Countdown to Graphs
Paul Guinery introduces two hours of new releases. Vivaldi
Concerto da camera in F (RV97)
II Giardino Armonico
Serenade for small orchestra
London Musici/
Mark Stephenson
Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3
Johannes Leertouwer (violin)
Julian Reynolds (1845 Rosenberger piano)
Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation)
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Walter Weller
Three Old English Songs Patricia Wright (soprano) Jonathan Rees (violin)
Pictures from an Exhibition
Olli Mustonen (piano)
continues with Richard Osborne.
Building a Library: The dance music of the Strauss family by Bernard Keeffe. lain Fenlon on a new recording of Monteverdi's // ritorno d'Ulisse.
Anthony Burton surveys new releases from the American label Music
Masters, including music by Stravinsky, Copland,
Antheil and Lou Harrison.
n ritomo d'Ulisse
(Act 4, sc 3)
Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Dominique Visse (alto) Mark Tucker (tenor)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) David Thomas (bass) Concerto Vocale/ Rene Jacobs
Symphonies of wind instruments (original 1920 scoring)
Orchestra of St Luke's/ Robert Craft
Cornish Lancaran
William Trimble
(saxophone)
Musicians of the Gamelan
Si Betty
A Jazz Symphony (original 1925 scoring)
Ivan Davis (piano) New Palais Royale
Orchestra/Maurice Peress
looks at opera on LaserDisc and makes a few suggestions for a basic library in this new format.
Zauberflote (Act 1 Finale) Kathleen Battle (soprano) Francisco Araiza (tenor)
Manfred Hemm (baritone) Metropolitan Opera
Chorus and Orchestra/ James Levine. Records Producers Nick Morgan and Clive Portbury
(9.05-10.35am repeated on Wednesday at 2.00pm)
The last of four recitals by Gyorgy Pauk (violin) and Peter Frankl (piano) Sonata in F (K54 7)
Sonata in E flat (K380)
(K304)
Sonata in A (K526)
Gothic Voices sing virtuoso duets from 14th-century Italy. Records
The Chicago Years
Natalie Wheen presents the fifth of seven programmes looking back over the career of Sir
Georg Solti , now in his 80th year. Including interviews with Sir Georg himself, Peter Jonas , the American broadcaster Norman Pellegrini , and Henry Fogel , executive director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Extracts from:
Weber
Overture:
Oberon Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique Schdnberg
Variations for Orchestra Musorgsky
Pictures from an Exhibition Del Tredici Final
Alice Bartok
Divertimento and a complete performance of Tippett Symphony No 4
presented by Geoffrey Smith. Producer Ray Abbott
presented by James Naughtie.
Producer Peter Tanner
from Adolf Dresen 's new production of Wagner's Ring cycle at the Vienna State Opera.
Placido Domingo , who takes the role of Siegmund, is here making his first appearance in the Ring cycle.
Die Walkure can be heard again on Radio 3 on 3 April as part of the complete Ring cycle live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Vienna State Opera Orchestra/
Christoph von Dohnanyi Act
Nod Knowles introduces the first of three programmes of music recorded at the 1992 festival in the Hawth
Theatre, Crawley. It features the 22-piece Dedication Orchestra, which was assembled to pay tribute to the influential South African group the Blue Notes.
They were Johnny Dyani , Mongezi Feza , Chris McGregor ,
Dudu Pakwana , Harry Miller and Louis Moholo.
Tragically, all the members of the group are now dead except drummer Louis Moholo , who plays in the Dedication Orchestra.
