Wednesday - Petroc's classical alarm call

Charles Villiers Stanford

Magnificat in B flat major for double choir, Op 164

Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Director: David Hill.

• Stanford: Sacred Choral Music, Vol. 3: Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill.
• Hyperion.
• 9.

Franz Liszt

Au lac de Wallenstadt (Années de pèlerinage, 1er année Suisse)

Performer: Alfred Brendel.

• Philips.

Ottorino Respighi

Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Janiculum)

Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.

• Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
• Philips.
• 3.

Benjamin Till

Eitz Chayim Hi

Choir: Mosaic Voices. Conductor: Michael Etherton.

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Polonaise (Christmas Eve suite)

Music Arranger: Denis Wright. Performer: The Fairey Band.

• DECCA.

Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

Forgotten melodies [Zabitiye motivi], vol 2 Op.39 for pf: no.4; Canzona matinata

Performer: Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.

• MELODIYA.

Frederick Delius

Daybreak (Florida Suite)

Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.

• Beecham Conducts Delius.
• EMI.
• 4.

Sir George Dyson

The Canterbury Pilgrims (The Wife of Bath)

Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

• The Canterbury Pilgrims.
• Chandos.
• 4.

Johann Strauss II

Tarantella (Cinderella)

Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.

• DECCA.

Giovanni Benedetto Platti

Sonata in G minor for violin, cello and continuo

Performer: Sebastian Hess. Performer: Rüdiger Lotter. Performer: Florian Birsak.

• OEHMS.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Egmont Overture (Op.84)

Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.

• Beethoven: Complete Symphonies: Norrington.
• Virgin Classics.
• 10.

Dmitry Shostakovich

Quintet in G minor Op.57 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt; Scherzo (Allegretto)

Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Ensemble: Beethoven Quartet.

• DOREMI.

Hans Krása

Brundibár - Suite (1st mvt)

Music Arranger: David Matthews. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.

• Brundibar: Music by Composers in Theresienstadt: The Nash Ensemble.
• Hyperion.
• 1.

Ilse Weber

Wiegala

Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bebe Risenfors.

• Deutsche Grammophon.

Arnold Schoenberg

Gurrelieder, Part One: Orchestral Prelude

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

• Simon Rattle Edition: The Second Viennese School.
• Warner Classics.
• 1.

Franz Schubert

Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774

Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.

• DG.

Antonín Dvořák

Rondo in G minor Op.94 for cello and piano

Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

• HYPERION.