In Tune - 18/09/5009 Valery Gergiev, L'elisir d'amore

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Conductor Valery Gergiev talks about the London Symphony Orchestra and performances of Dutilleux at the Barbican, and from Glasgow, Australian soprano Elena Xanthoubakis (Adina) and director Giles Havergal talk about the revival of the 1994 production of Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, due to open there. 17.02 DONIZETTI L’Elisir d’Amore: Prelude and opening chorus The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra James Levine (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 429 744-2 CD 1 Tracks 1-2 5’01 17.08 RACHMANINOV Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Sing not to me), Op. 4 No. 4 Anna Netrebko (soprano) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 4776384 Track 3 5’04 17.14 RAVEL Concerto pour la main gauche (Concerto for the Left Hand) (extract) Jacques Février (piano) Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française Georges Tzipine (conductor) EMI 5694642 CD 1 Track 1 2’44 17.22 DUTILLEUX L’Arbre des songes: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Isaac Stern (violin) Orchestre National de France Lorin Maazel (conductor) SMK64508 Track 7 3’53 17.31 MAHLER Symphony No. 8: Part 2, xii. Alles Vergängliche LSO Valery Gergiev (conductor) LSO LIVE LSO0669 Track 18 5’17 17.37 BACH Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 58 Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Peter Kooij (bass) Bach Collegium Japan Masaaki Suzuki (conductor) BIS SACD 1631 Tracks 17-21 13’50 17.52 LISZT (after Schubert) Soirées de Vienne, S427 (No. 6) Patrick Rapold (piano) Sony 88697157942 Track 5 6’26 18.03 HOLST Planets: Jupiter bringer of Jollity BBC NOW Mark Elder (conductor) BBCP 1003-2 Track 6 7’43 18.12 CHOPIN Waltz for piano (Op. 69 No. 1) in A flat major ‘L’Adieu’ Ingrid Fliter (piano) EMI CDR 5099969835124 Track 9 3’25 18.16 DONIZETTI L’Elisir d’amore: Benedette queste carte! Joan Sutherland (Adina) Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) Maria Casula (Ginanetta) Ambrosian Opera Chorus English Chamber Orchestra Richard Bonynge (conductor) DECCA 414461-2 CD 1 Track 4 5’00 18.26 JANACEK The Makropulos Case: Act II: Janek, come on no-one here will see us. Elena Xanthoudakis (Kristina) Thomas Walker (Janek) English National Opera Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) CHANDOS CHAN3138 Track 9 2’58 18.33 DONIZETTI L’Elisir d’amore: Prendi; per me sei libero Joan Sutherland (Adina) Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) English Chamber Orchestra Richard Bonynge (conductor) DECCA 414461-2 CD 2 Track 12 11’15 18.45 GRIEG Anitra’s Dance (Anitras dans, from Peer Gynt, Op.23) Mie Miki (accordian) BIS-CD-1629 Track 1 2’59 18.49 LISZT Hungarian State Orchestra Gyula Nemeth (conductor) HUNGAROTON HCD 12721-2 Track 5 10’32