In Tune - 07/08/2008

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With conductors Leonard Slatkin and Gianandrea Noseda, joined by their respective Proms soloists for upcoming concerts - pianist Olga Kern and soprano Barbara Frittoli. Maestro Clip – Jane Asher with Joanna Lumley including: Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King BBC Concert Orchestra Dur: 2’37 Interview with Jane Asher & Christopher Warren-Green clip from MAESTRO series: various people having first lesson. Dur: c. 2’25 Mozart Marriage of Figaro – overture London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Georg Solti DECCA 417 395 2 Tr. 1: 3’55 BBC TWO’s new series ‘Maestro’ is showing from next Tuesday on BBC TWO, with a contestant being voted out each week by the judging panel and the BBC Concert Orchestra. The grand finale of the competition takes place at the Proms in the Park in Hyde Park on 13th September, before the Park links up to the Royal Albert Hall for the Last Night of the Proms. Verdi Forse la soglia…Ma se m’e forza perderti (Un ballo in maschera) Jose Carreras (tenor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conductor Sir Colin Davis PHILIPS 434 151 2 Tr. 7: 5’30* Stanford Irish Rhapsody no.5 Ulster Orchestra conductor Vernon Handley CHANDOS CHAN 8545 Tr. 5: 14’25* Philippe de Monte Misere me dues Cinquecento Hyperion CDA 67658 Tr.1: 3.06 Rossini Barber of Seville: overture Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Carlo Maria Giulini EMI 228281 2 Tr. 2: 7’21* Biber Battalia Concertus musicus Vienna director Nikolaus Harnoncourt TELDEC 2564 69618 4 CD 1 Tr.4: 7’27* Chen Yi Dance (Romance & Dance for 2 violins & string orchestra) Cho-Liang Lin (violin) Yi-Jia Susanne Hou (violin) Singapore Symphony Orchestra conductor Lan Shui BIS CD 1352 Tr. 7: 4’10* Mussorgsky/Rachmaninov - Hopak from Sorochinskaya yarmarka c.1’36 Olga Kern (piano) Prokofiev - Etude in C minor, Op.2 no.4c.1.21 Olga Kern (piano) Leonard Slatkin & Olga Kern c.5’00 Vaughan Williams Symphony no.6: 1st mvt (Allegro) Philharmonia Orchestra conductor Leonard Slatkin RCA RD 60556 Tr. 5: 7’40* Tchaikovsky: Kolybel’naja pesnja (Lullaby) Op.16 No.1 Patricia Rozario (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) 3’20 + appl Recorded at the 2008 Mananan International Festival of Music and the Arts Puccini E ben altro il mio sogno! (Il tabarro). (My dream is quite different!) Giorgetta.....Maria Guleghina Luigi......Neil Shicoff La Frugola London Symphony Orchestra conductor Antonio Pappano EMI 556587 2 CD 1 Tr. 9 i/v Gianandrea Noseda (+ Barbara Frittoli) c.5’30 Puccini Turandot – Signore ascolta Barbara Frittoli Maggio Musicale Florentina RCA 60617 CD 1 Tr. 9: 2’33 Rachmaninov Symphony : ‘Youth Symphony’ in D minor BBC Philharmonic conductor Gianandrea Noseda CHANDOS CHAN 10475 Tr.2: Debussy – Arabesque No.1 Monique Haas Teldec 2564695498 Tk.1: Dur. 3.46