In Tune - 01/09/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard talks about performing Messiaen at Proms 2008 and director Edward Kemp discusses Brecht's play Turandot, to be given its UK premiere at London's Hampstead Theatre in September 2008. Plus music from artists appearing in the 2008 Chelsea Schubert Festival - performed by artistic directors Marc Verter (piano) and Andrew O'Brien (tenor), as well as Benjamin Wragg (violin). PLAYLIST 07:03 VIVALDI Concerto RV 570 ‘La Tempesta di Mare’ Europa Galanta Fabio Biondi (violin/director) VIRGIN 5454242 Tr 8-10 07:09 POULENC Improvisations No.12 in E Flat Major - ‘Hommage a Schubert’ Pascal Rogé (piano) DECCA 417 438-2 Tr 26 07:12 SCHUBERT orch. Brahms An Schwager Kronos D369 Thomas Quasttoff (baritone) Chamber Orchestra Of Europe Claudio Abbabo (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 471 5862 Tr 17 07:15 Thoinot ARBEAU arr. D. Munrow ‘Basse Dance ‘Jouyssance Vous Donneray’ The Early Music Consort of London David Munrow (director) TESTAMENT SBT 1250 Tr 1 07:19 WALTON Two Pieces from Henry V English Chamber Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469 274-2 CD2 Tr 19-20 07:24 MENDELSSOHN Richte mich, Gott, Op.78, No.2 Choir of St John’s College Cambridge David Hill (director) HYPERION CDA67558 Tr 10 07:30 HANDEL Trio Sonata HWV 383 in F Major for Violin, & Oboe La Ricordanza MDG 505 13812 Tr 18-21 07:41 CHOPIN Polonaise in C Minor, Op.40, No.2 Alfred Brendel (piano) VANGUARD CLASSICS 08402371 Tr 2 07:48 BACH orch. Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 Boston Pops Orchestra Arthur Fiedler (conductor) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6118 CD1 Tr 3 08:03 SAINT-SAENS Allegro Appassionata Arto Noras (cello) Kuopio Symphony Orchestra Markus Lehtinen (conductor) FINLANDIA 2564 603442 Tr 7 08:08 MESSIAEN Feuillet Inédit No.4 Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot) Bernard Wisson (piano) NAXOS 8.555779 Tr 1 08:11 PURCELL Chaconne in G Minor Z730 Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhard Goebel (director) ARCHIV 453 4182 Tr 4 08:17 SHOSTAKOVICH Two Pieces from Scarlatti, Op.17 USSR State Symphony Orchestra Winds Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) PRAGA PRODUCTIONS PR 250 090 Tr 1-2 08:24 TRAD. arr. Hughes The Bard of Armagh Robert White (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Gerhardt (conductor) RCA VICTOR 09026 637322 Tr 10 08:31 CLEMENTI Gradus ad Parnassum – Study No.5 Michele Campanella (piano) WARNER 8573 87495-2 Tr 2 08:36 LENNON/MCCARTNEY arr. Ellington All my loving Duke Ellington Orchestra REPRISE 8122736582 CD4 Tr 15 08:40 BACH Wir glauben all an einen Gott BWV 680 Peter Hurford (organ of Martinikerk, Groningen, Holland) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5856302 CD1 Tr 13 08:45 BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) TELDEC 9031 731262 Tr 1 09:02 FAURÉ Nocturne No.13 in B Minor Op.119 Charles Owens (piano) AVIE AV2133 Tr 13 09:11 TELEMANN Concerto in D Major for 4 Violins TWV40:202 Musica Antiqua Köln ARCHIV 474 2302 Tr 5-8 09:17 HOWELLS A Hymn for St Cecilia Choir of St Paul’s Cathedral Andrew Lucas (organ) John Scott (conductor) HYPERION CDA 66678 Tr 4 09:21 BARTOK Mikrokosmos (6) Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm 1-6 Zoltan Kocsis (piano) PHILIPS 4623812 CD2 Tr 52-57 09:34 MOZART Flute Quartet in A Major K298 William Bennett (flute) Grumiaux Trio PHILIPS 442 8289 CD1 Tr 4-6 09:43 STRAVINKSY Petrushka Suite Berlin Philharmonic Leopold Stokowski (conductor) EMI CDM 565423 2 Tr 9