In Tune - 05/10/2009 Simon Keenlydside, Katarina Dalayman and the ROH's Carmen

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With tenor Simon Keenlyside and soprano Katarina Dalayman who join Sean to talk about the culmination of Esa-Pekka Salonen's City of Dreams project, a semi-staged version of Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Plus mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca and tenor Roberto Alagna discussing the Royal Opera House's new production of Carmen by Bizet. 17:02 HANDEL Solomon (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Fugue; Lento) Academy of Ancient Music Kenneth Sillito (conductor) CAPRICCIO 10420 Track 21-23 7’36” 17:11 BERG Wozzeck (Act II Introduction + Scene I: Marie’s Room) Katarina Dalayman (soprano) Carl Johan Falkman, (Wozzeck) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Stockholm Leif Segerstam (conductor) NAXOS 8.660076-77 CD 2, tracks 1-2 17:24 BRAHMS Abendammerung, Op.49 No.5 Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Malcolm Martineau (piano) SONY 88697566892 Track 16 4’15 17:35 BERG Wozzeck (Tschin Bum…! Horst Bub? Da kommen sie!) Katarina Dalayman (Marie) Marianne Eklof (Margret) Carl Johan Falkman (Wozzeck) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Stockholm Leif Segerstam (conductor) NAXOS 8.660076-77 CD1, track 3 8’34” 17:45 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in E, op.90 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) EMI CDC 5 56148 2 Tracks 1-2 12’25” 17:57 CHARPENTIER Te Deum (fanfare) Maurice Andre (trumpet) EMI 7243 5 62993 CD 1, Track 19 1:58 18:03 BIZET Les Toreadores; Danse Boheme (Carmen Suite) Orchestra of the Bastille Myun Whun Chung, conductor DG 42178 2 TRACKS 1 AND 8 6’01 18:10 BRAHMS FAE Sonata (Scherzo-Allegro) Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Lars Vogt (piano) EMI CDC5575252 Track 11 5’02 18:16 BIZET Carmen (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) Roberto Alagna (tenor) London Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Armstrong (conductor) EMI CDC5 55540 2 Track 8 3’58” 18:27 ROSSINI Tancredi (Cavatina: “Di tanti palpiti”) Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna Roberto Abbado (conductor) DG 477 7460 Track 12 2’52” 18:36 BIZET Carmen (Act 4 finale: Carmen, il est temps encore) Maria Callas (Carmen) Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose) Georges Pretre (director) EMI CDS7473138 CD.3, track 13 8’44” 18:46 PURCELL Abdelazer The Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood (director) L’OI-LYRE 433 191-2 Tracks 8-10 12’42