20 April 2005
Wednesday 20 April 2005 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Playlist
10.00 SCHUMANN Manfred, dramatic poem Op.115 - Overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 91169
10.10 MUSORGSKY Pictures from an Exhibition
Byron Janis (piano)
MERCURY 434 346-2
10.40 FUX Concentus musico-instrumentalis - Sinfonia II
Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (viola da gamba)
EMI ELECTROLA CDZ 2 52390 2
11.00 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Chanson de Zuleika Op.26 No.4 [sung in French];
BALAKIREV Hebrew Melody*
Boris Christoff (bass), Serge Zapolsky / *Alexander Tcherepnin (piano)
EMI 0777 7 67496 2 (5 CDs)
11.05 RAKHMANINOV Concerto No.1 in F# minor Op.1
Byron Janis (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
MERCURY 434 333-2 or PHILIPS 456 850 (2 CDs)
11.35 SCHUMANN Manfred, dramatic poem Op.115 - Part I [performed in English]
Manfred, Spirit: Laidman Browne (speaker),
Chamois hunter: David Enders (speaker),
Spirits: Gertrude Holt (mezzo), Claire Duchesneau (soprano),
Anon. [uncredited] (tenor), Niven Miller (bass),
Spirit Voices: Niven Miller, Glyndwr Davies, Ian Billington (basses),
BBC Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
SONY CLASSICAL SMK 91169
