In Tune - 14/01/2009

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including pianist Stephen Kovacevich talking about his recent release of Beethoven's Diabelli Variations made exactly 40 years since he first recorded the composer's challenging late masterpiece. Plus violinist Gordan Nikolitch playing in the studio. 17:02 JOHANN STRAUSS II Fairy Tales from the Orient Wiener Philharmoniker Daniel Barenboim (conductor) DECCA 4781133 Track 2 7’50 17:11 HAYDN L’Incontro Improvviso (Noi pariamo santarelli) Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Freiburger Barockorchester Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor) DG 4777469 Track 2 4’44 17:17 BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations (Tema & Variations 1-5) Stephen Kovacevich (piano) ONYX 4035 Tracks 1-6 5’52 17:27 BACH Partita No 4 (Allemande) ONYX 4035 Track 36 7’36 17:39 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rondo) BBC Symphony Orchestra Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Sir Colin Davis (conductor) PHILIPS 4229682 Track 3 8’45 17:48 MOZART Eine Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K.623 (Laut verkunde unsre Freude) Kassel Spohr Chamber Orchestra Roberto Paternostro (conductor) NAXOS 8.572064 Tracks 14-17 12’54 18:05 TORELLI Concerto in G Major Op 6 No 1 Charivari Agréable Kah-Ming Ng (director) SIGNUM Classics SIGCD 157 Tracks 1-4 6’02 18:12 LIVE RAVEL Habanera Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Robin Green (piano) 2’53 18:20 LIVE DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Robin Green (piano) 2’33 18:29 WILLEM DE FESCH Violin Concerto in F Major, Op 2 No 5 Gordan Nikolitch (violin) Orchestre d’Auvergne Arie van Beek (conductor) OLYMPIA OCD 450 Tracks 1-3 5’37 18:36 BACH/BUSONI Chaconne in D minor James Rhodes (piano) SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD153 Track 11 15’46 18:53 REVUELTAS Sensemayá Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela Gustavo Dudamel (conductor) DG 4777457 Track1 6’38