Katie Mitchell
Michael Berkeley meets theatre director Katie Mitchell, whose musical choices include a Bach aria, string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek, and music by Nono and Schnittke.
Michael Berkeley talks to the theatre director Katie Mitchell, whose often controversial productions range
from Greek tragedy to Dr Seuss and operas by Mozart and Janacek. Much of the music she has chosen is connected with her work in the theatre, including a Bach aria and a Schubert song and string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek as well as music by Luigi Nono and Alfred Schnittke.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in A flat, BWV862 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performers: Glenn Gould (piano)
- SONY CLASSICAL SM2K 52600.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (Finale: Allegro appassionato)
Performers: The Italian Quartet
- PHILIPS 454 072-2.
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Franz Schubert
Nacht und Traume
Performers: Mark Padmore (tenor) Andrew West (piano)
- Private recording.
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Leos Jan谩膷ek
String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) - 4th mvt
Performers: The Talich Quartet
- CALLIOPE CAL 9699.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion, Part 2)
Performers: Michael Chance (countertenor) Elizabeth Wilcock (violin) English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 469 769-2.
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Alfred Schnittke
Stille Nacht
Performers: Gidon Kremer (violin) Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
- TELDEC 4509-94540-2.
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Paul Clark
Waves music
Performers: Calina De La Mare, Steve Bentley Klein, Rachel Robson and Chris Allan
- Private recording.
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Nono
Al gran sole carico d'amore (In the bright Sunshine heavy with Love) - II Tempo - Scena 2
Performers: Claudia Barainsky (soprano) Lani Poulson (contralto) Markus Marquardt (Pavel) Chorus and Orchestra of the Staatsoper Stuttgart Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)
- TELDEC 8573 81059.
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