In Tune - 29/10/2008

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, talking to John Butt, director of the Dunedin Consort, about its recording of Handel's Acis and Galetea. Plus Olivier Latry demonstrating the refurbished organ of St Paul's Cathedral, London with cathedral organist Simon Johnson. 17:02 HANDEL Acis and Galatea (Sinfonia; Happy, happy we) Dunedin consort and Players John Butt (conductor) LINN CKD319 CD.1 Tracks 1+12 5’47 17:08 ELENA KATS-CHERNIN Courting the Dragon (Pheoenix Story) Pei-Jee Ng (cello) Pei-Sian Ng (cello) MELBA MR301113 Track 10 5’31 17:14 KETELBEY In a Persian Market Chorus and New Symphony Orchestra of London Robert Sharples (conductor) DECCA 452 987 2 Track 6 7’12 17:23 HANDEL Wretched Lovers (Act II) Dunedin consort and Players John Butt (conductor) LINN CKD319 CD.2 Track 1 4’24 17:31 HANDEL Acis and Galatea (I rage – I melt I burn!; O ruddier than the cherry) Matthew Brook, bass-baritone (Polyphemus) Dunedin Players John Butt (director) LINN CKD319 CD.2 Tracks 2-3 4’45 17:41 HANDEL Acis and Galatea (Heart, the seat of soft delight; Galatea, dry thy tears) Susan Hamilton (soprano) Dunedin consort and Players John Butt (conductor) LINN CKD319 CD.2 Tracks 16-17 7’21 17:48 SCHUBERT Impromptu No. 1 in C minor, Op 90 Andreas Haefliger (piano) SONY SK 53108 Track 1 9’26 18:03 LEROY ANDERSON The Waltzing Cat BBC Concert Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) NAXOS 8.559356 Track 6 2’36 18:07 VIVALDI Concerto in C minor, RV.509 Viktoria Mullova, Giuliano Carmignola (violins) Venice Baroque Orchestra Andrea Marcon (director) ARCHIV 00289 477 7466 Tracks 13-15 8’39 18:21 BACH Prelude in G major, BWV 541 Olivier Latry (organ) 3’24 18:28 VIERNE Carillon de Westminster Olivier Latry (organ) 6’55 18:36 SCHUBERT Der Psalm 23, D706 BBC Singers Susan Tomes (piano) Jane Glover (conductor) COLLINS CLASSICS Track 1 5’54 18:43 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata no.10 in E major, op.14 no.1 Murray Perahia (piano) SONY88697326462 Track 5-7 12’59 18:57 BACH The Art of Fugue (Contrapunctus V) The Amsterdam Baroque Soloists OTTAVO OTR C48503 Track 6 2’25