Sean Rafferty talks to conductor Libor Pesek, ahead of 2 concerts of Czech music in Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall. Soprano Carolyn Sampson performs live in the studio, accompanied by Laurence Cummings at the harpsichord.
Playlist
17:02
Fucik
Entry of the Gladiators
RLPO
Libor Pesek
Virgin Classics 7 59285 2
Tr. 12
17:05
Mendelssohn
Song without words op. 109 for cello & piano
Richard Lester (cello)
Susan Tomes (piano)
Hyperion CDA 66478
Tr. 10
17:11
LIVE MUSIC
Purcell
Sweeter than roses
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
17:21
LIVE MUSIC
Purcell
Man is for the woman born
& I attempt from love's sickness to fly
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
17:30
Purcell
The Plaint, from The Fairy Queen
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
BIS-SACD-1536
Tr. 4
17:38
Michel Corrette
Le Phenix
Gerorge Zukerman
Jurgen Gode
Fritz Wolken
Karl Steinbrecher (bassoons)
with Martin Galling (harpsichord)
Turnabout 30371 00042
Trs. 12 - 14
17:48
Chopin
Nocturne in F major op 15 no 1
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 452 580-2 CD 1, Tr. 3
SEGUE
Chopin arr. Krzesimir Debski
Nocturne in E flat op. 9 no 2
Nigel Kennedy violin
Polish Chamber Orchestra
Jacek Kaspsyk
EMII 3 79394 2
Tr. 8
18:03
Bellini
Un ritratto?...Sventurato il cor che fida (La straniera)
Joan Sutherland soprano
Richard Conrad tenor
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Decca 4485942
CD 2, Tr. 8
18:17
Janacek
Sinfonietta: 1st movement
Philharmonia / Pesek
Virgin VC 7 90062
Tr. 2
18:24
Josef Suk
Asrael Symphony, 3rd movement (extract)
RLPO / Pesek
Virgin VC 7 91221 2
Tr. 3
18:32
Dvorak
Furiant from Czech Suite
Czech Philharmonic / Pesek
Virgin VC 7 90769 2
Tr. 5
18:38
Elgar
Scherzo from Symphony no 3
BBC SO
Sir Andrew Davis
NMC D053
Tr. 2
18:49
Dvorak
Octet in F major D.803 - final movement
Michael Collins & Friends
Wigmore Hall Live WHLive 0017
Tr. 7
