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Wind down from work with classical music

Sean Rafferty meets French tenor Cyrille Dubois to talk about his new album. Plus, live music from father and son Alastair and George Ross performing harpsichord and cello sonatas.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Émile Waldteufel

    The Skaters Waltz

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • With love from Vienna: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Percy Grainger

    When the World was Young for two pianos

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: John Lavender.
    • Grainger: Piano Music for Four Hands Vol.1: Thwaites/Lavender.
    • Pavillion.
    • 5.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Nunc Dimittis (Proms 2016)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • Coro.
    • 11.
  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for double string orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman: Overture

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    La Rose (Ode anacreontique)

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Aparte.
  • Louis Beydts

    Après la mortelle aventure (from Le Coeur inutile)

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Aparte.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Dartington Piano Trio.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello concerto No 1 op 107: i. Allegretto

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Sonata no. 2 in D minor: Andante; Presto

    Performer: George Ross. Performer: Alastair Ross.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations ('Nimrod')

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • TELDEC.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (IV. Allegro maestoso)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her BWV.700

    Performer: Andrew Davis.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Theodora: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 23.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' - finale

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Warner Classics.

Broadcast

  • Mon 22 Apr 202417:00

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