Episode 4
Napoleon's Music: Series exploring the life and works of a succession of composers.
Donald Macleod charts the extraordinary efforts which Napoleon would make to lure the very best musicians to his court. In the case of one singer, his preposterously generous offers prove to be overwhelming as we find her fleeing his attention in panic. Plus, another dip into the world of Revolutionary song as Laura Mason recalls an anthem so politically charged that its performances were frequently accompanied by violence.
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Les culs foittés pa le Père Duchesne (excerpt)
Performer: John Wright (fiddle)
- ADDA: 581105.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Coronation Concerto (finale)
Performer: Jos van Immersel (fortepiano), Performer: Anima Eterna
- CHANNEL CLASSICS: CCS2691.
- 3.
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Ferdinando Paer
La Gloria al Massimo Degli Eroi
Performer: Majella Cullagh (mezzo-soprano), Performer: Susan Drake (harp), Performer: David Harper (piano)
- OPERA RARA: ORR208.
- 1.
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Giovanni Paisiello
La passione di Gesù Cristo - end of Act 1
Performer: Luca Dordolo (tenor), Performer:Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Performer: Alla Simoni (soprano), Performer: Chorus of Swiss Radio Lugano, Performer: I Barocchisti, Performer: Diego Fasolis (conductor)
- CPO:7772572.
- 17.
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Janos Komives
Ca Ira
Performers: Les Philharmonistes De Châteauroux
- RENDEZ VOUS: RVR2010.
- 11.
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Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle
La Marseilleise
Performers: Orchestre d’Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix de Paris
- MUSIFRANCE: 2292-45006-2.
- 1.
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Pierre Gaveaux
Le Reveil du Peuple
Performers: Chorale Populaire de Paris
- Le Chant Du Monde: LDX 274896.
- 18.
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Hyacinthe Jadin
La Grande Bataille d Austerlitz
Performer: Daniel Propper
- FORGOTTEN RECORDS: fr16/17P.
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Gaspare Spontini
Fernand Cortez (Act 2 excerpt)
Performer: Melena Marras (tenor – Cortez), Performer: Cécile Perrin (soprano – Amazily), Performer: Slovak National Philharmonic Chorus Performer:Slovak National Philharmonic Orchestra, Performer:Jean-Paul Penin (conductor)
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- Thu 6 Dec 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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