18 February 2008
Monday 18 February 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by baritone Michael Volle and tenor Joseph Kaiser - both in David McVicar's new production of Strauss's Salome which opens at the Royal Opera House this week. And cellist Josephine Knight performs live in the studio ahead of the world premiere of John Tavener's Requiem in Liverpool later in the month.
Playlist
17.02
Mozart
Overture to Cosi fan Tutte
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS 5850602
Track 8
4'49
17.10
Schubert
Abschied from Schwanengesang
Michael Volle (baritone)
Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano)
Naxos 8554663
Track 10
4'40
17.21
Strauss
Salome: "Dein Haar ist grasslich"
Birgit Nilsson (Salome)
Eberhard Waechter (Jokanaan)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
DECCA 4144152
Disc 1 Tracks 8-9
9'44
17.37
Mompou
Damunt de tu nomes les flors
Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
Michael Barrett (piano)
BRIDGE 9228
Track 8
4'00
17.42
Chopin
Barcarolle Op.60
Ingrid Fliter (piano)
EMI White Label
Track 1
8'57
17.51
JS Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm BWV229
Trinity Baroque
Julian Podger (director)
RAUMKLANG 2601
Track 5
9'06
18.03
Verdi
O don fatal from Don Carlos Act 4 (French version)
Nadja Michael (Eboli)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy (conductor)
ORFEO C648 054L
Disc 3 Track 9
4'50
18.15
LIVE
Sir John Tavener
Chant for solo cello (excerpt)
Josephine Knight (cello)
3'32
18.22
LIVE
JS Bach
Solo cello suite No.2 in D Minor (Mvts 1-3)
Josephine Knight (cello)
7.24
18.32
Haydn
"By thee with bliss, o bounteous Lord" from The Creation (Part 3)
Miah Persson (Eve)
Peter Harvey (Adam)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
ARCHIV PRODUKTION 4777361
Disc 2 Track 2
10'28
18.42
Tchaikovsky
Marche Slave
Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev (conductor)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7914872
Track 5
8'45
18.52
Luigi Rossi
O si quis daret concentum
Stephanie Moeller, Suzie le Blanc, Barbara Borden (sopranos)
Tragicomedia
Stephen Stubbs and Erin Headley (directors)
DAS ALTE WERK 256469854-6
Track 9
7'34
