Tom Phillips
Sunday 24 February 2008 10:00-12:00 (Radio 3)
Iain admires a range of musical portraits with painter Tom Phillips, whose choices include Messiaen's Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus and Mozart's Die Zauberflote.
Playlist 24 February
Elgar: Dorabella (from Enigma Variations, Op.36)
BBC SO/Andrew Davis
Teldec 9031-73279-2
Anton Rubinstein: Con moto (No.3 from Kamenniy-ostrov)
Josef Banowetz (piano)
Marco Polo 8.223847
Vaughan Williams; Romanza - Jane Scroop, her lament for Philip Sparrow
(from Five Tudor Portraits)
Sarah Walker (mezzo)/Guilford Choral Society/ Philharmonia Orchestra/Hilary Davan Wetton
Hyperion CDA 66306
Ligeti: Self portrait with Reich and Riley, with Chopin in the background
(from Monument - Selbstportrait - Bewegung)
Antonio Ballista and Bruno Canino (pianos)
Wergo WER 6010050
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D Minor (2nd mvt - Adagio)
Leon Fleischer (piano)/Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
Sony MH2K 63225
Messiaen: Par Lui tout a ete fait (from Vingt regards)
Yvonne Loriod (piano)
Erato ECD 71581
Mozart: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon (from Die Zauberflote)
Peter Schreier (Tamino), Staatkapelle Dresden/Colin Davis
Philips 4114592
Birtwistle: Autumn and Winter from Turning of the Seasons (from Gawain, Act I)
Marie Angel (Morgan Le Fay), Richard Greager (Arthur), Penelope Walmisley-Clark (Guinevere), Omar Ebrahim (The Fool), Alan Ewing (Agravain), John Marsden (Ywain), Kevin Smith (Bishop Baldwin), Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/Elgar Howarth
Collins Classics 70412
Brian Eno: Like running away
Brian Eno
Artist's private recording
Reynaldo Hahn: Van Dyck (from Portraits de Peintres)
Bernard Verley (speaker), Jean Martin (piano)
Arion ARN 37169
Suk: Asrael Symphony (4th mvt - Adagio)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Vaclav Talich
Supraphon 1119992
Couperin: La Couperin (from Ordre No.21)
Alan Cuckston (harpsichord)
Naxos 8.550461
Poulenc: C'est ainsi que tu es
Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Forlane UCD 16730
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