7 February 2008
Thursday 7 February 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by Canadian soprano Measha Brueggergosman who performs from her latest disc of Cabaret songs. And members of the Carl Rosa Opera Company also perform live, ahead of a new production of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe at London's Gielgud Theatre.
Playlist
17.02
Mozart
3 German Dances, K.605
Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Willi Boskovsky (conductor)
DECCA 4306342
Track 2
6'34
17.09
Piazzolla
Tango Sensations; Fear
Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon)
Alban Berg Quartet
EMI 5577782
Track 4
3'54
17.14
Satie
La Diva de l'Empire
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano)
William Bolcom (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)
DG 4476589
Track 16
2'33
17.23
LIVE
Bolcom
Song of Black Max (Cabaret Songs)
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano)
Alison Rhind (piano)
2'58
17.31
Schoenberg orch. Davin
Jedem das Seine (Cabaret Songs)
Measha Brueggergosman (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson (conductor)
DG 4476589
Track 9
4'32
17.36
Liszt
Mephisto Polka
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
DECCA 4758637
CD 2 Track 7
6'38
17.44
Crequillon
Cessez mes yeulx
Frances Cooper (soprano)
Gordon Ferries (lute)
Jonathan Hugh-Jones (recorder)
DELPHIAN DCD34063
Track 13
2'36
17.46
Dvorak
Romance for violin in F minor, Op.11
Midori (violin)
New York Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
CBS CD44923
Track 4
11'50
18.03
Sullivan
Iolanthe; Overture
The New Symphony Orchestra of London
Isidore Godfrey (conductor)
LONDON 4141452
CD 1 Track 1
7'28
18.15
LIVE
Sullivan
Iolanthe; If we're weak enough to tarry
Charlotte Page (Phyllis)
Karl Daymond (Strephon)
Duncan Robertson (piano)
1'16
18.22
LIVE
Sullivan
Iolanthe; When all night long a chap remains
Donald Maxwell (Private Willis)
Duncan Robertson (piano)
3'05
18.27
Nielsen
Serenata in vano
Athena Ensemble
CHANDOS CHAN10454X
Track 4
6'43
18.33
Schumann
'Zwickau Symphony' in G minor
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
BIS SACD1569
Track 7
10'44
18.45
Handel
Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY SK62785
Track 5
7'58
18.52
Rachmaninov
Songs Op.21'7 & Op.4'4
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
DG 4776384
Track 2-3
7'22
