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20/01/2010 The Brodsky Quartet, Toby Spence, Rosemary Joshua

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Sean is joined by the Brodsky Quartet, who perform works by Mendelssohn and Karen Tanaka. Plus tenor Toby Spence and soprano Rosemary Joshua.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

Sean is joined by the world renowned Brodsky Quartet who perform works by Mendelssohn and Karen Tanaka in the studio, as well as discussing their return this week to London's Kings Place and the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

Also on the programme, tenor Toby Spence and soprano Rosemary Joshua talk about their roles as Tom Rakewell and Anne Trulove in the Royal Opera House's production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, which opens this week.

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni Overture

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Performer: Colin Davis (conductor)

    • PHILIPS 416 273-2.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danza Espanola (La vida breve)

    Performer: Brodsky Quartet

    • TELDEC 2292460152.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Love, too frequently betrayed (Rake's Progress, Act 1)

    Performer: Philip Langridge (tenor) Performer: London Sinfonietta Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 411 644-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Cosi la tortorella (La Resurrezione)

    Performer: Toby Spence (tenor) Performer: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e Performer: Emmanuelle Ha茂m (director)

    • VIRGIN 50999 694567.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Il 茅tait beau (Vert-Vert)

    Performer: Toby Spence (Valentin) Performer: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • OPERA RARA ORC41.
  • Joseph Martin Kraus

    Aeneas in Carthage: Act V Introduction and Ballet

    Performer: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyv盲skyl盲 Performer: Patrick Gallois (conductor)

    • NAXOS 8.570585.
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris: Andante ma con ritmo deciso

    Performer: Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andr茅 Previn (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2120.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Baba-Yaga

    Performer: Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Performer: Valery Gergiev (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2122.
  • James Rhodes

    3 Melodies de Verlaine

    Performer: Lisa Milne (soprano) Performer: Iain Burnside (piano)

    • BLACK BOX BBM1073.
  • LIVE

    • Karen Tanaka

      At the Grave of Beethoven

      Performer: Brodsky Quartet

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      String Quartet no.6 in F minor: Scherzo

      Performer: Brodsky Quartet

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata Wann kommst du, mein Heil?, BWV.140

    Performer: Christine Sch盲fer (soprano) Performer: Matthias Goerne (baritone) Performer: Hilary Hann (violin) Performer: M眉nchener Kammerorchester Performer: Alexander Liebreich (director)

    • DG 477 8092.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Sonata No. 28 in F major 'Le fameux Corsaire'

    Performer: Robert Barto (baroque lute)

    • NAXOS 8.572219.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto in D major, Op.61: Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam (piano) Performer: Norrk枚ping Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Parrott (conductor)

    • BIS SACD 1693.

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  • Wed 20 Jan 2010 17:00

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