13:00 WRITTEN IN THE WIND
Prepared by Elaine Siversen
With Stephen Gard
Butterworth, G. Love blows as the wind blows, op 59 (1912). Robert Tear, ten; City of Birmingham SO/Vernon Handley.
EMI 7 64731 2 [10:00]
Janácek, L. Overture: Jealousy (1894). Vienna PO/Charles Mackerras.
Decca 414 482-2 [05:37]
Lawes, H. In that cold heart; A despairing lover. Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley.
Hyperion CDA66135 [07:13]
Purcell, H. Dido’s lament: Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas (1689). Janet Baker, mezz; English CO/Anthony Lewis.
Philips 475 156-2 [05:03]
Tartini, G. Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, op 1 no 10, Didone abbandonata (1714). Fabio Biondi, vn; Antonio Fantinuoli, vc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo; Paola Poncet, hpd.
Glossa GCD 923412 [14:39]
Beethoven, L. Ah! Perfido, scene and aria, op 65 (1795-96). Cheryl Studer, sop; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.
DG 435617-2 [13:33]
Villa-Lobos, H. Sonata (Fantasy) no 1, Despair (1912). Emmanuele Baldini, vn; Pablo Rossi, pf.
Naxos 8.574310 [09:25]
Arriaga, J. Erminia. Rosamund Illing, sop; Melbourne SO/Heribert Esser.
ABC 434 898-2 [13:50]
14:30 SATURDAY MATINÉE
Orchestral grandeur
Prepared by Chis Blower
With Brian Drummond
Halffter, R. Suite: Don Lindo de Almería, op 7b (1936). Madrid Comunidad O/José Ramón Encinar.
Naxos 8.557623 [19:18]
Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1909-15). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; Suisse Romande O/Sergiu Comissiona.
Decca 417 771-2 [24:29]
Rodrigo, J. Sones en la Giralda (1963). Gwyneth Wentink, hp; Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés.
Naxos 8.555843 [09:21]
Albéniz, I. Rapsodia española, op 70 (1911; arr. C. Halffter). Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
Decca 433 905-2 [17:57]
Halffter, E. Soundtrack: Carmen (1926). Frankfurt RSO/Mark Fitz-Gerald.
Naxos 8.572260 [01:06:56]

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