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Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world, including conductor Riccardo Chailly talking about his concert of Rossini which opens the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra's 2008/2009 residency at the Barbican Centre, London.

Plus tenor Ian Bostridge and baritone Thomas Hampson discussing their special relationship with Britten's War Requiem, which they perform at the Royal Albert Hall.

17:02
ROSSINI
Petite messe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
Helen Field (soprano)
Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano)
Edmund Barham (tenor)
John Tomlinson (bass)
CBSO Chorus
Nettle-Markham Piano Duo (pianos)
Peter King (harmonium)
Simon Halsey (conductor)
CONIFER CDCF 184
Track 2
2’40

17:05
BACH
Prelude & fugue in C minor, BWV.847
Richard Egarr (harpsichrod)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907431.32
CD 1
Tracks 3-4
4’09

17:10
MENDELSSOHN
Midsummer night’s Dream (Overture) (orig 1826 version)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 475 6939
Track 1
11’56

17:28
ROSSINI
Petite messe solennelle: Cum Sancto Spiritu...
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 444 134 2
CD 1
Track 1
5’31

17:40
SCHUMANN, arr. Mahler
Symphony No.2 (Allegro molto vivace)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
DECCA 475 835 2
Track 5
7’24

17:48
CREQUILLON
Ung gai bergier
Paul O’Dette (lute)
HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907388
Track 3
2’48

17:51
TAILLEFERRE
Pastorale
Emily Beynon (flute)
Andrew West (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67204
Track 5
3’50

17:57
WAGNER
Migonne, WWV57
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
EMI 724355504722
Track 6
2’50

18:03
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Final waltz and apotheosis)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra
Genadi Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖL 4204 2
Track 13
5’25

18:09
VERDI
I vespri siciliani (Merci, dilette amoche)
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Nello Santi (conductor)
DECCA 440 404 2
Track 6
3’27

18:13
BEETHOVEN
Bagatelle, Op.33 no.1 (Andante grazioso quasi allegretto)
Stephen (Bishop) Kovacevich (piano)
PHILIPS 426 976 2
Track 1
2’58

18:17
BRITTEN
War Requiem (Dies ire dies illa)
Westminster Symhonic Choir
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 17115 2
CD 1
Track 3
3’40

18:26
BRITTEN
Nocturne (She sleeps on soft, last breaths)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Dominik Wollenbeber (cor anglais)
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
EMI 5 58049 2
Track 24
5’04

18:39
BRITTEN
War Requiem (After the blast of lightening from the East)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur (conductor)
TELDEC 0630 17115 2
CD 2
Track 2
3’38

18:44
PURCELL
Amphitryon, Z.572 (Saraband)
Aradia Ensemble
Kevin Mallon (director)
NAXOS 8.570149
Track 2
1’55

18:46
MOZART
Piano Quartet in G minor (Rondo)
Paul Lewis (piano)
Leopold String Trio
HYPERION CDA 67373
Track 3
7’19

18:54
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER
Louise (Depuis le jour)
Anna Netrebko (soprano)
Prague Philharmonia
Emmanuel Villaume (conductor)
DG 477 7639
Track 4
5’14

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