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The biggest names in classical music

Katie Derham is joined by soprano Aleksandra Kurzak, who is about to appear as Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana at the Royal Opera House. There's also live music from vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six.

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Mon 27 Nov 202317:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: III. Scherzo. Vivace

    Conductor: Misha Rachlevsky. Orchestra: Orquesta de Cámara de Granada.
    • Romantic Music for Strings.
    • Claves Records.
    • 3.

  • Spiers and Boden Duo

    The Old Lancashire Hornpipe / The 3rd Beekeeper

    • Tunes.
    • Fellside Recordings.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Cherubic Hymn No 1

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 41, TH 75 (Excerpts) & 9 Sacred.
    • Ondine.
    • 201.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in A minor D.804 'Rosamunde' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • APARTE.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony no.2: Royal Phil, Andre Previn.
    • Telarc.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Bohème Atto I: "O soave fanciulla"

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Aleksandra Kurzak. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • Puccini in Love.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 3.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle [The Tales of Hoffmann]

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Destination Paris.
    • Erato.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor Op 3 No 10 RV580 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel.

  • William Byrd

    Rorate Caeli

    Choir: Gesualdo Six.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 93 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 11.

  • Ben Shankland

    Axis [extract]

    Performer: Ben Shankland.
    • BBC Radio Scotland Young Jazz Musician 2023.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las 4 Estaciones Porteñas; IV. Primavera Porteño

    Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Orchestra: Anima Musicæ Chamber Orchestra.
    • The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 104.

  • Judith Bingham

    In Mary's Love

    Choir: Gesualdo Six.

  • Owain Park

    O Send out thy Light

    Choir: Gesualdo Six.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 6 (S.23) [1615 no.4]

    Performer: Stephen Layton. Performer: Richard Farnes. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Gabrieli: The Glory of Venice - The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Phil.
    • Decca.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in C major, Op.28 no.1

    Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • C.1300 - C.2000.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.8 in E flat major: Part II - Alles Vergängliche

    Choir: Minnesota Chorale. Choir: National Lutheran Choir. Choir: Minnesota Boychoir. Choir: Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 8.
    • BIS.
    • 124.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Nov 202317:00
    BBC Radio 3

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