Edward Seckerson presents a summer season of acclaimed recordings.
9.02 Puccini Drinking Song
(La Rondine) Angela Gheorghiu
(soprano), Roberto Alagna (tenor), London Voices, LSO, conductor Antonio Pappano
9.06 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
(3rd mvt) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
9.15 Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art
(excerpt) Timothy Wilson (countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Taverner Choir and Players, conductor Andrew Parrott
9.21 Brahms Horn Trio in E flat,
Op 40 (4th mvt)
Aubrey Brain (horn), Adolph Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
9.31 Peterson-Berger Like Stars in the Heavens, Op 5 No 3
Stenhammar The Wanderer,
Op 26 No 1 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
9.39 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor (3rd mvt)
LSO, conductor Andre Previn
9.56 Schumann Fantasy in C, Op 17 (1st mvt) Yevgeni Kissin (piano)
10.10 Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Ekaterina Izmailova
......................GAUNA VISHNEVSKAYA (soprano)
Shabby peasant ................ROBERT TEAR (tenor) LPO, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich
10.22 Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84 (2nd mvt)
Stratton Quartet, Harriet Cohen (piano)
10.34 Bernstein Suite: On the Waterfront New York Philharmonic, conducted by the Composer
11.00 Blind Tasting:
Fiona Talkington invites composer Gavin Bryars and singer Jean Rigby to listen to and compare notes on three recordings of Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice without knowing who the performers are.
11.30 Mahler Symphony No 9 (4th mvt) Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Herbert von Karajan Producer Nick Morgan