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Ailish Tynan

Soprano Ailish Tynan shares great moments in opera, including music by Handel, Mozart, Humperdinck, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Janacek and Benjamin Britten.

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Sat 25 Nov 201713:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa.
    • SONY : SBK 62741-.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Verdi prati (Alcina)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO : COR-16025.
    • CORO.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    In uomini, in soldati (Cosi Fan Tutte)

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 4779172.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA : 417-385-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Papageno and Papagena's Duet (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Daniel Schmutzhard. Singer: Sunhae Im. Ensemble: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC-902068.70.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 13.

  • Leos Janáček

    The Cunning Little Vixen (Act 2, Vixen's aria)

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Singer: Eva Randová. Singer: Eva Zikmundova. Singer: Gertrude Jahn. Singer: Ivana Mixová. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA : 417-129-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 17.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel & Gretel: Overture

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • PHILIPS : 438-013 2.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.

  • Richard Wagner

    Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Singer: René Pape. Orchestra: Berlin State Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 477-661-7.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 2.

  • Frederick Loewe

    Why can't the English? (My Fair Lady)

    Singer: Rex Harrison. Singer: Julie Andrews. Orchestra: Unknown. Conductor: Franz Allers.
    • SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY : 88697-499172.
    • SONY MASTERWORKS BROADWAY.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I am the very Model of a Modern Major General (The Pirates Of Penzance)

    Singer: George Baker. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • EMI : 095092 2.
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Old Joe has gone fishing (Peter Grimes, Act 1, sc 2)

    Singer: Philip Langridge. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Singer: Alan Opie. Singer: Ameral Gunson. Singer: Anne Collins. Singer: John Graham Hall. Singer: Yvonne Barclay. Singer: Pamela Helen Stephen. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9447.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 22.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus (1st & 2nd Tambourins; Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV : 463 477-2.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 6.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    The Coronation of Poppea (Final Scene)

    Ensemble: La Venexiana. Director: Claudio Cavina. Singer: Roberta Mameli. Singer: Emanuela Galli. Singer: Alena Dantcheva.
    • GLOSSA : GCD-920916.
    • GLOSSA.
    • 10.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (conclusion)

    Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Christa Ludwig. Singer: Teresa Stich-Randall. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • EMI CLASSICS : CDC-556 243-5 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Traditional

    Trad. arr. Moeran - The Lost Lover

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Music Arranger: Ernest John Moeran. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 25 Nov 201713:00
    BBC Radio 3