Christopher Nupen
Sunday 13 January 2008 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Michael Berkeley's guest is the documentary filmmaker Christopher Nupen, whose intimate and revealing portraits of leading musicians such as Jacqueline du Pre, Daniel Barenboim, and Nathan Milstein have been widely acclaimed. His most recent film, 'We Want the Light', made in 2004, revolved around music-making in Nazi concentration camps.
He talks about some of the musicians who influenced him, including an early meeting with the legendary soprano Lotte Lehmann in Vienna, and his musical choices include performances by Lehmann, Tito Gobbi, du Pre, the Budapest Quartet and Nathan Milstein.
Private Passions playlist 13 January 2008
Leoncavallo Vesti la Giubba (from I Pagliacci)
Enrico Caruso (tenor) unknown orchestra and conductor (recorded 1907)
The Essential Caruso MUSIC CLUB MCCD086 T7
Verdi Bella Figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto, Act 2)
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Louise Homer (mezzo soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Giuseppe De Luca (baritone), unknown orchestra and conductor
Galli-Curci NAXOS 8.110266 T12
Puccini Tre sbirri (Te Deum)?(from Tosca, Act 1)
Tito Gobbi (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Victor de Sabata
Tosca EMI 567756-2 CD1 T16
Wagner Du bist der Lenz. (from Die Walkure, Act 1)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano) and Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Vienna PO/Bruno Walter
Wagner EMI CDH 761020 T10-11
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (2nd movement, Scherzo)
Jacqueline du Pre, LSO/John Barbirolli
Jacqueline du Pre EMI 567341-2 CD4 T2?
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132
The Budapest Quartet
Budapest Quartet UNITED ARCHIVES UAROO1.8 T3
Bach Chaconne (from the Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004) (excerpt)
Nathan Milstein (violin)
ALLEGRO FILMS [used with permission]
Traditional, arr Falla Polo (No 7 from the Popular Spanish Songs)
Conchita Leoncavallo Vesti la Giubba (from I Pagliacci)
Enrico Caruso (tenor) unknown orchestra and conductor (recorded 1907)
The Essential Caruso MUSIC CLUB MCCD086 T7
Verdi Bella Figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto, Act 2)
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Louise Homer (mezzo soprano), Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Giuseppe De Luca (baritone), unknown orchestra and conductor
Galli-Curci NAXOS 8.110266 T12
Puccini Tre sbirri (Te Deum)?(from Tosca, Act 1)
Tito Gobbi (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan/Victor de Sabata
Tosca EMI 567756-2 CD1 T16
Wagner Du bist der Lenz. (from Die Walkure, Act 1)
Lotte Lehmann (soprano) and Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Vienna PO/Bruno Walter
Wagner EMI CDH 761020 T10-11
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (2nd movement, Scherzo)
Jacqueline du Pre, LSO/John Barbirolli
Jacqueline du Pre EMI 567341-2 CD4 T2?
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132
The Budapest Quartet
Budapest Quartet UNITED ARCHIVES UAROO1.8 T3
Bach Chaconne (from the Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004) (excerpt)
Nathan Milstein (violin)
ALLEGRO FILMS [used with permission]
Traditional, arr Falla Polo (No 7 from the Popular Spanish Songs)
Conchita Supervia (mezzo soprano), Frank Marshall (piano)
Conchita Supervia NIMBUS NI78367 CD1 T16
Schubert Im Abendrot
Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Erno Bello (piano)
ALLEGRO FILMS [used with permission] Supervia (mezzo soprano), Frank Marshall (piano)
Conchita Supervia NIMBUS NI78367 CD1 T16
Schubert Im Abendrot
Lotte Lehmann (soprano), Erno Bello (piano)
ALLEGRO FILMS [used with permission]
