Thursday 15 Feb 07
Rob Cowan
Thursday 15 February 2007 10:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
With Rob Cowan.
BBC Radio 3's week of broadcasting the complete works of Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky continues.
Playlist
Stravinsky: The Star-Spangled Banner
London Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026 68865-2 Tk 1
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (conductor)
SONY SM2K 46294 CD 2 Tks 1-3
(rec. 1 February 1961; Hollywood, Cali-faun-I-A)
Speech Insert: Stephen Walsh
Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans, Act I No.7 Joan's Farewell
Irina Arkhipova (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Moscow Radio
Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
CDR Dub of MELODIYA SR-41056 S 2 B 1
Stravinsky: Concerto for Two Pianos
Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky (pianos)
Wergo WER6228-2 TK 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY-BMG 82876 787442 Tks 1-4
Speech Insert: Norman Rosenthal
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
Oedipus: Rene Kollo (tenor)
Jocasta: Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano)
Tiresias: Ezio Flagello (bass)
Creon: Tom Krause (baritone)
Messenger: David Evitts (baritone)
Shepherd: Frank Hoffmeister (tenor)
Narrator: Michael Wagner
Harvard Glee Club
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)
SONY 88697 008192 tks 1-19
Tchaikovsky: The Maid of Orleans: Danse des polichinelles et des histrions
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
Sir Colin Davis (conductor)
PHILIPS 422 845-2 Tks 6
