Tchaikovsky
Méditation (Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, No 1)
Igor Oistrakh (violin), Natalia Zertsalova (piano) Scherzo (Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, No 2)
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) Mélodie (Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, No 3)
Maxim Vengerov (violin), Itamar Golan (piano) Stravinsky The Rake's Progress
Inspired by Hogarth's paintings, this opera was Stravinsky's first setting of an English text.
The witty libretto is by WH Auden and Chester Kallman and the work marks a watershed in the composer's creative life.
Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus,
RPO, conducted by the composer
Tchaikovsky Vesper Service, Op 52
Stravinsky Otche Nash ; Simvoli Veri ; Bogoroditse Devo
BBC Singers, conductor James Morgan
A concert specially recorded at the Cathedral of the Dormition and All Saints, London.