In Tune - 18/02/2009
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. The Royal Opera House's new production of Wagner's early masterpiece The Flying Dutchman is profiled by director Tim Albery, soprano Anje Kampe and conductor Marc Albrecht, making his Covent Garden debut. Plus the young Badke Quartet performing in the studio ahead of performances in London, Hull and King's Lynn. 17:02 Bach Prelude & Fugue no.5 in D BWV.850 Robert Levin (harpsichord) HANSSLER CD 92 116 CD 1 Tr. 9-10 3’08 17:06 Bruckner Ave maria La Chapelle Royale Collegium Vocale Philippe Herreweghe (director) HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901322 Tr. 2 3’34 17:10 Wagner Die Fliegender Hollander Overture Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Joseph Keilberth (conductor) TELDEC 4509 97491 2 CD 1 Tr. 1 10’53 17:29 Wagner Die Fliegender Hollander: Senta’s ballad Astrid Varnay (Senta) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Joseph Keilberth (conductor) TELDEC 4509 97491 2 CD 1 Tr. 17 8’00 17:41 Wagner Die Fliegender Hollander: Woll kenn’ ich dich!... Astrid Varnay (Senta) Rudolf Lustig (Erik) Ludwig Weber (Daland) Hermann Uhde (Dutchman) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Joseph Keilberth (conductor) TELDEC 4509 97491 2 CD 2 Tr. 14 3’21 17:47 Sir John Smith, his Almaine Dowland Matthew Wadsworth (lute) CHANNEL CLASSICS CCD DA 25408 Tr. 1 2’45 17:50 Sibelius Karelia suite, Op.11 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Paavo Berglund (conductor) EMI 217674 2 CD 2 Tr. 2-3 8’51 18:03 Weber Euryanthe: overture BBC Philharmonic Gunther Herbig (conductor) BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 9144-2 Tr. 1 8’36 18:12 LIVE Haydn Quartet in D, Op.76 No 5, 1st mvt (Allegretto – Allegro) Badke Quartet 4’49 18:22 LIVE Schumann Quartet in A Op.41 No.3, 3rd mvt (Adagio molto) Badke Quartet 18:32 LIVE Haydn Quartet in F minor Op 20 No 5, 3rd mvt (Allegretto) Badke Quartet 18:42 Chopin Preludes op.28, No. 17 in A flat major (Allegretto) Mikhail Rudy (piano) EMI 343831 2 Tr. 23 5’57 18:49 Tchaikovsky Nutcraker, Dance Russe Trepak Anima Eterna Jos van Immerseel (conductor) Harmoni Mundi ZZT 2030102 Tr.8 1’12 18:50 Schubert Schanengesang, D.957: Liebesbotschaft; Standchen; Die Taubenpost Ian Bostridge (tenor) Antonio Pappano (piano) EMI 516 443 2 Tr. 4, 7 & 17 10’35