This week Jonathan Swain features Rachmaninov's piano works and recordings by Lovro von Matacic. Sergei Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 Performed by the composer
10.04 Lehar So kommen sie! ...Ich bin eine anstand'qe Frau (Die lustige Witwe)
Hanny Steffek (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Philharmonia, conductor Lovro von Matacic
10.09 Rachmaninov Prelude in E, Op 32 No 3
John Lill (piano) Prelude in B, Op 32 No 11 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12 Anatole Kitain (piano)
10.17 Listener request: William Alwyn Sinfonietta for Strings LPO conducted by the composer
10.44 Rachmaninov Suite No I in G minor, Op 5 Lyubov Bruk and Mark Taimanov (pianos)
11.06 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Lovro von Matacic