12/07/2009

Synopsis

Iain Burnside compares and contrasts music written for exams and prizes, using appropriate examples from Bach, Barber, Berlioz, Britten and others. Iain's guest is Prof Colin Lawson, director of the Royal College of Music, London.

Playlist:

Schubert: Symphony no 1 in D, D82 (finale)
Berlin Staatskapelle
Otmar Suitner (conductor)
Denon 33C37-7905, Tr 8
Dur: 6m9s

Rachmaninov: Aleko
Aleko ...... Vassily Gerello (baritone)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian (conductor)
Delos DE 3269, Tr 10
Dur: 5m20s

Haydn: Piano Sonata No 44 in E flat, H XVI 49 (1st mvt)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
EMI 556 756-2, Tr 13
Dur: 6m25s

John McLachlan: Here be Dragons (excerpt)
David Adams (organ)
CMC CD04, Tr 2
Dur: 5m50s

James MacMillan: The Gallant Weaver
Laudibus
Mike Brewer (conductor)
Delphian DCD 34060, Tr 11
Dur: 5m30s

Mozart: (Bassett) Clarinet Concerto, K622 (finale)
Colin Lawson (clarinet)
Hanover Band
Roy Goodman (conductor)
Nimbus N 5228, Tr 7
Dur: 8m40s

Cherubini: Overture (Les abencerages)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
EMI CDC 754 438-2, Tr 7
Dur: 6m10s

Berlioz: The Death of Sardanapale (fragment)
Daniel Galvez Vallejo (tenor)
National Orchestra of Lille
Regional Choir of the Pas de Calais
Jean-Claude Casadesus (conductor)
HMC 901542, Tr 3
Dur: 5m35s

Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Franklin Cohen (clarinet)
Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
DG 439 896-2, Tr 4
Dur: 8m30s

Britten: Sinfonietta, Op 1
Nash Ensemble
Lionel Friend (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 66845, Trs 18-20
Dur: 13m55s

Wagner: Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung)
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
Sony SBK 48175, Tr 5
Dur: 11m50s

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1
Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 586 881-2, Trs 4-6
Dur: 13m55s.

Broadcast

1. Sun 12 Jul 2009
   10:00
   BBC Radio 3