Playlist
Speech insert: Daniel Liebeskind
Speech insert: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Borodin String Quartet
Yuri Yurov (viola)
Misha Milman (cello)
Speech insert: Semyon Bychkov
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
A specially recorded performance of Tchaikovsky's sinister opera which cast its shadow on composers from Mahler to Janacek.
Gherman ...... Vladimir Galouzine (tenor)
Count Tomsky ...... Vassily Gerello (baritone)
Prince Yeletsky ...... Gerald Finley (baritone)
Countess ...... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo)
Liza ...... Mlada Khudoley (soprano)
Pauline ...... Enkelejda Shkosa (contralto)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
Speech insert: Stephen Walsh
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 423 889-2
Stravinsky: Four Russian Peasant Songs (1954 version)
New London Chamber Choir and Ensemble
James Wood (conductor)
Hyperion CDA66410
