28 February 2007
Wednesday 28 February 2007 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world; with guests Andrew Litton, Steuart Bedford and Tony Legge.
Playlist
17:02'43
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet: Montagues and Capulets
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
BIS BIS-SACD-1301, track 6
4'05"
17:07'14
Britten (orch. Colin Matthews)
Now sleeps the crimson petal
Neil Mackie (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford (conductor)
EMI CDC7 49480-2, track 9
2'49"
17:10'45
Telemann
Quartet in G major (TWV.43:G6)
Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (director)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 5379, tracks 4-6
7'05"
17:18'30
R. Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra (Op.30)
Introduction - Of the Dwellers in the World Beyond
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
Delos DE 3225, CD 1, tracks 1-2
5'21"
17:30'04
Ives
Symphony No.4 - 2nd movement: Comedy (Allegretto)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
Hyperion 67540, track 6
4'41"
17:40'41
Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet
Death of Tybalt (I: 7)
Dawn: Romeo and Juliet Part (II: 5)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
BIS BIS-SACD-1301, tracks 15-16
12'00"
17:53'35
Mons Leidvin Takle
Festmusikk
Christopher Herrick (Lay Family Concert Organ, Dallas, Texas)
Hyperion CDA67577, track 10
3'45"
17:57'43
Tallis
If ye love me
Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
Gimell CDGIM 203, CD 1, track 8
1'57"
18:03'32
Beethoven
5 Variations on 'Rule Britannia' in D major (WoO.79)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMC90 1775, track 3
4'53"
18:09'50
Sibelius
Presto
Lahti Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska (conductor)
BIS BIS-CD-1485, track 4
6'44"
18:18'29
LIVE MUSIC
Puccini
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Claire Watkins (soprano), Tony Legge (piano)
2'02"
18:26'06
Rameau
Monstre affreux (Act IV scene 4) from Dardanus
Thorbjorn Gulbrandsoy (Antenor, bass), Allan Clayton (Dardanus, haute-contre), RAM PBO (Royal Academy of Music Period Instrument Orchestra), Laurence Cummings (conductor)
Private CD, track 1
5'07"
18:37'04
LIVE MUSIC
Tchaikovsky
Robert's aria: 'Who can be compared to my Matilda' from Iolanta (Op.69)
Christopher Tonkin (baritone), Tony Legge (piano)
2'28"
18:40'10
Purcell
March and Canzona from 'Queen Mary's funeral music' (Z.860)
Thou knowest, Lord (Z.58C)
Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
EMI 3 44438 2, tracks 25, 26 and 31
7'07"
18:47'57
Chabrier
Scherzo-valse (vivo)
Angela Hewitt (piano)
Hyperion CDA67515, track 12
18:52'42
Grainger
Scotch Strathspey and Reel
Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Philips 446 657-2, track 10
6'51"
