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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Feuillet d'album arr Taffanei

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: William Bennett. Performer: James Campbell. Performer: David Campbell. Performer: Rachel Gough. Performer: Robin Kennard. Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Robert Maskell. Music Arranger: Paul Taffanel.
    • Debussy/Saint-Saens: Complete Chamber Music for Woodwinds.
    • Cala.
    • 6.

  • Richard Strauss

    Cello Sonata in F major, Op 6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • SONY.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Symphonie Concertante in A major, Op 9 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No.34: O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (chorus)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: The Sixteen Orchestra.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas 34, 50, 147.
    • Coro.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Gaetano Brunetti

    Viola Sonata in D Major: III. Rondeau. Allegretto

    Performer: Pablo de Pedro Cano. Performer: Samuel Maíllo. Performer: Lorenzo Meseguer.
    • EUDORA.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fantaisie for piano and orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra.
    • chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, "Trout Quintet": III. Scherzo. Presto

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Edgar Francis. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Florence Price

    Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G Minor

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Piano Heroines.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 19.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse, HWV 40: Overture

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Handel: Serse, HWV 40.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme - extract)

    Music Arranger: Nikoloz Rachveli. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli.
    • City Lights.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G minor

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Linn.

  • William Grant Still

    Cumbia y congo (Danzas de Panama)

    Ensemble: Serafin String Quartet.
    • Centaur.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV51:D7

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.1 in D Minor, Op.13 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 & Isle of the Dead.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Charles Gounod

    Waltz (Faust, Act 2)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Weninger. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 31.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Etude no.110

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • 55.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 27.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat major, K 207 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Introduction and Polonaise in C major, Op 3 (Polonaise)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite, Op. 11: I. Intermezzo. Moderato

    Conductor: Susanna Mälkki. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Jun 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3