In Tune - 05/02/2009
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including Ben Heppner, regarded by many as one of the world's finest dramatic tenors. Heppner talks about his role in Wagner's Ring Cycle with the Berlin Philharmonic and Simon Rattle at the Aix-en-Provence Festival which concludes in 2009. His forthcoming recital at the Barbican Centre, London, includes works by Strauss, Schubert, Britten and Duparc. Plus soprano Katherine Manley and baritone Dawid Kimberg, with Christian Curnyn on harpsichord performing in the studio. Together, they make up Transition Company, which combines music and opera performance with new media, video and film. Their next project is John Blow's masque Venus and Adonis, often described as the earliest-surviving English opera. 17:03 CLARKE The Prince of Denmark’s March Wynton Marsalis (trumpet) English Chamber Orchestra Anthony Newman (conductor) SONY CLASSICAL SK 66244 T.2 2’48 17:06 BORODIN Prince Igor (Polovtsian March) Kirov Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) PHILIPS 442 011 2 Track 5 5’25 1712 STRAUSS Vier Lieder, Op. 27, Nos. 2-3 Ben Heppner (tenor) Craig Rutenberg (piano) RCA 09026631042 Tracks 3-4 5’17 17:25 BEETHOVEN Adelaide, op.46 Ben Heppner (tenor) Craig Rutenberg, piano RCA 09026631042 Track 1 5’51 17:35 WAGNER Brunnhilde, heilige Braut! Ben Heppner (tenor) Dresden Staatskapelle Peter Schneider (conductor) DG 4776003 Track 10 5’13 17:41 DEBUSSY Danse sacree et danse profane Isabelle Moretti (harp) Parisii Quartet VALOIS V4739 Track 2-3 9’31 17:51 MONTEVERDI Vespers (Dixit Dominus) The Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) ARCHIV 429 565 2 CD1 Track 2 7’13 18:03 WEILL (arr. Richard Edlinger) The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Alabama Song) Michael Raab Das Palast Orchester H. K. Gruber (musical director) BMG RCA 09026 63513 2 T. 13 3’33 18:13 HK GRUBER Frankenstein (Goldfinger and Bond; John Wayne; Monster) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra HK Gruber (chansonnier/conductor) CHANDOS CHAN10404 Tracks 4-6 5’47 18:20 GLAZUNOV Raymonda (Grand Waltz) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) CHANDOS 8500 Track 6 5’05 18:25 BLOW Overture, Venus and Adonis London Baroque Charles Medlam (director) HARMONIA. MUNDI HM901276 Track 1 3’16 18:34 LIVE BLOW Venus and Adonis (Opening Act 1) Katherine Manley (soprano) Dawid Kimberg (baritone) Christian Curnyn (harpsichord) 4’39 18:45 LIVE BLOW Venus and Adonis (Opening Act 1) Katherine Manley (soprano) Dawid Kimberg (baritone) Christian Curnyn (harpsichord) 4’02 18:50 RACHMANINOV Preludes Op 23 nos. 5, 8 & 9 Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano DECCA 475 8238 Tracks 6, 9 & 10 8’37