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Wind down from the day with classical

Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Leslie Howard and singer Russell Watson.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Cole Porter

    Kiss me Kate (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H.15.25, 'Gypsy' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 and 3.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Choral works: City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus/BBC Philharmonic/Torteli.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Anton Rubinstein

    Barcarolle, Op.30 No.1

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (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.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Scherzo and Nocturne

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Surge amica mea

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mitridate, re di Ponto, K87: Overture

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.
  • Anton Rubinstein

    Melody in F, Op.3 No.1

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Performer: Russell Watson. Performer: New Zealand Sinfonietta. Performer: Tom Rainer.
    • SONY.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Performer: Russell Watson. Performer: New Zealand Sinfonietta. Performer: Tom Rainer.
    • SONY.
  • Gustav Mahler

    What the Wild Flowers Tell Me

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 2 Op.1b (March)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor Op.46 no.8

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tomáš Brauner.
    • SUPRAPHON.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Jul 202417:00

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