6 July 2008
Sunday 6 July 2008 14:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Emma Kirkby guest-presents a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, which include Vaughan Williams's Concerto Academico for violin and string orchestra, part of a vintage recording of Bloch's Avodath Hakodesh conducted by the composer and Strauss's epic Metamorphosen. And singer Catherine King requests the opening movement of Poulenc's Concerto for two pianos.
Playlist
Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 323
CD1 t1
Dvorak arr. Kreisler: Humoresque
Fritz Kreisler (violin) Franz Rupp (piano)
EMI Classics 0777 764701 22
CD1 t18
Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos (movement 1)
Sylviane Deferne (piano 1) Pascal Roge (piano 11)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
DECCA 436 546-2
CD1 t4
Telemann: Cantata 'Ertrage nur das Joche der Mangel!'
Bente Vist (soprano), Dan Laurin (recorder/director)
Susanna Laurin (recorder) Maria Lindal (violin)
Lisa Boden (violin) Margit Schultheis(arpa doppia)
Anders Modigh (cello) Leif Meyer (harpsichord)
BISC-CD-855
CD1 tracks 26-28
Bloch: Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)
Marko Rothmuller (bass-baristone) The London Philharmonic
Choir, Ernest Bloch (conductor)
DECCA LXT 2516
CD1 t1
Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra
(Concerto Accademico)
Kenneth Sillito (violin) The London Symphony Orchestra,
Bryden Thomson (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8633
CD1 tracks 5-7
Hartmann: The Initiation of the Priestess
Laurence Rosenthal (piano)
WERGO 66432
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 7243 5 565802
Cahn/Styne: It's Magic(taken from Jonathan & Darlene's Greatest Hits - Vol.11)
Darlene (Jo Stafford) and Jonathan Edwards(Paul Weston)
Corinthian Records 103CD
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Jo Stafford.
LP Title: Walkin my baby back home
Capitol LC 6575