In Tune - 01/12/2009 Roger Norrington, Anne Schwanewilms, Torsten Kerl

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Soprano Anne Schwanewilms and tenor Torsten Kerl talk to Sean about their forthcoming performance of Othello by Verdi, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Colin Davis. Sean is later joined by conductor Roger Norrington, who leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in a Beethoven and Schumann programme at the Usher Hall. 17:03 ANON Der makam-I ‘Uzzal usules, devr-I kebir Hesperion XXI Jordi Savall (director) ALIA VOX AVSA 9870 Tr 2 3’00 17:06 STRAUSS Waldseligkeit (Op. 49 No. 1) Anne Schwanewilms (soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) HYPERION CDA67588 Tr 15 3’02 17:10 VERDI Otello: Act 1; Gia nella notte densa (Othello & Desdemona) Placido Domingo (Otello) Cheryl Studer (Desdemona) Orchestra of the Bastille Opera Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) DG 439805-2 CD 1 Tr 9 8’50 17:24 VERDI Otello: Act 3; Dio, mi potevi scagliar (Otello) Luciano Pavarotti (Otello) Leo Nucci (Jago) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 433669-2 CD 2 Tr 5 & 6 3’51 17:33 VERDI Otello: Act IV; Ave Maria, piena di grazia (Desdemona) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sir Georg Solti (conductor) DECCA 433669-2 CD 2 Tr 18 CD 4’41 17:38:45 SCHUBERT Rondo for Violin and Piano in B minor “Rondo Brillant”, D.895 Julia Fischer (violin) Martin Helmchen (piano) PENTATONE PTCD 5186 347 Tr 12 14’28 17:54 TRADITIONAL Vittskovlevisan Orphei Drangar (choir) Cecilia Rydinger Alin (conductor) BIS CD 1833 Tr 6 5’40 18:03 BACH Partita No.2 in C-minor, BWV 826: VI. Capriccio Murray Perahia (piano) SONY 88697226952 Tr 6 3’35 18:08 KORNGOLD Die Tote Stadt: Gluck das mir verblieb Torsten Kerl (tenor) Deutsche Oper Berlin Philippe Augin (conductor) RCA RED SEAL Track 5 5’50 18:14 DVORAK Carnival Overture SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Roger Norrington (conductor) HANSSLER CLASSIC Tr 5 9’21 18:29 BEETHOVEN Symphony No 2: Scherzo London Classical Players Roger Norrington (conductor) EMI CDC 7476982 Tr 3 4’37 18:39 BRUCKNER Symphony No 7: Finale SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Roger Norrington (conductor) HANSSLER CLASSIC CD 93.243 Tr 4 11’14 18:51 JOHN SHEPPARD Reges Tharsis et insulae The Sixteen Harry Christophers (director) Hyperion CDS44401/10 CD 7 Tr 8 4’40 18:56 DELIBES Sylvia: Fanfare: Les chasseresses Orchestra of the Paris Opera Jean-Baptiste Mari (conductor) EMI 9 67716 2 CD 1 Tr 4 3’03