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Jonathan Swain introduces music, including Verdi, Berio, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bach, Gluck, Sweelinck, Satie, Villa Lobos, CPE Bach, Tchaikovsky, Nielsen, Chopin and Smetana.

With Jonathan Swain.

01:00
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
Overture: La Forza del Destino
01:09
Berio, Luciano (1925-2003)
Folk Songs (1964)
Jard van Nes (mezzo soprano)
01:32
Prokofiev, Sergey (1891-1953)
Symphony no. 3 in C minor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly

02:09
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
7 Dances of the Dolls (Op.91c) arr for wind quintet
Bulgarian Academic Wind Quintet

02:20
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Dance of the Seven Veils – from Salome (Op.54)
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Stuart Challender (conductor)

02:31
Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
All' Italia ('Seven Elegies'):
Valerie Tryon (piano)

02:39
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra in D minor (BWV.1043)
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin and conductor), Lucy van Dael (violin ), La Petite Bande

02:56
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)
Le Cinesi (‘The Chinese Ladies’)
Isabelle Poulenard (Sivene: soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (Tangia: contralto), Gloria Banditelli (Lisinga: contralto), Guy de Mey (Silango: tenor), Orchester der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Rene Jacobs (conductor)

03:53
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Ick voer al over Rijn (47)
Glen Wilson (harpsichord)

04:00
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Water Music – Suite in G major (HWV.350)
Collegium Aureum

04:12
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Trois morceaux en forme de poire
Pianoduo Kolacny

04:30
Ginastera, Alberto (1916-1983)
Danza final (Malambo) – from Estancia
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

04:33
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Bachianas Brasileiras No.5
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Bryan Epperson, Maurizio Baccante, Roman Borys, Simon Fryer, David Hetherington, Roberta Jansen, Paul Widner, Thomas Wiebe, Winona Zelenka (cellos)

04:46
Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
Hill-Song No.1
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon (conductor)

05:00
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)
Sonata in A minor (Wq.49 No.1)
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

05:14
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Hektors Abschied (D.312b)
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Andreas Staier (fortepiano )

05:19
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893)
Introduction and waltz from 'Eugene Onegin'
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

05:28
Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911)
Romance for violin and orchestra in G major (Op.26)
Julia Fischer (violin), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green (conductor)

05:36
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Balladen om bjørnen [Song of the Bear], Op.47
Mattias Ermedahl (tenor), Anders Kilström (piano)

05:43
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Danse Macabre
David Drury (organ)

05:53
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
Symphony No.3, 'Sinfonia Espansiva'
Janne Berglund (soprano), Johannes Weisse (baritone), Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Niklas Willén (conductor)

06:33
Scacchi, Marco (1602-1662)
Omnes Gentes
Kai Wessel (alto), Krzystof Szmyt (tenor), Il Tempo Baroque Ensemble, Agata Sapiecha (director)

06:37
Chopin, Fryderyk (1810-1849)
Mazurkas: Op 17 No 4 in A minor; Op 33 No 1 in G sharp minor; Op 67 No 3 in C; Op 59 No 2 in A flat
Ashley Wass (piano)

06:47
Smetana, Bedrich (1824-1884)
Vltava (Moldau) – from 'Ma Vlast'
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Musique du Québec, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

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Thu 25 Sep 200801:00

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