30 March 2005
Wednesday 30 March 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Mezzo- Soprano Sarah Connolly and pianist Eugene Asti perform Brahms, Hahn and Korngold in the studio; pianist Gianluca Cascioli plays us Chopin ahead of his Wigmore Hall debut; and Opera Now Editor Ash Khandekar gives us a run-down of the latest opera DVDs.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03
MOZART
La Clemenza di Tito: Overture
Tafelmusik, Bruno Weil
SONY CLASSICAL SK 46695
Tk 7
17:08
BRAHMS
Feldeinsamkeit, Op.86/2
Sarah Connolly (mezzo) & Eugene Asti (piano) live in the studio
17:16
WEILL
Speak Low
Sarah Connolly (mezzo) & Eugene Asti (piano) live in the studio
17:23
HAHN
A Chloris
Sarah Connolly (mezzo) & Eugene Asti (piano) live in the studio
17:27
RESPIGHI
Three Botticelli Pictures
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
EMI CZS 56938-2 CD 2
Tks 1-3
17:47
HANDEL
Sonata for violin and continuo (HWV.371) (Op.1`13) in D major
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Andrew Manze (violin)
HMU 907259
Tk 1
18:03
CHOPIN
Nocturne op 9 no 2
Gianluca Cascioli (piano) live in the studio
18:13
CHOPIN
Nocturne Op.15 No. 2
Gianluca Cascioli (piano) live in the studio
18:22
CHOPIN
Fantaisie-impromptu for piano (Op.66) in C sharp minor
Gianluca Cascioli (piano) live in the studio
18:29
BORODIN
Scherzo (Les Vendredis)
Vertavo String Quartet
SIMAX PSC 1178
Tk 9
18:47
MOZART
Allegretto (finale of the Concerto in D for violin & piano, K.App.56/K.315f)
Daniel Hope (violin)
Sebastian Knauer (piano)
Camerata Salzburg
Roger Norrington
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61944-2
Tk 12
1848
DVD Review with Opera Now editor, Ash Khandekar
Extracts were from DVDs:
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Metropolitan Opera, James Levine
Ben Heppner as Walther
Karita Mattila as Eva
James Morris as Sachs
Matthew Polenzani as David
Jill Grove as Magdalene
DVD Deutsche Grammophon 00440 073 0949
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Beckmesser: Michael Volle
Sachs: José van Dam
Zurich Opera, Franz Welser-Möst
DVD EMI Classics 5 99736-9
Rheingold
Falk Struckmann as Wotan
Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Bertrand de Billy
DVD Opus Arte OA 0910 D
1915
CHABRIER
Fete polonaise [from "Le roi malgre lui"]
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Paray
Mercury 475 6183
t6
1923
MONTEVERDI
Confitebor tibi, Domine 'alla francese' for 5 voices/voice, 4 strings and continuo
Cantus Cölln; Konrad Jung
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901718.20
CD 2 tk 19
