Bel Canto Opera excerpts from Cēsis, Latvia

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Tenors Levy Sekgapane and Lawrence Brownlee share the stage in this opera extravaganza, singing arias by Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini among others. The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra join them, playing well-loved overtures. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) Overture to Norma Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters (conductor) 12:37 AM Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) È serbata a questo acciaro Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 12:43 AM Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) Nel furor...Per te di vane lagrime Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 12:47 AM Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Overture to Philemon et Baucis Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 12:51 AM Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Ah! Lève-toi, soleil Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 12:55 AM Léo Delibes (1836-1891) Fantaisie aux divins mensonges Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:01 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Donala a questo cuore Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:11 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Overture to La scala di seta Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:17 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) D'ogni più sacro Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:22 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Tu seconda il mio disegno Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:28 AM Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Overture to Guillaume Tell Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:40 AM Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) Stolto! Ad un sol mio grido Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) Ah vieni, nel tuo sangue Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) Ah! mes amis… Pour mon âme Levy Sekgapane (tenor), Lawrence Brownlee (tenor), Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aivis Greters 01:56 AM Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889), arr. David Stanhope Fantasy and variations on a Cavatina from 'Beatrice di Tenda' by Bellini Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halász (conductor) 02:03 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Reminiscences on Bellini's 'Norma' Ferruccio Busoni (piano) 02:16 AM Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Concert Suite from the ballet 'Estancia', Op 8a Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Christian Vasquez (conductor) 02:31 AM Leonel Power (1370-1445) Missa 'Alma redemptoris mater' Hilliard Ensemble 02:51 AM Iris Szeghy (b.1956) Cello Concerto Andrej Gál (cello), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marián Lejava (conductor) 03:18 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Trio in A major H.15.18 Atos Trio 03:33 AM Franz Schreker (1878-1934) Nachtstuck (orchestral interlude) from "Der ferne Klang" (Opera in 3 acts) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 03:49 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Wind Octet, Op 65 BBC National Orchestra of Wales 04:00 AM Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Concerto Grosso no 5 in D minor - Sinfonia Chiave d'Arco Baroque Orchestra, Sigiswald Kuijken (director) 04:08 AM Erik Satie (1866-1925) La Belle Excentrique Pianoduo Kolacny (piano duo) 04:17 AM August de Boeck (1865-1937) Fantasy on two Flemish Folk Songs Vlaams Radio Orkest [Flemish Radio Orchestra], Marc Soustrot (conductor) 04:24 AM Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) Carolan's draught for two harps Julia Shaw (harp), Nora Bumanis (harp) 04:26 AM Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), arr. Robert Longfield Gabriel's Oboe, from the film 'The Mission' Tomoharu Yoshida (oboe), WDR Funkhausorchester, Rasmus Baumann (conductor) 04:31 AM Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) O vis aeternitatis (Responsorium) for female voice Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (fiddle) 04:39 AM Charles Ives (1874-1954) Piano Sonata no 1 - IVb (Allegro) (Third verse, chorus) Donna Coleman (piano) 04:42 AM Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) Sonata Prima a 4 (Opera Decima Sesta) Maniera 04:52 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Horn Concerto no 4 in E flat major, K.495 James Sommerville (horn), CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 05:09 AM Augusta Holmès (1847-1903) Roland Furieux, Symphony after Ariosto BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Valentina Peleggi (conductor) 05:37 AM Ole Edvard Antonsen, Leif Strand (1942-2021), Frode Alnaes (b.1959), arr. Øivind Westby Landscapes / Men gar jag över engarna / Vitae Lux Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Ole Edvard Antonsen Band, WDR Funkhausorchester, Rasmus Baumann (conductor) 06:21 AM Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) Catalunya; Sevilla - from Suite Espanola no 1 Sean Shibe (guitar)