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Ease into the evening with classical music

Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen perform live in the studio ahead of their Rachmaninov recital at the London Piano Festival, plus a new release of Liszt from pianist Kenneth Hamilton. Sean Rafferty presents.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 3 Oct 202317:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV 513 for 2 violins (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Concerti per Due Violini.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (4th mvt, Von der Schönheit)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Hut on Hen's Legs (Pictures from an exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Quincy Jones

    Soul Bossa Nova

    Orchestra: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.
    • Mercury.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Singer: Charlotte Margiono. Singer: Rudolf Schasching. Singer: Birgit Remmert. Singer: Robert Holl. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chorus. Conductor: Erwin Ortner.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mendelssohn Sieben Lieder S547: Auf Flugeln des Gesanges

    Performer: Kenneth Hamilton.
    • Prima Facie.
  • Franz Liszt

    Ständchen - Leise flehen meine Lieder (No. 7a from Schwanengesang, S560, after S

    Performer: Kenneth Hamilton.
    • Prima Facie.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    I can cook too - from "On the Town"

    Performer: Tyne Daly. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bernstein/On the Town.
    • DG.
    • 11.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Claude Debussy

    'En bateau' from Petite Suite

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva. Performer: Charles Owen.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen, Act I: 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'

    Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chœurs René Duclos. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • George Fenton

    Blue Whale (The Blue Planet)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • The Blue Planet - Music from the BBC TV Series.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Maurice Ravel

    'Malagueña' & 'Habanera' from Rhapsodie espagnole

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva. Performer: Charles Owen.
  • György Ligeti

    Three Wedding Dances

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva. Performer: Charles Owen.
  • Vicente Lusitano

    Regina caeli

    Choir: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets - 2.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 43 in E flat major, 'Mercury' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

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