Wednesday 14 Feb 07
Louise Fryer
Wednesday 14 February 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
With Louise Fryer.
BBC Radio 3's week of broadcasting the complete works of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky continues.
Playlist
Speech Insert: Nadezhda von Meck
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher (op.42)
No. 1: Meditation
Igor Oistrakh (violin), Natalia Zertsalova (piano)
Collins Classics 10452COL
No. 2: Scherzo
Lydia Mordkovich (violin) Marina Gusak-Grin (piano)
Chandos CHAN8500
No. 3 Melodie
Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano)
Teldec 4509-98143-2
Speech Insert: Joan Rodgers
Tchaikovsky: 6 Songs (op.65)
No. 2: Deception
No. 4: Qu'importe que l'hiver
Elisabeth Soderstrom (mezzo-soprano)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 436 204-2
Speech Insert: Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress - Act 1
Inspired by Hogarth's paintings, this was Stravinsky's first work set in English. The witty libretto is by WH Auden and Chester Kallman and the opera marks a watershed in the composer's creative life.
Cast includes:
Tom Rakewell.... Alexander Young (tenor)
Nick Shadow.... John Reardon (baritone)
Anne Judith.... Raskin (soprano)
Mother Goose.... Jean Manning (mezzo-soprano)
Baba the Turk.... Regina Sarfaty (mezzo-soprano)
Colin Tilney (Harpsichord)
The Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
Sony SM2K 46 299
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress - Act 2
Sony SM2K 46 299
Speech Insert: Stephen Walsh
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress - Act 3
Sony SM2K 46 299
Speech Insert: Robert Craft
Tchaikovsky: 6 Pieces (op.51)
No. 2: Polka peu dansante
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Decca 466 562-2
Speech Insert: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Vespers Service (Op. 52)
BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)
Stravinsky: Pater Noster (Slavonic version)
Credo (Slavonic version)
Ave Maria (Slavonic version)
BBC Singers
James Morgan (conductor)
