In Tune - 06/01/2009
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including Semyon Bychkov talking about his concerts of works by Berio and Strauss with the National Youth Orchestra in Birmingham, Manchester and London. Plus bass-baritone Hanno Muller Brachmann talking to Sean ahead of a recital with Andras Schiff at the Wigmore Hall, London. 17:03 SCHUBERT Auf der Bruck, D853 Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Naxos 8.555780 Track 1 3’27 17:07 VIVALDI Concerto in C for mandolin & strings, RV425 Eliot Fisk (guitar) Orchestra of St Luke’s Nimbus NI 2515 Tracks 1-3 8’18 17:15 CHOPIN Mazurka in D flat, Op 30 No 3 Yevgeny Kissin (piano) BMG 88697301102 Track 7 2’41 17:19 VERDI Messa da Requiem (Dies irae; Tuba mirum) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) West German Radio Choir West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Profil PH08036 CD 1 Tracks 2-3 5’29 17:30 STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op 40 (The Hero) West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Avie AV 0017 Track 1 4’07 17:41 BERIO Sinfonia (III: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung) Electric Phoenix [director Terry Edwards] Orchestre de Paris Semyon Bychkov (conductor) Philips 446 094 2 Track 4 11’49 17:55 PUCCINI La Boheme (Che gelida manina) Roberto Alagna (Rodolfo) Philharmonia Orchestra Antonio Pappano (conductor) EMI 2 17620 2 Track 1 4’38 18:03 TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz) New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur (conductor) Teldec 4509-94571-2 Track 4 4’42 18:09 PURCELL King Arthur (Frost Scene) Nancy Argenta (soprano) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Erato 0630-10700-2 Tracks 25-29 9'40 18:20 SCHUBERT Im fruhling, D882 Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Ulrich Eisenlohr (piano) Naxos 8.555780 Track 8 4’34 18:31 MOZART Die Zauberflote (Ein Madchen oder Weibchen wunscht Papageno sich!) Hanno Muller-Brachmann (Papageno) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) DG 00289 477 578 9 CD 2 Track 16 3’48 18:40 SCHUMANN Ballade, Op 139 No 7 Hanno Muller-Brachmann (baritone) Graham Johnson (piano) Hyperion CDJ33111 Track 27 2’14 18:44 PLATTI Cello Concerto in D Sebastian Hess (cello) Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin HMC 901996 Tracks 6-8 11’24 18:56 GLUCK arr. Sgambati Orphee et Eurydice (Melodie) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) DECCA 475 7668 Track 8 3’30