1 August 2005
Monday 1 August 2005 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty's guests tonight are tenor John Mark Ainsley and conductor Nicholas McGegan who will be performing Handel and Rameau at the Proms on Tuesday with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra; author Morag Joss will be in the studio to talk about her new novel "Puccini's Ghosts"; and conductor Valery Gergiev will be talking to Sean ahead of the Kirov Opera's three productions at the Royal Opera House.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02
TCHAIKOVSKY
Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
Philips 446 371 2
Tr 4
17:11
RAMEAU
Ouverture
Orchestral Suite from Le Temple de la Gloire
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
Harmonia Mundi MHU 907121
Tr 19
17:21
HANDEL
Waft her, angels, through the skies
Jephtha
John Mark Ainsley : Jephtha
The English Concert
Nicholas McGegan
Private tapes
17:28
HANDEL
Variation 2 : Alla Hornpipe
Suite in F major (Water Music)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
Harmonia Mundi 907010
Tr 11
17:33
COPLAND
Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra with harp and piano
Dimitri Ashkenazy : clarinet
Lucerne SO
Jonathan Nott
PAN 510 107
Tr 1
17:51
VIVALDI
Concerto for cello and orchestra in F major, RV.412
Ofra Harnoy : cello
Toronto Chamber Orchestra
RCA Red Seal 82876 67886-2
CD 2 Tr 13-15
18:04
MENDELSSOHN
Overture : Ruy Blas op 95
LSO
Claudio Abbado
DG 423 104-2
Tr 6
18:13
PUCCINI
Turandot : Opening
Mandarin : Giulio Mauri
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin
EMI 5 56307 2
CD1 Tr 1
18:20
PUCCINI
Turandot :Signore, ascolta!
Liu : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin
EMI 5 56307 2
CD1 Tr 19
18:27
PUCCINI
Turandot : Principessa di morte
Calaf : Eugenio Fernandi
Turandot : Maria Callas
Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Tullio Serafin
EMI 5 56307 2
CD2 Tr 9
18:31
ROSSINI
Ce téméraire (Le Comte Ory)
Sumi Jo : La Comtesse Adele
John Aler : Le Comte Ory
Lyon Opera Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 422 407-2
CD 2 Tr 3
18:35
BRAHMS
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op 101
Trio Fontenay
APEX 2564 61690-2
Tr 1-4
18:57
MUSSORGSKY
Boris Godonov : Coronation Scene
Nikolai Putilin : Boris
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
Philips 462 547-2
CD1 Tr 5-7
19:13
MUSSORGSKY
Khovanschina : Final scene
Olga Borodina : Marfa
Kirov Chorus and Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
Philips 432 147 2
CD3 Tr 13
19:21
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony no 4 in C minor op 43
3rd movt : moderato
Kirov Orchestra
Valery Gergiev
Philips 475 6190
Tr 3
