Through the Night - 19/08/2010

6 nights in Poland: Jonathan Swain investigates the wealth of musical riches left in Chopin's wake, in this his anniversary year 1:01 AM Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] Che val ch'io ricca sia, cavatina from 'La Contessina' Joanna Wos (soprano), Kevin Kenner (piano) 1:08 AM Lipinski, Karol Jozef (1790-1861) Variations de Bravoure sur une Romance militaire in D major (Op.22) Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wojciech Rajski (conductor) 1:19 AM Poniatowski, J. M. K. [1816-1873] Al pensier del mio tesor - cavatina from "Don Desiderio" Joanna Wos (soprano), Kevin Kenner (piano) 1:25 AM Janiewicz, Felix [1762-1848] Concerto for Violin No.2 in E major Albrecht Breuninger (violin), Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) 1:50 AM Ysaye, Eugene [1858-1931] Malinconia from 'Violin Sonata No. 2, op. 27 Albrecht Breuninger (violin) 1:54 AM Chopin, Fryderyk [1810-1849] Sonata for piano no.2 (Op.35) in B flat minor Kevin Kenner (piano - 1829 Erard) 2:17 AM Wars, Henryk [1902-1977] Symphony No.1 Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 2:49 AM Weill, Kurt [1900-1950] 3 Walt Whitman Songs Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michal Dworzynski (conductor) 3:01 AM Debussy, Claude [1862-1918] A selection of 5 Preludes for piano Francesco Piemontesi (piano) 3:25 AM Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750) Suite in D minor Konrad Junghanel (13 string Baroque lute by Nico van der Waals, made in 1976) 3:42 AM Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Symphony No.33 in B flat major (K.319) Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 4:03 AM Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (c.1580-1651) Seconda arpeggiata (Libro primo d'involatura di chitarrone; Venezia, G.A.Pfender, 1604) Hugh Sandilands (chitarrone) - from Ensemble Daedalus 4:05 AM Dowland, John (1563-1626) Lamentatio Henrici Noel (1597) Angharad Gruffydd Jones (soprano), Concordia, Mark Levy (conductor) 4:10 AM Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) Slavonic Dance No.10 in E minor (Op.72 No.2) (Starodavny) BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 4:15 AM Czerny, Carl (1791-1857) Fantasie in F minor for piano four hands (Op. 226) Stefan Lindgren and Daniel Propper (piano) 4:25 AM Schmeltzer, Johann Heinrich [c.1620-1680] Fechtschule (Fencing School) Stockholm Antiqua 4:33 AM Liszt, Franz (1811-1886) Transcription from Mozart's 'Magic Flute' (presumably unpubl. transcription of Mozart: Adagio 'Der welcher wandelt diese strasse', S.634a) Gabor Csalog and Andras Kemenes (pianos) 4:38 AM Moss, Piotr (b. 1949) Wiosenno [In a Spring Mood] Polish Radio Choir, Wlodzimierz Siedlik (conductor) 4:47 AM Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868] William Tell - Overture BBC Philharmonic, Paul Watkins (conductor) 5:01 AM Alfven, Hugo (1872-1960) Midsummer vigil - Swedish rhapsody no.1 (Op.19) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schonwandt (conductor) 5:15 AM Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894) Melody in F major (Op.3 No.1) Dennis Hennig (piano) 5:20 AM Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767) Trio for two flutes and continuo in D Concerto Copenhagen, Monica Huggett (violin/director) 5:30 AM Schumann, Robert [(1810-1856)] 5 Stucke im Volkston for cello (or violin) and piano (Op.102) Andre Navarra (cello), Andrea Preger (piano) 5:45 AM Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) Variations on a theme by Haydn (Op.56a) Sinfonia Varsovia, Tomasz Bugaj (conductor) 6:05 AM Dapogny, James [b.1940] Rag (In memoriam Johannes Brahms) Donna Coleman (piano) 6:10 AM Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904) String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' Prague Quartet 6:34 AM Sorkocevic, Luka (1734-1789) Overture in G major The Zagreb Soloists, Visnja Mazuran (harpsichord) 6:39 AM Bach, Johann Ernst (1722-1777) Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max (conductor) 6:53 AM Kalman, Emmerich Imre (1882-1953) Peter's song from Grafin Mariza Denes Gulyas (tenor), Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Choir, Tamas Breitner (conductor).