Francesca Zambello
Saturday 4 September 2004 9:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
The director Francesca Zambello makes a personal choice of music and looks forward to the last week of the Proms. Her selection includes the singing voices of sopranos Joan Sutherland, Dawn Upshaw and Anna Netrebko, music from America and Russia, and more than a dash of the theatre.
Playlist:
Smetana: Overture - The Bartered Bride
Pro Arte Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Bernstein: Dance at the Gym (West Side Story)
Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
Berlioz: Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (Benvenuto Cellini)
Nicolai Gedda
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Colin Davis (conductor)
Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello No 1 in E flat major, Op 107
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
Rodgers: Ballet (Carousel)
Justin Brown (conductor)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition (selection)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Wagner: Wotan's Farewell (Act 3 Die Walkure)
Wotan ...... Hans Hotter
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti (conductor)
