In Tune - 27/08/2008
Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. Conductor Fabio Luisi talks about his work with the Dresden Staatskapelle, and the Feinstein Ensemble play Vivaldi and Telemann live in the studio ahead of their concert at St Martin in the Fields. Main news headlines are at 5.00 and 6.00 E-mail: [email protected] HANDEL Sta nell' Ircana (from Act 3 of Alcina) Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) The Symphony of Harmony & Invention Harry Christophers (conductor) CORO COR16025 Track 2 5’37 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben (excerpt) Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (conductor) SONY 88697084712 Track 1 4’11 R. STRAUSS Variation 3 from Don Quixote Op.35 (excerpt) Karl Hesse (cello) Staatskapelle Dresden Richard Strauss (conductor) APR 5527 Track 6 3’35* R. STRAUSS Alpine Symphony (excerpt) Staatskapelle Dresden Fabio Luisi (conductor) SONY 88697141972 Tracks 10-11 6’10 TRAD. (arr. Balogh) Doina, Hora & Batuta from Moldova Kalman Balogh (cimbalom) Sandor Barbocz (violin) Albert Mohacsy (double bass) ARC MUSIC EUCD1102 Track 9 5’52 MOZART Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st movement) Giuliano Carmignola (violin) & Danusha Waskiewicz (viola) Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado (conductor) DG 4777371 CD 2 Track 7 12’14 JOHN TAVENER The Lamb Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge Christopher Robinson (director) NAXOS 8.557557-58 CD2 Track 13 3’42 BURLEIGH Go down, Moses Paul Robeson (singer) Lawrence Brown (piano) EMI 2155862 CD 2 Track 4 2’04 BACH Sinfonia (from Cantata No.52) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (conductor) ARCHIV 439780-2 CD 2 Track 14 3’57 BRAHMS Scherzo (from Horn Trio in E flat major Op.40) Isabelle Faust (violin) Teunis van der Zaart (natural horn) Alexander Melnikov (piano) HARMONIC MUNDI HMC901981 Track 2 6’58 SCHMIDT Intermezzo (from Act 1 of Notre Dame) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) DG 477 7163 Track 7 4’36 LIVE VIVALDI Flute Concerto in D Major RV.428 "Il Gardellino" (1st movement) Feinstein Ensemble: 3’43 LIVE TELEMANN Recorder Concerto in C major TWV.51:C1 (3rd movement) Feinstein Ensemble 3’55 LIVE VIVALDI Recorder Concerto in C minor RV.441 Feinstein Ensemble: 10’42 MONTEVERDI Sonata sopra 'Sancta Maria' (from Vespro della Beata Vergine) Rudolfus Choir Southern Sinfonia The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble Taverner Players Andrew Parrott (conductor) SIGNUM SIGCD111 CD 2 Track 2 6’30