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| Jonathan Swain features music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Johann Christoph Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E flat Carl Weinrich (organ) Ich lasse dich nicht Unnamed choir and organist Jack Westrup (conductor) Johann Michael Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr Wilhelm Krumbach (organ) Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, Haffner, K385 London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Georg Christoph Bach: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist Capella Fidicinia Leipzig Hans Grüß (conductor) Strauss: Don Quixote, Op 35 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) Herbert Downes (viola) Desmond Bradley (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Reincken: Partita V in Em, (Hortus Musicus) Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhardt Goebel (director/violin). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Dieupart: Suite No 5 in F - Ouverture Laurent Stewart (harpsichord) Couperin: Allemande à 2 clavecins (9ème Ordre) Igor Kipnis, Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Cherubini: Anacréon - Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Telemann: Paris Quartet No 6 in Em Florilegium Franck: Symphony in Dm London Orchestra Society Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Raison: Messe du 1er ton - Kyrie Jörg Andreas Bötticher (organ) Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali - Bergamasca Eduard Müller (organ) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) CPE Bach, Petzoldt & Anon: Marches and dances from Anna Magdalena Bach's Music Book, 1725 Rosalyn Tureck (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Vivaldi: Concerto in Dm, Op 3, No 11 NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Caldara: Magnificat in C Rheinische Kantorei Das Kleine Konzert Hermann Max (conductor) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude, Act I New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Albinoni: Sonata in Am, Op 6, No 6 Amandine Beyer (violin) Jérémie Papasergio (bassoon) Laurent Stewart (harpsichord) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, Pastoral London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Handel: Armida Abbandonata Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque Charles Medlam (director/cello) Marcello: Oboe Concerto in Dm Heinz Holliger (oboe) Members of Dresden Staatskapelle Vittorio Negri (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Heinrich Bach: Sonata I in C The Parley of Instruments Ich danke dir, Gott; Sonata II in F Maria Zedelius (soprano) Ulla Groenewold (contralto) David Cordier (alto) Paul Elliott (tenor) Michael Schopper (bass) Rheinische Kantorei Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhardt Goebel (director/violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3 in D, Op 29, Polish London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Locatelli: Concerto grosso in Fm, Op 1, No 8 Balthasar Neumann Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43 Julius Katchen (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Kerll: Missa superba - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo Balthasar Neumann Choir & Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Johann Christoph Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E flat Carl Weinrich (organ) Ich lasse dich nicht Unnamed choir and organist Jack Westrup (conductor) Johann Michael Bach: Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr Wilhelm Krumbach (organ) Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, Haffner, K385 London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Georg Christoph Bach: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist Capella Fidicinia Leipzig Hans Grüß (conductor) Strauss: Don Quixote, Op 35 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) Herbert Downes (viola) Desmond Bradley (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Reincken: Partita V in Em, (Hortus Musicus) Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhardt Goebel (director/violin). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Dieupart: Suite No 5 in F - Ouverture Laurent Stewart (harpsichord) Couperin: Allemande à 2 clavecins (9ème Ordre) Igor Kipnis, Thurston Dart (harpsichord) Cherubini: Anacréon - Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Telemann: Paris Quartet No 6 in Em Florilegium Franck: Symphony in Dm London Orchestra Society Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Raison: Messe du 1er ton - Kyrie Jörg Andreas Bötticher (organ) Frescobaldi: Fiori musicali - Bergamasca Eduard Müller (organ) Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) CPE Bach, Petzoldt & Anon: Marches and dances from Anna Magdalena Bach's Music Book, 1725 Rosalyn Tureck (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Vivaldi: Concerto in Dm, Op 3, No 11 NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Caldara: Magnificat in C Rheinische Kantorei Das Kleine Konzert Hermann Max (conductor) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude, Act I New Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Albinoni: Sonata in Am, Op 6, No 6 Amandine Beyer (violin) Jérémie Papasergio (bassoon) Laurent Stewart (harpsichord) Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F, Op 68, Pastoral London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Handel: Armida Abbandonata Emma Kirkby (soprano) London Baroque Charles Medlam (director/cello) Marcello: Oboe Concerto in Dm Heinz Holliger (oboe) Members of Dresden Staatskapelle Vittorio Negri (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Heinrich Bach: Sonata I in C The Parley of Instruments Ich danke dir, Gott; Sonata II in F Maria Zedelius (soprano) Ulla Groenewold (contralto) David Cordier (alto) Paul Elliott (tenor) Michael Schopper (bass) Rheinische Kantorei Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhardt Goebel (director/violin) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 3 in D, Op 29, Polish London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Locatelli: Concerto grosso in Fm, Op 1, No 8 Balthasar Neumann Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor) Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op 43 Julius Katchen (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Kerll: Missa superba - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo Balthasar Neumann Choir & Ensemble Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain continues to feature music from JS Bach's personal library and recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. Tieke: Old Comrades London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Johann Bernhard Bach: Overture in Gm Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Thomas Hengelbrock (director/violin) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, D944, Great BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Böhm: Capriccio in D Lully, arr Anon: Chaconne (Phaëton) Carole Cerasi (harpsichord) JC Bach (1642-1703): Ach, daß ich Wassers g'nug hätte Daniel Taylor (counter-tenor) Theatre of Early Music Es erhub sich ein Streit Cantus Cölln, Concerto Palatino Konrad Junghänel (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain. Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor) Haydn: Sonata in D Andreas Staier (fortepiano) Sibelius: Tapiola, Op 112 Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis (conductor) Johann Schelle: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein Mechthild Bach, Johanna Koslowsky (soprano) Carsten Lohff (organ) Konrad Junghänel (director) Johann Kuhnau: Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte Johanna Koslowsky (soprano) Andreas Scholl (alto) Gerd Türk (tenor) Cantus Cölln Konrad Junghänel (director) Schubert: Adagio for piano, violin & cello in E flat (Notturno), D897 Christoph Eschenbach (piano) Rudolf Kowckert (violin) Josef Merz (cello) Kalinnikov: Symphony No 1 in Gm Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kiril Kondrashin (conductor) Chopin: Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54 Sviatoslav Richter (piano). |
| With Jonathan Swain and Rob Cowan. Telemann: Concerto in D Mark Bennett, Mark Harrison, Nicholas Thompson (trumpet) Paul Goodwin, Lorraine Wood (oboe) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director/harpsichord) Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in Am, Op 50 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Mozart: Bassoon Concerto Henri Helaerts (bassoon) London Symphony Orchestra Anthony Collins (conductor) Miaskovsky: Symphony No 22 in Bm, Symphonic Ballad, Op 54 Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor) Debussy: Ariettes oubliées Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto) Cathérine Collard (piano) J Strauss II: Vienna Blood Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain and Rob Cowan. Tallis: Spem in alium Choir of King's College, Cambridge Sir David Willcocks (director) Dohnányi: Konzertstück, Op 12 Jànos Starker (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra Walter Susskind (conductor) Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Prague Chamber Harmony Libor Peek (conductor) Mondonville: Sonata, Op 3, No 4 Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble Marc Minkowski (conductor) Brian: Symphony No 6, Sinfonia Tragica London Philharmonic Orchestra Myer Fredman (conductor) Campion: Care-Charming Sleep Alfred Deller (counter-tenor) Desmond Dupré (lute) Rasch: Mutter Orchesterlied I (Mein Herz Brennt) René Pape (bass) Dresden Symphony Orchestra John Carewe (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 88 in G Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Eugen Jochum (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain and Rob Cowan. Adam: Overture - Si j'étais Roi London Philharmonic Orchestra Jean Martinon (conductor) Kodály: Dances of Marosszék Annie Fischer (piano) Rott: Symphony in E Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies (conductor) Merula: Su la cetra amorosa Montserrat Figueras (soprano) Jean-Pierre Canihac (cornet) Ton Koopman (harpsichord) Andrew Lawrence King (harp) Rolf Lislevand (guitar) Lorenz Duftschmid (violone) Jordi Savall (viola da gamba) Handel, arr Beecham: Suite - The Origin of Design London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Sousa: On Parade James Burke (cornet) Emmett, arr Gould: Dixie Morton Gould and his Symphonic Band Reznicek: Overture - Donna Diana Orchestra de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire Albert Wolff (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan and Jonathan Swain. Harrison arr Krtika: Here Comes the Sun Wihan Quartet Gershwin arr Wild: Variations on Someone to Watch Over Me Earl Wild (piano) Bizet: Carmen, end Act IV Carmen....Pia Tassinari (soprano) Don José....Franco Corelli (tenor) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI Turin Arturo Basile (conductor) Schubert arr Bream: Duo in A, String Quartet No 9 in Gm D 173 Julian Bream & John Williams (guitar) 11.00am Caplet: Septet for 3 voices & strings Marise Cottavoz (soprano) Natalie Wetchor (soprano) Marguerite Pifteau (mezzo-soprano) Calvet Quartet Louis Aubert (director) 11.15am Rubbra: Symphony No 7 in C Op 88 London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) 11.52am Reger: Ninna-Nanna della Vergine, The Virgin's Lullaby, Op 76 No 52 Claudia Muzio (soprano) Unknown orchestra L Molajoli (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features recordings by Jascha Horenstein and Schumann piano works. J Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - Overture Vienna State Opera Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Schumann: Papillons, Op 2 Alfred Cortot (piano) Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 Lola Bobesco (violin) French National Radio Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Zelenka: Trio Sonata No 6 in Cm Heinz Holliger, Maurice Bourgue (oboe) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Lucio Buccarella (contra-bassoon) Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) Schumann: Variations on the name Abegg, Op 1 Clara Haskil (piano) Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C, Op 21 French National Radio Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features recordings by Jascha Horenstein and Schumann piano works. Zelenka: Fanfare in D Biber: Battalia Innsbruck Trumpet Consort Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini (director) Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 in Gm, Op 40 Earl Wild (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Gretchaninov: Svyétye tikhii (Hail Gladdening Light) from the Liturgy of Holy Week, Op 58 Choir of Clare College Cambridge Timothy Brown (director) Panufnik:Tragic Overture London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Schumann: Kreislerana, Op 16 Annie Fisher (piano) Mozart: Nur ihrem Frieden (Don Giovanni, Act I) Don Ottavio....Anton Demota (tenor) Vienna State Opera Karl Bohm (conductor) Strauss: Metamorphosen French National Radio Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features recordings by Jascha Horenstein, and Schumann piano works. Schumann: Carnaval, Op 9 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Byrd: Prelude & Ground a 5, P29 Fretwork Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Heinrich Rehkemper (baritone) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op 15 Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Simpson: Symphony No 3 London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features recordings by Jascha Horenstein and Schumann piano works. Brahms: Tragic Overture French National Radio Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Schumann: Nachtstucke, Op 23, No 1 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Bruch: Scottish Fantasia, Op 46 David Oistrakh (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Araujo: Los coflades de la estleya Ex Cathedra Jeffrey Skidmore (conductor) Bach, arr Schoenberg: Chorale Prelude 'Komm Gott, Schopfer, Heiliger Geist' Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV 1051 Chamber Orchestra of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) Schumann: Fantasie, Op 17 Wilhelm Kempff (piano). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Haydn: "Erblicke hier, betörter Mensch Dann bricht der große Morgen an!" Die Jahreszeiten, conclusion Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Marlis Petersen (soprano) Werner Güra (tenor) Rias Chamber Choir Freiburg Baroque Orchestra René Jacobs (director) Schumann: Waldszenen, Op 82 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Bruckner: Symphony No 8 London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring Dvorák's Slavonic Dances and Rhapsodies and recordings by Josef Schmidt. Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op 46 Nos. 1* & 2 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra* Antal Dorati (conductor) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Artur Rosdzinski (conductor) Korngold: Gluck, das mir verblied (Die tote Stadt) Massenet Ach! Alles sinkt hinab (Der Cid) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Grosses Opernorchester Otto Dobrindt (conductor) Hummel: Piano Trio in F, Op 22 Trio Parnassus Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op 46 Nos 3 & 4 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Talich (conductor) Donizetti: Una Furtiva Lagrima (L'Elisir d'amore) May - I Hear You Calling Me Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Orchestra Hans May & Harry Acres (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 1 New York Philharmonic Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Tosti: Vorrei morire Leoncavallo - Mattinata Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Staatsoper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op 46 No 5 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsody Op 45, No 1 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karol Sejna (conductor) Verdi: Questo a quella (Rigoletto) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Philharmonic Unknown conductor Verdi: De' miei bollenti spiriti (La Traviata) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Städtische Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Verdi: Di quella pira (Il Trovatore) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berliner Funk-Orchester Rudolf Hindemith (conductor) Lawes: Suite No 2 in Dm from The Royal Consort Sigiswald Kuijken and Lucy van Dael (violin) Wielund Kuijken (bass viol) Toyohiko Satoh (theorbo) Gustav Leonhardt (bass viol/director) Beethoven: Symphony No 4 Cleveland Orchestra George Szell (conductor) Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Op 46, Nos 6 & 7 Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky (piano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karol Sejna (conductor) Legrenzio: Ciampi att Pergolesi - Nina (Siciliana) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Lajos Kiss and his gypsy orchestra Tosti Marechiare Gastaldon: Music prohibita Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Städtische Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Berlioz: Le retour à la vie, Op 14bis (excerpts) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilsen-Thomas (conductor) Dvorák: Slavonic Dance Op 46, No 8 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Otakar Jeremias (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance Op.72, No.1 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Karel Ancerl (conductor) Smetana: The Bartered Bride Komm, mein Söhnchen, auf ein Wort Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Michael Bohnen (bass) Berlin Städtische Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Vivaldi: Concerto grosso RV562a Europa Galante Fabio Biondi (solo violin/director) Halevy: La Juive Rachel, quand du Seignure Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Städtische Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Shostakovich: Symphony No.6 in Bm, Op.54 Kirov Orchestra Valery Gergiev (conductor) Dvorák: Slavonic Dance Op 72, No 2 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) Vivaldi: Concerto in Gm, RV 439, La Notte Scala Philharmonic Orchestra Riccardo Muti (conductor) Tauber: Wesst du, was schon war? Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Orchestra Richard Tauber (conductor) Trad. Tritomba: Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Choir Orchestra Unknown conductor Ballard: Branles de village Göran Söllscher (guitar) Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsody Op 45, No 2 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Bohumil Gregor (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights music by Dvorák, plus works by Reicha, Lehar, Beethoven and Di Capua. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, Nos 5 & 6 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Neumann (conductor) Prague Symphony Orchestra Petr Altrichter (conductor) Reicha: Cello Concerto in A, Op 4, No 1 Emanuel Feuermann (cello) National Orchestra Association Leon Barzin (conductor) Lehar: Land of Smiles - Dein is mein ganzes Herz; Ich trete in ZimmerImmer...nur lächeln; Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Staatsoper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, No 4 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) Beethoven: String Quartet No 14 in C sharp m, Op 131 Juilliard Quartet Di Capua: Meine Sonnel (O sole mio) De Yradier: Die weisse Taube (La paloma) Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Städtische Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Dvorák: Slavonic Rhapsody, Op 45, No 3 London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. May: A Star fell from Heaven Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Orchestra Harry Acres (conductor) Puccini - Tosca - Recondita armonia Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Berlin Städtisches Oper Selmar Meyrowitz (conductor) Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op.72, Nos.3 & 7 Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky (piano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Sejna (conductor) Beethoven: Romance No.2 in F, Op.50 Joself Suk (violin) Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) Knauer: Der Emigrant Marshall - I hear you calling me Buzzi-Peccia Mal d'amore; Lolita Joseph Schmidt (tenor) Orchestra Hans Schleger and Harry Acres (conductor) Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op.39 Prague Chamber Orchestra Reich: Different Trains Kronos Quartet Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Op.20 Hallé Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Dvorak: Slavonic Dance Op.72, No.8 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Vaclav Talich (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan features Handel's Messiah and other sacred works, plus recordings by Fritz Kreisler. Handel: Overture (Messiah, Part I) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Handel: Comfort ye...And the glory of the Lord (Messiah, Part I) Heddle Nash (tenor) Luton Choral Society Special Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Bach: Concerto for two violins, BWV 1043 Fritz Kreisler, Efrem Zimbalist (violin) String Quartet Liszt: Concerto Pathétique Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire (piano) Handel: Silete Venti Elly Ameling (soprano) English Chamber Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) Schumann: Romances, Op 94 Paul Meyer (clarinet) Eric le Sage (piano) Debussy: Cortège et Air de dance (L'Enfant prodigue) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Handel: For unto us a child is born (Messiah, Part 1) Philharmonic Choir Orchestra Charles Kennedy Scott (conductor) Dohnányi: Ruralia hungarica, Op 32c Fritz Kreisler (violin) Carl Lamson (piano). |
| Rob Cowan features Handel's Messiah and other sacred works, plus recordings by Fritz Kreisler. Balfour Gardiner: Shepherd Fennel's Dance The Light Music Society Orchestra Sir Vivian Dunn (conductor) Handel: Pastoral Symphony; There were shepherds...Rejoice greatly (Messiah, Pt I) Judith Blegen (soprano) Musica Sacra Richard Westenburg (conductor) Handel: He shall feed his flock (Messiah, Pt I) Clara Butt (contralto) Granados: Valses poéticos Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op 61 Fritz Kreisler (violin) Berlin State Opera Orchestra Leo Blech (conductor) Krommer: Partita in F, Op 73 Ensemble Philidor Handel: My heart is inditing, HWV 261 Choir of Westminster Abbey The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (organ) Simon Preston (conductor) Haydn: Austrian Imperial Hymn Fritz Kreisler (violin). |
| Rob Cowan features Handel's Messiah and other sacred works, plus recordings by Fritz Kreisler. Handel: He was despised (Messiah, Pt II) Janet Baker (contralto) English Chamber Orchestra Charles Mackerras (conductor) Gershwin: It ain't necessarily so; Tempo di blues Jascha Heifetz (violin) Emanuel Bay (piano) Kreisler: String Quartet in Am Fritz Kreisler, Thomas Petre (violin) William Primrose (viola) Lauri Kennedy (cello) Gould: Interplay Morton Gould and his Orchestra Strauss: Serenade in E flat, Op 7 Eastman Wind Ensemble Frederick Fennell (conductor) Handel: Dixit Dominus Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall (soprano) Charles Brett, John Angelo Messana (countertenor) Richard Morton, Alastair Thompson (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (bass) Nicholas Kraemer (harpsichord) Malcolm Hicks (organ) Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Berlin: Blue Skies Fritz Kreisler (violin) Carl Lamson (piano). |
| Rob Cowan features Handel's Messiah and other sacred works, plus recordings by Fritz Kreisler. Bach: Adagio (Sonata in Gm) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Handel: Nisi Dominus Christopher Royall (counter-tenor) Paul Elliott (tenor) Maurice Bevan (baritone) Deller Consort & Choir The King's Musick Mark Deller (conductor) Reich: Six Marimbas The Manhattan Marimba Quartet Steve Reich and Musicians Handel: Zadok the Priest The Coronation Choir & Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Debussy, orch. Caplet: La Boite à Joujoux Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Handel: Lift Up Your Heads...Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (Messiah, Part II) Lynn Dawson (soprano) Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass) Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski (conductor) Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in Em, Op 64 Fritz Kreisler (violin) Berlin State Opera Orchestra Leo Blech (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan features Handel's Messiah and other sacred works, plus recordings by Fritz Kreisler. Handel: Thou Shalt Break Them (Messiah, Part II) John Harrison (tenor) Queen's Hall Players Handel: Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah, Part II) Royal Choral Society Royal Albert Hall Orchestra Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Sibelius: At the Castle Gate; Pastorale; Entr'acte; Mélisande's Death (Pelléas et Mélisande suite, Op 46) Finlandia Sinfonietta Otto Kamu (conductor) Beethoven: Sonata for violin and piano in D, Op 12, No 1 Fritz Kreisler (violin) Franz Rupp (piano) Teike: Old Comrades Eastman Wind Ensemble Frederick Fennell (conductor) Handel: Laudate Pueri (Carmelite Vespers 1707) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Taverner Choir Taverner Players Andrew Parrott (conductor) Tchaikovsky, arr Kreisler: Canzonetta (Violin Concerto, Op 35) Fritz Kreisler (violin) Carl Lamson (piano) Dvorák: Serenade in Dm, Op 44 Marlboro Festival Wind Ensemble Marcel Moyse (conductor) Kreisler: Le Precieuse in the style of Couperin; Chanson Louis XIII & Pavane in the style of Couperin Wever arr. Kreisler: Larghetto Fritz Kreisler (violin) Michael Raucheisen (piano) Handel: Messiah - conclusion (sung in German) Franz Crass (bass) Marga Hoeffgen (alto) Munich Bach Choir Munich Bach Orchestra Karl Richter (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot. Debussy: Children's Corner Suite Alfred Cortot (piano) Martinon: Violin Concerto No 2, Op 51 Henryk Szeryng (violin) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) Liszt: Psalm XIII Walter Midgley (tenor) Beecham Choral Society Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Chopin: Sonata No 2 in B flat, Op 35 Alfred Cortot (piano) Bach-Malloch: The Art of Fuguing (Movements 8, 19-21) Orchestra California Boys' Choir Lukas Foss (conductor) Bach, arr. Cortot: Arioso from Concerto in Fm Alfred Cortot (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot. Ravel: Sonatine Alfred Cortot (piano) Marchand: Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux (Pièces d'Orgue - Book 3) Gillian Weir (organ) Purcell, arr Henderson: Air Alfred Cortot (piano) Viotti: Violin Concerto No 22 in Am Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Concertgebouw Orchestra Edo de Waart (conductor) Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op 48 Charles Panzéra (baritone) Alfred Cortot (piano) Furtwangler: Symphonic Concerto in Bm - Adagio solemne Edwin Fischer (piano) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Liszt: Sonata in Bm Alfred Cortot (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot. Schubert: Rosamunde Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Kletzki (conductor) Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op 28 Alfred Cortot (piano) Handel: The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 258 Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Albeniz: Malagueña, Op 71, No 6 Alfred Cortot (piano) Kletzki: Symphony No 3 - In memoriam Norrköping Symphony Orchestra Thomas Sanderling (conductor) Chopin: Nocturne in E flat, Op 9, No 2 Alfred Cortot (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot. Bach (after Vivaldi), arr Cortot: Organ Concerto in Dm, BWV 596 Alfred Cortot (piano) Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo) Kurt Equiluz, Werner Hollweg (tenor) Concentus Musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No 4 in Cm, Op 44 Alfred Cortot (piano) Orchestra Charles Munch (conductor) Ravel: La Valse Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch (conductor) Chopin: Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 Alfred Cortot (piano) Kubelik: Orphikon Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights conductors as composers, and recordings by Alfred Cortot. Handel: Air and Variations - The Harmonious Blacksmith Alfred Cortot (piano) Handel: Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6, No 5 Handel & Haydn Society Christopher Hogwood (conductor) Franck: Prelude, Aria and Finale Alfred Cortot (piano) Verdi: Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza del Destino) Richard Tucker (tenor) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Emil Cooper (conductor) Chopin: Concerto No 2 in Fm, Op 21 Alfred Cortot (piano) Orchestra John Barbirolli (conductor) Dorati: Symphony No 1 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorati (conductor) Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op 12, No 1 - Des Abends Alfred Cortot (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain features vocal music by Ravel and recordings by Josef Krips. Gounod: Salut, demeure (Faust, Act III) Helge Roswaenge (tenor) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 94 in G Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Deux Mélodies Hébraïques Madeleine Grey (soprano) Maurice Ravel (piano) Mozart: Don Giovanni - Act I (excerpt) Don Giovanni....Cesare Siepi (bass) Donna Anna....Suzanne Danco (soprano) Donna Elvira....Lisa dalla Casa (soprano) Don Ottavio....Anton Dermota (tenor) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Suk: Six Piano Pieces, Op 7 Pavel Stepan (piano) Ravel: Ballade de la reine morte d'aimer; Manteau de fleurs; Rêves Mady Mesplé (soprano) Dalton Baldwin (piano) Stravinsky: Firebird Suite Philharmonia Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Trois beaux oiseaux de Paradis Elly Ameling (soprano) Rudolf Jansen (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain features vocal music by Ravel and recordings by Josef Krips. Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Pierre Bernac (baritone) Francis Poulenc (piano) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 London Symphony Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé Felicity Palmer (soprano) Nash Ensemble Simon Rattle (conductor) Schoenberg: Three Piano Pieces, Op 11 Claudio Arrau (piano) Hoffstetter: String Quartet in F Vegh Quartet Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - Death of Boris Raphäel Arié (bass) London Symphony Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Humphrey Searle: Symphony No 2, Op 33 London Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée Martial Singher (baritone) Unnamed Orchestra Piero Coppola (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features vocal music by Ravel and recordings by Josef Krips. Ravel: L'Aurore Marc Duguay (tenor) Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris-Sorbonne Jacques Grimbert (conductor) J Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen Waltz, Op 410 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) R Strauss: Salome - closing scene Inge Borkh (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Gliere: The Red Poppy Suite Vienna State Opera Orchestra Hermann Scherchen (conductor) Ravel: Cinq mélodies populaires greques Pierrette Alarie (soprano) Allan Rogers (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, D944 London Symphony Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain features vocal music by Ravel and recordings by Josef Krips. Ravel: Shéhérazade Suzanne Danco (soprano) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Ancerl (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in Cm, K491 Clifford Curzon (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Schubert: String Trio in B flat, D581 Grumiaux Trio Ravel: Chansons madécasses Gérard Souzay (baritone) Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) Robert Cordier (cello) Dalton Baldwin (piano) Schumann: Symphony No 4 in Dm, Op 120 London Symphony Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Gerald Moore (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain features vocal music by Ravel and recordings by Josef Krips. Stradella:Sonata for Trumpet and Two String Orchestras Roger Voisin (trumpet) Kapp Sinfonietta Ravel: Histoires naturelles - Nos 1,2 & 4 Jane Bathori (soprano/piano) Ravel: Histoires naturelles - Nos 3 & 5 Jan de Gaetani (soprano) Gilbert Kalish (piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Ravel: Chants populaires Felicity Lott (soprano) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) Gabriel Bacquier, José van Dam (baritone) Dalton Baldwin (piano) Seiber/Dankworth: Improvisations for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra John Dankworth Band London Philharmonic Orchestra Hugo Rignold (conductor) Smetana:Dalibor - Act II conclusion Dalibor....Ludovico Spiess (tenor) Milada....Leonie Rysanek-Gausmann (soprano) Vienna State Opera Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and recordings by the Griller Quartet. Buxtehude: Toccata in F, BuxWV 157 Finn Viderø (organ) Mozart: Concerto in E flat, K271, Jeunehomme Andreas Staier (fortepiano) Concerto Köln Sullivan, arr Mackerras: Pineapple Poll (excerpts) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) Buxtehude: Nun lob mein Seel den Herren, BuxWV 213 Alf Linder (organ) Praeludium in Am, BuxWV 153 Walter Kraft (organ) Bliss: Clarinet Quintet Frederick Thurston (clarinet) Griller Quartet Buxtehude: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223 Carl Weinrich (organ). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and recordings by the Griller Quartet. Buxtehude: Praeludium in Gm, BuxWV 149 E Power Biggs (organ) Respighi:Laude per la natività del Signore Marie Gibson, Marilyn Horne (soprano) Charles Bressler (tenor) Roger Wagner Chorale Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Alfred Wallenstein (conductor) Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203 Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Mozart: String Quintet in Gm, K516 Griller Quartet Max Gilbert (viola II) Buxtehude: Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 204; Praeludium in B flat, BuxWV 154; Nun lob mein Seel den Herren, BuxWV 214 & 215 Michel Chapuis (organ) Ferguson: Octet, Op 4 Pauline Juler (clarinet) Dennis Brain (horn) Cecil James (bassoon) James Edward Merrett (double-bass) Griller Quartet Buxtehude: Praeludium in Em, BuxWV 142 Helmut Walcha (organ). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and recordings by the Griller Quartet. Buxtehude: Ach, Herr, mein armen Sünder, BuxWV 178; Praeludium in D, BuxWV 139 Peter Hurford (organ) Haydn: String Quartet in C, Op 33, No 3 - The Bird Griller Quartet Buxtehude: 32 partite on the aria La capricciosa, BuxWV 250 Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord) Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad (excerpt) James Cameron (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) Mozart: Concerto in Dm, K466 John Gibbons (fortepiano) Orchestra of the XVIIIth Century Frans Brüggen (conductor) Buxtehude: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BuxWV 189 Passacaglia in Dm, BuxWV 161 Nicholas Danby (organ). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and recordings by the Griller Quartet. Buxtehude: Praeludium in C, BuxWV 137 Ton Koopman (organ) Bruckner: Te Deum Karita Mattila (soprano) Susanne Mentzer (mezzo-soprano) Vinson Cole (tenor) Robert Holl (bass) Bavarian Radio Choir Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink Buxtehude: Te Deum laudamus, BuxWV 218 Kristian Olesen (organ) Beethoven: Quartet in Am, Op 132 Griller Quartet Buxtehude: Nun lob mein Seel den Herren, BuxWV 212; Canzonetta in G, BuxWV 171 Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (organ) Praeludium in Em, BuxWV 143 Enzio Forsblom (organ) Schubert: Die Winterreise, D911 - (xvii) Im Dorfe Heinrich Schlusnus (baritone) Sebastian Peschko (piano) Schumann: Liederkreis, Op 39, (x) Zwielicht Friedrich Schorr (baritone) Fritz Kitzinger (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts keyboard music by Dietrich Buxtehude and recordings by the Griller Quartet. Buxtehude: Praeludium in Gm, BuxWV 163 Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord) Sibelius: Incidental music for King Christian II, Op 27 - Suite Scottish National Orchestra Sir Alexander Gibson (conductor) Buxtehude: Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179; Fuga in C, BuxWV 174 Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord) Buxtehude, orch Chávez: Ciacona in Em, BuxWV 160 Trad. Mexican, arr Gerónimo Foster: Huapango Orchestra of American and Mexican musicians Carlos Chávez (conductor) Bloch: String Quartet No 1 Griller Quartet. |
| Jonathan Swain with Violin Sonatas by Brahms and Schumann, and Benjamin Britten as pianist and conductor. Trad Balinese, transcr. McPhee, Tabú Telú Colin McPhee, Benjamin Britten (piano) Trad, arr Britten: The Ash Grove Peter Pears (tenor) Benjamin Britten (piano) Trad, arr Grainger: Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow Viola Tunnard, Benjamin Britten (piano) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 1 in Am, Op 105 Henryk Szeryng (violin) Gary Graffman (piano) Mozart: Concerto in A, K414 Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra Benjamin Britten (director/piano) Gordon Jacob: Clarinet Quintet in Gm Aeolian Quartet Thea King (clarinet) Haydn: Concerto in C Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrushka Grigory Sokolov (piano) Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C, Op 48 English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 2 in Dm, Op 121 Dora Schwarzberg (violin) Martha Argerich (piano) Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in Cm, K546 English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Strauss: Es gibt ein Reich (Ariadne auf Naxos) Lisa della Casa (soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor) Bridge: Phantasie Piano Quartet in F sharp m Members of Amadeus Quartet Benjamin Britten (piano). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV 1049 Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Richard Adeney, Norman Knight (flute) Philip Ledger (harpsichord) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Brahms: Violin Sonata No 1 in G, Op 78 Oleg Kagan (violin) Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Schubert: Symphony No 8 in Bm, D759 - Unfinished English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Bridge: The Dew Fairy Elgar: In Smyrna Bridge: Heart's Ease Stephen Hough (piano) Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38, Part II The Angel....Yvonne Minton (soprano) Gerontius....Peter Pears (tenor) London Symphony Chorus Choir of King's College, Cambridge London Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Bridge, Sir Roger de Coverley: English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Grainger Shallow Brown; The Duke of Marlborough fanfare John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Binchois: Filles à marier Encina: Oy comamos Merulo: Claudio Canzon I Gervaise: Bransles (Troisième livre de danceries) Piffaro Joan Kimball & Robert Wiemken (directors) Mozart: Concerto in B flat, K595 Clifford Curzon (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Brahms: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 100 Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Schubert: Der Wanderer D649 Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583 An die Freunde D654 Freiwilliges Versinken D700 Fischerweise D881 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Benjamin Britten (piano) Bacewicz: Piano Sonata No 2 Krystian Zimerman (piano). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen Heather Harper (soprano) Thea King (clarinet) Benjamin Britten (piano) Martinu: Symphony No 5 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Anerl (conductor) Falla: El amor brujo Anna Reynolds (mezzo-soprano) Steuart Bedford (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Brahms: Violin Sonata No 3 in Dm, Op 108 Joseph Szigeti (violin) Egon Petri (piano) Arne: Come Away Death Quilter: O Mistress Mine; Fear No More the Heat of the Sun Warlock: Take, O Take Those Lips Away Tippett: Come Unto These Yellow Sands. |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring JC Bach's orchestral music and performances by Géza Anda. Delibes arr. Dohnányi: Valse lente, Coppelia Géza Anda (piano) JC Bach: Symphony in B flat, Op 18, No 2 New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Willem Mengelberg (conductor) Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 83 Géza Anda Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Otto Klemperer (conductor) JC Bach: Symphony in E flat Op 18, No 1 Vienna Symphony Orchestra Paul Sacher (conductor) Chopin: Etudes Op 25, No 1 in A flat; No 7 in C sharp m Rachmaninov: Preludes in G Op 32, No 5; in Gm, Op 23, No 5 Géza Anda (piano) JC Bach Concerto in E flat Op 7, No 5 Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) Vienna Symphony Orchestra Paul Sacher (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring JC Bach's orchestral music and performances by Géza Anda. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15 Géza Anda (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera (conductor) Beethoven: Oh! Would I were but that sweet Linnet, WoO 154, No 9 Haydn: Ar hyd y (sung in German) JC Bach: Ah! lamenta, o bella Irene Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Gerald Moore (piano) JC Bach: Symphony in Gm, Op 6, No 6 Saar Chamber Orchestra Karl Ristenpart (conductor) JC Bach: Symphony in D, Op 18, No 3 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Bartók: Piano Concerto No 2 Géza Anda (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Ernest Bour (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring JC Bach's orchestral music and performances by Géza Anda. JC Bach: Symphony in D, Op 18, No 4 Concertgebouw Orchestra Eduard van Beinum (conductor) Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op 117 Géza Anda (piano) Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op 32 Stadium Symphony Orchestra of New York Leopold Stokowski (conductor) attrib. JC Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A George Malcolm (harpsichord) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Neville Marriner (director/violin) Beethoven: 33 Variations in C on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op 120 Géza Anda (piano). |
| With Rob Cowan. JC Bach: Temistocle - Overture New Philharmonia Orchestra Raymond Leppard (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto in E flat, K365 Géza Anda, Clara Haskil (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera (conductor) JS Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Part II, conclusion) Karl Erb (tenor) Jo Vincent (soprano) Ilona Durigo (contralto) Louis van Tulder (tenor) Herman Schey (bass) Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir Zanglust Boys' Choir Concertgebouw Orchestra Willem Mengelberg (conductor) JC Bach: Symphony in F, Op 3, No 5 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner (director/violin) Schumann: Fantasie, Op 17 Géza Anda (piano) JC Bach: Symphony, Op 18, No 6, in D Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Karl Münchinger (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. JC Bach: Symphony, Op 9, No 1, in B flat Netherlands Chamber Orchestra David Zinman (conductor) JC Bach: Der Weise auf dem Lande; Mezendore Markus Schäfer (tenor) Ludger Rémy (fortepiano) Mozart: Piano Concerto No 18 in B flat, K456 Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum Géza Anda (director/piano) Gubaidulina: The Way to Golgotha (St John Passion) Gennady Bezzubenkov (bass) Fyodor Mozhayev (baritone) St Petersburg Chamber Choir Choir & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev (conductor) Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op 16 Géza Anda (piano) JC Bach: Sinfonia concertante in A Stephan Schardt (violin) Joachim Fiedler (cello) Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhard Goebel (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Debussy: Première Rhapsody for clarinet and piano Reginald Kell (clarinet) Joel Rosen (piano) Schubert: Mass No 2 in G, D167 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) David Gordon (tenor) William Stone (baritone) Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw (conductor) Brahms: Six Piano Pieces, Op 118 Radu Lupu (piano) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Chamber Orchestra Kreisler: Leibesfreud Reginald Kell (clarinet) Salvatore Camarata & his Orchestra Schubert: Tantum ergo in E flat, D962 Barbara Bonney (soprano) Dalia Schaechter (alto) Jorge Antonio Pita (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado (conductor) Schubert: Psalm - Gott ist mein Hirt Brigitte Poschner, Barbara Bonney (soprano) Dalia Schaechter, Margareta Hintermeier (alto) The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado (conductor) Milhaud: Suite, Op 157b Melvin Ritter (violin) Reginald Kell (clarinet) Joel Rosen (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Mozart/M Haydn: Symphony No 37 in G, K444/K425a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings in Bm, Op 115 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Fine Arts String Quartet Erlebach: Ouverture No 4 (from 6 Ouvertures of 1693) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Schubert: Stabat Mater, D383 Helen Donath (soprano) Josef Protschka (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass) Bavarian Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Stravinsky: 3 pieces for solo clarinet Reginald Kell (clarinet). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Weber: Concertino for clarinet & orchestra in Cm Reginald Kell (clarinet) unknown orchestra Walter Goehr (conductor) Schubert: Mass No 4 in C, D452 Thomas Puchegger (boy soprano) Belà Fischer (boy alto) Jörg Hering (tenor) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Vienna Boys' Choir Chorus Viennensis Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bruno Weil (conductor) Rands: Ritornello (No 6 of Madrigali after Monteverdi/Berio) Kiev Camerata Virko Baley (conductor) Saint-Saëns: Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat, Op 167 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Novák: Slovak Suite, Op 32 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Václav Talich (conductor) Schubert: Lazarus, D689, Wo bin ich? (Episode II) Simon....Martin Egel (baritone) New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor) Schubert: Lazarus, D689, Sanft und still schläft unser Freund (Episode II) Choir of Radio France New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Corelli, transcribed Kell: Giga (Recorder Sonata in C, Op 5, No 9) Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Lyapunov: Polonaise, Op 16 USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Stravinsky: Movements for piano and orchestra Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Orchestra of the Moscow State Conservatoire Yuri Nikolayevsky (conductor) Mozart: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in A, K622 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Zimbler Sinfonietta German: Prelude - Romeo and Juliet BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) Schubert: Mass No 5 in A flat, D678 Donna Brown (soprano) Monica Groop (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Michael Volle (bass) Oregon Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra Helmuth Rilling (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Gluck: Don Juan (Act IV, excerpts) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Simon Preston (harpsichord) Neville Marriner (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Schubert: Mass No 6 in E flat, D950 Karita Mattila (soprano) Marjana Lipovsek (alto) Jerry Hadley, Jorge Pita (tenor) Robert Holl (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) Brahms: Trio in Am, Op 114 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Anthony Pini (cello) Louis Kentner (piano) Debussy: Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano). |
| Rob Cowan presents Mozart symphonies and recordings by Egon Petri. Chopin: Waltz in A flat, Op 42 Egon Petri (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 25 in Gm, K183 English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Sonata in F sharp, Op 78 Egon Petri (piano) Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in Dm, RV 454 Thomas Indermühle (oboe) English Chamber Orchestra Simon Preston (director) Debussy: La Damoiselle élue Bidú Sayão (soprano) Rosalind Nadell (contralto) Women's Chorus of The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Franck: Prelude, choral and fugue Egon Petri (piano) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 in Gm, Op 63 Vadim Repin (violin) Hallé Orchestra Kent Nagano (conductor) Bach/Busoni: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 Egon Petri (piano). |
| Rob Cowan presents Mozart symphonies and recordings by Egon Petri. Verdi: Ella mi fu rapita...Parmi veder (Rigoletto, Act II) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Munich Radio Orchestra Marcello Viotti (conductor) Verdi, transcr Liszt: Paraphrase on Rigoletto Egon Petri (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 31 in D, K297 Orchestre de Chambre Fernand Oubradous Fernand Oubradous (conductor) Ibert: Trois pieces brèves Dennis Brain Wind Quintet Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Cavalleria Rusticana) Amy Shuard (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Edward Downes (conductor) Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Handel, Op 24 Egon Petri (piano) Ferrandini, attrib Handel: Il pianto di Maria - Giunta l'ora fatal, HWV 234 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) Musica Antiqua Köln Reinhard Goebel (conductor) Schubert, arr Tausig: Andante & Variations in Bm Egon Petri (piano). |
| Rob Cowan presents Mozart symphonies and recordings by Egon Petri. Bach/Busoni: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645; Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein, BWV 734a Egon Petri (piano) Janácek: Four Moravian Male Voice Choruses Prague Philharmonic Choir Josef Veselka (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 33 in B flat, K319 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra István Kertész (conductor) Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, Op 37 Jascha Heifetz (violin) New Symphony Orchestra of London Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Liszt: La Chasse (Grande Etudes de Paganini No 5 in E, S141); Gnomenreigen (Etude de concert, S145/2); La ricordanza (Etude d'exécution transcendante No 9 in A flat, S139) Egon Petri (piano) Bach: Es ist vollbracht!...Mein teurer Heiland (St John Passion, Part II) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Cornelius Hauptmann (bass) Evangelist....Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor) Richard Campbell (viola da gamba) The Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Busoni: Fantasia after JS Bach Egon Petri (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D, K385, Haffner Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan presents Mozart symphonies and recordings by Egon Petri. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 32 in Cm, Op 111 Egon Petri (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543 Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum Sándor Végh (conductor) Busoni: An die Jugend No 3 - Giga, Bolero & Variations after Mozart Egon Petri (piano) Schmidt: Symphony No 3 in A MDR Symphony Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor) Gluck-Sgambati: Mélodie (Orphée et Eurydice) Egon Petri (piano). |
| Rob Cowan presents Mozart symphonies and recordings by Egon Petri. Schubert, arr Liszt: Die Forelle; Auf dem Wasser zu singen; Liebesbotschaft Egon Petri (piano) Puccini: Mi chiamano Mimi...O soave fanciulla (La Bohème, Act I) Mimi....Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Rodolfo....Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome Tullio Serafin (conductor) Wagner, arr Liszt: Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman) Egon Petri (piano) Prokofiev: Symphony No 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Gounod, arr Liszt: Valse from Faust Egon Petri (piano) Mozart: Symphony No 41 in C, K551 - Jupiter Concertgebouw Orchestra George Szell (conductor) Schubert, arr Liszt: Der Lindenbaum; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Soirée de Vienne No 6 - Valse caprice Egon Petri (piano). |
| Featuring Mozart symphonies and recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Vivaldi: Concerto in D, RV 549, Op 3, No 1 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner (conductor) Desprez:Tu solus qui facis mirabilia; Ave Maria, virgo serena Pro Cantione Antiqua Tölz Boys' Choir Collegium Aureum Hamburger Bläserkreis für alte Musik Bruno Turner Mozart: Symphony No 29 in A, K201 Dresden Staatskapelle Karl Böhm (conductor) Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis - Introitus; Kyrie; Graduale Pro Cantione Antiqua Hamburger Bläserkreis für alte Musik Bruno Turner (conductor) Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op 66 (excerpts) London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor) Parsley: Lamentations Pro Cantione Antiqua Bruno Turner (conductor) Weir: Piano Concerto William Howard (piano) Schubert Ensemble. |
| Featuring Mozart symphonies and recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Mozart: Symphony No 32 in G, K318 Prague Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) Dowland:Second Booke of Songes or Ayres (excerpts) Pro Cantione Antiqua Christopher Wilson (lute) William Hunt (viola da gamba) Ian Partridge (director/tenor) Schubert: Sonata in Am, D845 Andreas Staier (fortepiano) Schutz: Hodie Christus natus est; Fili mi Absalon Pro Cantione Antiqua London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Ian Gammie (violone) Alan Cuckston (organ) Edgar Fleet (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 34 in C, K338 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Orchestra of the XVIIIth Century Frans Brüggen (conductor) Thomas Ravenscroft: Yonder Comes a Courteous Knight; I Cannot Come Every Day; Give Us Once a Drink Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor). |
| Featuring Mozart symphonies and recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Bach: Suite No 3 in D, BWV 1068 Boston Early Music Soloists William Malloch (conductor) Lassus: Second Lamentation for Holy Saturday; Aurora lucis rutilat Pro Cantione Antiqua Bruno Turner (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 36 in C, K425, Linz Columbia Symphony Orchestra Bruno Walter (conductor) Estêvão de Brito: Lamentations of Jeremiah Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner (conductor) Tallis: O sacrum convivium; Spem in alium Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor). |
| Featuring Mozart symphonies and recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D, K504, Prague Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (speaker/conductor) Pearsall: The Waters of Elle Sir John Frederick Bridge: The Goslings; Two Snails Elgar: As Torrents in Summer Sullivan: The Long Day Closes Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor) Kay: Western Symphony new york city ballet Theatre Orchestra Leon Barzin (conductor) Anon: Medieval Christmas motets, songs and carols Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor) Bach, arr. Busoni: Prelude and Fugue in E flat (St Anne), BWV 552 Edwin Fischer (piano) Palestrina: Lamentations of Jeremiah (excerpt) Pro Cantione Antiqua Bruno Turner (conductor). |
| Featuring Mozart symphonies and recordings by Pro Cantione Antiqua. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Villa-Lobos: The Little Train of Caipira (Bachiana Brasileira No 2) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Eugene Goossens (conductor) Taverner: Magnificat for four voices; Audivi vocem Pro Cantione Antiqua Mark Brown (conductor) Beethoven: Quintet in C, Op 29 Vienna String Sextet Byrd: Ne irascaris, Domine; Ave verum corpus Pro Cantione Antiqua Bruno Turner (conductor) Mozart: Symphony No 40 in Gm, K550 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) Salamone Rossi: The Songs of Solomon (excerpts) Pro Cantione Antiqua Sidney Fixman (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain presents the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, and recordings by pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Granados: Goyescas - Los requiebros; Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 160 & 36 Russell Oberlin (countertenor/bells) Joseph Iadone (lute) Cantigas de Santa María - Prologue; Nos 139 & 166 New York Pro Musica Noah Greenberg (director) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat, K207 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Monica Huggett (violin) Albeniz: Iberia - Rondeña; El Albaicín Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Arriaga: Quartet No 3 in E flat Sine Nomine Quartet Cantigas de Santa María Nos 10 & 100 Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano) Cantiga de Santa María No 103 Studio der frühen Musik Thomas Binkley (director) Soler: Sonata No 84 in D; Sonata No 89 in F Alicia de Larrocha (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain presents more of the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, and further recordings by pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Ernesto Halffter: Danza de la Pastora Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Canción del labrador; Copla castellana Joaquín Turina: Zapateado, Op 8, No 3 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) José Pons: Symphony in G Concerto Köln Cantigas de Santa María Nos 73, 30, 37, 340 & 303 Pilar Figueras (soprano) Djamchid Chemirani (zarb) Clemencic Consort René Clemencic (director) Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Sergiu Commissiona (conductor) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 260 & 181 Joaquim Proubasta (bass) Montserrat Figueras (soprano) Mediaeval Ensemble of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Thomas Binkley (director) Mozart: Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417 Peter Damm (horn) Dresden Staatskapelle Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, Op 54 Alicia de Larrocha (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain presents more of the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, and further recordings by pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Albeniz: Iberia - Almería; Eritaña Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 52, 90 & 370 Equidad Bares, Hayet Ayad (voice) Camerata Mediterranea Joel Cohen (director/lute) Abdelkrim Rais Andalusian Orchestra of Fès Mohammed Briouel (director/violin/viola) Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K364 David & Igor Oistrakh (violin) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Kirill Kondrashin (conductor) Falla: Fantasía bética Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Suite, arr Hervé Bertaux from Cantigas de Santa María Nos 29, 216 & 159 La Compagnie Médiévale Beethoven: Bagatelles Op 33 Alicia de Larrocha (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain presents more of the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, and further recordings by pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Scarlatti: Sonatas in G, K13; Cm, K11; E, K28 Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 120, 194 & 193 Sequentia John Bagby (director/voice) Barbara Thornton (director/voice) Mozart: Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495 Hermann Baumann (horn) Vienna Concentus Musicus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director/cello) Cantiga de Santa María No 209 Montserrat Figueras (soprano) Capella Reial de Catalunya Hespèrion XX Jordi Savall (director) Albeniz: Iberia - Evocación; El Corpus Christi en Sevilla Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 206 & 213 Ensemble Unicorn, Vienna Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26 Alicia de Larrocha (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain with the last in a series of medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria, and recordings by pianist Alicia de Larrocha. Montsalvatge: Sonatina para Yvette Alicia de Larrocha (piano) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 2 in D, K211 Gidon Kremer (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 100 & 42 Cesar Carazo (tenor) Group for Early Music Eduardo Paniagua (director) Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Alicia de Larrocha (piano) St Louis Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) Cantigas de Santa María Nos 207 & 42 Dufay Collective Cantigas de Santa María Nos 198 & 231 Theatre of Voices Paul Hillier (director) Cantiga de Santa María No 406 Micrologus Granados: Goyescas - El amor y la muerte: Balada Mompou Prelude No 7 - Fireworks Cántigas de Alfonso X (Cançons i danses No 10) Alicia de Larrocha (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Debussy: Première Rhapsody for clarinet and piano Reginald Kell (clarinet) Joel Rosen (piano) Schubert: Mass No 2 in G, D167 Dawn Upshaw (soprano) David Gordon (tenor) William Stone (baritone) Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Robert Shaw (conductor) Brahms: Six Piano Pieces, Op 118 Radu Lupu (piano) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Chamber Orchestra Kreisler: Leibesfreud Reginald Kell (clarinet) Salvatore Camarata & his Orchestra Schubert: Tantum ergo in E flat, D962 Barbara Bonney (soprano) Dalia Schaechter (alto) Jorge Antonio Pita (tenor) Andreas Schmidt (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado (conductor) Schubert: Psalm - Gott ist mein Hirt Brigitte Poschner, Barbara Bonney (soprano) Dalia Schaechter, Margareta Hintermeier (alto) The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Claudio Abbado (conductor) Milhaud: Suite, Op 157b Melvin Ritter (violin) Reginald Kell (clarinet) Joel Rosen (piano). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Mozart/M Haydn: Symphony No 37 in G, K444/K425a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Brahms: Quintet for clarinet and strings in Bm, Op 115 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Fine Arts String Quartet Erlebach: Ouverture No 4 (from 6 Ouvertures of 1693) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Schubert: Stabat Mater, D383 Helen Donath (soprano) Josef Protschka (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass) Bavarian Radio Choir & Symphony Orchestra Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Stravinsky: 3 pieces for solo clarinet Reginald Kell (clarinet). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Weber: Concertino for clarinet & orchestra in Cm Reginald Kell (clarinet) unknown orchestra Walter Goehr (conductor) Schubert: Mass No 4 in C, D452 Thomas Puchegger (boy soprano) Belà Fischer (boy alto) Jörg Hering (tenor) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Vienna Boys' Choir Chorus Viennensis Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Bruno Weil (conductor) Rands: Ritornello (No 6 of Madrigali after Monteverdi/Berio) Kiev Camerata Virko Baley (conductor) Saint-Saëns: Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat, Op 167 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Novák: Slovak Suite, Op 32 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Václav Talich (conductor) Schubert: Lazarus, D689, Wo bin ich? (Episode II) Simon....Martin Egel (baritone) New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor) Schubert: Lazarus, D689, Sanft und still schläft unser Freund (Episode II) Choir of Radio France New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Corelli, transcribed Kell: Giga (Recorder Sonata in C, Op 5, No 9) Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Lyapunov: Polonaise, Op 16 USSR Academic Symphony Orchestra Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor) Stravinsky: Movements for piano and orchestra Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Orchestra of the Moscow State Conservatoire Yuri Nikolayevsky (conductor) Mozart: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in A, K622 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Zimbler Sinfonietta German: Prelude - Romeo and Juliet BBC Concert Orchestra John Wilson (conductor) Schubert: Mass No 5 in A flat, D678 Donna Brown (soprano) Monica Groop (alto) James Taylor (tenor) Michael Volle (bass) Oregon Bach Festival Choir & Orchestra Helmuth Rilling (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert sacred choral music and recordings by Reginald Kell. Gluck: Don Juan (Act IV, excerpts) Academy of St Martin in the Fields Simon Preston (harpsichord) Neville Marriner (conductor) Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano) Schubert: Mass No 6 in E flat, D950 Karita Mattila (soprano) Marjana Lipovsek (alto) Jerry Hadley, Jorge Pita (tenor) Robert Holl (bass) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor) Brahms: Trio in Am, Op 114 Reginald Kell (clarinet) Anthony Pini (cello) Louis Kentner (piano) Debussy: Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba Reginald Kell (clarinet) Brooks Smith (piano). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Debussy: Marche écossaise; Danse (orch. Ravel) NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Vivaldi: Serenata La ninfa e il pastore, RV 690 (extract) Grete Rapisardi Savio, Silvana Zanolli (soprano) Amilcare Blaffard (tenor) Milan Chamber Orchestra Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447 Alan Civil (horn) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Rudolf Kempe (conductor) Monteverdi: Madrigals - Vago augelletto (Book VIII); Lettera amorosa (Book VII); Cor mio non mori? (Book IV) Claudia Carbi (soprano) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: La mer BBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Palestrina: Magnificat Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien - symphonic fragments London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Debussy: Rhapsody Sigurd Rascher (saxophone) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda Narrator....Laerte Malaguti (tenor) Tancredi....Rodolfo Malacarne (tenor) Clorinda....Luciana Ticinelli-Fattori (soprano) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 3 in G, K216 Arthur Grumiaux (violin) London Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis (conductor) Anon: Medieval Italian Lauds from the Laudario di Cortona Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: (Composite performance) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux (conductor) Detroit Symphony Orchestra Paul Paray (conductor) Boston Symphony Orchestra Charles Munch (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Rossini: Péchés de ma vieillesse - Choeur funèbre pour Meyerbeer; Les gondoliers Società Cameristica di Lugano Luciano Sgrizzi (piano) Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in B flat, K297b Walter Lehmayer (oboe) Peter Schmidl (clarinet) Günther Högner (horn) Fritz Faltl (bassoon) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Karl Böhm (conductor) Monteverdi: Con ché soavità; Tirsi e Clori, ballo (Madrigals Book VII) Cettina Cadelo (soprano) Clori....Luciana Ticinelli-Fattori (soprano) Tirsi....Laerte Malaguti (tenor) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Fantasy Walter Gieseking (piano) Concertgebouw Orchestra Willem Mengelberg (conductor) Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle (excerpts) Luciano Sgrizzi, Georges Bernand (piano) Bruno Canino (harmonium) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy, orch. Rudolf Escher: Six Epigraphes antiques Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Debussy, orch Charles Koechlin: Khamma Suisse Romande Orchestra Ernest Ansermet (conductor) Cimarosa: I tre amanti (Act I, finale) Violante....Basia Retchitzka (soprano) Don Arsenio....Carlo Gaifa (tenor) Don Riccardo....Rodolfo Malacarne (tenor) Barone della Nebbia....Laerte Malaguti (baritone) Brunetta....Maria Grazia Ferracini (soprano) Swiss-Italian Radio Orchestra Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 4 in D, K218 Szymon Goldberg (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Walter Susskind (conductor) Sister Claudia Francesca Rusca: Sacred Concerti and Canzoni da sonare Basia Retchitzka, Maria Grazia Ferracini (soprano) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy, orch André Caplet La boîte à joujoux Suisse Romande Orchestra Ernest Ansermet (conductor) Petrassi: Nonsense No 6 Swiss-Italian Radio Choir Edwin Loehrer (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Alessandro Scarlatti: Sedecia, Rè di Gerusalemme (excerpt) Adriana Maliponte (soprano) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy, orch Stokowski: Clair de lune Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Leopold Stokowski (conductor) Monteverdi: Gloria (Selva morale e spirituale) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) Palestrina: Vexilla regis prodeunt Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Horn Concerto No 1 in D, K412 Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra Peter Maag (conductor) Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso (excerpt) Enrico Bertorelli (narrator) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Jeux Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor). |
| 1/5. Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors. Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G London Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar (conductor) Schubert: String Quartet in E flat, D87 Smetana Quartet Bloch: Sacred Service - Part 1 Aron Marko Rothmüller (bass-baritone) London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra Ernest Bloch (conductor) Smetana: Furiant; Oves; Hulán; Hulán (Czech Dances, 2nd series) Jan Novotny (piano) Bach: 'O Grief! that bows....I would beside my Lord' (St Matthew Passion) Wilfred Brown (tenor) Leith Hill Musical Festival Chorus and Orchestra Ralph Vaughan Williams (conductor) Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 Nathan Milstein (violin) Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra William Steinberg (conductor) Elgar: Cockaigne Overture (conclusion) in 'accidental stereo' BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar (conductor). |
| 2/5. Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in G, BWV 884 (Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 2) Rosalyn Tureck (piano) Honegger: Cello Concerto Maurice Maréchal (cello) Paris Conservatoire Concert Society Orchestra Arthur Honegger (conductor) Delibes: Air de clochettes - Ou va la jeune Indoue (Lakme, Act II) Mady Mesplé (soprano) Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris Jean-Pierre Marty (conductor) Schubert: String Quartet in G, D887 Juilliard String Quartet Roussel: Le festin d'araignée, Op 17 Orchestra Albert Roussel (conductor) Dvorák: Suite in A, Op 98 Radoslav Kvapil (piano). |
| 3/5. Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - Overture Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Richard Strauss (conductor) Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola & harp Philippe Bernold (flute) Gérard Caussé (viola) Isabelle Moretti (harp) Beethoven: Symphony No 8 in F, Op 93 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Pfitzner (conductor) Palestrina: Peccantem me quotidie Choir of Westminster Cathedral James O'Donnell (master of music) Soler: Fandango in Dm Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Gliere: Ballet Suite No 1 (excerpt) All-Union Radio Orchestra Reinhold Gliere (conductor) Schubert: String Quartet in Gm, D173 Alban Berg Quartet. |
| 4/5. Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors. Khatchaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Aram Khatchaturian (conductor) Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531 Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) String Quartet in Dm - Der Tod und das Mädchen, D810 Busch Quartet Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op 133 Maurizio Pollini (piano) Prokofiev: The Parting of Romeo & Juliet (Romeo & Juliet, Suite No 2) Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Sergei Prokofiev (conductor) Wagner: Siegfried - Act III, Sc 3 Siegfried....Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor) Brunnhilde....Astrid Varnay (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Joseph Keilberth (conductor). |
| Jonathan Swain hosts Debussy orchestral music, including arrangements by other composers, and recordings by choral conductor Edwin Loehrer. Alessandro Scarlatti: Sedecia, Rè di Gerusalemme (excerpt) Adriana Maliponte (soprano) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy, orch Stokowski: Clair de lune Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Leopold Stokowski (conductor) Monteverdi: Gloria (Selva morale e spirituale) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Nocturnes Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) Palestrina: Vexilla regis prodeunt Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Mozart: Horn Concerto No 1 in D, K412 Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra Peter Maag (conductor) Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso (excerpt) Enrico Bertorelli (narrator) Società Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer (conductor) Debussy: Jeux Cleveland Orchestra Pierre Boulez (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring music and musicians banned by the Nazis, and recordings by Adolf Busch. Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens - Overture Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Rosé (conductor) Korngold:Military March Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Vivaldi, arr Busch: Suite in A Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Schreker: Der Wind Lucerne Symphony Orchestra soloists John Axelrod (conductor) Halévy: Rachel, quand du seigneur (La juive) Jan Peerce (tenor) Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Offenbach: Es war ein mal (Tales of Hoffmann) Richard Tauber (tenor) Berlin Staatskapelle Ernst Hauke (conductor) Bach: Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004 Adolf Busch (violin) Klein, arr Saudek: Partita Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Schulhoff: Rag-Music/Partita (excerpts) The composer (piano) Krenek: Jonny spielt auf (excerpts) Ludwig Hofmann (bass) Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra Manfred Gurlitt (conductor) Bach: Concerto in Dm, BWV 1043 Arnold and Alma Rosé (violin) Orchestra. |
| With Rob Cowan. Verdi: Ingemisco (Requiem) Beniamino Gigli (tenor) RAI Rome Orchestra Victor de Sabata (conductor) Trad. Jewish liturgical Tal (Dew) Josef Rosenblatt (cantor) Meilech Kaufman (assistant cantor) Orchestra Nathaniel Shilkret (conductor) Schubert: Fantasia in C, D.934 Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Schubert: Psalm 92, in Hebrew Rudolf Katzböck (baritone) Austrian Radio Chorus Gottfried Preinfalk (conductor) Mendelssohn: Psalm 114, Op 51 Gulbenkian Choir & Orchestra Michel Corboz (conductor) Stravinsky: Babel Edward Arnold (narrator) Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles Hugo Strelitzer (conductor) Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op 24, Spring Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Hindemith: When Lilacs last in the doorway bloomed, A Requiem for those we love (excerpt) Louise Parker (contralto) George London (bass-baritone) Schola Cantorum of New York New York Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Hindemith (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Haas: Overture for Radio Op 11 speaking and singing voices Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Jií Blohlávek (conductor) Mack/Dabney/Brown: Shine Harry James (trumpet) Gene Krupa (drums) Benny Goodman Orchestra James/Goodman: Life Goes to a Party Benny Goodman (clarinet) and his Orchestra Secunda/Jacobs/Mundy: Bei mir bist du schoen Martha Tilton (vocals) Ziggy Elman (trumpet) Benny Goodman Orchestra Mahler: Rondo-Burlesque, Symphony No 9 in D Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bruno Walter (conductor) Zemlinsky: Symphonic Songs Op 20, excerpts Willard White (bass-baritone) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Schubert: Trio in E flat D929 Adolf Busch (violin) Hermann Busch (cello) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Bartók: Concerto for two Pianos and Percussion Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring music and musicians banned by the Nazis, and recordings by Adolf Busch. Adorno: Kinderjahr (6 Pieces from Schumann's Op 68) Frankfurt Opera House & Museum Orchestra Gary Bertini (conductor) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 1 in Am, Op 105 Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Eisler: Ballade vom Nigger Jim, Op 18, No 6 Solidaritätslied Ernst Busch (vocal) Chorus & Orchestra Hanns Eisler (conductor) Weill: Das Lied vom Schlaraffenland (Der Silbersee) Ernst Busch (vocals) Orchestra Maurice de Abravanel (conductor) Eisler: Kuppellied (Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe) Dessau Lied vom Fraternisieren (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder) Gisela May (vocal) Studio orchestra Henry Krtschil (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Busch Chamber Players Adolf Busch (director/violin) Ullmann: Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sonata No 3) Edith Kraus (piano) Krása: Brundibár (excerpt) Disman Radio Children's Ensemble Orchestra Joza Karas (conductor) Goldschmidt: String Quartet, Op 8 Mandelring Quartet. |
| 5/5. Rob Cowan spotlights Schubert string quartets and recordings of composers as conductors. Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No 2 French National Orchestra George Enescu (conductor) Berg: Piano Sonata Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Franz Schreker (conductor) Vivaldi: Veni, me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans) Magdalena Kozena (soprano) Academia Montis Regalis Alessandro De Marchi (conductor) Schubert: String Quartet in Am, D804 - Rosamunde Kolisch Quartet Chopin: Nocturnes in F & F sharp m, Op 15, Nos 1 & 2 Maria Joao Pires (piano) Symphony No 2, Op 30, Romantic Eastman-Rochester Orchestra Howard Hanson (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring music and musicians banned by the Nazis, and recordings by Adolf Busch. Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens - Overture Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Arnold Rosé (conductor) Korngold:Military March Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra Ingo Metzmacher (conductor) Vivaldi, arr Busch: Suite in A Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Schreker: Der Wind Lucerne Symphony Orchestra soloists John Axelrod (conductor) Halévy: Rachel, quand du seigneur (La juive) Jan Peerce (tenor) Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) Offenbach: Es war ein mal (Tales of Hoffmann) Richard Tauber (tenor) Berlin Staatskapelle Ernst Hauke (conductor) Bach: Partita No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004 Adolf Busch (violin) Klein, arr Saudek: Partita Philadelphia Orchestra Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Schulhoff: Rag-Music/Partita (excerpts) The composer (piano) Krenek: Jonny spielt auf (excerpts) Ludwig Hofmann (bass) Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra Manfred Gurlitt (conductor) Bach: Concerto in Dm, BWV 1043 Arnold and Alma Rosé (violin) Orchestra. |
| With Rob Cowan. Verdi: Ingemisco (Requiem) Beniamino Gigli (tenor) RAI Rome Orchestra Victor de Sabata (conductor) Trad. Jewish liturgical Tal (Dew) Josef Rosenblatt (cantor) Meilech Kaufman (assistant cantor) Orchestra Nathaniel Shilkret (conductor) Schubert: Fantasia in C, D.934 Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Schubert: Psalm 92, in Hebrew Rudolf Katzböck (baritone) Austrian Radio Chorus Gottfried Preinfalk (conductor) Mendelssohn: Psalm 114, Op 51 Gulbenkian Choir & Orchestra Michel Corboz (conductor) Stravinsky: Babel Edward Arnold (narrator) Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles Hugo Strelitzer (conductor) Beethoven: Violin Sonata in F, Op 24, Spring Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Hindemith: When Lilacs last in the doorway bloomed, A Requiem for those we love (excerpt) Louise Parker (contralto) George London (bass-baritone) Schola Cantorum of New York New York Philharmonic Orchestra Paul Hindemith (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Haas: Overture for Radio Op 11 speaking and singing voices Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Jií Blohlávek (conductor) Mack/Dabney/Brown: Shine Harry James (trumpet) Gene Krupa (drums) Benny Goodman Orchestra James/Goodman: Life Goes to a Party Benny Goodman (clarinet) and his Orchestra Secunda/Jacobs/Mundy: Bei mir bist du schoen Martha Tilton (vocals) Ziggy Elman (trumpet) Benny Goodman Orchestra Mahler: Rondo-Burlesque, Symphony No 9 in D Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bruno Walter (conductor) Zemlinsky: Symphonic Songs Op 20, excerpts Willard White (bass-baritone) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Schubert: Trio in E flat D929 Adolf Busch (violin) Hermann Busch (cello) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Bartók: Concerto for two Pianos and Percussion Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale (piano) New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring music and musicians banned by the Nazis, and recordings by Adolf Busch. Adorno: Kinderjahr (6 Pieces from Schumann's Op 68) Frankfurt Opera House & Museum Orchestra Gary Bertini (conductor) Schumann: Violin Sonata No 1 in Am, Op 105 Adolf Busch (violin) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Eisler: Ballade vom Nigger Jim, Op 18, No 6 Solidaritätslied Ernst Busch (vocal) Chorus & Orchestra Hanns Eisler (conductor) Weill: Das Lied vom Schlaraffenland (Der Silbersee) Ernst Busch (vocals) Orchestra Maurice de Abravanel (conductor) Eisler: Kuppellied (Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe) Dessau Lied vom Fraternisieren (Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder) Gisela May (vocal) Studio orchestra Henry Krtschil (conductor) Mozart: Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Busch Chamber Players Adolf Busch (director/violin) Ullmann: Variations on a Theme by Mozart (Sonata No 3) Edith Kraus (piano) Krása: Brundibár (excerpt) Disman Radio Children's Ensemble Orchestra Joza Karas (conductor) Goldschmidt: String Quartet, Op 8 Mandelring Quartet. |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring music and musicians banned by the Nazis, and recordings by Adolf Busch. Stolz: Waltzes (Wiener Café) Berlin Symphony Orchestra Robert Stolz (conductor) J Strauss II, arr von Gernerth: An der schönen blauen Donau Comedian Harmonists Brahms: Trio No 2 in C, Op 87 Adolf Busch (violin) Hermann Busch (cello) Rudolf Serkin (piano) Alma Mahler, orch Colin and David Matthews: 4 Lieder Iris Vermilion (mezzo-soprano) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Riccardo Chailly (conductor) Weiner: Romance, Op 29 János Starker (cello) Melinda Felletár (harp) Budapest Chamber Symphony Tibor Varga (conductor) Skalkottas: Quartet No 2 for Piano & Winds Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) Heinz Holliger (oboe) Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Bruno Canino (piano) Bruch: Kol nidrei, Op 47 Bronislaw Huberman (violin) Siegfried Schultze (piano) Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A, Op 90, Italian Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Georg Solti (conductor) Bloch: Nigun (Baal Shem) Bronislaw Gimpel (violin) Wadysaw Szpilman (piano) Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op 46 Maximilian Schell (speaker) Vienna Jeunesse Choir European Community Youth Orchestra Claudio Abbado (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Featuring Sibelius Symphonies 3-7 and Tone Poems, and recordings by Conchita Supervia. Valverde: Clavelitos Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Sibelius: En Saga Cleveland Orchestra George Szell (conductor) Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV 225 Augsburger Domsingknaben Chamber Choir Reinhard Kammler (director) Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Una voce poco fa; Lesson Scene, Act II Rosina....Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Angelo Albergoni (conductor) Schubert: Impromptu D.899, No 3 in G flat Dinu Lipatti (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No 3 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra Sixten Erling (conductor) Falla: Canciones populares espagnolas Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Frank Marshall (piano) Shostakovich: Piano Trio No 1, Op 8 Beaux Arts Trio. |
| With Rob Cowan. Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) Padilla: El Relicario Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Scarlatti: Sonatas K.299 & K.484 Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) Rossini: La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno Angelina....Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Angelo Albergoni (conductor) Benda, Jiri: Benda's Klagen Christian Benda (cello) Prague Chamber Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony No 4 Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Kurt Sanderling (conductor) Granados: Danza V (Andaluza) Conchita Supervia (soprano) Frank Marshall (piano) Albeniz Granada Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Modesto Romero (conductor) Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Liszt: Transcendental Studies S.139, Harmonies du Soir Georges Cziffra (piano) Thomas: Mignon: Connais-tu le pays? Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Angelo Albergoni (conductor). |
| With Rob Cowan. Burkhard: The Hunting Parson Overture Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor) Bishop: Should He Upbraid D'hardelot: A Lesson with the Fan Sharp: Oh No John Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Ivor Newton (piano) Sibelius: Symphony No 5 Halle Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Ciampi: Se tu m'ami Paisiello: I Zingara in Fiera: Chi vuol la zingarella Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Antonio Capdevila and Modesto Romero (conductor) Bach: Suite in Gm, BWV1070, att. WF Bach Paillard Chamber Orchestra Jean-François Paillard (director) Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri: Amici, in ogni evento Isabella: Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra Angelo Albergoni (conductor) Rachmaninov: Etudes tableaux, Op 39, excerpts Francois Joel Thiollier (piano) Sibelius: Tapiola Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Paavo Berglund (conductor). |
| Rob Cowan concludes the series featuring Sibelius Symphonies and Tone Poems, and recordings by Conchita Supervia. Salieri: Sinfonia Veneziana London Symphony Orchestra Zoltan Peskó (conductor) Bizet: Carmen - Habanera; Seguidilla Carmen....Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Don José....Gaston Micheletti (tenor) Orchestra Sibelius: Symphony No 6 Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä (conductor) Bizet: Carmen - Chanson boheme; Je vais dancer; Non, tu ne m'aimes pas Carmen....Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Don José....Gaston Micheletti (tenor) Orchestra Byrd: Corranto; Queen's Alman; Ground Gutsav Leonhardt (harpsichord/claviorganum) Sibelius: Symphony No 7 Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Marek Janowski (conductor) Bizet: Carmen - Finale Act IV Carmen.... Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Don José.... Gaston Micheletti (tenor) Orchestra Schumann: 3 Romances, Op 94 Maurice Gendron (cello) Jean Françaix (piano) Anon. (arr Dolmetsch): Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano) Frank Marshall (piano). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Featuring highlights of the bassoon repertoire and recordings of Clemens Krauss. Saint-Saens: Sonata in G, Op 168 Jean-Claude Montac (bassoon) Anne Queffelec (piano) J Strauss II: Annen Polka; Perpetuum mobile Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Mozart: Bassoon Concerto Leonard Sharrow (bassoon) NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Telemann: Quartet in Gm, TWV 43:g4 Kees Boeke (recorder) Alice Harnoncourt (violin) Anita Mitterer (viola) Wouter Möller (cello) Bob van Asperen (harpsichord) R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Duparc: Chanson triste; Extase; Le Manoir de Rosemonde Leopold Simoneau (tenor) Erik Werba (piano) Boismortier: Sonata V for two bassoons Frances Eustace and Andrew Watts (5 keyed bassoon) J Strauss: The Dragonfly Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Weber: Andante & Rondo Ungarese Klaus Thunemann (bassoon) Academy of St Martins in the Fields Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) Haydn: Symphony No 88 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) R Strauss: O wärst du mein Op 26, No 2; Muttertänderlei Op 43, No 2 Viorica Ursuleac (soprano) Clemens Krauss (piano) Rameau: Ma voix, puissant maitre du monde Plaisirs, que voulez-vous de moi? Castor et Pollux, Act II Pollux....Gérard Souzay (baritone) Jupiter....Jacques Villisech (bass) Hebe's attendants....Märta Schéle and Helga Reiter (soprano) Stockholm Chamber Choir Concentus musicus Wien Nikolaus Harnoncourt (director) Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon, piano Olivier Doise (oboe) Laurent Lefèvre (bassoon) Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Wagner: Good Friday Music and Transformation scene, Parsifal, Act III Gurnemanz....Ludwig Weber (bass) Parsifal....Ramon Vinay (tenor) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Hurlstone: Sonata in F Daniel Smith (bassoon) Roger Vignoles (piano) J Strauss: Jockey Polka Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Hindemith: Bassoon Sonata Masahito Tanaka (bassoon) Seiko Sumi (piano) Brahms: Symphony No 3, Op 90 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Alkan: Salut, cendre du pauvre! Marc-André Hamelin (piano) Rainer: Bischof Trasfigurazione, Op 42 Milan Turkovic (bassoon) J Strauss II: Ach meine Herrn'n und Damen Klänge der Heimat, Die Fledermaus Act II Orlofsky: Sieglinde Wagner (mezzo-soprano) Adele....Wilma Lipp (soprano) Rosalinde....Hilde Gueden (soprano) Eisenstein....Julius Patzak (tenor) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Pauer, Jiri: Bassoon Concerto Karel Bidlo (bassoon) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Ancerl (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Elgar: Romance Martin Gatt (bassoon) English Chamber Orchestra Daniel Barenboim (conductor) J Strauss II: Egyptian March Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) R Strauss: Eine Menge Menschen, Tanz fur mich, Salome (Salome) Salome....Christel Goltz (soprano) Herod....Julius Patzak (tenor) Jochanaan....Hans Braun (baritone) Herodias....Margareta Kenney (mezzo-soprano) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Hummel: Bassoon Concerto Valery Popov (bassoon) USSR Symphony Chamber Ensemble F Schmitt: A contre-voix, Op 104 Groupe Vocal de France John Alldis (director) Vivaldi: Concerto in Em, RV 484 Maurice Allard (bassoon) I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone (conductor) Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Batik, Roland: Three Bagatelles for bassoon and piano Milan Turkovic (bassoon) accompanied by the composer. |
| With Jonathan Swain. Jacob: Suite for bassoon & strings Richard Skinner (bassoon) Finbonacci Sequence J Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Weber: Bassoon Concerto Paul Hongne (bassoon) Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Julius Katchen (piano) R Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor) Donizetti arr Schoenbach: Romance, Una furtiva lagrima Kim Walker (bassoon) Julius Drake (piano) Wagner: Brunnhilde's Immolation scene, Götterdämmerung Astrid Varnay (soprano) Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Clemens Krauss (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Featuring Czech tone poems and recordings by Michael Rabin. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op 20, No 1 Michael Rabin (violin) Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Felix Slatkin (conductor) Bartok: Contrasts Melos Ensemble Dvorak: The Water Goblin, Op 107 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Václav Talich (conductor) Gurney: All night under the moon; Down by the Salley Gardens; Snow; The cloths of Heaven Ian Partridge (tenor) Jennifer Partridge (piano) Glazunov: Violin Concerto in Am, Op 82 Michael Rabin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Lovro von Matacic (conductor) Kabelac: Mystery of Time, Op 31 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Anerl (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Paganini: Caprices Op 1, Nos 5, 9, 11, 13 &14 Michael Rabin (violin) Bach: Concerto in D, BWV 972, after Vivaldi Wanda Landowska (harpsichord) Smetana: Wallenstein's Camp, Op 14 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Rafael Kubelik (conductor) Haydn: Sonata in Cm, Hob XVI/20 Rudolf Firkun? (piano) Vaughan Williams: A Song of Thanksgiving Betty Dolemore (soprano) Robert Speight (narrator) Harry Gabb (organ) Luton Choral Society Luton Girls' Choir London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op 35 Michael Rabin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera (conductor) Suk: Towards a New Life - Festive Sokol March, Op 35c Prague Symphony Orchestra Petr Altrichter (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Ravel: Tzigane Michael Rabin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Foerster: Shakespeare Suite, Op 76 Prague Symphony Orchestra Václav Smetáek (conductor) Massenet: Thaïs - Méditation Michael Rabin (violin) Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra Felix Slatkin (conductor) Schoeck: String Quartet No 2 in C, Op 37 New Zurich Quartet Obrecht: Laudemus nunc Dominum Early Music Consort of London David Munrow (conductor) Novak: De profundis, Op 67 Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra Jaroslav Vogel (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Stravinsky: Four Etudes CBC Symphony Orchestra Igor Stravinsky Turina: Canto a Sevilla Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra Anatole Fistoulari (conductor) Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op 26 Marcel Moyse (flute) Louis Moyse (piano) Suk: Prague, Op 26 Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Václav Smetáek (conductor) Mahler: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen; Um Mitternacht Christa Ludwig (mezzo) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op 28 Michael Rabin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera (conductor). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Boccherini: Overture in D Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Ysaye: Sonata in Em, Op 27, No 4 Michael Rabin (violin) Janacek: The Fiddler's Child Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra Frantiek Jílek (conductor) Wolf: Lieder Lotte Lehmann (soprano Ernö Balogh (piano) Martinu: Memorial to Lidice Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Karel Anerl (conductor) Weill: Buddy on the Nightshift; Schickelgruber; Complainte de la Seine; Berlin im Licht-Song Teresa Stratas (soprano) Richard Woitach (piano) Beethoven: Sonata in A, Op 101 Wilhelm Kempff (piano) Wieniawsski: Violin Concerto No 2 in Dm, Op 22 Michael Rabin (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Sir Eugene Goossens. |
| With Jonathan Swain. Featuring British Film Music and recordings by Marcelle Meyer. Bliss: Things to come, The World in Ruins London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) Britten: The Night Mail, closing sequence GPO Film Unit Benjamin Britten (conductor) Chabrier: Idylle, Pièce pittoresque No 6 Poulenc: Mouvements perpétuels Marcelle Meyer (piano) Bliss: Things to come, Suite London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) Grieg, completed Röntgen: String Quartet in F Raphael String Quartet Lambert: Anna Karenina, Suite National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) Couperin: Pièces de clavecin (selection) Marcelle Meyer (piano) Walton: Richard III, Prelude National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in Dm, BWV 903 Marcelle Meyer (piano). |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Debussy orch. Inghelbrecht Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison Madeleine Gorge (soprano) French National Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1213 10.02am Mozart: Sonata in C, K330 Nina Milkina (piano) ASV CD DCA 648 10.23am Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (extract) - Part I, No 11 Interlude to end French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1264 10.53am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 3 in Eb, Op 12, No 3 Joseph Szigeti (violin) Claudio Arrau (piano) ARTEMIS VANGUARD CLASSICS ATM-CD-1585 (4 CDs) 11.15am Salieri: Piano Concerto in Bb Paul Badura-Skoda (fortepiano) I Solisti Veneti Claudio Scimone (conductor) ERATO 2292-45245-2 11.45am Inghelbrecht: Requiem (extract) Christiane Eda-Pierre (soprano) Rémy Corazza (tenor) Bernard Kruysen, Bernard Demigny (baritone) French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Jean Fournet (conductor) CHARLIN AMS 882. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am George Lloyd: John Socman - overture BBC Philharmonic Orchestra George Lloyd (conductor) ALBANY TROY 015-2 10.08am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 in Am, Op 23 Robert Mann (violin) Stephen Hough (piano) ASV CD AMM 154 10.30am Sainte-Colombe le fils: Suite No 6 in F - Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte Colombe le père Thomas Dunford (reader) Jonathan Dunford (bass viol) ADÈS 206042 10.45am Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 25 Peter Katin (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Anthony Collins (conductor) DECCA 452 410-2 (2 CDs) or 425 504-2 11.07am Fauré: Requiem, Op 48 Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Bernard Demigny (baritone) J Baudry-Godard (organ) French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1266 11.42am Panufnik: Nocturne London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2016. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Anon: Medieval Dances Adam de la Halle - Le jeu de Robin et Marion Pro Musica Antiqua Safford Cape (director) ARCHIV 2547 068 (LP) or APM 14018 (LP) 10.13am Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans French National Radio Choir Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1213 10.21am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 7 in C, Op 30, No 2 Alfred Dubois (violin) Marcel Maas (piano) BIDDULPH BID 80172 10.47am Rossini: Le Comte Ory (Act II, excerpt) Comte Ory....Michel Sénéchal (tenor) Comtesse....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Raimbaud....Robert Massard (baritone) French National Radio Choir & Lyric Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) LE CHANT DU MONDE LDC 278 8993/4 (2 CDs) 11.10am Gavriil Popov: Symphony No 5 in A, Op 77 - Pastoral USSR State Symphony Orchestra Gurgen Karapetian (conductor) OLYMPIA OCD 598. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Debussy: Trois ballades de François Villon Bernard Plantey (baritone) French Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1214 10.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30, No 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) Robert Casadesus (piano) BIDDULPH 80210-2 10.31am Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 Ruth Holton (soprano) James Oxley (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) Choirs of Clare & Trinity Colleges, Cambridge Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 118 (2 CDs) 10.53am Walton: Sinfonia concertante Phyllis Sellick (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra William Walton (conductor) EMI CDH 7 63828 2 11.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96 Josef Suk (violin) Rudolf Firkusn? (piano) SUPRAPHON SU 3857-2 11.36am Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Act IV, excerpt) Mélisande....Micheline Grancher (soprano) Pelléas....Jacques Jansen (baritone) Yniold....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) French National Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) DISQUES MONTAIGNE TCE 8710 (3 CDs) or NAÏVE V 4857 (6 CDs). |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht, presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune French National Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1212 10.11am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12, No 1 David Oistrakh (violin) Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) SUPRAPHON 11 0582-2 10.30am Brahms: Symphony No 1 in Cm, Op 68 Philharmonia Orchestra Guido Cantelli (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1012 11.15am Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien (extract) André Falcon (reciter) Claudine Collart (soprano) Jeannine Collard, Christiane Gayraud (contralto) French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1214 11.38am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12, No 2 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Louis Kentner (piano) EMI 7243 5 74804 2 (3 CDs). |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am George Lloyd: John Socman - overture BBC Philharmonic Orchestra George Lloyd (conductor) ALBANY TROY 015-2 10.08am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 in Am, Op 23 Robert Mann (violin) Stephen Hough (piano) ASV CD AMM 154 10.30am Sainte-Colombe le fils: Suite No 6 in F - Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte Colombe le père Thomas Dunford (reader) Jonathan Dunford (bass viol) ADÈS 206042 10.45am Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 25 Peter Katin (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Anthony Collins (conductor) DECCA 452 410-2 (2 CDs) or 425 504-2 11.07am Fauré: Requiem, Op 48 Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Bernard Demigny (baritone) J Baudry-Godard (organ) French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1266 11.42am Panufnik: Nocturne London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2016. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Anon: Medieval Dances Adam de la Halle - Le jeu de Robin et Marion Pro Musica Antiqua Safford Cape (director) ARCHIV 2547 068 (LP) or APM 14018 (LP) 10.13am Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans French National Radio Choir Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1213 10.21am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 7 in C, Op 30, No 2 Alfred Dubois (violin) Marcel Maas (piano) BIDDULPH BID 80172 10.47am Rossini: Le Comte Ory (Act II, excerpt) Comte Ory....Michel Sénéchal (tenor) Comtesse....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Raimbaud....Robert Massard (baritone) French National Radio Choir & Lyric Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) LE CHANT DU MONDE LDC 278 8993/4 (2 CDs) 11.10am Gavriil Popov: Symphony No 5 in A, Op 77 - Pastoral USSR State Symphony Orchestra Gurgen Karapetian (conductor) OLYMPIA OCD 598. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Debussy: Trois ballades de François Villon Bernard Plantey (baritone) French Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1214 10.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30, No 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) Robert Casadesus (piano) BIDDULPH 80210-2 10.31am Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 Ruth Holton (soprano) James Oxley (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) Choirs of Clare & Trinity Colleges, Cambridge Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 118 (2 CDs) 10.53am Walton: Sinfonia concertante Phyllis Sellick (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra William Walton (conductor) EMI CDH 7 63828 2 11.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96 Josef Suk (violin) Rudolf Firkusn? (piano) SUPRAPHON SU 3857-2 11.36am Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Act IV, excerpt) Mélisande....Micheline Grancher (soprano) Pelléas....Jacques Jansen (baritone) Yniold....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) French National Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) DISQUES MONTAIGNE TCE 8710 (3 CDs) or NAÏVE V 4857 (6 CDs). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Featuring British Film Music and recordings by Marcelle Meyer. 10.00am Bliss: Things to come, The World in Ruins London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) 10.04am Britten: The Night Mail, closing sequence GPO Film Unit Benjamin Britten (conductor) BRITISH POSTAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVE DVD 10.08am Chabrier: Idylle, Pièce pittoresque No 6 Poulenc: Mouvements perpétuels Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CDZ 7 67405 2 (6CDs) 10.17am Bliss: Things to come, Suite London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) DUTTON CDLXT 2501 10.34am Grieg, completed Röntgen: String Quartet in F Raphael String Quartet BERLIN CLASSICS 92176 (2 CDs) or OLYMPIA OCD 432 11.06am Lambert: Anna Karenina, Suite National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) LONDON 448 954-2 11.19am Couperin: Pièces de clavecin (selection) Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CDZ 5 68092 2 (4 CDs) 11.35am Walton: Richard III, Prelude National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) LONDON 448 954-2 11.46am Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in Dm, BWV 903 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI 7243 5 68948 2 (5 CDs). |
| With Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Parker: Western Approaches, Seascape Alwyn: The Rake's Progress, Calypso music London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson (conductor) EMI CDGO 2059 [7243 8 28844 2] 10.09am Collins: Odette, The Saga of Odette Charles Williams (conductor) & his Concert Orchestra PEARL GEM 0141 10.14am Bach: Inventions Nos 7-12, BWV 778-83 Casella: 2 Ricercari on the name of Bach, Op 52 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI 7243 5 68498 2 (5 CDs) 10.28am Walton: The Battle of Britain Studio Orchestra Sir Malcolm Arnold (conductor) RYKODISC RCD 10747 10.51am Scarlatti, Domenico: Sonatas in Bm, K27, & in E, K380 Marcelle Meyer (piano) TAHRA TAH 579-80 (2 CDs) 11.02am Haydn: Heiligmesse (extract) April Cantelo (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ian Partridge (tenor) Christopher Keyte (bass) Jonathan Bielby (organ) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields George Guest (conductor) DECCA 430 158-2 11.29am Rameau: Suite in Em, Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CZS 5 68092 2 (4 CDs) 11.49am Goodwin, Ron: 633 Squadron, Theme London Symphony Orchestra Stanley Black (conductor) IMP PCD 887 11.52am Coates: The Dambusters, March London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) LYRITA SRCS 71 (LP). |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am George Lloyd: John Socman - overture BBC Philharmonic Orchestra George Lloyd (conductor) ALBANY TROY 015-2 10.08am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 4 in Am, Op 23 Robert Mann (violin) Stephen Hough (piano) ASV CD AMM 154 10.30am Sainte-Colombe le fils: Suite No 6 in F - Tombeau pour Mr de Sainte Colombe le père Thomas Dunford (reader) Jonathan Dunford (bass viol) ADÈS 206042 10.45am Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No 1 in Gm, Op 25 Peter Katin (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Anthony Collins (conductor) DECCA 452 410-2 (2 CDs) or 425 504-2 11.07am Fauré: Requiem, Op 48 Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Bernard Demigny (baritone) J Baudry-Godard (organ) French National Radio Choir & Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1266 11.42am Panufnik: Nocturne London Symphony Orchestra Jascha Horenstein (conductor) UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2016. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Anon: Medieval Dances Adam de la Halle - Le jeu de Robin et Marion Pro Musica Antiqua Safford Cape (director) ARCHIV 2547 068 (LP) or APM 14018 (LP) 10.13am Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans French National Radio Choir Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1213 10.21am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 7 in C, Op 30, No 2 Alfred Dubois (violin) Marcel Maas (piano) BIDDULPH BID 80172 10.47am Rossini: Le Comte Ory (Act II, excerpt) Comte Ory....Michel Sénéchal (tenor) Comtesse....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) Raimbaud....Robert Massard (baritone) French National Radio Choir & Lyric Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) LE CHANT DU MONDE LDC 278 8993/4 (2 CDs) 11.10am Gavriil Popov: Symphony No 5 in A, Op 77 - Pastoral USSR State Symphony Orchestra Gurgen Karapetian (conductor) OLYMPIA OCD 598. |
| Featuring Beethoven Violin Sonatas and recordings by conductor Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht. Presented by Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Debussy: Trois ballades de François Villon Bernard Plantey (baritone) French Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) TESTAMENT SBT 1214 10.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30, No 3 Zino Francescatti (violin) Robert Casadesus (piano) BIDDULPH 80210-2 10.31am Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127 Ruth Holton (soprano) James Oxley (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) Choirs of Clare & Trinity Colleges, Cambridge Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) SOLI DEO GLORIA SDG 118 (2 CDs) 10.53am Walton: Sinfonia concertante Phyllis Sellick (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra William Walton (conductor) EMI CDH 7 63828 2 11.13am Beethoven: Violin Sonata No 10 in G, Op 96 Josef Suk (violin) Rudolf Firkusn? (piano) SUPRAPHON SU 3857-2 11.36am Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (Act IV, excerpt) Mélisande....Micheline Grancher (soprano) Pelléas....Jacques Jansen (baritone) Yniold....Françoise Ogéas (soprano) French National Radio Orchestra Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (conductor) DISQUES MONTAIGNE TCE 8710 (3 CDs) or NAÏVE V 4857 (6 CDs). |
| With Jonathan Swain. Featuring British Film Music and recordings by Marcelle Meyer. 10.00am Bliss: Things to come, The World in Ruins London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) 10.04am Britten: The Night Mail, closing sequence GPO Film Unit Benjamin Britten (conductor) BRITISH POSTAL MUSEUM & ARCHIVE DVD 10.08am Chabrier: Idylle, Pièce pittoresque No 6 Poulenc: Mouvements perpétuels Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CDZ 7 67405 2 (6CDs) 10.17am Bliss: Things to come, Suite London Symphony Orchestra Sir Arthur Bliss (conductor) DUTTON CDLXT 2501 10.34am Grieg, completed Röntgen: String Quartet in F Raphael String Quartet BERLIN CLASSICS 92176 (2 CDs) or OLYMPIA OCD 432 11.06am Lambert: Anna Karenina, Suite National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) LONDON 448 954-2 11.19am Couperin: Pièces de clavecin (selection) Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CDZ 5 68092 2 (4 CDs) 11.35am Walton: Richard III, Prelude National Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Herrmann (conductor) LONDON 448 954-2 11.46am Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in Dm, BWV 903 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI 7243 5 68948 2 (5 CDs). |
| With Jonathan Swain. 10.00am Parker: Western Approaches, Seascape Alwyn: The Rake's Progress, Calypso music London Symphony Orchestra Muir Mathieson (conductor) EMI CDGO 2059 [7243 8 28844 2] 10.09am Collins: Odette, The Saga of Odette Charles Williams (conductor) & his Concert Orchestra PEARL GEM 0141 10.14am Bach: Inventions Nos 7-12, BWV 778-83 Casella: 2 Ricercari on the name of Bach, Op 52 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI 7243 5 68498 2 (5 CDs) 10.28am Walton: The Battle of Britain Studio Orchestra Sir Malcolm Arnold (conductor) RYKODISC RCD 10747 10.51am Scarlatti, Domenico: Sonatas in Bm, K27, & in E, K380 Marcelle Meyer (piano) TAHRA TAH 579-80 (2 CDs) 11.02am Haydn: Heiligmesse (extract) April Cantelo (soprano) Shirley Minty (contralto) Ian Partridge (tenor) Christopher Keyte (bass) Jonathan Bielby (organ) Choir of St John's College, Cambridge Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields George Guest (conductor) DECCA 430 158-2 11.29am Rameau: Suite in Em, Pièces de clavecin, Book 2 Marcelle Meyer (piano) EMI CZS 5 68092 2 (4 CDs) 11.49am Goodwin, Ron: 633 Squadron, Theme London Symphony Orchestra Stanley Black (conductor) IMP PCD 887 11.52am Coates: The Dambusters, March London Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) LYRITA SRCS 71 (LP). |
| With Jonathan Swain.10.00amPoulenc: 2 NovelettesMarcelle Meyer (piano)TAHRA TAH 579-80 (2 CDs)Hammer horror film themes:10.05amSearle: The Abominable SnowmanBernard: DraculaRichard Rodney Bennett: The WitchesRobinson: Countess DraculaMcCabe: Fear in the Night; Echoes of the PastHammer studio orchestrasJohn Hollingsworth, Philip Martell (conductor)GDI RECORDS GDICD002 (Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume One)GDI RECORDS GDICD005 (Hammer Film Music Collection - Volume Two)10.16amRavel: MiroirsMarcelle Meyer (piano)EMI CDZ 7 67405 2 (6 CDs)10.46amKodály: Psalmus HungaricusEndre Rosler (tenor)Budapest ChoirHungarian National Philharmonic OrchestraZoltán Kodály (conductor)PHILIPS 426 102-211.12amCary: The Ladykillers, suiteRoyal Ballet SinfoniaKenneth Alwyn (conductor)SILVA SCREEN FILMCD 17711.29amChabrier: 3 Valses romantiquesMarcelle Meyer, Francis Poulenc (piano)EMI CDZ 7 67405 2 (6 CDs)11.45amRogers: Carry On Camping - suiteCity of Prague Philharmonic OrchestraGavin Sutherland (conductor)ASV CD WHL 2119. |