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Music for Valentine's Day
A romantic half hour mix for Valentine’s Day, featuring passionate orchestral works from Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, a heartfelt duet from Puccini, and Britten, trying to discover the truth about love. Produced by Dominic Wells.
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Thu 14 Feb 201919:00
BBC Radio 3
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Benjamin Britten
Cabaret Songs: O tell me the truth about love; Funeral Blues
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Ann Murray.- AVIE.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Channel Classics.
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Richard Rodgers
My Funny Valentine arr Stevens 'in memoriam Chet Baker'
Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.![]()
Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila Symphony: VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour
Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Tristan Murail. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- EMI.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 5.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Surprises de l'amour, RCT 58, Act II, Scene 8: Loure
Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.- Enfers.
- harmonia mundi.
- 108.
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Giacomo Puccini
La Boheme (O soave Fanciulla)
Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DECCA.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo and Juliet (Act 4)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.- Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Valery Gergiev, LSO.
- LSO Live.
- 27.
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- Thu 14 Feb 201919:00BBC Radio 3
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