11 June 2008
Wednesday 11 June 2008 17:00-19:00 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Soprano Deborah Voigt and tenor Robert Dean Smith discuss their roles in the Royal Opera's production of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos, and violinist Fennela Barton and pianist Simone Dinnerstein perform live in the studio ahead of their Wigmore Hall concert.
Playlist
17.03
Svensden
Festival Polonaise
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Terje Mikkelsen (conductor)
CPO 777 372-2
CD 2 Track 5
8'14
17.12
Scarlatti
Sonata in A major, Kk.456
Francesco Nicolosi (piano)
NAXOS 8.570368
Track 13
2'21
17.15
Strauss
Ariadne - Opera Overture
Dresden Staatskapelle
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 471324-2
CD 1 Track 9
3'42
17.24
Strauss
Ariadne: Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist
Deborah Voigt (Ariadne/Primadonna)
Dresden Staatskapelle
Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)
DG 471324-2
CD 1 Track 14
5'55
17.36
Wagner
Die Meistersinger: Morgenlich leuchtend
Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ivan Anguelov (conductor)
ARTE NOVA 74321 81176-2
Track 3
5'33
17.42
Frescobaldi
Toccata Nona
Anthonello
BIS CD1166
Track 11
5'24
17.49
Prokofiev
Cinderella: Act 1 - Shawl Dance, Fairies
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn (conductor)
EMI 206777-2
CD 2 Tracks 6-7
9'26
18.03
Mozart
Don Giovanni: Overture
Dresden Staatskapelle
Colin Davis (conductor)
RCA 74321 566982
Track 15
5'42
18.09
Britten
Um Mitternacht
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Iain Burnside (piano)
SIGNUM SIGCD122
Track 18
4'22
18.19
LIVE
Bach
Violin Sonata no.4 in C minor, BWV1017 (3rd & 4th movts)
Fenella Barton (violin)
Simone Dinnerstein (piano)
6'49
18.32
LIVE
Lasser
Variations on Bach Chaconne in D minor; Variations 2-5
Fenella Barton (violin)
Simone Dinnerstein (piano)
6'39
18.39
Debussy
Rapsodie for saxophone and orchestra
Jean-Marie Londeix (saxophone)
Orchestre National de L'O.R.T.F
Jean Martinon (conductor)
EMI CDM7696682
Track 6
9'59
18.50
Mendelssohn
Song Without Words: No.3 in E flat from Book 7
Martin Jones (piano)
NIMBUS NI5074
Track 18
2'05
18.52
Handel
Hercules; Mad Scene
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music
Craig Smith (conductor)
AVIE AV2130
Track 14
6'28
