Sundays, Radio 3, 14.00 - 15.00

17 July	The Cunning Little Vixen, with director Jonathan Miller
24 July	Katya Kabanova, with soprano Josephine Barstow
31 July	The Glagolitic Mass, with conductor Mark Elder
7 August	The Excursions of Mr Broucek, with director David Pountney
14 August	Jenufa, with soprano Amanda Roocroft
21 August	From the House of the Dead, with conductor Richard Armstrong
28 August	The Makropoulos Case, with soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom
4 Sept	Osud, with tenor Philip Langridge

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DAME JOSEPHINE BARSTOW on KATYA KABANOVA

Tx 24 July 2004

1. Overture and Scene 1 (Act 1)

2. Scene between Kanbanicha, Katya and Tichon (Act 1)

3. Duet between Katya and Varvara (Act 1)

4. Duet between Kabanicha and Dikoj (Act 2)

5. Scene in the garden (Kudrjas, Varvara, Boris and Katya)

6. Finale (Act 3)

Elisabeth Soderstrom (Katya), Nadesda Kniplova (Kabanicha), Vladimir Krejcik (Tichon), Petr Dvorsky (Boris), Libuse Marova (Varvara), Zdenek Svehla (Kudrjas), Dalibor Jedlicka (Dikoj), Jitka Pavlova (Glasa)
Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna PO/Sir Charles Mackerras
DECCA 421 852-2

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MARK ELDER on THE GLAGOLITIC MASS

Tx 31 July 2004

1. Intrada

2. Uvod
CBSO/Simon Rattle
EMI 7243 5 55980-2 T6 03:12

3. Uvod

4. Slava

5. Veruju

6. Svet (06:15), Agnece Bozij (04:27), Organ solo (02:41), Intrada (01:46)

Tina Kiberg (soprano), Randi Stene (alto), Peter Svensson (tenor), Ulrik Cold (bass), The Danish National Radio Choir and SO/Sir Charles Mackerras
CHANDOS CHAN 9310

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DAVID POUNTNTEY on THE EXCURSIONS OF MR. BROUČEK

Tx 7 August 2004 

1. Act 1 Scene 1

2. Act 1 end of Scene 1, beginning of Scene 2

3. Act 1 Scene 2 4. Act 2 Scene 1

5. Act 2 Scene 1

6. Act 2 Scene 2

Vilem Prybl (Broucek), Miroslav Svejda (Mazal), Jana Jonasova (Malinka), Rene Tucek (Svatopluch Cech)
Czech Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra/Frantisek Jilek
SUPRAPHON 11 2153-2 612

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AMANDA ROOCROFT on JENUFA

Tx 14 August 2004

1. Grandmother’s aria & Jenufa’s scene with Steva (Act 1)

2. Scene with Laca to end of Act 1

3. Jenufa’s soliloquy (Act 2)

4. Scene with the Kostelnicka (Act 2)

5. Final scene (Act 3)

Elizabeth Vaughan (Grandmother), The Kostelnicka (Dame Josephine Barstow), Janice Waton (Jenufa), Peter Wedd (Steva), Nigel Robson (Laca), Neal Davies (Foreman)
Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera/Sir Charles Mackerras
CHANDOS CHAN 3106

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SIR RICHARD ARMSTRONG on FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

Tx 21 August 2004

1. The Prelude

2. Scene with the Commandant and the eagle (Act One)

3. Luka’s story (the end of Act One)

4. Pantomime (The Miller’s Fair Wife) (Act Two)

5. Shishkov’s story (Act Two)

6. Act three, scene two

Filka/Luka……….Jiří Zahradníček
Skuratov…………Ivo Žídek
Shishkov…………Václav Zítek
Goryanovich…….Dalibor Jedlička
Commandant…….Antonín Švorc
Alyeya……………Jaroslava Janská
Tall Prisoner……..Vladímír Krejčík
Short Prisoner……Richard Novák
Old Prisoner……...Beno Blachut
Cherevin………….Zdenĕk Švehla
Don Juan…………Jaroslav Soušek

Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras
DECCA 430 375-2