In Tune - 15/10/2009 Anner Bylsma, Ralph Kirshbaum, Thomas Allen, Christopher Maltman, John Humphreys

Presented by Petroc Trelawny. Cellists Anner Bylsma and Ralph Kirshbaum and editor Jonathan Del Mar discuss their 'Playing With Beethoven' Wigmore Hall concert. Baritones Thomas Allen and Christopher Maltman are in the studio ahead of their performance in the Royal Opera House's double-bill of Rave's L'heure espagnole and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. And chairman John Humphreys talks about the 2009 Dudley International Piano Competition. The finals take place on October 18. 17:02 CHABRIER Espana Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel (conductor) Telarc CD 80170 Track 6 6’20 17:09 PUCCINI O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Royal Opera House Orchestra Ion Marin (conductor) EMI 7243 5 57706 2 2 Track 14 2’31 17:13 BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No 3 in A major Op 69: 3rd mvt. Anner Bylsma (cello) Malcolm Bilson (piano) Elektra Nonesuch 7559 79836-2 Track 3 8’04 17:29 BEETHOVEN Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra Op 56 – 2nd mvt [largo] Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) John Browning (piano) LSO Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) RCA 09026 68964 2 Track 5 5’02 17:40 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D major Op 70 No 1 ‘Ghost’ Final mvt: Presto Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano) Vera Beths (violin) Anner Bylsma (cello) Sony SK 51353 Track 7 8’14 17:49 ARNOLD English Dances Set 2 LPO Michael Arnold (conductor) Lyrita SRCD 2337 CD 1 Tracks 2-5 9’43 18:03 VIVALDI Dixit Dominus RV 594 Choir of the Kings Consort The Kings Consort Hyperion CDS 44171 CD 1 Track 18 2’08 18:06 BACH Prelude from Violin Partita No 3 Catrin Finch (harp) Sony Classical SK 93103 Track 1 3’58 18:11 VERDI ‘God who has brought us together’ from Don Carlos Thomas Allen (baritone) Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor) Philip Tebb (bass) Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir David Parry (conductor) CHAN 3155 Track 4 5’35 18:23 PUCCINI Erauigauale la voce from Gianni Schicchi (including the aria Si corre dal notaio) José Van Dam (Gianni Schicchi) Felicity Palmer (Zita) Roberto Alagna (Rinuccio) Luigi Roni (Simone) London Symphony Orchestra Antonio Pappano (conductor) EMI 7243 5 56587 2 2 CD 3 Tracks 13-15 3’30 18:32 RAVEL Scene 16 from L’heure espagnol Kurt Ollmann (Ramiro) Kimberly Barber (Concepcion) LSO Andre Previn (conductor) DG 457 590-2 Track 17 2’53 18:36 STRAUSS Fünf Lieder Op. 15: Heimkehr Christopher Maltman (baritone) Roger Vignoles (piano) Hyperon CDA 67667 Track 5 2’17 18:39 TCHAIKOVSKY ARR. GLASUNOV Scherzo from Souvenir d’un lieu cher Op. 42 Baiba Skride (violin) CBSO Andris Nelsons (conductor) Sony 88697214232 Track 5 3’38 18:48 LISZT Chapelle de Guillaume Tell from Années de Pèlerinage – Premiere Année: Suisse Libor Novacek (piano) Landor Records LAN 290 Track 1 6’30 18:55 ELLINGTON ARR. BISSILL Caravan The London Horn Sound Richard Bissill (lead horn) James Rattigan (solo jazz horn) Geoffrey Simon (conductor) Cala CACD 0112 Track 13 4’15