29 May 2008
Thursday 29 May 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. A preview of two summer opera festivals, with live music in the studio. Opera Holland Park's producer James Clutton is joined by conductor Brad Cohen and singers Stephen Gadd and Anne Mason to discuss their opening production, Verdi's Il Trovatore, and artistic director Wasfi Kani talks about Grange Park Opera's season, along with conductor Stephen Barlow and singers from their production of Dvorak's Rusalka.
Playlist
17:02
Mozart
Overture: The Magic Flute
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 4775789
CD 1 Track 1
6'03
17:09
Chopin
Grand valse in A flat, Op.42
Murray Perahia (piano)
SONY SK64399
Track 6
3'35
17:13
Verdi
Vedi! le fosche notturno [Anvil Chorus] (Il Trovatore, Act II)
London Voices
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 5573602
CD 1 Track 13
2'55
17:21
LIVE
Verdi
Condotta ell'era in ceppi (Il Trovatore, Act II)
Anne Mason (Azucena)
Liz Rowe (piano)
1'42
Segue
LIVE
Verdi
Il balen del suo sorriso (Il Trovatore, Act II)
Stephen Gadd (Il conte di Luna)
Liz Rowe (piano)
3.13
17:32
Verdi
Ti scosta! . Non respingermi! (Il Trovatore, end of Act IV)
Roberto Alanga (Manrico)
Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora)
Thomas Hampson ( Il conte di Luna)
Larissa Diadkova (Azucena)
London Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
EMI 5573602
CD 2 Tracks 26-28
4'36
17:37
Albinoni
Concerto in C, Op 9 No 5
Anthony Robson (oboe)
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN0579
Tracks 7-9
6'07
17:47
Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
Chloe Hanslip (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra
Paul Mann (conductor)
WARNER 8573886552
Track 11
11'01
18:03
Wolf
Italian Serenade
Takacs Quartet
DECCA 4600342
Track 6
6'34
18:10
Dvorak
Mesicku na nebi hlubokem "Song to the Moon" (Rusalka, Act I)
Renee Fleming (Rusalka)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 4605682
CD 1 Track 6
6'25
18:23
LIVE
Dvorak
Mam, zlate vlasky mam (Rusalka, Act III)
Joanne Thome, Anna Grevelius & Karina Lucas (nymphs)
Stephen Barlow (piano)
5'47
18:34
Dvorak
Rusalka - end of the opera
Renee Fleming (Rusalka)
Ben Heppner (Prince)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DECCA 4605682
CD 2 Track 8
10'23
18:46
Gluck arr. Sgambati
Melodie (from Orphee et Eurydice)
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
DG 4757668
Track 8
3'25
18:51
Michael Berkeley
Oboe Concerto(2nd movement)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN10022
Track 10
5'38
18:57
Mozart
Soave sia il vento (Cosi fan Tutte, Act I)
Bryn Terfel (Don Alfonso)
Christine Rice (Dorabella)
Miah Persson (Fiordiligi)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DG 4775886
Track 3
2'43
