大象传媒

Highlights from music festivals that took place in Europe and North America in summer 2008.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

Schubert: Die Burgschaft, D435
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Helmut Deutsch (piano)
From the Schubertiade, Austria.

Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 87
Rachel Lee, Lidia Baich (violins)
Ulrich Eichenauer (viola)
Peter Bruns (cello)
Igor Ardasev (piano)
From the Moritzburg Festival, Germany.

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Act 2)
Cast including:
Hans Sachs ...... Franz Hawlata (bass-baritone)
Sixtus Beckenmesser ...... Michael Volle (bass)
Veit Pogner ...... Artur Korn (bass)
Kunz Vogelgesang ...... Charles Reid (tenor)
Konrad Nachtigall ...... Rainer Zaun (bass)
Fritz Kothner ..... Markus Eiche (bass)
Balthasar Zorn ...... Edward Randall (tenor)
Ulrich Eisslinger ...... Hans-Jurgen Lazar (tenor)
Augustin Moser ...... Stefan Heibach (tenor)
Hermann Ortel ...... Martin Snell (bass)
Hans Schwarz ...... Andreas Macco (bass)
Hans Foltz ...... Diogenes Randes (bass)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle (conductor)
From Bayreuth Festival.

Bach: Suite for Orchestra, BWV 1067
Marie-Andree Benny (flute)
Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie (conductor)
From the Domaine Forget International Festival, Canada.

Mozart: Twelve Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je Maman, K265
Fazil Say (piano)
From the Musica Mundi Festival, Belgium.

Busoni: Piano Concerto in C, Op 39
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
Men of the Swiss Chamber Chorus
Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich
Marek Janowski (conductor)
From the Zurich Festival, Switzerland.