In Tune - 08/09/2008

Sean Rafferty talks to conductor Bernard Haitink ahead of his Proms performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and pianist Noriko Ogawa plays in the studio and chats about her forthcoming concerts playing Gershwin with the Orchestra of Opera North. Plus Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrum of experimental jazz trio e.s.t talk about their latest album 'Leucocyte', recorded before the death of pianist Esbjorn Svensson earlier this year. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 E-mail: [email protected] DEBUSSY Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children’s Corner) Noriko Ogawa (piano) BIS CD 1205 Track 17 2’21 MAXWELL DAVIES Ojai Festival Overture BBC Philharmonic Peter Maxwell Davies (conductor) COLLINS CLASSICS 13082 Track 1 5’25 BACH Lobe der Herren … (Cantata, BWV137) Robin Blaze (countertenor) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (director) BIS SACD 1671 Track 2 3’11 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 4 (finale - extract) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) CSO RESOUND CSOR901814 Track 3 4’50 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor (3rd movement – excerpt) Murray Perahia (piano) Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) SONY S3K44575 CD2 Track 3 4’36 MAHLER Symphony No 6 (finale - excerpt) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) CSO RESOUND CSOR901804 CD2 Track 1 9’38 MOZART String Quartet in B flat, K159 American String Quartet NIMBUS NI2508 CD 3 Tracks 5-7 11’37 LIADOV Little Waltz in G major Stephen Coombs (piano) HELIOS CDH55309 Track 11 2’27 TURNAGE Lullaby (Sleep On) Nash Ensemble BLACK BOX BBM1065 Track 6 3’15 STENHAMMAR Excelsior! Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi (conductor) BIS CD 251 Track 1 12’10 LIVE DEBUSSY Etude No 1 Noriko Ogawa (piano) 2’56 LIVE TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch II Noriko Ogawa (piano) 3’03 GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (shortened version arr. Ogawa) Noriko Ogawa (piano) 5'10 HANDEL Concerto grosso in D, Op 3 No 6 English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) ARCHIV 4137272 Track 21-22 6’24 WALTON Orb & Sceptre Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra David Hill (conductor) DECCA 4705082 CD 4 Track 18 7’33 SCHUBERT An die Nachtigall D497 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Melvyn Tan (piano) EMI CDC7541752 Track 5 1’37 SVENSSON / BERGLUND / OSTROM Premonition: Earth (excerpt) e.s.t ACT 9018-2 Track 2 4’19 SVENSSON / BERGLUND / OSTROM Jazz e.s.t ACT 9018-2 Track 4 4’16 VIVALDI Salve Regina, RV617 Carla Huhtanen (soprano) Arcadia Ensemble Kevin Mallon (conductor) NAXOS 8.570445 Tracks 11-14 9’39