大象传媒

With Iain Burnside and Suzy Klein.

As the carcass of the Christmas bird starts to look a little less appetising, Iain and Suzy gather a trio of A-list musical guests to help bring some post-Yuletide sparkle to Sunday morning.

Joanna MacGregor, James Bowman and Tarik O'Regan reflect on their musical highlights of the year 2009 and their hopes for the next.

Dvorak: Rusalka (Song to the Moon)
Amanda Roocroft (soprano)
LPO
Franz Welser-Most (conductor)
EMI 555 090 2 Tr 9
Duration: 6m05s

Britten: Violin Concerto, Op 15 II (Vivace)
Janine Jansen (violin)
LSO
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)
Decca 478 1530 Tr 2
Duration: 8m20s

Schnittke: Concerto for Mixed Chorus (conclusion: Complete this work which I began)
Holst Singers
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA67297 Tr 4
Duration: 5m27s

Handel: Messiah (O Thou that Tellest)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Britten Sinfonia
Polyphony
Steven Layton (conductor)
Hyperion CDA 67800 CD1 Tr 9
Duration: 4m56s

Haydn: F minor Variations
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Vienna Phiharmonic
Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Decca 478 2116 CD 1 Tr 4
Duration: 11m38s

Ralph Stanley: Twelve Gates to the City
Ralph Stanley (voice)
Columbia/DMZ Tr 5 (album: Ralph Stanley, released 2002)
Duration: 1m57s

Vincent Ahehehinnou: Dis moi la verite
Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou
Analog Africa AACD 064 Tr 7
Duration: 4m10s

Corradini: Spargite flores
Gonzaga Band
Chandos CHAN 0761 Tr 1
Duration: 4m21s

Britten: Ballad of Heroes (conclusion: Recitative and Choral)
Martin Hill (tenor)
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos CHAN 8983/4 CD 2 Tr 7
Duration: 7m24s

Mira Calix: My Secret Heart (excerpt)
Streetwise Opera
Disc details to be confirmed
Duration: 1m50s

I Levy (II:80): Sepharade: El amor yo no savia
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall (conductor)
Alia Vox AVSA 9870 Tr 9
Duration: 4m21s

Macmillan: The Gallant Weaver
Laudibus
Mike Brewer (conductor)
Delphian DCD34060 Tr 11
Duration: 5m30s

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 23, K488 (Finale)
Cleveland Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (director/piano)
Decca 478 1524 Tr 6
Duration: 8m09s

Tarik O'Regan: Darkness Visible
Andrew Watts (countertenor)
Benjamin Hulett (tenor)
Lucy Wakeford (harp)
NMC D150 CD 2 Tr 16
Duration: 3m46s

Blaar Kindesdottir: Haiku
(Blaar Kindesdottir is a nom-de-plume for Colin Matthews)
James Bowman (countertenor)
Andrew Plant (piano)
NMC D150 CD 2 Tr 29
Duration: 1m22s

Piazzolla: Milonga del angel (arr. MacGregor)
Publisher: Warner Chappell
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Marcus Van Horn (bass)
Jacqueline Shave (violin)
Warner Classics 2564 68475-9 Tr 13
Duration: 3m58s

Piazzolla: Libertango (arr. MacGregor)
Publisher: Eaton Music Ltd
Joanna MacGregor (piano)
Warner Classics 2564 68475-9 Tr 14
Duration: 3m46s.

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