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Radio 3,05 May 2026,360 mins

Brahms, Liszt and Strauss from Rome

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Soloists Sayaka Shoji and Ettore Pagano join the Santa Cecilia Orchestra and conductor Thomas Guggeis in Brahms's Double Concerto, and the orchestra also plays music by Liszt and Strauss. Jonathan Swain presents. 12:31 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op 102 Sayaka Shoji (violin), Ettore Pagano (cello), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Thomas Guggeis (conductor) 01:05 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Les Préludes, S. 97, symphonic poem no 3 Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Thomas Guggeis (conductor) 01:22 AM Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Tod und Verklärung, Op 24 Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Thomas Guggeis (conductor) 01:48 AM Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Czardas obstine (1884) Jos Van Immerseel (piano) 01:52 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 Thomas Friedli (clarinet), Quartet Sine Nomine 02:31 AM Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV.8 Barbora Sojková (soprano), Stanislava Mihalcová (soprano), Marta Fadljevicová (mezzo soprano), Markéta Cukrová (contralto), Sylva Cmugrová (contralto), Daniela Cermáková (contralto), Jarosla Brezina (tenor), Cenek Svoboda (tenor), Tomáš Král (baritone), Jaromír Nosek (bass), Musica Florea, Marek Stryncl (director) 03:05 AM Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884) Piano Trio in G minor, Op 15 Suk Trio 03:33 AM Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Jan Hanuš Sitt (orch.) 2 Norwegian Dances, Op 35 nos 1 & 2 Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, Rouslan Raychev (conductor) 03:43 AM Carl Ludwig Lithander (1773-1843) Divertimento no 1 for flute and fortepiano Mikael Helasvuo (flute), Tuija Hakkila (pianoforte) 03:52 AM Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) Suite (sonata) for clavichord no 12 in E minor Karin Jonsson-Hazell (harpsichord) 03:59 AM Ruth Watson Henderson (b.1932) Sing All Ye Joyful for SATB with piano accompaniment Elmer Iseler Singers, Claire Preston (piano), Lydia Adams (conductor) 04:04 AM Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758) Concerto in C minor for 2 oboes, bassoon and strings, FaWV L:c2 Shai Kribus (oboe), Mirjam Hüttner (oboe), Sergio Azzolini (bassoon), Camerata Bern, Sergio Azzolini (director) 04:14 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Variations on the hymn 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' Andreas Staier (fortepiano) 04:22 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Coriolan Overture, Op 62 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck (conductor) 04:31 AM Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1630-1670) Sonata No 6 for violin and continuo 'La Sabbatina' Andrew Manze (violin), Richard Egarr (harpsichord) 04:40 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Prelude and Fugue in C major, K. 394, for piano Christoph Hammer (fortepiano) 04:49 AM Gabriel Charpentier (1925-2019) Mass I Tudor Singers of Montréal, Patrick Wedd (artistic director) 04:58 AM Ludomir Różycki (1883-1953) Stanczyk - Symphonic Scherzo Op 1 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Janusz Przbylski (conductor) 05:07 AM Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) Trois Pieces Breves Academic Wind Quintet 05:15 AM Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Eugene Ysaye (arr.) Caprice for violin and piano, arr. Ysaye after Saint-Saens Minami Yoshida (violin), Jean Desmarais (piano) 05:24 AM Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Symphony No.5 in D major "Reformation" (Op.107) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund (conductor) 05:52 AM Knut Nystedt (1915-2014) O Crux (Op.79) Norwegian Soloists Choir, Grete Helgerød (conductor) 05:59 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 Francesco Piemontesi (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op 102
    Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op 102
    Johannes Brahms
  3. 2.
    Les Préludes, S. 97, symphonic poem no 3
    Les Préludes, S. 97, symphonic poem no 3
    Franz Liszt
  4. 3.
    Tod und Verklärung, Op 24
    Tod und Verklärung, Op 24
    Richard Strauss