4 April 2007
Wednesday 4 April 2007 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music, plus news from the arts world. His guests this evening are the Royal Opera House's artistic director, Antonio Pappano, with news of their 2007/8 season which is announced today; plus live music in the studio from the Absolut Trio, ahead of their concert at the Wigmore Hall in London on Thursday.
Playlist
5.02
Mozart/Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
ASMF/Marriner
EMI 5 85060 2 Track 1
5.09
Verdi/Don Carlo "Io la vidi"
Rolando Villazon (Don Carlo)/Munich Radio Orchestra/Marcello Viotti
Virgin Classics 5 45626 2 Track 7
5.19
Wagner/Die Walkure "Wintersturme"
Placido Domingo (Siegmund)/Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim
Teldec 3984 23294-2 Track 13
5.29
Richard Strauss/Salome (excerpt from the end)
Nina Stemme (soprano)/Orchestra of Royal Opera House/Antonio Pappano
EMI CDC-7 47865 2 Track 1
5.38
Giovanni Battista Sammartini/Overture in G minor
Europa Galante/Fabio Biondi
Virgin Classics 3 63430 2 Tracks 3-5
5.48
Byrd/Vigilate
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
Gimell CDGIM 992 Track 1
5.54
Britten/Tell me the truth about love (from Cabaret Songs)
Sarah Walker (mezzo)/Roger Vignoles (piano)
Meridian CDE 84167 Track 10
6.00 News
6.03
Johann Strauss II/ The Emperor Waltz
Vienna Johann Strauss orchestra/Willi Boskovsky
EMI 3 81524 2 Disc 1 Track 7
6.14
LIVE MUSIC
Beethoven/Ghost Trio (Piano Trio in D Op 70/1): 1st movement, Allegro vivace
Absolut Trio
6.27
LIVE MUSIC
Schoenberg/Final slow section from 'Verklaerte Nacht'
Absolut Trio
6.32
Smetana/Vltava from 'Ma Vlast'
Bavarian Radio SO/Rafael Kubelik
Orfeo C115 841 A Track 2
6.46
Glinka/Der Zweifel
Fibonacci Sequence
Deux-Elles DXL 1090 Track 6
6.50
Schubert/Erlkonig; Meeres Stille; Der Fischer
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo)/Cord Garben (piano)
Sony Classical SK 53 104 Track 1-3
