Friday, April 23, 2021
9:00
Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Schwanen Salon O/Huber (Naxos 8.554756)
Sullivan: The Merchant of Venice Masquerade; RTE Concert O/Penny (Marco Polo 8.223461)
Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring (Five Shakespeare Songs), op. 18; Stephen Varcoe, bass-baritone; City of London Sinfonia/Hickox (Chandos 8743)
Finzi: Three Soliloquies from Love’s Labours Lost Suite; Northern Sinfonia of England/Griffiths (Naxos 8.553566)
Verdi: Ave Maria and Final Scene from Act IV of Otello; Cincinnati Pops O/Kunzel (Telarc 80551)
Dowland: The Frog Galliard; Paul O’Dette, lute (Harmonia Mundi 907163)
10:00
Berger: Short Overture for Strings; Rome CO/Flagello (Kenwest 508)
Saint-Saëns: Septet in E flat, op. 65; Nash Ensemble of London (Virgin Classics 90751)
R Strauss: Macbeth, op. 23; Scottish National O/Järvi (Chandos 8834)
Debussy/arr. Roger-Ducasse: Le Roi Lear; Orchestre National de Lyon/Märkl (Naxos 8.572297)
Doyle: Non nobis, Domine from Henry V (1989 film); Crouch End Festival Chorus, City of Prague PO/Bateman (Silva Screen 3015)
11:00
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, op. 37a: April, May, June; Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano (Decca 289 466 562)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, op. 101; Cincinnati SO/P Järvi (Telarc 80597)
German: Much Ado About Nothing Suite; BBC Concert O/Wilson (Dutton Epoch 7285)
Mendelssohn: Intermezzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream incidental music, op. 61; Vienna PO/Previn (Philips 420 161)
Rota: Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (1968 film); Cincinnati Pops O/Kunzel (Telarc 80551)