10 November 2006
Friday 10 November 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Petroc talks to 1940s-style close-harmony singers the Puppini Sisters ahead of their performance at the London Jazz Festival; countertenor William Purefoy and tenor Tom Randle talk about their roles in Scottish Opera's new production of Tamerlano; and pianist Colin Stone performs Shostakovich live in the studio.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02'48
Handel - 'A dispetto d'un volto ingrato' from Tamerlano
Derek Lee Ragin
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Erato ECD 88221/23 CD 3 of 3 Track 4
17:07'33
Shostakovich - Preludes Op. 34, nos. 15 and 16
Colin Stone (piano)
Olympia OCD 574 Tracks 21-22
17:10'15
Falling In Love Again - a capella
Puppini Sisters
17:16'23
Tu vuo' fa l'americano
Puppini Sisters
Martin Kolarides (guitar)
Nick Pini (double bass)
Henry Tyler (drums)
17:24'07
Heart of Glass
Puppini Sisters
Martin Kolarides (guitar)
Nick Pini (double bass)
Henry Tyler (drums)
17:27'37
Panufnik - Old Polish Suite
Polish Chamber Orchestra (strings)
Conductor Mariusz Smolij
Naxos 8.570032 Tracks 1-5
17:38'41
Monteverdi - Anima mia, perdona
I Fagiolini
Director Robert Hollingworth
Chandos CHAN 0730 Track 3
17:47'11
Allegri - Miserere
Matthew Barley (cello multitracked)
Black Box BBM 1068 Track 11
17:53'53
Couperin - Les langueurs tendres
Les baricades mysterieuses
[From Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6]
Davitt Moroney (harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901275 Tracks 14 and 10
18:03'16
Mozart - In quegl'anni, in cui val poco
Graham Clark (tenor)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Erato 2292-45501-2 CD 3 of 3 Track 13
18:07'25
Rachmaninov - Etude-tableau in Eb minor, Op. 39 no. 5
Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
Chandos CHAN 10391 Track 13
18:13'08
Handel - 'Cerco in vano di placare' from Tamerlano
Michael Chance (Andronicus - the part taken by Purefoy)
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Erato ECD 88221/23 CD 2 of 3 Track 6
18:28'32
Handel - 'Ciel e terra armi di sdegno' from Tamerlano
Tom Randle (Bajazet)
The English Concert
Conductor Trevor Pinnock
Avie AV0001 CD 1 of 3 Track 15
18:32'43
D. Scarlatti, arr. Shostakovich - Capriccio
Wind section of the USSR State SO
Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Praga PR 250 090 Track 2
SEGUE
William Gillies Whittaker - Children at Play
From Among the Northumbrian Hills
for piano and string quartet
London Soloists' Ensemble
VCS (from LP)
18:39'52
Rabaud - La procession nocturne
Loire Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Pierre Dervaux
EMI CDM 763951-2 Track 4
18:55'43
Sullivan - In a contemplative fashion from The Gondoliers
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
John Cameron (baritone)
Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
EMI CDS 747775 8 CD 2 of 2 Track 7
18:59'32
LIVE
Shostakovich - Prelude and Fugue in D flat
Colin Stone (piano)
19:06'51
CD
Schubert - Finale of Piano Sonata in A minor, D845
Colin Stone (piano)
Merlin MRFD 051020 Track 4
19:15'10
LIVE
Shostakovich - Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Colin Stone (piano)
19:24'00
Monteverdi - Prologue: La musica from Orfeo
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo soprano)
I Fagiolini
Director Robert Hollingworth
Chandos CHAN 0730 Track 1
19:31'02
J S Bach - Jesu, nun sei gepreiset
Matthew Barley (cello multitracked)
Black Box BBM 1068 Track 12
