In Tune - 11/09/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. Christoph Eschenbach talks about conducting Pintscher and Mahler with the Orchestra de Paris at the Proms, and conductor Sir Roger Norrington looks ahead to his first appearance at the Last Night over 40 years since his Proms debut. Also, viol consort Fretwork perform in the studio extracts from their forthcoming concert at London's Wigmore Hall. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 E-mail: [email protected] BRITTEN Courtly Dances (Gloriana) London Symphony Orchestra Steuart Bedford (conductor) COLLINS 10192 Tracks 3-9 10’23 A BASSANO Galliard No.1 Fretwork HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907478 Track 19 1’00 PINTSCHER Herodiate-Fragment (excerpt) Claudia Barainsky (soprano) North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) TELDEC 8.573854302 Track 1 2’58 ROUSSEL Symphony N.3 (4th movt) Orchestre de Paris Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) ONDINE ODE1107-2 Track 4 6’01 J.S. BACH Flute Sonata in C major, BWV.1033 Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Jonathan Manson (cello) Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) EMI WHITE LABEL CD 2 Tracks 1-4 9’03 MORALES Spem in Alium Brabant Ensemble Stephen Rice (director) HYPERION CDA67694 Track 8 7’15 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major (3rd movt) Ilya Kaler (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Pietari Inkinen (conductor) NAXOS 8.570321 Track 3 8’14 RAVEL Menuet Antique Artur Pizarro (piano) LINN CKD315 Track 6 6’18 HANDEL Parnasso in Festa; Sin le grazie Diana Moore (Apollo) Carolyn Sampson (Clio) The King’s Consort Matthew Halls (conductor) HYPERION CDA67701 CD 1 Track 13 3’03 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - overture London Classical Players Roger Norrington (conductor) VIRGIN 5619432 CD 1 Track 9 4’46 MOZART Symphony No.31, K.297 ‘Paris’ (1st movt) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Roger Norrington (conductor) HANSSLER CD 93.216 Track 8 7’12 ELGAR Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 in G major BBC Symphony Orchestra Andrew Davis (conductor) TELDEC 9031732782 Track 7 5’09 SCARLATTI Keyboard Sonata in C major, Kk.398 Francseco Nicolasi (piano) NAXOS 8.570368 Track 12 5’18 SPOHR Concert Overture ‘Im ernsten Stil’ North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Howard Griffiths (conductor) CPO 777178-2 Track 9 9’25 LIVE Pieces from the Lumley Part Books Fretwork 7’16 GOUGH Birds on Fire (2nd movt) Fretwork HARMONIA MUNDI HMU907478 Track 13 7’28 SCHUMANN Die deaden Grenadiere; Die feindlichen Bruder Gerald Finley (baritone), Julius Drake (piano) HYPERION CDA67676 Tracks 3 & 5 6’21