4 June 2008
Wednesday 4 June 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Opera stars Rolando Villazon and Marina Poplavskaya discuss preparing for their roles in Don Carlo at the Royal Opera House, and conductor Riccardo Chailly also joins Sean from Glasgow to chat about the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's UK tour.
Playlist
17:02
STRAVINSKY
Suite No. 2
London Sinfonietta
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 433 079-2
tr. 6
6'14
17:09
PONCHIELLI
Cielo e mar! (from act 2 of La Gioconda)
Rolando Villazon (tenor)
Milan Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra/Daniele Callegari
DG 477 7224
tr. 1
5'04
17:24
VERDI
Aria: Io l'ho perduta . Io la vidi (from act 1 of Don Carlo)
Rolando Villazon (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Marcello Viotti (conductor)
Virgin 5 45626 2
tr. 7
3'24
17:34
VERDI
E dessa!... Un ditto un sol (from act 5 of Don Carlo)
Placido Domingo (tenor, Carlo)
Montserrat Caballe (soprano, Elisabetta)
Ruggero Raimondi (bass, Filippo II)
Giovanni Foiani (bass, Il Grande Inquisitore)
Simon Estes (bass, Un Frate)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
EMI CDS 7 47701
CD 3, tr. 13
6'00
17:41
MOZART
Divertimento in B flat major (K.270)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
Teldec 2564 60866-2
CD 3, trs. 16 - 19
11'39
17:54
KETELBEY
In a Persian Market
Ambrosian Singers
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Lanchberry (conductor)
EMI CDC 7 47806 2
tr. 1
5'42
18:03
BACH
Aria: Hochster Troster, heil'ger Geist (from Cantata No. 183)
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (conductor)
BIS-SACD-1641
tr. 22
3'28
18:07
SCHUMANN (reorch. Mahler)
Symphony No. 2 in C major (Op.61). Mvt 2 - Scherzo
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 475 8352
tr. 2
6'21
18:20
PUCCINI
Act III Intermezzo (from Manon Lescaut)
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 475 6939
tr. 10
5'14
18:28
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture (Op.21)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 475 6939
tr. 1
11'55
18:41
CHOPIN
Polonaise in A flat major (Op.53) "Eroica"
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
DG 477 7558
tr. 20
6'55
17:49
BACH
Overture from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major (BWV.1068)
New London Consort/Philip Pickett
L'Oseau Lyre 452 000-2
CD 1, tr. 8
10'23
