In Tune - 07/11/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including conductor Riccardo Chailly talking about his concert of Rossini which opens the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's 2008/2009 residency at the Barbican Centre, London. Plus tenor Ian Bostridge and baritone Thomas Hampson discussing their special relationship with Britten's War Requiem, which they perform at the Royal Albert Hall. 17:02 ROSSINI Petite messe (Gloria in excelsis Deo) Helen Field (soprano) Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano) Edmund Barham (tenor) John Tomlinson (bass) CBSO Chorus Nettle-Markham Piano Duo (pianos) Peter King (harmonium) Simon Halsey (conductor) CONIFER CDCF 184 Track 2 2’40 17:05 BACH Prelude & fugue in C minor, BWV.847 Richard Egarr (harpsichrod) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907431.32 CD 1 Tracks 3-4 4’09 17:10 MENDELSSOHN Midsummer night’s Dream (Overture) (orig 1826 version) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 475 6939 Track 1 11’56 17:28 ROSSINI Petite messe solennelle: Cum Sancto Spiritu... Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 444 134 2 CD 1 Track 1 5’31 17:40 SCHUMANN, arr. Mahler Symphony No.2 (Allegro molto vivace) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) DECCA 475 835 2 Track 5 7’24 17:48 CREQUILLON Ung gai bergier Paul O’Dette (lute) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907388 Track 3 2’48 17:51 TAILLEFERRE Pastorale Emily Beynon (flute) Andrew West (piano) HYPERION CDA 67204 Track 5 3’50 17:57 WAGNER Migonne, WWV57 Thomas Hampson (baritone) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) EMI 724355504722 Track 6 2’50 18:03 TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Final waltz and apotheosis) BBC Symphony Orchestra Genadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) BBCL 4204 2 Track 13 5’25 18:09 VERDI I vespri siciliani (Merci, dilette amoche) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Nello Santi (conductor) DECCA 440 404 2 Track 6 3’27 18:13 BEETHOVEN Bagatelle, Op.33 no.1 (Andante grazioso quasi allegretto) Stephen (Bishop) Kovacevich (piano) PHILIPS 426 976 2 Track 1 2’58 18:17 BRITTEN War Requiem (Dies ire dies illa) Westminster Symhonic Choir New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur (conductor) TELDEC 0630 17115 2 CD 1 Track 3 3’40 18:26 BRITTEN Nocturne (She sleeps on soft, last breaths) Ian Bostridge (tenor) Dominik Wollenbeber (cor anglais) Berlin Philharmonic Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI 5 58049 2 Track 24 5’04 18:39 BRITTEN War Requiem (After the blast of lightening from the East) Thomas Hampson (baritone) New York Philharmonic Kurt Masur (conductor) TELDEC 0630 17115 2 CD 2 Track 2 3’38 18:44 PURCELL Amphitryon, Z.572 (Saraband) Aradia Ensemble Kevin Mallon (director) NAXOS 8.570149 Track 2 1’55 18:46 MOZART Piano Quartet in G minor (Rondo) Paul Lewis (piano) Leopold String Trio HYPERION CDA 67373 Track 3 7’19 18:54 GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER Louise (Depuis le jour) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Prague Philharmonia Emmanuel Villaume (conductor) DG 477 7639 Track 4 5’14