25 July 2006
Tuesday 25 July 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty's guests are conductors Sakari Oramo, ahead of his Prom with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Alexander Vedernikov, music director and chief conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:03’00
CD
Smetana
Overture, Bartered Bride
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell
SONY CLASSICAL MH2K63151 CD1 Track 6
17:09’44
CD
Chopin
Study in E flat minor
Claudio Arrau [piano]
EMI CDH 761016 2 Track 6
17:13’12
CD
Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No.1, II Scherzo: Allegro
Leila Josefowicz [violin]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62997-2 Track 2
17:24’00
CD
Bartok
Concerto for Orchestra
IV Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61947 Track 4
17:33’42
CD
Sibelius
Symphony No.6, III Poco vivace
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo
ERATO 0927 491 442 Track 3
17:38’02
CD
Monteverdi
Amor se giusto from the Fifth Book of Madrigals
The Consort of Musicke
Anthony Rooley
OISEAU LYRE 410 291 2 Track 16
17:42’07
CD
Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien Op.45
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan
DG 463 614-2 Track 5
18:03’41
CD
Elgar
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op.40
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
SONY CLASSICAL SB2K 63247 CD1 Track 20
18:18’50
CD
JS Bach
Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883
Glenn Gould [piano]
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 52594 Track 33
18:22’45
CD
Glinka
A Life for the Czar
Act 2: Bog vojnyi posle bitv.. (After the battle the god of war) – Polonaise and chorus
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Alexander Vedernikov
PENTATONE PTC 5186 089 Track 1
18:32’38
CD
Prokofiev
The Fiery Angel
Act 5: A...!
Tatiana Kravtsova [First young nun]
Vladimir Ognovenko [Inquisitor]
Galina Gorchakova [Renata]
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev
PHILIPS 446 0782 CD2 Track 11
18:41'37
CD
Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov
Act 1, Scene 2: Coronation Scene, Entry of Boris
Alexander Vedernikov [Boris Godunov]
USSR TV and Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev
PHILIPS 412 318-2 CD1 Tracks 5-6
18:51’50
CD
Michael Torke
The Yellow Pages
London Sinfonietta
David Miller
ARGO 430 209 2 Track 1
19:59’00
CD
Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor RV 156
Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 7243 5 86051 2 Tracks 4-6
19:05’15
CD
Schubert
Impromptu No.4 in F minor D.935
Aldo Ciccolini [piano]
EMI 575 883 2 Track 8
19:12’14
CD
Ravel
Concerto for the Left Hand
Michel Béroff [piano]
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
DG 423 665-2 Track 4
