08/11/2008
Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Verdi's Otello, plus Faure, Ravel, Chopin, Karlowicz, Skjatevic, Stravinsky, Bach, Dvorak, Handel, Mozart, Bartok, Haydn and Mendelssohn.
01:02AM
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Libretto: Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
Otello
Johan Botha (tenor)……………Otello
Nuccia Focile (soprano)……….Desdemona
Carlo Guelfi (baritone)………..Iago
Tiziana Tramonti (mezzo sop)..Emilia
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)…...Cassio
Alfred Walzer (bass)………….Lodovico
Samuel Youn (bass) ………….Montano
Emanuele d’Auguanno (tenor).Roderigo
Michael Vier (bass)………….A Herald
NDR Chorus, Cologne Cathedral Girls' Choir, WDR Radio Chorus, Cologne, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Semyon Bychkov (conductor)
03:20AM
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Fantasy for flute and piano
Lóránt Kovács (flute), Erika Lux (piano)
03:26AM
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937) [orch. Zygel]
Lullaby (Berceuse) on the name of Fauré
Ronald Patterson (violin), Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Murry Sidlin (conductor)
03:30AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Nocturne (Op.55 No.1) in F minor
Shura Cherkassky (piano)
03:35AM
Karlowicz, Mieczyslaw (1876-1909)
Powracajace fale (Returning Waves) – symphonic poem
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Andrzej Straszynski (conductor)
04:00AM
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770)
Sonata No.6, 'Senti lo Mare'
Elizabeth Wallfisch (baroque violin)
04:06AM
Skjavetic, Julije (16th century)
Madrigal: Fu fors' un tempo (It may have been once)
Madrigal: Ma il temp' e breve (But time is short)
Slovenian Chamber Choir, Vladimir Kranjcevic (director)
04:11AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
The Firebird (suite – version 1919)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)
04:32AM
Juon, Paul (1872-1940)
Fairy Tale (Op.8) in A minor for cello and piano
Esther Nyffenegger (cello), Desmond Wright (piano)
04:37AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Oboe d'amore Concerto (BWV.1055) in A major
Uldis Urbans (cor anglais), Latvian Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
04:53AM
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Der Zwerg (D.891)
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano), Gérard van Blerk (piano)
05:00AM
Dvorák, AntonÃn (1841-1904)
Othello – concert overture (Op.93)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
05:16AM
Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko (b.1963)
4 Shakespeare Songs for chorus
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
05:29AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Sonata in A major
Blagoj Angelovski (trumpet), Velin Iliev (organ)
05:38AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Serenade in G major (K.525), 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik'
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales, Grant Llewellyn (conductor)
05:53AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
Instrumental piece
Sequentia: Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne
05:59AM
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)
Minuetto; Air; Marcia delle Bestie; Tambourine – From Nine Little Piano Pieces
Jan Michiels (piano)
06:06AM
Haydn, Johann Michael (1737-1806)
Divertimento (MH.299/P.121) in A major for string quartet
Marcolini Quartett
06:22AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
3 Ophelia Songs (Op.67)
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Llyr Williams (piano)
06:31AM
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Symphony No.4 (Op.90) in A major, 'Italian'
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg (conductor)