Sunday Morning - 27/07/2008

From the flugel horn to the kalimba and foot guitar, Iain looks at the bizarre contraptions that composers have invented to enliven their sound palettes, focusing in particular on music by Haydn, Corrette and Albrechtsberger. Jaques Christophe Naudot: Trio Sonata No 14 (1st mvt) Matthias Loibner (hurdy-gurdy) Riccardo Delfino (hurdy-gurdy) CPO 999864 Schubert: Der Leiermann Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Alfred Brendel (piano) Philips 411463 Schubert: Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor Klaus Storck (arpeggione) Alfons Kontarsky (fortepiano Brodmann, Vienna 1810) Archiv 2533175 Messiaen: Trois petites liturgies de la presence divine Yvonne Loriod (piano) Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) Chamber Orchestra of RTF Marcel Couraud (conductor) Erato 0630179052 Albrechtsberger: Concerto in F for Jew's-harp, mandora and orchestra Fritz Mayr (Jew's harp) Dieter Kirsch (mandora) Munich Chamber Orchestra Hans Stadlmair (conductor) Orfeo C035821 Harry Partch: from Barstow Nos 1-4 John Schneider baritone, and 'just' and 'adapted' guitar Bridge BCD9041 Haydn: Baryton Trio 97/5 John Hsu (baryton) David Miller (viola) Fortunato Arico (violoncello) ASV CDGAU104 Saint Saens: The Swan Clara Rockmore (theremin) Nadia Reisenberg (piano) Delos DCD1014 Michel Corrette: Que vous dirai-je maman Variations Attila Meszlenyi (musette) Miklos Spanyi (organ) Hungaroton HCD12997 Leroy Anderson: The Typewriter Vanguard 08600871.