Power through with classical music
A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with Bach's Goldberg Variations, a Kaija Saariaho piece for cello and voice, Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux, Myaskovsky's Lyric concertino
A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with, among other treasures, renowned pianist Vikingur Olaffson playing Bach's Goldberg Variations, a Kaija Saariaho piece for cello and voice, one of Rachmaninov's mighty Moments Musicaux, a charming piece for orchestra in Myaskovsky's Lyric concertino... closing with José Carreras' rendition of Verdi's celebrated aria for tenor 'Di quella pira', from his opera Il Trovatore.
Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo
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Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky
Lyric concertino in G major op.32 no.3 for orchestra: 3rd mvt Allegro giocoso
Orchestra: USSR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.- ALTO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Variation 13
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
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Kaija Saariaho
Uberzeugung
Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Orchestra: Oslo Sinfonietta. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No 14 in G Major, K 387 (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Armida Quartett.- Avi.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Moments musicaux Op.16 (no.6 in C major)
Performer: Boris Giltburg.- Rachmaninoff: Études-tableaux, Op. 39 & 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16.
- Naxos.
- 206.
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Paul Wranitzky
Contradance (The Cunning Farmer Girl)
Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Marek Štilec.- Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
- Naxos.
- 22.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Di quella pira (Il trovatore)
Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.- Philips.
Broadcast
- Thu 26 Oct 202319:00BBC Radio 3
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