2 April 2008
Wednesday 2 April 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by singers Janice Watson and Diana Montague to talk about a new Opera in English recording of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte. Celebrated pianist Paul Lewis performs in the studio music from his current tour programme, and following today's press launch the Edinburgh International Festival's director Jonathan Mills talks Sean through the 2008 season.
Playlist
17.02
Cimarosa
La donna sempre al suo peggior s'appiglia - Overture
Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Kevin Mallon (conductor)
NAXOS 8.570279
Track 10
5'02
17.08
Brahms
Intermezzo in C sharp minor, Op.117 No.3
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI CDC556583-2
Track 6
5'24
17.14
Mozart
O wind gently blowing from Cosi fan tutte
Janice Watson (Fiordiligi)
Diana Montague (Dorabella)
Thomas Allan (Don Alfonso)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3152-3
CD 1 Track 18
2'43
17.22
Mozart
Well sister. I prefer the gentle dark one from Cosi fan tutte
Janice Watson (Fiordiligi)
Diana Montague (Dorabella)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3152-3
CD 2 Tracks 6-7
4'27
17.31
Mozart
What is this masquerading - Now give me your hand from Cosi fan tutte
Janice Watson (Fiordiligi)
Diana Montague (Dorabella)
Thomas Allan (Don Alfonso)
Lesley Garrett (Despina),
Toby Spence (Ferrando)
Christopher Maltman (Guglielmo)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN3152-3
CD 2 Tracks 10-11
3'23
17.38
Stravinsky
Le baiser de la fee - Pas de deux
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
David Atherton (conductor)
VIRGIN 502732-2
CD 2 Tracks 1-4
8'17
17.47
Wagner
Schmerzen (Wesendonck Lieder)
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
WIGMORE HALL LIVE WHLive0022
Track 4
2'22
17.49
Vivaldi
Concerto in D major for 2 violins and 2 cellos, RV564
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini (director)
TELDEC 4509945522
Tracks 1-3
10'18
18.04
Prokofiev
Semyon Kotko - introduction
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
PHILIPS 464 606-2
CD 1 Track 1
3'23
18.13
Bach
Cantata Was willst du dich betruben (chorus)
Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)
VIRGIN 5622522
CD 2 Track 15
3'54
18.18
LIVE
Schubert
Allegretto in C minor, D915
Paul Lewis (piano)
3'47
18.29
LIVE
Ligeti
Musica Ricercata (movements 1 & 2)
Paul Lewis (piano)
5'29
18.39
Beethoven
Sonata No.26 Op.81a 'Les Adieux'
Paul Lewis (piano)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901909.11
CD 2 Track 11
5'53
18.46
Verdi
In solitaria stanza (6 Romances, 1838)
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Jeff Cohen (piano)
EMI 3944202
Track 9
4'16
18.50
Berlioz
Reverie et caprice, Op.8
Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Philharmonia Orchestra
John Pritchard (conductor)
EMI 521846-2
Tracks 5-6
8'40
