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Jonathan Swain introduces a performance of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio La Giuditta.

Jonathan Swain's selection includes a performance of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio La Giuditta, considered by the composer to be the finest of his oratorios.

As part of Radio 3's "Baroque Spring" Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Alessandro Scarlatti's oratorio La Giuditta, considered by the composer to be the finest of his oratorios.

01:01 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
La Giuditta - oratorio for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass and orchestra (1693)
Roberta Mameli (soprano: Giuditta), Francesca Lombardi (soprano: Ozia), Marta Fumagalli (contralto: Oloferne), Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani (tenor: Capitano), Salvo Vitale (bass: Sacerdote), La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (director)

2:25 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Concerto Grosso no.1 in F minor
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor)

2:03 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Toccata in A minor for harpsichord
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

2:36 AM
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725)
Fuga del Primo Tono in D minor
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord, Franciscus Debbonis, Roma 1678)

2:40 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in D minor (L.413) (Kk.9)
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

2:13 AM
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
Sonata in C major (L.104) (Kk.159)
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)

2:46 AM
Avison, Charles (1709-1770)
Concerto Grosso No.4 in A minor (after Domenico Scarlatti)
Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (director)

3:01 AM
Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
Overture - Candide
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)

3:06 AM
Zipoli, Domenico (1688-1726)
Elevazione
Angela Tomanic (organ)

3:11 AM
Fernandes, Gasper (c.1570-1629) / Pascual, Tomás (early c.17th) / Franco, Hernando (1532-1585)
Tleycantimo choquiliya - mestizo e indio (Fernandes) ;
Oy es dia de placer - Villancico (Pascual) ;
Santa Maria in il Huiac (Franco)
Villancico, Peter Pontvik (conductor)

3:17 AM
Billings, William (1746-1800)
Emmaus (1778)
His Majestie's Clerkes, Paul Hillier (conductor)

2:49 AM
Billings, William (1746-1800)
David's Lamentation (from Samuel 18:33)
His Majestie's Clerkes, Paul Hillier (conductor)

3:21 AM
Anonymous (arranged by Gregor, Christian 1723-1801)
2 Moravian Chorales: Sleepers Wake; Covenant
American Brass Quintet

3:24 AM
Dvorák, Antonin (1841-1904)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 'From the New World'
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor)

4:07 AM
Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989)
Quartet for strings No.2
Musicians from the Chamber Music Conference and Composer's Forum of the East

4:30 AM
Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)
Etude no.6 in G major (Poco Allegro) - from 12 Estúdios for guitar (A.235)
Heiki Mätlik (guitar)

4:32 AM
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
An American in Paris
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Mester (conductor)

4:51 AM
Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
8 Instrumental miniatures for 15 instruments (arr. from 'Les cinq doigts' for piano)
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (conductor)

5:01 AM
Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy (c.1665-1734)
Laetatus sum for 4 voices, 2 violins, 2 trumpets & organ
Olga Pasiecznik (soprano), Henning Voss (countertenor), Wojciech Parchem (tenor), Miroslaw Borzynski (bass), Sine Nomine Chamber Choir, Concerto Polacco, Marek Toporowski (chamber organ/director)

5:06 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
Scherzo no.1 in B minor (Op.20)
Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano)

5:15 AM
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo (1806-1826)
Los Esclavos Felices - overture
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor)

5:23 AM
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
Trio for keyboard and strings (H.15.18) in A major
ATOS Trio: Thomas Hoppe (piano), Annette von Hehn (violin), Stefan Heinemeyer (cello)

5:38 AM
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)
5 Lieder (Op.38)
Daniela Lehner (mezzo-soprano), Jose Luis Gayo (piano)

5:48 AM
Satie, Erik (1866-1925)
Poudre d'or - waltz for piano
Ashley Wass (piano)

5:23 AM
Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
Le Festin de l'araignée - symphonic fragments Op.17
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

6:11 AM
Jiranek, Frantisek (1698-1778)
Sinfonia in F major
Collegium Marianum

6:20 AM
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
Sonata for oboe and piano in D major (Op.166)
Roger Cole (oboe), Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

6:32 AM
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 -1827)
Symphony No 8 (Op.93) in F major
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor).

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