In Tune - 08/08/2008
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. He is joined by soprano Gweneth-Ann Jeffers and pianist Simon Lepper, who discuss their recital Messiaen's extended song cycle Harawi at the BBC Proms 2008.Composer Peter Eotvos, conductor Vladimir Jurowski and soprano Allison Bell chat about the composer's new opera Love and Other Demons which opens at Glyndebourne in August 2008. Torke Bright Blue Music Baltimore Symphony Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) ARGO 433 071-2 Tr. 5 9’03 LIVE Messiaen Harawi (La ville qui dormait, toi & Bonjour toi, colombe verte) Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) 4’57 LIVE Messiaen Harawi (L’amour de Piroutcha) Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) Simon Lepper (piano) 4’11 Scarlatti Sonata in E major, Kk.134 Colleen Lee (piano) NAXOS 8.570511 Tr. 11 4’00 Rachmaninov Symphony no.1 (1st movt - closing section) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN 10475 Tr. 3 from 7’24 5’03 Schubert Suleika Op.14 No.1 Patricia Rozario (soprano) Julius Drake (piano) BBC LIVE RECORDING 5’08 Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 6 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Kurt Masur (conductor) PHILIPS 4320462 Tr. 4 3’26 Anon Folias criollas Hesperion XXI Jordi Savall (viole de gambe/director) ALIA VOX AVSA 9844 Tr. 1 3’20 Chopin Bolero, Op.19 Olga Kern (piano) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907402 Tr. 5 7’11 Eötvös Three Sisters (Prologue) Alain Aubin (Olga) Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley (Masha) Oleg Riabets (Irina) Lyon Opera Orchestra Kent Nagano (conductor) DG 459 695-2 CD 1 tr. 1 5’10 Eötvös Love and Other Demons; Act 1 scene 6 (end of Part 1) Nathan Gunn (Father Cayetano Delaura) Anthony Legge (piano) BBC TAPE Tr. 1 4’30 Eötvös Love and Other Demons (Act 2 sc 9) Marietta Simpson (Dominga de Adviento) Anthony Legge (piano) BBC TAPE Tr. 2 2’58 Smetana Šarka (Má Vlast) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Libor Pešek (conductor) VIRGIN 50999 522129 Tr. 3 9’55 Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Simon Rattle (conductor) EMI 50999 215037-2 CD 4 Tr.10 4’50