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Through the Night: Strauss Tone Poems (1/5)

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28/10/2014

Strauss Tone Poems (1/5)

BBC Radio 3 - Through the Night, Strauss Tone Poems (1/5)

With John Shea. Including performances of Strauss's tone poems Aus Italien and Macbeth.

John Shea's selection includes performances of Strauss's tone poems Aus Italien and Macbeth.

Strauss Tone Poems (1/5). 150th anniversary of Richard Strauss's birth. John Shea presents Strauss's tone poems Aus Italien and Macbeth.

12:31 AM
Strauss, Richard [1864-1949]
Aus Italien Op.16 for orchestra 
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenárd (conductor) 


1:12 AM
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
Macbeth (Op.23) 
BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) 


1:32 AM
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Rhapsodie Espagnole (S.254) 
Richard Raymond (piano) 


1:47 AM
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No.3 in C minor (Op.60) 
Rian de Waal (piano), Joan Berkhemer (violin), Michel Samson (viola), Nadia David (cello) 


2:18 AM
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883]
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) 


2:31 AM
Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)
Toccata Prima - from Apparatus musico organisticus (1690)
Peter van Dijk (organ) 


2:37 AM
Rossini, Gioachino [1792-1868]
Stabat mater for soloists, chorus & orchestra vers. Standard 
Maria Belcheva (soprano), Stefka Minerva (mezzo-soprano), Tsvetan Tsvetkov (tenor), Dimitar Stanchev (bass), Bulgarian National Radio Mixed Choir, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Milen Nachev (conductor)


3:30 AM
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857)
Overture in D major
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard (conductor)


3:37 AM
Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
Trio des Jeunes Ismaélites - from L'enfance du Christ
Nora Shulman & Virginia Markson (flutes), Judy Loman (harp)


3:45 AM
Granados, Enrique (1867-1916), text: Fernando Periquet (1873-1940)
4 Tonadillas from 'Colección de tonadillas escritas en estilo antiguo' 
Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), James Parker (piano) 


3:54 AM
Papa, Jacobus Clemens non (ca.1510-1555/6)
Carole magnus eras
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Paul van Nevel (conductor) 


4:00 AM
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849), arranged Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Meine Freuden 
Maurizio Baglini (piano) 


4:05 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707)
Jubilate Domino, omnis terra for alto, viola da gamba and continuo BuxWV 64 
Bogna Bartosz (contralto), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor) 


4:13 AM
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
Suite for clarinet, violin and piano (Op.157b), 'Le Voyageur sans bagages' 
James Campbell (clarinet), Moshe Hammer (violin), André Laplante (piano)


4:23 AM
Auric, Georges (1899-1983) arr. Philip Lane
Suite from 'Passport to Pimlico' 
BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor)


4:31 AM
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
May Night: overture
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor)


4:39 AM
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Sonatina no.3 for piano (Op.67 No.3) in B flat minor
Eero Heinonen (piano)


4:46 AM
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799)
Concerto grosso for strings and continuo (Op.3 No.1) in G minor 
Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal (leader) 


4:59 AM
Escher, Rudolf (1912-1980) [text: Paul Eluard (1895-1952)] 
Le vrai visage de la paix (1953 revised 1957) - from Le vrai visage de la paix par Picasso et Eluard 
Netherlands Chamber Choir, Ed Spanjaard (conductor) 


5:11 AM
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Poème for violin and orchestra (Op.25)
Igor Ozim (violin), Slovenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)


5:27 AM
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Cantabile in B major, M.36
David Drury (William Hill and Son organ of Sydney town Hall, Australia)


5:34 AM
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus [1756-1791]
Sonata for piano (K.576) in D major 
Jonathan Biss (piano) 


5:50 AM
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Concerto for oboe and strings in F major reconstr. from BWV.1053 
Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe), Camerata Köln


6:09 AM
Luython, Carl (1557-1620)
Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae à 6 - from 'Opus musicum in Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae' (Prague 1604) 
Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor).

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