Playlist

Psalm 78: Hear my law, O my people
KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CHOIR
DAVID WILLCOCKS (Conductor/Organ)
EMI CDM 763 101 2

STANFORD
Magnificat in G major
NEW COLLEGE OXFORD CHOIR
EDWARD HIGGINBOTTOM (Conductor)
CHRISTOPHER GLYNN (Organ)
PRIORY RECORDS PRCD 596 1/3

VERDI
Requiem (extract - opening of "Dies Irae")
PHILHARMONIA CHORUS
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
CARLO MARIA GIULINI (Conductor)
EMI CLASSICS CMS 567 560 2

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Sea symphony (Symphony no.1)
(Extract - opening of 1st mvt)
BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDREW DAVIS (Conductor)

MESSIAEN
Turangalila: no.5; Joie du sang des etoiles
VALERIE HARTMANN-CLAVERIE (Ondes Martenot)
Howard SHELLEY (Piano)
BBC PHILHARMONIC
Yan Pascal TORTELIER (Conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN 9678

COPLAND
Concerto for clarinet, strings, harp and piano
BENNY GOODMAN (Clarinet)
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AARON COPLAND (Conductor)
CBS CD 42227

RAVEL
L' Enfant et les sortileges:
- Ah! Quelle joie de te retrouver, Jardin!
- Ou es-tu? Je te cherche...
PAMELA Helen STEPHEN (Mezzo-soprano)
ROBERT LLOYD (Bass)
RINAT SHAHAM (Mezzo-soprano)
ELIZABETH FUTRAL (Soprano)
LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRE PREVIN (Conductor)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 589-2

BRITTEN
Suite for cello solo no. 1 (Op.72)
- Canto primo (sostenuto e largamente)
- III; Serenata (allegretto: pizzicato)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (Cello)
LONDON 421 859-2

MOZART
Sonata for piano duet in F major (K.497)
IMOGEN COOPER & ANNE QUEFFELEC (Pianos)
OTTAVO OTRC 129242 1

HANDEL
Acis and Galatea:Act 2;
- Must I my Acis still bemoan [
- 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine - Heart, the seat of soft delight
- Galatea, dry thy tears
SOPHIE DANEMAN (Soprano)
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS CHORUS
WILLIAM CHRISTIE (Director)
ERATO 3984 25505-2

TIPPETT
A Child of our time:
no.7; How can I cherish
no.8; Steal away
JESSYE NORMAN (Soprano)
RICHARD CASSILLY (Tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (Bass)
BBC SINGERS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIR COLIN DAVIS (Conductor)
PHILIPS 446 350/351-2

BEETHOVEN
Sonata for piano no.31 in A flat major, Op.110 4th movement; Fuga
STEPHEN KOVACEVICH (Piano)
EMI CLASSICS CDC 754 896-2

BERNSTEIN
Candide: Act 1; Glitter and be gay
DAWN UPSHAW (Soprano)
UNNAMED ORCHESTRA
ERIC STERN - Conductor
ELEKTRA/NONESUCH 7559 79345 2

IVES
Three places in New England (Orchestral set no.1) (K.V.30)
no.2; Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DAVID ZINMAN (Conductor)
DECCA 476 1537

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano quintet in G minor, Op.57
5th movement; Finale (Allegretto)
ELISABETH LEONSKAYA (Piano)
BORODIN STRING QUARTET
TELDEC 4509 98414-2

MESSIAEN
8 Preludes for piano
- no.2; Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste
YVONNE LORIOD (Piano)

MARC BLITZSTEIN
The Cradle will rock: - The Freedom of the press
RALPH MCBANE (Singer)
BERT WESTON (Singer)
MARC BLITZSTEIN (Piano)
PEARL gems 0009/A&B

BENJAMIN
Upon silence
SUSAN BICKLEY (Mezzo-soprano)
FRETWORK
NIMBUS NI 5505

LIGETI
Piano concerto:
2nd movement; Lento e deserto
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD - Piano
ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN
PIERRE BOULEZ - Conductor
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 808-2

WALTON
Belshazzar's feast:
- Praise ye
LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON (Baritone)
RICHARD HICKOX (Conductor)
EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX 2225

PHILIP FEENEY
Dracula:
Act 1; Charing Cross Station
NORTHERN BALLET THEATRE ORCHESTRA
JOHN PRYCE-JONES (Conductor)
NAXOS 8. 553964

BOBBY WHITLOCK
Thorn tree in the garden
ERIC CLAPTON (Guitar/Vocals)
RSO 823 392/3-2