In Tune - 28/08/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. New York Philharmonic music director Lorin Maazel, and president and chief executive Zarin Mehta talk to Sean ahead of the orchestra's 2008 Proms. Plus singers from British Youth Opera performing excerpts from Jonathan Dove's opera Flight, in the studio, and members of the band Tarleton's Jig discussing their CD featuring works from the Elizabethan Alehouse. Notes:- Bach Mass in B minor (Qui sedes) David Daniels (countertenor) English Concert Harry Bicket (director) VIRGIN 519037 2 Tr. 1 4’12 Ravel Rapsodie espagnole (Feria) (Festival) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) DG B0009772 02 Tr. 7 7’08 Stravinsky The Firebird (Finale) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) DG B0009772 02 Tr.18 3’51 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 (3rd movement) New York Philharmonic Lorin Maazel (conductor) CD-R Tr. 3 9’05 Chopin Mazurka in F sharp minor Emanuel Ax (piano) RCA 82876 72554 2 CD 1 Tr. 11 3’34 Alessandro Scarlatti Sonata in A minor for recorder, 2 violins & continuo Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini (director) WARNER 2564 69613 2 Tr. 12-16 10’25 Tchaikovsky, transc. Liszt Polonaise from Eugene Onegin Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) DECCA 436 736 2 Tr. 4 5’41 Bach, arr. Wieder-Atherton Cantata no.33 (Aria) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Imogen Cooper (piano) RCA 88697 201872 CD 2 Tr. 1 6’39 Puccini La Rondine (Opening of Act 3) Kiri Te Kanawa (Magda) Placido Domingo (Ruggero) London Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel (conductor) CBS M2K37852 CD 2 Tr. 1 3’35 LIVE Dove Flight (extract) British Youth Opera 2’20 LIVE Dove Flight (extract) British Youth Opera 3’52 Beethoven Leonore overture no.2 London Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) LSO LIVE LSO 0080 Tr. 5 15’00 Schubert An Sylie, D.891 Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) EMI 228282 2 Tr. 9 2’50 Anon Kemp’s Jegg Tarleton’s Jig GLOBE EDITIONS GE002 Tr. 1 4’22 Anon Give me my yellow hose again Tarleton’s Jig GLOBE EDITIONS GE002 Tr. 5 2’52 Anon Bransle de Bretaigne/Nonesuch Tarleton’s Jig GLOBE EDITIONS GE002 Tr. 3 2’24 Nicolai Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Carlos Kleiber (conductor) SONY SK 48376 Tr. 1 8’21