In Tune - 26/02/2009
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter talks about her debut at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall in a Nordic programme with the Malmo Symphony Orchestra. The concert includes the UK premiere of Songs by Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson. She also discusses her new disc of Bach. Conductor Mark Elder and mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca join Sean ahead of the Royal Opera House's revival of their classic production by Pier Luigi Pizzi of Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, which also features soprano Anna Netrebko. 17:02 WALDTEUFEL Espana Monte Carlo Philharmonic Willi Boskovsky (conductor) EMI 585066 2 Track 21 6’21 17:09 GRIEG Ein Traum Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano) DG 437 521 2 Track 14 2’03 17:17 HANS GEFORS The Sphinx Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra Kent Nagano (conductor) DG 477 7439 Track 10 4’23 17:28 BACH St Matthew Passion (Erbarme dich) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen (director) DG 477 746 7 Track 4 6’08 17:35 WOLF-FERRARI L’amore medico (Overture) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 10511 Track 13 7’56 17:43 Piano concertos skit Rainer Hersch (piano) LAUGHING STOCK LAFFCD 0165 Track 11-12 2’19 17:53 HAYDN Variations in G on ‘Gott erhalte’ (arr. from the ‘Emperor’ String Quartet, Hob III.77) Gary Cooper (fortepiano) CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA 26509 Track 3 5’28 18:03 BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture Vienna Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein (conductor) DG 469 322 2 CD 2 Track 8 8’52 18:12 REGER Gavotte (Suite no.2 in D minor) Alban Gerhardt (cello) HYPERION CDA 67581/2 CD 1 Track 12 3’27 18:16 BELLINI I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Se Romeo t’uccise un figlio) Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Vienna Symphony Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor) DG 477 8031 CD 1 Track 8 2’47 18:25 BELLINI I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Vieni ah! vieni, in me riposa) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Vienna Symphony Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor) DG 477 8031 CD 1 Track 18 3’52 18:33 BELLINI I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Ah, crudel! Che mai facesti) Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Vienna Symphony Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor) DG 477 8031 CD 2 Track 15 4’35 18:39 BACH (orch. Elgar) Fantasia and fugue in C minor, BWV.537/Op.86 Halle Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor) HALLE HLL 7509 Tracks 10-11 8’43 18:49 DOWLAND Behold a wonder here Emma Kirkby (soprano) Anthony Rooley (lute) BIS SACD 1475 Track 12 2’48 18:53 SAINT-SAENS Romance, Op.37 Kathryn Thomas (flute) Richard Shaw (piano) DEUX-ELLES DXL 1125 Track 1 6’15