In Tune - 18/12/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including members of the comic opera group Impropera, who create an opera on the spot in the studio, ahead of their weekend show. And conductor Nicola Luisotti and soprano Irene Theorin join Sean to discuss Puccini's Turandot, in which they are appearing at the Royal Opera House. 17:02 MONTEVERDI Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Vespers 1610) Taverner Consort, Choir & Players director Andrew Parrott EMI 212685 2 Tr. 2 1’45* 17:06 WAGNER Forest murmurs (Siegfried) New York Philharmonic conductor Zubin Mehta CBS MK 37795 Tr. 4 6’56* 17:14 MOZART Fantasia in D minor, K.397 Alfred Brendel (piano) PHILIPS 473 689 2 Tr. 4 5’15* 17:22 LIVE IMPROPERA Improvisation: A translation of an aria in a made up language…! Louise Crane (mezzo soprano) Niall Ashdown Anthony Ingle (piano) 3’44 17:32 IMPROPERA Improvisation: in Gershwinesque style Niall Ashdown Anthony Ingle (piano) 2’20 17:35 ENESCU Romanian Rhapsody in A, Op. 11 no.1 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski RCA 099026 615032 Tr. 2` 11’31* 17:47 MICHAEL HEAD The little road to Bethlehem Choir of Westminster Abbey conductor James O’Donnell HYPERION CDA 67716 Tr. 15 2’59* 17:52 CHOPIN Etudes Opus 10 (nos 10, 11 and 12) Peter Donohoe (piano) EMI CLASSICS CDC 754416 2 Tr 10, 11, 12 7’27 18:03 BOB CHILCOTT O Rex gentium; O Emmanuel (Advent Antiphons, no.6 & 7)) BBC Singers SIGNUM SIGCD 100 Tr. 12-13 2’58 18:06 VIVALDI Sinfonia in C, RV.192 Freiburg Baroque director Gottfired von der Goltz OPUS 111 OP 30358 Tr. 10-13 5’12* 18:12 SHOSTAKOVICH Prelude & fugue no.1 in C, Op.87 no.1 Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) EMI 217 575 2 CD 14 Tr. 11 4’52 18:18 PUCCINI O Principi, che a lunghe carovane (Turandot, Act 2) Turandot…Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) Calaf……Placido Domingo (tenor) Vienna Philharmonic conductor Herbert von Karajan DG 410 096 2 CD 2 Tr. 13 4’20* 18:29 PUCCINI Signore, ascolta (Turandot, Act 1) Liu……Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic conductor Herbert von Karajan DG 410 096 2 CD 1 Tr. 13 2’45* 18:39 PUCCINI Principessa di morte! (Turandot, Act 3) Calaf… Placido Domingo (tenor) Turandot…Katia Ricciarelli (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic conductor Herbert von Karajan DG 410 096 2 CD 3 Tr. 12 3’50* 18:44 DVORAK Rondo in G minor Steven Isserlis (cello) Stephen Hough (piano) HYPERION CDA 67529 Tr. 5 6’58* 18:53 MARCELLO Oboe concerto in D mninor Douglas Boyd (oboe) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Alexander Schneider COE RECORDSCD CD COE 810 Tr. 9-11 11’03