8 December 2006
Friday 8 December 2006 17:00-19:30 (Radio 3)
Sean Rafferty is joined by mandolin player Simon Mayor, and the Nash Ensemble play live. Plus the latest on the forthcoming sale of a rare letter from Beethoven.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist
17:02'34
Martinu: Le Jazz
Lubomir Panek Singers; Prague SO; Zbynek Vostrak (conductor)
SUPRAPHON SU30582
Track 15
04'17
17:09'36
LIVE
Song of the birds (Catalan carol - traditional arranged Mayor)
Simon Mayor (mandolin), Hilary James (guitar)
Hunt The Squirrel / Long Odds (Two tunes from Playford's Dancing Master - Traditional, arranged by Simon Mayor and Hilary James)
Simon Mayor (mandolin), Hilary James (guitar)
5'24
17:20:25
LIVE
Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Handel arranged Simon Mayor and Hilary James)
Simon Mayor (mandolin), Hilary James (guitar)
1'51
17:20:25
LIVE
Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Handel arranged Simon Mayor and Hilary James)
Simon Mayor (mandolin), Hilary James (guitar)
1'51
17:23'17
MONTEVERDI: M'e piu dolce il penar per Amarilli from 5th book of Madrigals
Concerto Italiano; Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)
OPUS111 OPS 30-166
Track 13
3'30
17:27'27
Wolf: Italian Serenade in G
Formosa Quartet
EMI 3665572
Track 10
06'15
17:34'40
Rossinni: Terra Amica from Zelmira
Juan Diego Florez (tenor); Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milan Giuseppe Verdi;
Ricardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 470 024-2
Tr. 6
11'25
17:46'48
CPE Bach: Trio Sonata in C major Wq 147
Florilegium
Channel Classics CCS 11197
Tracks 11-13
12'05
18:03'44
Vivaldi: Se in ogni guardi from Orlando finto pazzo
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor); Ensemble Matheus; Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin & direction)
VIRGIN CLASSICS
00946 3634142 2
Track 1
03'06
18:07'31
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No 2 Op 66 - Scherzo: Molto allegro - quasi presto
Marianne Thorsen (violin); Paul Watkins (cello); Ian Brown (piano)
ONYX 4011
Track 7
03'50
18:17'14
LIVE
The Nash Ensemble
Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op 84 - Moderato - Allegro
10'27
18:31'10
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
The Nash Ensemble
HYPERION CDA67574
Track 6
11'04
18:39'58
Josquin/Campion: Veni sancta spiritus; Binchois Consort; Kirkman
HYPERION
CDA67183
Track 5
06'30
18:47'02
Chopin: Prelude in C Sharp Minor
Nelson Freire (piano)
Track 8
WARNER CLASSICS
2564 63676-2
4'41
18:52'45
Korngold: Ich ging zu ihm from Das Wunder der Heliane
Renee Fleming (soprano); Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre;
Valery Gergiev (conductor)DECCA 475 8069
Track 5
06'40
19:00:04
Froberger: Toccata XVIII in F major
Christoph Rousset (harpsichord)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC901372
Track 21
02'55
19:12'11
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major Op 130 - 5th movt: Cavatina
Endellion String Quartet; Andrew Watkinson (violin I); Ralph de Souza (violin II); Garfield Jackson (viola); David Waterman (cello)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62998-2
Track 5
07'50
19:21'29
Bach: Prelude no. 5 in D Major
Olli Mustonen (piano)
BMW 850
BMG 74321 61446 2
Disc 1 Track 9
1'13
19:23'42
BOYCE: Symphony No 2 in A major
The English Concert; Trevor Pinnock (conductor)
ARCHIV 419 631-2
Tracks 4-6
06'06