It's all about the voice
Episode m0006fl1, broadcast at Wednesday 3rd July 2019, 7:00pm.
“And what voices! Cecilia Bartoli with Vivaldi's desperate - and icily familiar - aria Gelido in ogni vena, the Songbird of Wassoulou, Oumou Sangaré, and the lustrous ensemble work of Armonico Consort in Versa est in luctum by Tomas Luis de Victoria. There's Beethoven's impish Sonata No 6 too, and the internal logic of Symphony No 6 by Sibelius. And there's the massed string voices of Gorecki's third Piece in Old Style, and the conversational Pastorale for wind by Amy Beach.”
Track listing
- 1:05 – Gelido in ogni vena (Farnace) (track 2, Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Conductor Giovanni Antonini
- Ensemble Il Giardino Armonico
- Singer Cecilia Bartoli
- 6:05 – Piano Sonata in F major, Op 10 No 2 (3rd mvt) (track 6, Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas: Daniel Barenboim)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer Daniel Barenboim
- 8:12 – Symphony No 6 in D minor, Op 104 (3rd mvt) (track , Simon Rattle on EMI Classics)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Jean Sibelius
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- 12:03 – Three Pieces in Old Style (No 3)
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
- Conductor Yuri Simonov
- 16:53 – Kun fe ko (track 1, Worotan)
- Singer Oumou Sangaré
- 20:57 – Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 151 (track 6, Beach: Violin Sontata etc.)
- Composer Amy Beach
- Ensemble Ambache Chamber Ensemble
- 24:27 – Versa est in luctum (Missa pro defunctis) (track 10, Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort)
- Composer Tomás Luis de Victoria
- Choir Armonico Consort
- Director Christopher Monks