Fryderyk Chopin
Saturday 17 May 2008 18:00-22:00 (Radio 3)
Rob Cowan presents a special programme celebrating the life and work of Fryderyk Chopin, featuring discussion as well as live and recorded music. With performances from pianists Tamas Vasary, Idil Biret and Stephen Kovacevich as well as discussion on some of the key issues relating to the Polish composer. Discussing important themes of nationalism and romanticism, are critic and commentator Dermot Clinch, and direct from Warsaw Polish historian and Chopin biographer Adam Zamoyski. There are also recordings from acclaimed Chopin interpreters Vladimir Ashkenazy, Fou Ts'ong and Piotr Anderszewski, as well as Erica Worth, editor of The Pianist magazine, on how for the amateur there is much to learn and love about Chopin. Plus David Bamber reading from Chopin's letters and journals.
Playlist
18:02
CHOPIN
Introduction & Polonaise Brillante, Op.65
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Martha Argerich (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 6579
CD 5 Track 2
8:09
18:23
LIVE
CHOPIN
3 Mazurkas - B flat major op.7/1; A minor op.68/2; F minor op.68/4
Tamas Vasary
1.58, 2.01, 1.44
18:38
CHOPIN
Ab Polonaise, Op 53
Horowitz (piano)
RCA Victor DM 1034
CD 3 Track 3
6.10
18:46
CHOPIN
Melodia op74 no9
Urszula Kryger (soprano)
Charles Spencer (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67125
3.58
18:55
CHOPIN
Mazurka Medley (52,58,67/2)
Fou Ts'ong (piano)
5:09
19:22
CHOPIN
Grande Valse Op.42
Stefan Askenase (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 477 5242
CD 1 Track 1
4:07
19:27
CHOPIN
Mazurkas 63/3 (C sharp minor); 67/3 (C major), 67/4 (a minor)
Ignaz Friedman
EMI Classics 456 784-2
Track 16-18
5:22
19:34
CHOPIN
Fantasie in F minor Op.49
Alfred Cortot (piano)
Naxos 8.111035
Track 20
11:35
19:50
LIVE
Tarentelle Op.43
Idil Biret (piano)
3.03
19:57
CHOPIN
Wionsa (piano version of Op.74 song)
Idil Biret
Naxos 8.550366
Track 31
0.58
19:58
CHOPIN
Largo
Idil Biret
Naxos 8.550508
Track 11
2.21
20:01
CHOPIN
Prelude in A flat
Idil Biret (piano)
Naxos 8.550366
Track 25
0.45
20:10
CHOPIN
Hulanka, op74 no4
Urszula Kryger (soprano)
Charles Spencer (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67125
2.18
20:13
CHOPIN
Concerto in E minor, Op.11
Krystian Zimerman
Deutsche Grammophon 459 684-2
Tracks 1-3
45.54
21:17
CHOPIN
Czary op74 no18
Urszula Kryger (soprano)
Charles Spencer (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67125
2.22
21:20
CHOPIN
Fantasie Impromptu Op.66
Benno Moiseiwitsch
APR 5576
Track 15
4.24
21:30
CHOPIN
3 Waltzes Op.34 Valse Brillante
Arthur Rubinstein
RCA Volume 29 0902663029-2 (BMG Classics)
13.03
21:50
CHOPIN
Cello Sonata, op.65
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) and Rudolf Firkusny (piano)
Testament SBT 1419
Track 5-8
23.36
