In Tune - 14/08/2008
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. Featuring interviews with soprano Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet ahead of her appearances at the Proms on Friday, and Stephane Deneve who conducts Honegger's Le Roi David at the Edinburgh International Festival next week. Bellini Suoni la tromba (I Puritani, Act 2) Mariusz Kwiecen (bass-baritone, Giorgio) Valerian Ruminski (bass-baritone, Riccardo) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Charles Rosenkrans (conductor) NAXOS 8557309 Track 16 3’25 York Bowen Romance No.2 in F, Op. 45 Stephen Hough, piano HYPERION CDA66838 Track 22 6’31 John Foulds World Requiem: Laudamus Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Leon Botstein (conductor) CHANDOS CHSA50582 CD 2 Tracks 1-2 3’30 Janacek Glagolitic Mass: Slava Libuse Domaninska (soprano) Beno Blachut (tenor) Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra Karel Ancerl (conductor) SUPRAPHON 1119302 Track 3 6’22 Bartok Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Doors 3 & 4 Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano) John Tomlinson (bass) BBC Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) WARNER 2564619532 Tracks 4-5 5’56 Mendelssohn (arr. W T Best) Overture to the Oratorio ‘St. Paul’, Op 36 Simon Preston (organ of the Royal Albert Hall) SIGNUM SIGCD084 Track 1 7’42 Mozart Sinfonia concertante K.297b: 3rd movement Mohammed Saleh (oboe) Kinan Azmeh (clarinet) Mor Biron (bassoon) Sharon Polyak (horn) West–Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) WARNER 2564627912 Track 3 8’08 R. Strauss Overture to The Silent Woman Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Jeffrey Tate (conductor) EMI CDC7545812 Track 6 4’20 John Milton When David heard that Absolon was slain Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge Sarah MacDonald (director) REGENT REGCD268 Track 19 3’38 Roussel Bacchus & Ariadne: Finale Royal Scottish National Orchestra Stephane Deneve (conductor) NAXOS 8570245 Tracks 24-26 5’28 Honegger Le Roi David: Psalm, Incantation and March Jean Desailly (Narrator & Samuel) Simone Valere (Witch of Endor) Philippe Caillard Choir Instrumental Ensemble Charles Dutoit (conductor) ERATO 2292458002 Tracks 11-13 5'23 Honegger Le Roi David: The Dance before the Ark (extract) Philippe Caillard Choir Instrumental Ensemble Charles Dutoit (conductor) ERATO 2292458002 Track 16 6'00 Mozart Variations on Ah vous dirai-je Maman, K.265 Ingrid Haebler (piano) PHILIPS 4227292 Track 1 13’14