BCW 1001-2, Track 7
04'03
18:16'03
Tchaikovsky: Peasants' Chorus and Dance from Eugene Onegin
Sarah Walker (mezzo)/ St Petersburg Chamber Choir/ Paris Orchestra/ Conductor Semyon Bychkov
Philips 438 236-2, CD 1 of 2, Track 3
04'35
18:28'33
Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4, 2nd mvt
Symphony Orchestra of West German Radio/Conductor Semyon Bychkov
Avie AV 2114, Track 2
08'48
18:38'28
W F Bach: Trio Sonata in D, F.47
Camerata Koln CPO 77086-2, Tracks 14-16
08'23
18:47'37
Koechlin: Three poems from The Jungle Book
Iris Vermillion (mezzo)/ Ralf Lukas (baritone)/ John Botha (tenor)/ Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Conductor David Zinman
RCA 09026 61955-2, CD 1 of 2, Tracks 1-3
17'30
19:08'08
LIVE
Mozart: String Quartet, 4th mvt, in D, K 575
Skampa QuartetÂ
5'35
19:17'28
LIVE
Smetana: String Quartet no. 2, 2nd mvt
Skampa QuartetÂ
5'27
19:23'58
Wolf Two songs: Gebet
German Symphony Orchestra/Conductor Kent Nagano
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901837, Track 2
04'10
19:27'07
Tchaikovsky: Humoresque Op. 10 No. 2
Oleg Kagan (violin)
Vasily Lobanov (piano)
Ondine ODE 733-2
