大象传媒

Iain Burnside is joined by John Copley to survey composers and performers whose later years combined maturity with creativity. Including music from Monteverdi and Richard Strauss, with performances from Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Pablo Casals.

Bizet: Symphony in C (finale)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski (conductor)
CBS MBK 44894 Tr 8
Dur: 5m42s

Rameau: Entree de Polymnie (Les Boreades)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
Archiv 00289 477 5578 Tr 16
Dur: 5m59s

Rossini: Valse torturee (Peches de vieillesse)
Marco Sollini (piano)
Chandos Chan 10520 Tr 6
Dur: 5m53s

Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter (conductor)
Collegium CSCD 505 Tr 6-8
Dur: 6m35s

Janacek: Mladi (1st mvt)
Melos Ensemble
EMI 5 65304 2 Tr 4
Dur: 3m32s

John Copley's Choices:
1. Mompou, orch Antoni Ros-Marba: Damunt de tu nomes les flors
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Lamoureux Concerts Orchestra
Antoni Ros-Marba (conductor)
EMI CMS 565 0612 Disc 2 Tr 24
Dur: 4m42s

2. Verdi - final fugue (Falstaff - Act 3)
Ford ...... Thomas Hampson
Bardolfo ...... Anthony Mee
Pistola ...... Anatoli Kotscherga
Alice ...... Adrianne Pieczonka
Nannetta ...... Dorothea Roschmann
Fenton ...... Daniil Shtoda
Quickly ...... Larissa Diadkova
Meg ...... Stella Doufexis
Falstaff ...... Bryn Terfel
Dr Cajus ...... Enrico Facini
Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
DG 471 194-2 Disc 2 Tr 16 - start 10m in (with an edge) on 'Un coro e terminiam la scena...'
Dur: 3m07s

3. Wagner: Dich, teure Halle (Tannhauser)
Birgit Nillson (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Leopold Ludwig (conductor)
EMI CDM 7 63108 2 Tr 7
Dur: 5m08s

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 1 in C (1st mvt)
Concerto Koln (no conductor)
Warner Classics 2564 69270-9 CD 1 Tr 4
Dur: 4m06s

Chopin: Nocturne in B, Op 32 No 1
Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
WH Live 0023 Tr 9
Dur: 5m36s

Berthold Goldschmidt: Fourth String Quartet (1992)
Mandelring Quartet
Largo 56128 Tr 9
Dur: 13m26s

Scarlatti: Sonata in F, Kk 518; Sonata in F minor, Kk 519
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Archiv 4196322 Trs 8 and 9
Dur 7m30s

Faure: Barcarolle No 13 in C, Op 116
Paul Crossley (piano)
CRD 5006 Disc 3 Tr 13
Dur: 4m

Haydn: Symphony 41 in C (last mvt)
Tafelmusik
Bruno Weil (conductor)
Sony SKL 48 370 Tr 4
Dur: 3m30s

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No 2
Dennis Brain (horn)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)
EMI CDC 7 47834 2 Trs 4-6
Dur: 18m13s.

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