14/08/2008

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Synopsis

Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the music world. Featuring interviews with soprano Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet ahead of her appearances at the Proms on Friday, and Stephane Deneve who conducts Honegger's Le Roi David at the Edinburgh International Festival next week.

Bellini
Suoni la tromba (I Puritani, Act 2)
Mariusz Kwiecen (bass-baritone, Giorgio)
Valerian Ruminski (bass-baritone, Riccardo)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Rosenkrans (conductor)
NAXOS 8557309
Track 16
3’25

York Bowen
Romance No.2 in F, Op. 45
Stephen Hough, piano
HYPERION CDA66838
Track 22
6’31

John Foulds
World Requiem: Laudamus
Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein (conductor)
CHANDOS CHSA50582
CD 2 Tracks 1-2
3’30

Janacek
Glagolitic Mass: Slava
Libuse Domaninska (soprano)
Beno Blachut (tenor)
Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra
Karel Ancerl (conductor)
SUPRAPHON 1119302
Track 3
6’22

Bartok
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle: Doors 3 & 4
Jeanne-Michele Charbonnet (soprano)
John Tomlinson (bass)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
WARNER 2564619532
Tracks 4-5
5’56

Mendelssohn (arr. W T Best)
Overture to the Oratorio ‘St. Paul’, Op 36
Simon Preston (organ of the Royal Albert Hall)
SIGNUM SIGCD084
Track 1
7’42

Mozart
Sinfonia concertante K.297b: 3rd movement
Mohammed Saleh (oboe)
Kinan Azmeh (clarinet)
Mor Biron (bassoon)
Sharon Polyak (horn)
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
WARNER 2564627912
Track 3
8’08

R. Strauss
Overture to The Silent Woman
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeffrey Tate (conductor)
EMI CDC7545812
Track 6
4’20

John Milton
When David heard that Absolon was slain
Choir of Selwyn College Cambridge
Sarah MacDonald (director)
REGENT REGCD268
Track 19
3’38

Roussel
Bacchus & Ariadne: Finale
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Stephane Deneve (conductor)
NAXOS 8570245
Tracks 24-26
5’28

Honegger
Le Roi David: Psalm, Incantation and March
Jean Desailly (Narrator & Samuel)
Simone Valere (Witch of Endor)
Philippe Caillard Choir
Instrumental Ensemble
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
ERATO 2292458002
Tracks 11-13
5'23

Honegger
Le Roi David: The Dance before the Ark (extract)
Philippe Caillard Choir
Instrumental Ensemble
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
ERATO 2292458002
Track 16
6'00

Mozart
Variations on Ah vous dirai-je Maman, K.265
Ingrid Haebler (piano)
PHILIPS 4227292
Track 1
13’14

Broadcast

1. Thu 14 Aug 2008
   17:00
   BBC Radio 3