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Rossini in Yorkshire. Why not? and the enigmatic Francois Couperin distilled and updated.

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Tue 23 Apr 201919:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Turandot's Chamber, from incidental music for Turandot

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Busoni: Turandot Suite - Riccardo Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (First music - Prelude)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 1-5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song Op.16

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Osmo Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Romance sans paroles, Op 17 No 3

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • CONIFER.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie freudig ist mein Herz (Cantata no.199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut)

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Cantatas BWV 179, 199 & 113.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 14.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Serenata alla spagnola

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Waltzes Op.64 (no.2 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: Piano works: Maria Joao Pires/Pavel Gomziakov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • François Couperin

    Les Barricades Mysterieuses

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Ensemble: The Composers Ensemble.
    • Ades: America: A Prophecy.
    • Warner.
    • 14.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Bjorneskytten (The Bear Hunter)

    Ensemble: Die Singphoniker.
    • CPO.

  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla moor

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • RESONANCE.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Apr 201919:00
    BBC Radio 3

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