25 January 2008
Friday 25 January 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Natalie Dessay, following the release of her latest disc of Italian opera areas, and ahead of her concert with Concerto Koln at the Barbican. Also, tenor Andrew Kennedy and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips perform extracts from their new disc of music by Vaughan Williams and Gurney.
Playlist
17:02
Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Dante Quartet
SIGNUM SIGCD112
Track 1
3'35
17:07
Debussy
Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN9129
Track 4
6'00
17:14
Verdi
E strano!... Ah, forse e lui (La Traviata)
Natalie Dessay (Maria)
Roberto Alfredo (Alfredo)
Concerto Koln
Evelino Pido (director)
VIRGIN 3952432
Track 1
6'05
17:25
Handel
Tecum principium (Dixit Dominus)
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Le Concert d'Astree
Emmanuelle Haim (conductor)
VIRGIN 3952412
Track 15
3'07
17:34
Bellini
Care compagne, e voi, teneri amici; Sovra il sen la man mi posa (La Sonnambula, Act I)
Natalie Dessay (Amina)
Lyon Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Evelino Pido (conductor)
VIRGIN 3951382
CD 1 Tracks 4-5
9'54
17:45
Beethoven
Sonata in F sharp, Op.78
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 5627062
CD 6 Tracks 9-10
10'07
17:56
Mozart
Soave sia il vento
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Miah Persson (soprano)
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4775886
Track 3
2'51
18:03
Matteis
Ground after the Scotch Humour
Palladian Ensemble
LINN RECORDS CKD010
Track 23
4'12
18:08
Butterworth
A Shropshire Lad
English Sinfonia
Neville Dilkes (conductor)
EMI CLASSICS CDZ7625272
Track 4
6'00
18:15
LIVE
Gurney
On Wenlock Edge
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
2'52
18:25
LIVE
Gurney
Severn Meadows
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
2'18
18:31
Venables
Because I liked you better (Songs of Eternity & Sorrow)
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Dante Quartet
SIGNUM SIGCD112
Track 17
4'21
18:36
Dall'Abaco
Concerto in E, Op.6 No.11
Concerto Koln
TELDEC 2564 69889-9
CD 1 Tracks 32-34
10'11
18:47
Grieg
Lyric Pieces Op. 62 No. 6
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI CLASSICS 3943992
Track 6
2'50
18:50
MacCunn
Land of the Mountain and the Flood
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
HYPERION CDA66815
Track 1
9'08
